Hall of Fame
Hoke Currie served as Longwood's first full-time sports information director, and he chronicled the spectacular accomplishments of the Lancer student-athletes for 19 years. Currie coordinated publicity for the hundreds of student-athletes during his time, including standouts such as Jerome Kersey, Tina Barrett, Michael Tucker, Julie Dayton and more.
Currie was a member of the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) and was a founding member of the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). He also was a member of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. His work received 21 citations of excellence in publications from CoSIDA.
In addition, he provided a wealth of material and interviews for the recently released biography of Jerome Kersey Overcoming the Odds, written by author Kerry Eggers. The book was built on the work that he provided, including interviews with Kersey that helped make it possible.
