Francis Marion University athletic director Gerald Griffin has
announced that former two-sport (women's basketball and volleyball)
All-American Jeannette Alston and former two-time
golf All-American Tommy Randall will be inducted
into the FMU Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996.
Alston, a native of Murrells Inlet and a
graduate of Winyah High School, was a four-year letterwinner on
both the Lady Patriot basketball and volleyball teams from 1982 to
1986. She also served as a student assistant coach for
volleyball in 1986, prior to receiving the B.S. degree in
elementary education. She is currently the women's volleyball
and basketball coach at Chowan College in Murfreesboro, N.C.
On the basketball court, she helped lead FMU to the 1986 NAIA
National Championship, scoring a game-high 23 points and grabbing
13 rebounds in the title game against Wayland Baptist University (a
75-65 Francis Marion win). For that effort, she was selected
to the NAIA National Tournament All-Tournament Team (second
team). Alston was named to the NAIA District Six All-District
Team each of her final three years. In 1985, she earned NAIA
All-American honorable mention recognition and as a senior was
named to the second-team All-America Team.
During her sophomore year, she helped lead Francis Marion to the
quarterfinals of the NAIA National Tournament.
The 6' high-flying forward helped the Lady Patriots to a
four-year record of 113-18. She ended her career fourth on
the Lady Patriot career scoring list (1,509), fifth in career
rebounds (905), and second in both career steal (265) and blocked
shots (94). She and her twin sister, Annette Alston, combined
for 2,304 points and 1,440 rebounds during their four years.
On the volleyball court, Alston earned honorable mention NAIA
All-America honors as a senior in 1985 and was the Lady Patriot
team most valuable player in 1983, 1984, and 1985. She was
selected to the All-District Team twice, chosen to the All-State
Volleyball Team as a freshman, and was named to numerous
All-Tournament Teams during her career.
In 1985, Alston was named to Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges. Prior to taking her
career position at Chowan this past fall, Alston played one year of
professional basketball in London and served as assistant
basketball coach at Coastal Carolina College, College of
Charleston, and South Carolina State University.
