Wildcats Former Coach Bartley Selected for 2020 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

9/23/2019 12:41:00 PM

By: Chris Myers

MACON, Ga. – One of the most decorated former Wildcats head coaches is set to join great company. Long-time former Fort Valley State women's basketball coach Lonnie Bartley has been selected as one of the eight Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductees.

The Class of 2020 will be inducted over the weekend of February 21 with events both private and open to the public. The GSHF social media will make announcements regarding the details.

Bartley is joined by seven other GSHF inductees of: Willie Anderson (Men's Basketball player for the University of Georgia and NBA); Gary Colson (Men's Basketball coach at Valdosta State and other universities); Eddie Lee Ivery (football player for Thomson High, Georgia Tech and the NFL, now head coach at Thomson HS); Kelley O'Hara (Women's Soccer player for Fayetteville HS, Stanford, US Olympics and 2 World Cups); Adrian Peterson (Football player for Ga. Southern and NFL); Bobby Pope (Media member for WMAZ TV and Mercer athletics); Jeff Treadway (Baseball player for Middle Ga. College and University of Georgia and MLB).

Upon his 2017 retirement, Bartley was one of the winningest women's basketball coaches in HBCU history and the all-time leader at FVSU. Lonnie coached the Wildcats as an assistant, and then as head coach for over 30 years. Bartley amassed a career record of 652-258 as he guided the Wildcats to numerous national tournament appearances and posted 27-straight winning seasons during his 29 campaigns as head coach. His Wildcats won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament 11 times and he was awarded SIAC Coach of the Year 10 times. Bartley was inducted into the National Black College Hall of Fame in 2011.

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