Membership

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Becoming a member of the SWAC Alumni Association brings with it several benefits:

  • Annual members receive a membership card, displaying individual’s active support of the organization;
  • Lifetime members receive a plaque which can be showcased in one’s office wall or den at home;
  • Members (annual and  lifetime) receive voting privileges to determine the organization’s officers and other matters affecting the operations of the organization;
  • Members (annual and lifetime) receive periodic updates on events and personnel matters affecting SWAC athletics programs via email and occasionally regular mail;
  • Lifetime members receive invitations to participate in VIP events, paying appropriate fees

HOW MEMBERS’ DONATIONS HELP THE SWAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Donations to the SWAC Alumni Association assist the organization in carrying out its core values and projects, including:

  • Providing funding for the SWAC Alumni Association’s Degree Completion program, an initiative aimed at assisting student-athletes whose eligibility has expired complete their college studies;
  • Providing funding to help finance the annual SWAC Alumni Association’s Legends Awards, a banquet honoring past and current league legends who have been pacesetters and trailblazers during their respective career in the conference;
  • Providing funding to help finance bereavement overtures, such as expressions of support during illnesses and deaths.

*Founder
+Deceased

Willie Alexander
Alcorn State

Dr. Raynando Banks
UAPB

+Robert Banks
Jackson State

*James Brooks
Jackson State

Chris Burkett
Jackson State

*Marino Casem
Alcorn State, Southern

Leonard Chambliss
Jackson State

Stanley Conner
Jackson State, Ala. A&M, Ala. State

Archie Cooley
Jackson State, Miss. Valley State

Roy Curry
Jackson  State

LaRita Davenport
SWAC Office

Parnell Dickinson
Miss. Valley State

William Downey
Prairie View

+Dr. Norris Edney
Alcorn State

Mel Evans
Jackson State

Dr. James A. Frank
SWAC Office

*W. C. Gorden
Jackson State

Shawn Gregory
Jackson State

Ray Greene
Ala. A&M, Jackson State, Ala. State

Fay Jenkins
Alcorn State

Rayford Jenkins
Alcorn State

+Harrison Hal
Jackson State

Victor Hall
Jackson State

*Lonza Hardy Jr
Alcorn State, Southern, Miss. Valley State, UAPB, SWAC Office

James “Shack’’ Harris
Grambling State

Barbara Jacket
Prairie View

Sam Jefferson
Jackson State

Beverly Reed Lockett
Jackson State

Alyse Wells Kilbert
Miss. Valley, UAPB

Mario Kirksey
Jackson State, Alcorn State, Miss. Valley State

Houston Markham
Alcorn State, Jackson State, Ala. State

Kathy McCollum
Jackson State

John McKenzie
Jackson State, Ala. State, Ala. A&M

Gwen Mitchell
Ala. A&M

Alvin Moore
Alcorn State

Mike Moore
Grambling State

*Roscoe Nance
The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger Newspaper

Walter Nichols
Miss. Valley State

Kenny  O’Banner
Jackson State

Jim Parker
Alabama State

Willie Peake
Alcorn State

Robert Penchion
Alcorn State

Carl Pierson
Southern, SWAC Referee

*+Charles “Chuck’’ Prophet
Miss. Valley State

Melvin Reed
Jackson State

*Dr. Walter Reed
Jackson State

Jay Roberson
Ala. A&M SWAC Office

Eddie Robinson Jr.
Alabama State

Donald Ray Sims
Miss. Valley State

Stefann Robinson
Alcorn State, Southern, Prairie View, Texas Southern

Curtis Stapleton
Jackson State, Alabama State

Dr. Dennis Thomas
Alcorn State

+Nolan Thomas
Grambling State, SWAC Referee

Lawrence Turner
Alabama State

Lonnie Walker
Alcorn State

Jennifer Young Wallace
Alcorn State, Jackson State

Michael Wallace
Jackson State

William Wate
Miss. Valley State

Larry Watkins
Alcorn State

Mildrette Netter White
Alcorn State

Davis Weathersby
Alcorn State, Miss. Valley State

Erick Wright
Alabama State