HILTON HEAD, S.C. — High Point University's Chris Archer was inducted into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame Class of 2026 at the league's annual Spring Meeting Awards and Hall of Fame Dinner at the Westin Resort & Spa on Thursday, May 30.

The former HPU men's soccer and men's tennis student-athlete joins 86 members in the Big South Hall of Fame after being inducted into the HPU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022.

Archer excelled as a two-sport athlete, earning Big South All-Conference honors in men's soccer and men's tennis during his time at HPU. In men's soccer, he was a two-time All-Big South First-Team selection (2004, 2006), was named NCCSIA All-State (North Carolina) in 2004, and was a Big South All-Tournament team honoree in 2006. Archer started 73 of 79 career matches and played 5,937 minutes on the pitch. He tallied 80 career points and 33 career goals, and set HPU Division I era single-season records for points (33) and goals (15) in 2004.  Archer helped High Point reach the 2006 Big South championship match, the program's first as Big South members. He garnered three Big South Player of the Week plaudits in 2006 and five total in his soccer career. In tennis, Archer was a three-time All-Conference honoree in both Singles (2003, 2004, 2005) and Doubles (2004, 2005, 2006) — becoming just the seventh player in Big South history at the time to be voted a three-time All-Conference player in both Singles and Doubles. The 2003 Big South Men's Tennis Co-Freshman of the Year, Archer was voted to the Big South's 2000-09 All-Decade Team for Doubles.  He helped guide HPU to its only Big South men's tennis championship in 2003, as well as two appearances in the title match (2003, 2004). The Panthers went 19-8 in Big South matches ( =70.4 percent) and 51-23 overall ( =68.9) with Archer in the lineup. 

Academically, Archer was a CoSIDA Men's Soccer Academic All-America Second-Team honoree in 2006, a two-time NSCAA Scholar All-Region member (2004, 2006), and a three-time ITA Tennis Scholar-Athlete (2004, 2005, 2006).