SENATOBIA – Former Ranger greats Shantell Atkins-Brown, Detric Golden and Ben Evans will be inducted into the Northwest Community College Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, Sept. 20 during Homecoming weekend.

The induction ceremony will be held at noon at the David M. Haraway Center on the Senatobia campus and will be preceded by a meal at 11:30 a.m.
 
One of the most decorated women's basketball players to ever put on a Lady Ranger uniform, Brown played the 1993-94 and 94-95 seasons in Senatobia and helped Northwest to a combined 44-13 record (18-6 in the MACJC) and a state and north division championship as a sophomore.

A native of Earle, Ark., Brown's name is scattered throughout the school record books. All told, her name ranks in the Top 10 at Northwest in 15 different statistical categories for a career.

Brown led the Lady Rangers in scoring in each of her two seasons at 12.0 and 16.7 points per game and ranks first all-time in career assists (491) and steals (328), second in 3-point field goal percentage (.367), third in field goal percentage (.529), fifth in free throw percentage (.648), sixth in field goals made (306) and seventh in career scoring with 820 points.

The most notable statistic on Brown was on Dec. 8, 1994 when she recorded the school's first-ever quadruple-double against Mississippi Delta in a 91-52 win. Brown scored 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, made 10 steals and dished out 10 assists. She went on to collect several more quadruple-doubles during the 1994-95 season.

Golden will become the 16th men's basketball player to be inducted into the Northwest Sports Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.    

Golden played for the Rangers during the 1995-97 seasons under head coach Marc Dukes and finished as the school's all-time leader in points scored (1,223), assists (642), assists/game (9.6), steals (192) and free throws made (315).

In 67 career games, Golden averaged 18.3 points, 9.6 assists, 2.9 steals and 2.9 rebounds-per-game while shooting 50 percent from the floor, 39 percent from beyond the arc and 73 percent from the free throw line. He scored a school-record 52 points against Pearl River on Feb. 25, 1997. 

Golden helped lead the Rangers to a combined 58-10 record, two state championships, two division titles, a region championship and sixth place finish in 1995-96 at the NJCAA Tournament. He was a two-time all-state selection and 1997 NJCAA Second Team All-American.

Golden moved on to play his junior season at the University of Memphis, averaging 14.2 points, 3.0 assists and 2.7 rebounds-per-game in 29 games, and his senior year at Troy University, averaging 18 points, 5.9 assists and 3.8 rebounds-per-game. He was an All C-USA selection for the Tigers and became the first player in the Division I era to earn both Conference Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year honors as a senior at Troy.

Golden was selected by the Gulf Coast SunDogs in the USBL draft in 2000 and played briefly for Hamburg (Germany), Memphis HD (USA-ABA) and Brevard BD (USA-USBL). He gave up his professional overseas basketball career to devote his life to serving, mentoring and adopting the youth around the Greenlaw Community Center where he's worked closely with the North Memphis youth for the past decade.
 
Former two-time NJCAA All-American Ben Evans will become the 18th baseball player or coach to join the prestigious club.

A native of Holly Springs, Evans attended Northwest on both a baseball and football scholarship and graduated in 1977 with an associate's degree in business.

Evans played third base and outfield during the 1976-77 baseball seasons for hall of fame coach Jim Miles and helped the Rangers to a 33-25 record, two north division titles and two state championships.

A two-time batting champion, Evans led the Rangers in hitting both of his seasons, hitting .449 as a freshman and .435 as a sophomore. For his efforts, he earned all-state honors twice and was also an NJCAA All-Region and All-Eastern District selection as a sophomore.

On the gridiron, the Rangers won two north division titles and were a combined 15-5-1 under head coach A.J. Kilpatrick. Evans played tailback and was an all-star and all-state selection. He led the state in rushing (also second in the nation) and scoring his sophomore season.