BOONE, N.C. — The 2019 class for the Appalachian State University Athletics Hall of Fame features All-Americans, record-holders and, yes, even college roommates.
Bobby Barbera (men's tennis, 1963-67), DaVon Fowlkes (football, 2000-04), Donald Sims (men's basketball, 2007-11) and Jim Whitmer (wrestling, 1963-67) make up the class that was inducted Saturday morning and recognized during the season-opening home football game Saturday afternoon. The induction breakfast also included recognition for Fowlkes' coach, Hall of Famer Jerry Moore, who was hired by the school 30 years ago.
The simultaneous honors for Barbera and Whitmer were coincidental but special given that they both attended Goldsboro High School in the early 1960s and lived together as App State freshmen.