Atlanta, GA- Two Morehouse Men will be among the group of inductees into the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hall of Fame during ceremonies that will take place as part of the 2023 Football Media Day event at the College Football Hall of Fame on July 12. Former basketball coach and Director of Athletics, the late Arthur McAfee, Jr, and football star Alex Percival will join the ranks of legends in the SIAC.

The SIAC Hall of Fame event will recognize individuals whose accomplishments on and off the playing fields have had a lasting impact on the conference and are worthy of induction into an exclusive group of honorees who have distinguished themselves with their contributions to the rice history and tradition of the conference and its member institutions.
McAfee, Jr., known affectionately as Sonny or Coach Mac, spent 35 years at Morehouse, the last 28 as Director of Athletics, from 1965 through 2000. During his time leading the Maroon Tigers basketball program, he won 464 games. In 1981, his team won 9-of-10 games down the stretch, culminating with a win over Clark College to win the program's first SIAC title since 1946 and earn the school a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

McAfee had four 20-win campaigns, the first coming in 1988-89 as the Maroon Tigers went 25-4 but were upset in the SIAC Tournament Semifinals. But, in 1989-90, future NBA player Harold Ellis would help lead the Maroon Tigers to a 26-7 record, winning the SIAC Title and NCAA Division II South Region Championship. The team would make it to the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament, falling in the National Semifinals and finishing fourth in the nation.

The following season, McAfee led Morehouse to a 21-11 mark and a second straight SIAC Championship and NCAA Division II South Region Tournament appearance. Morehouse would have three more SIAC Runner-Up finished during McAfee's career, including in 1994-95 when the Maroon Tigers went 20-8 and made another NCAA Division II South Region Tournament. In total, 11 of his players earned All-SIAC honors. More importantly, to his, more than 90 percent of his student-athletes earned degrees.

Born in Wichita, Kan., McAfee earned his bachelor's degree from Wichita State University. Even though he never played collegiate basketball, Coach Mac found his way to winning 517 games as head coach at Morehouse, Lane, Mississippi Valley, Lincoln (MO), and Bishop College (Texas). In 2000, McAfee was set to assume the Presidency of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, but he elected to retire. In 2013, McAfee inducted into the National Basketball of College Directors of Athletics. He was also placed in the Hall of Fame at Wichita State.

Percival is a 1977 Morehouse graduate from Montgomery, AL. who starred in football from 1973-76 and became just the second Maroon Tiger to be drafted by a National Football League team when he went in the 12^th round to the Cincinnati Bengals in 1977.

Excelling as a wide receiver during an era where running the football was paramount, Percival was an offensive stalwart throughout his career. In the second game of the 1974 season, he had 12 catches for 154 yards and two touchdowns against Fisk and had 44 catches for 880 yards and eight touchdowns in 1974. During his collegiate career, he set the school record for most receptions with 134 receptions from 1973-1976, a mark that was held until 2000 as passing became more in vogue in the current era of football.

An embodiment of the student-athlete moniker, Percival was a four-time ALL- SIAC selection at wide receiver and a Golden Helmet Award recipient as the most outstanding player in 1974. He also was a member of the SIAC All-Scholastic team (1977) and on the Morehouse Dean's List (1977). Currently, Percival is the Senior Managing Partner at Walter Presnell and Associates, Inc., which is a construction company located in Atlanta. He and his wife, Tisha, currently reside in Lake Spivey, GA., and have five children and five grandchildren.