Blakeney was named the Stein H. Basnight Outstanding Athlete in 1994, recognizing him as the Elon male athlete of the year. He served as the quarterback of the Elon football team during its early NCAA Division II days, playing all 42 contests during the 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 campaigns. The four-year starter and four-year letterman earned conference freshman of the year accolades in 1992. For his career, Blakeney rushed for 1,035 yards and 16 touchdowns on 315 carries and connected on 260 of his 567 passes for 3,732 aerial yards with 25 touchdowns and 29 interceptions. Altogether, he amassed 4,767 yards of total offense – 113.5 per contest – while helping Elon to a 25-17 record (.595) during his time.
 
On the baseball field, Blakeney earned three letters while playing 128 games during the 1992, 1994 and 1995 seasons. The outfielder/designated hitter reached all-conference status in 1994 and conference all-tournament distinction in 1995. For his career, he tallied 132 hits, 90 runs scored, 77 runs batted in, 28 doubles, one triple, 17 home runs and 21 stolen bases on his way to fashioning a .293 batting average. During his three years on the team, Elon forged an 83-53 ledger (.610). Blakeney was drafted in the 23rd round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft by the Montreal Expos. He played in the Expos organization for five years before working as a hitting instructor in the Gulf Coast League for two years and the Florida State League for a year.
 
The Kannapolis, N.C. native and 1992 A.L. Brown High School graduate also worked as a hitting instructor at the Greensboro Batting Center for five years. Nowadays, he is a physical education instructor at Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, N.C., and the Director of Baseball Instruction at Proehlific Park in Greensboro, N.C. Darrell Maurice Blakeney and his wife, Monika Blakeney, a 1994 Elon graduate, are currently raising their family in Graham, N.C.
 
Coble earned four letters as a catcher for the Elon baseball team during the 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974 seasons, registering all-conference accolades twice, all-state status twice and team MVP honors once. He recorded 118 hits, 60 runs scored, 67 runs batted in, 20 doubles, 10 home runs and 13 stolen bases on his way to fashioning a .294 career batting average. His teams compiled an 83-53 slate (.610) while claiming one conference championship, one district title, two league runner-up finishes and one district runner-up finish.
 
The Graham, N.C., native and 1966 Southern Alamance High School graduate was a three-sport standout all four years of his prep career in football, basketball and baseball. The two-time all-conference baseball player helped his team to capture the 1965 state championship during his junior season. After graduating from Southern Alamance and before coming to Elon, Coble played four years of fast pitch softball for the U.S. Air Force. He played two years for Lackland Air Force Base and two years at the Air Force Academy, earning all-world recognition twice.
 
Coble earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Elon in 1974 before proceeding to Umpire School in 1975. He began his career as an umpire in the Western Carolina League in 1975, working the home plate in both the 1975 and 1976 all-star games. In 1977, following a brief stint in the Southern League, Coble began a stint in the American Association that would last until 1981. In 1982, he began his career as an American League umpire – a role he would continue until his retirement following the 1999 season. While working in the American League, Coble covered six league championship series, three divisional series, two all-star games and one world series. He became a crew chief in 1991.
 
George “Drew” Coble and his wife, Jane Clark Coble, a 1975 Elon graduate, currently reside in Myrtle Beach, S.C. They have two grown children – a son, William Bryant Coble, a 2006 Elon graduate, and a daughter, Kiersten Coble Burnette.
 
Colangelo was tabbed the Stein H. Basnight Outstanding Athlete in both 1995 and 1996, recognizing him as the Elon male athlete of the year for two consecutive campaigns. He is a four-time All-American, achieving that feat during the 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 tennis seasons. Colangelo also earned all-conference accolades all four years and league MVP honors each of his last two seasons. He served his team as a captain during his junior and senior campaigns and received team MVP recognition his last year. Colangelo was also a Dean’s List student at Elon. He was inducted into the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame in 2006.
 
Elon amassed an astounding 74-18 record (.804) – 28-0 in league action – with four conference titles and four national tournament appearances during Colangelo’s years. For his collegiate career, Colangelo compiled a sizzling 88-15 singles ledger (.854) and an 80-15 mark (.842) in doubles play. Since graduating cum laude from Elon with his bachelor of science degree in finance and management in 1996, he has served as a tennis professional in North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Germany. Based out of Raleigh, N.C., Daniel Scott Colangelo currently works as a head tennis professional and touring coach. The Long Beach, Calif. native graduated from Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh in 1992.
 
Pilson was a four-year letterman, three-time all-conference golfer and three-time all-district honoree for Elon during the 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985 campaigns. He helped Elon to capture the NAIA championship in 1982 and achieved All-America status in 1983. After completing his final collegiate season, Pilson proceeded to claim 15 amateur tournament titles before returning to Elon to earn his bachelor’s degree in 1987.
 
A Collinsville, Va., native and 1977 Fieldale Collinsville School graduate, Barry Eugene Pilson now works and resides in Martinsville, Va., with his wife, Julie. The Pilsons are the co-operators of DeShazo Oil Company, Inc., a family owned oil, gas and propane company.
 
One of the nation's longest-serving and most respected leaders in college sports, White retired as the Elon Director of Athletics in 2006. He served 35 years overall in Elon athletics – the last 27 as the Director of Athletics. White was named the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA/I-AAA Southeast AD of the Year, the 1989 NAIA National Athletics Administrator of the Year and the NAIA District 26 Athletics Administrator of the Year five times. White was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 and the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1993. He served as president of the NAIA Athletics Directors Association and the South Atlantic Conference.
 
White led Elon through its evolution as an NAIA institution through NCAA Division II status to its current NCAA Division I affiliation with the Southern Conference. During his tenure, Elon claimed four national championships, 12 conference all-sports trophies and 56 league titles while producing well over 500 all-conference performers and countless academically recognized student-athletes. White directed a major renovation of Elon's athletics facilities, building a complex that is the envy of schools across the nation. His hard work led to the design and construction of Rhodes Stadium (football), Irwin Belk Track, Latham Park (baseball), Jimmy Powell Tennis Center, Rudd Field (soccer) and Koury Field House and the full renovation and expansion of Koury Center. Rhodes Stadium was designated a 2003 Facility of Merit by Athletic Business.
 
In 2001, the Alamance County Sports Development Council honored White with its inaugural Distinguished Service in Sports Award. In 2002, the field at Irwin Belk Track in Elon's athletics complex was named in honor of White and his wife, Norma. Named in 2006, the Alan J. White Bell Tower stands at the center of athletic facilities that were constructed during White’s tenure at Elon. Under White’s guidance, the Phoenix entered competition in the prestigious Southern Conference in 2003. The Whites have one son, Kyle and two grandsons, Tyler and Bryson.