Two Tigers part of inaugural C-USA Hall of Fame class

Deangelo Williams and Chris Douglas-roberts are entering a hall of fame together.

The former Memphis stars – in football and basketball, respectively – are part of the inaugural Conference USA Hall of Fame class, which was announced by the league Monday morning.

The 25-member class includes 20 players, three coaches and two administrators. Memphis was a founding member of Conference USA in 1995. It left the league in 2013 to join the American Athletic Conference.

Williams, still Conference USA'S alltime leading rusher (6,026 yards), is one of only two players in its history to be named Offensive Player of the Year three times (2003-05). He was also a three-time ALL-C-USA First Team selection and a member of the C-USA Alldecade Team.

Douglas-roberts (now known as Supreme Bey) helped the Tigers win three regular-season conference titles as well as three C-USA tournament titles. He was named the league's Player of the Year in 2008, the same year the Tigers reached the national championship game.

Criteria to be eligible for the C-USA Hall of Fame include the following:

❚ A minimum of two years played for student-athletes, minimum five years served for coaches/administrators (coaches/administrators in current roles are eligible);

❚ Student-athletes are eligible only five years after their last C-USA competition;

❚ Considerations for student-athletes will be based on but not limited to All-america selections and national honors, C-USA superlative awards, academic standing and off-the-field contributions;

❚ Considerations for coaches/administrators will be based on contributions to C-USA as a whole.

A committee has been put in place to select nominees, and the league’s athletics directors serve as the voting panel.

In the future, the C-USA Hall of Fame class size will be a minimum of one inductee and a maximum of five inductees per year.

Initial nominees not selected in this class will remain on the ballot for future years.

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