Class of 2019

Stacey Davis

Stacey is a 1982 graduate and three-sport athlete. In football, he was a two-year starter, senior Captain and Honorable Mention All-State on the 11-2 State 4A semi-final team. Stacey was a state qualifier in track in the shot put. In wrestling, he went 24-8 his junior year for the 1981 State Championship team and 26-1 as a senior, winning the Individual State Championship at 198 lbs.  He went on to wrestle at the University of North Carolina and was a three-year starter. As a senior at UNC, he served as a team captain and was an NCAA Tournament qualifier. Stacey has over 30 years experience coaching and officiating wrestling at all levels. He currently serves as the Head Coach at Holy Innocents Episcopal School in Powder Springs, Georgia and since 1998, has coached Team Georgia in the USA National Championships. He has served as the lead official in five Georgia high school state tournaments and 15 USA National Wrestling Championships. Stacey served as a mat official at the 2012 London Olympic Games, was the 2011 USA Wrestling National Official of the Year and earlier this year was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. 

Tracy Davis

Tracy is a 1982 graduate and three-sport athlete.  He was a three-year letterman in football and was named All-Conference and Most Valuable Lineman on the 1981 state 4A semifinal team. He was All-Conference in the shot put and discus in track and All-Conference in wrestling. In his junior year, the wrestling team won the state championship with Tracy wrestling in the 185 lb. class. He was also a Southeastern Regional Freestyle wrestling champion. Tracy wrestled at the University of North Carolina where he was a four-year letterman with a career record of 42-33-1. He was a team captain for the 1986 ACC Championship team, All-Conference and an NCAA Tournament qualifier. Tracy holds a 2nd degree Black Belt in Jujitsu, a 3rd degree Black Belt in Judo and was the 1996 Senior National Judo Champion. He was an assistant wrestling coach at the high school level until 2016 and now serves as a wrestling official.

Michael Gilchrist

Michael Gilchrist excelled in both football and track and field while at Andrews. In football, he was a
three-year starter at center and helped the team advance to the state quarterfinals in 1988. This 1989 graduate threw the shot and discus for the track team. Michael was the 3A State Champion in the discus in 1988 and the runner-up in 1989. In both these years, the track team won the 3A State Championship. Michael went to High Point University and in his first track meet, broke the school’s discus record that had stood since 1941. Michael’s High Point University record stood for 21 years, until 2014.

 

William "Pete" Hunter

William K. “Pete” Hunter is a native of Charlotte, graduating from West Charlotte High School where he excelled in football. He played tailback and linebacker at Voorhees Junior College in Denmark, SC and then at Livingstone College in Salisbury. Upon graduation, Pete became a teacher and coach at William Penn High School. With the integration of the High Point Public Schools in 1968, Pete moved to Andrews as a science teacher and assistant coach in football, basketball and baseball. The 1972 football team won the state 4A Championship. Pete enrolled in the North Carolina Central School of Law and earned his law degree in 1976. He has served as an assistant district attorney, a public defender, a criminal and civil trial attorney and was twice appointed as a Guilford County District Court Judge. Pete has been involved in numerous professional and civic organizations and has coached baseball in the Macedonia Baseball Association. Pete has never lost his love for Andrews, having served in the booster club and is the founding chairman of the T. Wingate Andrews Hall of Fame Committee.

Robin Ingram

Robin graduated from Andrews in 1979. She played four sports – volleyball, basketball, softball and track – and was All-Conference in all four. She was the leading hitter in softball in 1979 and the Conference Player of the Year in basketball on the team which reached the Regional Finals. She attended North Carolina A&T and played basketball for the Lady Aggies. Robin is active in her church and community, working with the elderly and the homeless. 

Nathan McKinney

In addition to being an outstanding three-sport athlete, Nathan was also an outstanding student at Andrews. This 1999 graduate was a member of the National Honor Society. He was goalkeeper on the soccer team for three years, making All-Conference as a sophomore. As a centerfielder and pitcher in baseball, he was team MVP two times, All-Conference all four years and All-Guilford County on two occasions. Nathan played football for two years and was All-Conference both years in addition to making the All-Guilford County team as a senior. During his senior year, Nathan kicked three field goals over 50 yards and was named to the Associated Press All-State team. As a senior, Nathan won the T. Wingate Andrews Award as the school’s most outstanding athlete. Nathan went on to play football for Appalachian State where he was the starting punter for four years. He was All-Conference for the Mountaineers on two occasions. During his senior year, Nathan had two punts over 70 yards, averaged 44.5 yards per punt and was named as a 2nd team All-American.

Alan Peters

Alan played football all three years at Andrews and was a starter for two years including starting at linebacker on the 1976 team which won 13 games and the state 4A championship. During Alan’s senior year, he was named All-Conference and won the team’s Head Hunter Award, given to its toughest and most tenacious player. After graduating in 1978, Alan was recruited to play football for Elon, where he was a four-year letterman and tbree-year starter at guard. In 1980 and 1981, Elon won the NAIA National Championship and Alan was named to the All-Conference team both of these years. After college, Alan joined Benefits Plan Services, a third party administrator for group health insurance plans. He serves as Vice President of the company.

Val Pinnix

When Val graduated from Andrews in 1972, women’s athletic programs were organized as Girl’s Athletic Association (GAA) activities. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association did not regulate or sponsor athletic programs for women at that time. Nevertheless, Val participated in volleyball, basketball, softball and track for the GAA. She was Most Valuable Player (MVP) twp times in basketball, twp times in softball and a state meet track qualifier in the long jump and 440-yard dash all three years she participated. After graduating from Andrews, Val attended GTCC and High Point College. She was the first female African-American officer for the High Point Police Department and has served as a Sergeant of Diplomatic Security for the U.S. State Department. Val is currently an ordained minister and is the founder of New Thing Ministries International.

 

Sarah Sorrell

Sarah graduated from Andrews in 1971, entering in 1968 when the school opened. She was in the first class to go through all three years at Andrews. Like Val Pinnix, Sarah participated in the GAA at Andrews since the NC High School Athletic Association did not sanction women’s athletics at that time. She was actively involved in volleyball, basketball, softball and track. She was Secretary of the GAA and Co-Captain of the basketball team during her senior year. She went to Western Carolina, playing basketball for two years and then transferred to Elon, graduating in 1975. She taught in the Durham City Schools, participating on a women’s softball team that went to the American Softball Association’s National Tournament. She later worked for the Guilford County Schools as a Health and PE teacher. Sarah obtained a graduate degree in Social Work from the University of Louisville and worked as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker until her retirement in 2010.