Rock Hill, S.C. – Former Winthrop men's and women's tennis coach Cid Carvalho and Winthrop volleyball player Mary Hock have been elected for enshrinement in the Big South Conference Hall of Fame, it was announced today by the league.
Carvalho and Hock will join Radford's Duane Filchner (baseball) and Campbell's John Payne (men's soccer) as the four selections that will be officially inducted on Sunday morning, March 6, 2022, during a special ceremony at the BOplex in Charlotte, N.C., prior to the Finals of the Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championships at Bojangles Coliseum.
The Big South Hall of Fame, created in 2003 as part of the League's 20th Anniversary celebration, now totals 77 former Big South Conference student-athletes, coaches, administrators and contributors with the addition of this year's class.
CID CARVALHO, Winthrop, Men's and Women's Tennis Coach, 1986-2019
Carvalho retired in 2019 with 26 combined Big South Championship titles -- a record 21 on the women's side and record-tying five on the men's side. His overall coaching record at Winthrop was 447-265 (women's) and 329-199 (men's). Tennis became a Big South sport in 1988 and he finished with marks of 428-256 overall and 183-35 in women's competition (1988-2019); and 306-176 overall, 115-39 in men's action (1988-2010). He is the all-time leader in wins in Big South history in both sports, and recorded the most conference tournament wins in Big South tennis history with 63 women's victories and 36 men's wins. In addition, he was voted the Big South Women's Tennis 1990-99, 2000-09, and 2010-19 All-Decade Team head coach. Carvalho coached the program's and Big South's first female to compete in singles and doubles at the NCAA Tournament (
Lauren Proctor singles and doubles /
Megan Kauffman doubles -- both Proctor and Kauffman named ITA All-American to become just the second and third women's tennis All-Americans in Big South history. Carvalho also directed the Eagles to the Big South's first-ever women's tennis victory in the NCAA Championship with upset of No. 20 Auburn in 2018.
He was an 11-time Big South Women's Coach of the Year (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013, 2018, 2019), he won 20 women's tennis regular-season championships and led the Eagles to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances. He coached 12 Player of the Year honorees, seven Freshman of the Year selections, 160 All-Big South selections (singles/doubles combined), and 18 selections for Big South All-Decade Teams. Carvalho tallied a women's tennis coaching record of 428-256 overall and 183-35 in Big South competition (1988-2019), in addition to a mark of 63-5 all-time in Big South Conference Tournament action. As Winthrop's men's tennis coach from 1986-2010, Carvalho was a three-time Big South Men's Tennis Coach of the Year (1997, 2002, 2004), won seven regular-season titles and five conference crowns, and appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. He had six Players of the Year, two Freshmen of the Year, 62 All-Conference honorees (singles/doubles combined) and six All-Decade Team selections. Carvalho was inducted into Winthrop's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020.
MARY HOCK, Winthrop, Volleyball, 2002-05
Hock was the Big South's first-ever volleyball All-American, as she was bestowed Honorable Mention honors by AVCA in 2004. Voted to the Big South Volleyball 2000-09 All-Decade Team, Hock was named among the Big South's 25th Anniversary "Best of the Best" celebration honorees in 2008-09. She was a four-time Big South Conference Champion and NCAA Tournament participant (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), was a three-time All-Conference First-Team selection (2003, 2004, 2005), and was the Big South Player of the Year in 2004. Hock ranks first all-time in Big South history with 2,067 career kills (one of two all-time with 2,000 or more kills), first all-time with 0.71 career aces per set, and first all-time in the conference record book with 360 career service aces -- 131 more than second-place. In addition, she is fourth for career kills per set (4.07) and tied for seventh all-time with 508 career sets played.
A three-time Big South All-Tournament team honoree (2002, 2003, 2005) as well as the 2005 Tournament MVP, Hock earned Big South All-Freshman Team honors in 2002, was a seven-time Big South Player of the Week selection, and received Big South Freshman of the Week honors twice. She led the Big South in total kills in 2003 and 2004; kills per set in 2003; services aces 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and service aces per set in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Hock ranks first, second, fourth and sixth in the Big South for total service aces in a single-season; she is first, third and fourth for service aces per set in a single-season; she ranks third, fourth and ninth for kills in a single-season, and stands eighth, ninth and 10th for kills per set in a single-season. A member of the Big South's 1,000-kill, 1,000-dig, 100-service ace club, Hock led the NCAA with 123 service aces in 2005. She was on the coaching staff of Winthrop's 2006 Big South Championship team (coached 1 season), and returned to Winthrop's coaching staff in 2010 and coached three more seasons (2010-12). Hock was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association 30 under 30 Award in 2011-12, and was inducted into the Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
