Four individuals with ties to the Francis Marion University athletic department were honored at the 2026 Chick-fil-A Florence Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony held on Saturday (Jan. 10) at the Florence Center.

Three former Patriots were inducted into the Hall of Fame, while former Patriot baseball coach Art Inabinet was presented with the 2026 Citation Award.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame were FMU graduate and former baseball outfielder Will Hardee (pictured above left), former Patriot softball assistant coach Bobby Jones (pictured center), and Francis Marion graduate and former men's basketball player and coach Bob Wilson (pictured right).

That brings to 23, the number of individuals with ties to FMU that have been inducted into this Hall of Fame.