MEAC To Induct Five Into 2025 Hall of Fame

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The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) recently announced the five members of the 2025 Hall of Fame Class. The inductees will be officially enshrined during the week of 2025 MEAC Basketball Tournament.

“Congratulations to the five inductees of the MEAC’s 2025 Hall of Fame class,” “Induction into the MEAC Hall of Fame is the ultimate recognition of a player or coach’s incredible career, representing excellence, hard work, and dedication to their respective sport,” said Commissioner Sonja Stills said.

The MEAC Hall of Fame highlights former student-athletes, coaches, university and conference administrators, and notable contributors who have enriched the conference’s legacy since its inception in 1970. Enshrinees are selected by an eight-person committee of administrators and member institution representatives.

The inaugural Hall of Fame class was inducted on May 29, 1981, during a 10th anniversary banquet in Greensboro, N.C. Since its establishment, the MEAC Hall of Fame has enshrined 173 people, including the Class of 2024.

The 2025 MEAC Hall of Fame Inductees include two coaches – Patricia Cage-Bibbs, Hampton/N.C. A&T State and Oliver “Buddy” Pough, South Carolina State;  and three student-athletes – Rashida Suber, Coppin State; Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T State; and Harvey Reed, Howard.

Cage-Bibbs coached at Hampton University from 1997 to 2004 and helped establish the Lady Pirates as a powerhouse in the MEAC. The Lady Pirates went 127-83 in seven seasons under Cage-Bibbs including a 95-31 mark in conference play.

Cage-Bibbs coached at North Carolina A&T State from 2005-2010 where she won three regular season MEAC Championships and one conference tournament title.

Oliver “Buddy” Pough completed his career at South Carolina State in 2023 as the winningest coach in school history. Pough amassed a 151-93 record and 115-44 MEAC mark while leading the Bulldogs to two Black College National Football titles and eight total MEAC titles.

Rashida Suber, Coppin State, played  at Coppin from 2004 to 2008 and was the 2007 MEAC Player of the Year, a three-time first-team All-MEAC honoree and named to the 2005 All-Rookie Team.

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Tarik Cohen was a member of the North Carolina A&T State Aggies from 2013-16. He holds the MEAC record for career rushing yards (5,619) and total carries (868). Cohen led the Aggies to two MEAC Conference Titles in 2014 and 2015, and helped the team earn an at-large bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I-FCS Playoffs.

Harvey Reed was a standout running back for the Bison football team from 1984-87. Reed ranks in the top five in the MEAC records, twice, in average yards per season and sits ninth in single game rushing yards with 260 against Newberry (1987).

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is made up of eight historically Black institutions across the Atlantic coastline.

For more information about the MEAC, visit www.MEACSports.com.