The Lee Athletic Department will induct three new members into the Lee University Hall of Fame, and Gary Sharp will be receiving the Meritorious Award on Friday evening (Nov. 6). Katie Nelson-Frazier will represent women's basketball, Tanner Moore enters as a baseball standout and Gary Ray comes on board for Distinguished Service.
 
The annual event will be held in the Administration Building's Centenary Room and will get underway at 5 p.m.
 
Katie Nelson- Women's Basketball – 2007-2010
4^th All-time scorer(2096 points)
2^nd all-time rebounder(1045)
2010 WBCA 1^st Team All-American
2010 NAIA 1^st Team All-American
2010 SSAC Player of Year
2007 SSAC Freshman of the Year
4-Time - All-SSAC
4-NAIA National Tournaments
NAIA National Tournament Final 4 -Senior Season
 
Tanner Moore – Baseball – 2009-2010
2009 - Gold Glove winner, SSAC All-Conference, SSAC Academic All-Conference
2010 - .379 Batting Average, 22 Home Runs, 77 RBI
SSAC All-Conference, NAIA All-American, Team MVP, SSAC Academic All-Conference
Two individual records at Lee – 22 Home runs in a single season; 188 Total bases in a single season (2010)
Played on two NAIA World Series teams – Final 4 -2009, Runner-Up -2010
Teams he played on posted 105 wins against only 27 losses
Member of two regional championship teams; SSAC Conference Championship in 2010
 
Gary Ray – Distinguished Service
Playing Career – Men's Basketball - 1977-1981
4 straight NCCAA District 5 Championships (known as Cinderella teams)
Top 3 finish in NCCAA National Tournament four years in row
Teams posted 75-53 record
Vikings top defensive player
Coaching Career
Men's Assistant Basketball Coach under Randy Steele – 1985-1987
Head Tennis Coach – 1987
Off the Court
Chief Enrollment Officer – 1990-2010
Director of Admissions – 1990-1998
V-P Enrollment Management & University Relations – 2000-2006
V-P of Administration 2006-2010
Assigned to work with athletics in 2006, a period in which Lee became an NAIA power
 
Athletic Meritorious Award
Presented to Gary Sharp
November 6, 2015
 
Gary Sharp has served Lee University as a member of its Board of Directors since 1994 and has served as Chairman of the Board since 2010. He holds the distinction of being the first layman to be elected to that position. Under his chairmanship the university, as part of Find Us Faithful Capital Campaign, completed construction of The Chapel, New Hughes Hall, 3 townhouse units, the Communication Arts Building, Pangle Hall, the School of Nursing building, the School of Business building, and the development and transformation of the South Campus Quad. Along with his responsibilities as Chairman, Sharp also serves on the Property Acquisition Committee, Construction Surveillance Committee, and the Board of Director's Finance & Budget Committee.
Sharp was named Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 1993.

Gary and his wife, Joyce, gave the lead gift for Sharp-Davis Hall, a women's dorm which was named in honor of Sharp's parents.

Gary Sharp has been a strong, steady Lee University athletics enthusiast for years. He was with us as Lee teams made their way from NCCAA competition to the NAIA, and then he celebrated with us as Lee became an official member of the Gulf South Conference and NCAA Division II. We are pleased to honor Sharp with admittance into the Lee University Athletic Hall of Fame by awarding to him the 2015 Athletic Meritorious Award.