Golfer Thompson Among Those Entering USC Hall

Hall of Fame class includes six

By: USC Athletics | WSPA-TV
Published: July 17, 2009

COLUMBIA, S.C. (July 17, 2009) - Six individuals have been elected to the University of South Carolina
Athletic Hall of Fame for 2009, it was announced today by the South Carolina Lettermen's Association.

The class includes Art Swarts (track & field), Tom Riker (men's basketball), Marty Baltzegar (men's soccer),
Tonique Williams-Darling (track & field), Kyle Thompson (men's golf) and Harold White (coach and
administrator).

This year's inductees will be honored at a dinner on Thursday, September 17 at Seawell's in Columbia. In
addition, they will be honored during halftime of the Florida Atlantic football game on September 19.

Art Swarts was an All-American and ACC champion in track & field from the 1960s. He was the ACC discus
champion for three straight years and earned All-America honors in 1965, '66 and '67. In addition, he won discus
titles at the Florida Relays, the Penn Relays and numerous other events.

Tom Riker was a first-team Associated Press All-American basketball player from the early 1970s. He once
scored 42 points in an NCAA tournament game. Riker averaged 19.6 points as a senior and 15.8 points during his
career, scoring 1,343 points in three seasons.

Marty Baltzegar was a 1987 All-American in men's soccer. A four-year letterwinner from 1984-87, Baltzegar
anchored a Gamecock defense that allowed just 10 goals for the entire 1987 season.

Tonique Williams-Darling is a track & field All-American and Olympian from the late 1990s. She is credited as
one of coach Curtis Frye's original recruits who helped build the women's program to a national championship
level. Williams-Darling won the SEC 400-meter title in 1997 after finishing as runner-up for three straight years.
A two-time All-American, Williams-Darling captured the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens,
Greece, becoming the first Carolina women's individual gold medalist in any sport. She was also the 2005 world
champion in the 400-meter dash.

Kyle Thompson was an All-American golfer at South Carolina from 1999-2001. He won the 2001 NCAA West
regional and broke Carl Paulson's school record for most individual titles with five. In 1999 he won both the
Seminole Classic and the NCAA East Regional, where he set a school record of 63 in the final round.

Harold White is a former football coach and academic adviser, who has coached and counseled thousands of
Gamecock athletes since 1971.

Since the University of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame was created in 1967, 105 members have previously
been selected by the University of South Carolina Association of Lettermen.