Big South Inducts 2022 Hall of Fame Class
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The Big South Conference inducted three former student-athletes and one former head coach into its Hall of Fame Sunday morning, March 6, during a ceremony prior to the Championship game of the Hercules Tires Big South Men's Basketball Championship tournament at the BOplex in Charlotte, N.C. The inductions increase the Big South’s Hall of Fame membership to 77 former student-athletes, coaches, administrators and contributors.
The 17th Big South Hall of Fame class consists of
Cid Carvalho (Winthrop women's and men's tennis coach),
Duane Filchner (Radford baseball),
Mary Hock (Winthrop volleyball) and
John Payne (Campbell men's soccer). The 2022 Hall of Fame class was first announced on Jan. 5, and each inductee's acceptance speech can be viewed below.
CID CARVALHO, Winthrop, Men’s Tennis Coach (1986-2011), Women’s Tennis Coach (1986-2019)
Carvalho retired in 2019 with 26 combined Big South Championship titles -- a record 21 on the women’s side and record-tying five on the men’s side. His overall coaching record at Winthrop was 447-265 (women’s) and 329-199 (men’s). Tennis became a Big South sport in 1988 and Carvalho finished with win/loss marks of 428-256 overall and 183-35 in women’s competition (1988-2019); and 306-176 overall and 115-39 in men’s action (1988-2011). He is the all-time leader in wins in Big South history in both sports, and recorded the most conference tournament wins in Big South tennis history with 63 women’s victories and 36 men’s wins. In addition, he was voted the Big South Women’s Tennis 1990-99, 2000-09, and 2010-19 All-Decade Team head coach. Carvalho coached the program’s and Big South’s first female to compete in singles and doubles at the NCAA Tournament (Lauren Proctor singles and doubles / Megan Kauffman doubles -- both Proctor and Kauffman were named ITA All-American to become just the second and third women’s tennis All-Americans in Big South history). Carvalho also directed the Eagles to the Big South’s first-ever women’s tennis victory in the NCAA Championship with an upset of No. 20 Auburn in 2018.
He was an 11-time Big South Women’s Coach of the Year (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2018, 2019), he won 20 women’s tennis regular-season championships and led the Eagles to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances. He coached 12 Women’s Tennis Player of the Year honorees, seven Freshman of the Year selections, 160 All-Big South selections (singles/doubles combined), and 18 selections for Big South All-Decade Teams. Carvalho tallied a mark of 63-5 all-time in Big South Conference Tournament action. As Winthrop’s men’s tennis coach from 1986-2011, Carvalho was a three-time Big South Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year (1997, 2002, 2004), won seven regular-season titles and five conference crowns, and appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. He had six Players of the Year, two Freshmen of the Year, 62 All-Conference honorees (singles/doubles combined) and six All-Decade Team selections. Carvalho was inducted into Winthrop’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020.
DUANE FILCHNER, Radford, Baseball, 1992-95
Filchner was the 1994 Big South Player of the Year and was named First-Team All-Conference all four years as an outfielder -- the first player in Big South history to earn All-Conference four times (now one of three players). Voted to the Big South Baseball 1990-99 All-Decade Team, Filchner is eighth all-time in league history with a .389 career batting average (269-692), and he graduated as the Big South’s all-time leader with 198 runs scored (now 7th), 269 hits (now 18th), 181 runs batted in (now 12th) and 442 total bases (now 8th). He started 192 of 198 career games played for the Highlanders and finished with 57 doubles, 34 home runs, a .639 slugging percentage and 44 stolen bases.
A 23rd round draft pick by the Oakland A’s in the 1995 MLB Draft, Filchner ranks 12th in league history in doubles and 19th in home runs, and is the program leader in runs and average while ranking fourth in home runs. He owns the Radford single-season record for runs scored with a league-leading 60 in 1995, and still ranks in the school’s Top 10 single-season in all offensive categories. Filchner was the first player in Big South history to lead the conference in batting average two consecutive seasons (.399 in 1994, .389 in 1995), was the first player in Big South history to lead the conference in RBI in back-to-back seasons (57 in 1993, 53 in 1994), and is the only player in Big South history to lead the conference in hitting and RBI twice. He helped Radford reach its only Big South Championship game appearance in 1993, as well as its first 30-win season in program history in 1995. Filchner was inducted into Radford’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.
MARY HOCK, Winthrop, Volleyball, 2002-05
Hock was the Big South’s first-ever volleyball All-American, as she was bestowed Honorable Mention honors by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in 2004. Voted to the Big South Volleyball 2000-09 All-Decade Team, Hock was named among the Big South’s 25th Anniversary “Best of the Best” celebration honorees in 2008-09. She was a four-time Big South Conference Champion and NCAA Tournament participant (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), was a three-time All-Conference First-Team selection (2003, 2004, 2005), and was the Big South Player of the Year in 2004. Hock ranks first all-time in Big South history with 2,067 career kills, first all-time with 0.71 career service aces per set, and first all-time in the conference record book with 360 career service aces -- 131 more than second-place. In addition, she is fourth for career kills per set (4.07) and tied for seventh all-time with 508 career sets played.
A three-time Big South All-Tournament team honoree (2002, 2003, 2005) as well as the 2005 Tournament MVP, Hock earned Big South All-Freshman Team honors in 2002, was a seven-time Big South Player of the Week selection, and received Big South Freshman of the Week honors twice. She led the Big South in total kills in 2003 and 2004; kills per set in 2003; services aces all four years; and service aces per set in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Hock ranks first, second, fourth and sixth in the Big South for total service aces in a single-season; she is first, third and fourth for service aces per set in a single-season; she ranks third, fourth and ninth for kills in a single-season, and stands eighth, ninth and 10th for kills per set in a single-season. The only player in Big South history with 2,000 career kills, 1,000 career digs and 300 career service aces, Hock led the NCAA with 123 service aces in 2005 -- the league record during the 30-point scoring era. She was on the coaching staff of Winthrop's 2006 Big South Championship team (coached 1 season), and returned to Winthrop's coaching staff in 2010 and coached three more seasons (2010-12). Hock was named to the AVCA’s 30 Under 30 list in 2011-12, and was inducted into the Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
JOHN PAYNE, Campbell, Men’s Soccer, 1987-90
Payne was the 1989 Big South Player of the Year and a four-time All-Big South selection during his time in Buies Creek -- the league’s first-ever four-time honoree. Voted to the Big South Men’s Soccer 1984-89 All-Decade Team, Payne scored 33 goals in 76 career matches and earned All-South Region honors twice in his career. He led Campbell to a national ranking as high as No. 14 in 1988 and a 17-3 overall record that included victories over No. 3 North Carolina and No. 10 Duke. Named Campbell's Outstanding Male Athlete in 1989-90, Payne was a three-time Team MVP.
He was part of two Big South regular-season championship squads (1988, 1990), helped the Camels reach the 1989 Big South Championship match, and was named to the Big South All-Tournament Team twice (1987, 1989). Following his time at Campbell, Payne played professionally indoors for three years with the Milwaukee Wave, and outdoors with the Wilmington Hammerheads (2002, 2003), helping the team to the quarterfinals of the 1993 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.