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SAILS TO BE INDUCTED INTO MEMPHIS AMATEUR
SPORTS HALL OF FAME
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Tennessee Community College head men’s basketball coach and athletic
director Verties Sails, Jr. has been selected for induction into the
Memphis Amateur Sports Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take
place at the 35th Annual Sports Hall of Fame Banquet at 7 p.m. on Monday,
December 6, 2004 at the Hilton Hotel. The banquet will honor men and women
who have played major role in sports, helping call public attention to its
value in the field of recreation and competition. Induction into the
Memphis Amateur Sports Hall of Fame is the most prestigious honor a
manager, player, game official, personal contributer, or team sponsor can
receive in the Memphis area.
Sails, now in his twenty-sixth season at the College, has compiled a
record of 545-222 and has made six trips to the NJCAA National Tournament.
He has been named Region VII Coach of the Year nine times, and has guided
the Saluqis to 18 West Division titles, 13 Tennessee Junior and Community
College Athletic Association championships, and seven Region VII
championships. Sails has received numerous other accolades, including
induction into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and was the recipient of
the Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association
Achievement Award.
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