Alumni Awards & Recognitions
Every year, Alumni Relations upholds the annual tradition of crowning Mr. or Ms. Alumni and recognizing the Family of the Year. These traditions highlight FSU alumni that are active within the Bronco community and within their own communities.
Inaugural cohort applications accepted beginning Summer 2021!
Launching Spring 2021
Mrs. Maria Adams
Dr. Eugene Almedia
Dr. Anne Chavis
Mrs. Linda C. Coley
Dr. Jeanette Council
Dr. Kimberly Jefferies Leonard
Mary McAllister (posthumously)
Mrs. Gloria Moore-Carter
Mrs. Vedas Neal
Dr. Marion Gillis-Olion
Mrs. Charlotte Privott
Dr. Blanche Radford-Curry
Dr. Roxie Wells
2018- The Brewington-Sansbury Family
2017 -The Miller-Gillespie Family
2016- The Patterson Family
2015- The Offie and Cora Brown Family
2014- The Cisrow and Octavia Prince Thomas Family
2013- The Barnes and Braswell Family
2012- The James and Mallie Monroe Family
2011- The White/ McAllister Family
2010- The Larry and Hattie Bush Family
2009- The Late Charlie and Nellie Marable Family
2008- The Rev. Ernest and Mable Bacote Family
2007- The Rev. James and Susie Evelyn Sparrow Family
2006- The Late Rev. George and Cora Steele Family
2005- The Robert and the late Addie Brown Melvin Family
2004- The Rev. Bessie Moore Family
2003- The Alvin and Ruth Taylor Family
2002- N/A
2001- The Dennis R. and Polly Simpson McNair Family
2000- The Earl and Mildred Best Smith Family
1999- The David O' Berry and Maggie Darden Bell Family
1998- The Wilson and Maudie P. Lawrence Family
1997- The Henry Herman and Bessie Parker Family
1996- The George W. and Betty Brown Family
1995- The Josephine Rozier Thompson Family
1994- The Paul and Annie Bryant Family
1993- The Roy and Reather McNeill Family
1992- The Raymond and Myrtle Battle Family
1991- The Rev. D. Hector and Henrietta McEachern Family
1990- The Gabriel McNeill Family
1989- The Vivian Diggs Family
1988- The Rev. Jeremiah and Leolar Williams Family
1987- The Cornie Lee and Ella Mae McLauchlin Family
1986- The David Hill Family
1985- The Batrice Bracey Family
1984- The Jessie Mae Owens Family
1983- The James B. Wright Family
Mr. Alumni 2020-2021
Mr. Kevin Wardlaw
Kevin Wardlaw is a 1986 graduate of Fayetteville State University where he majored in Speech and Theatre. He participated in theatre productions and was the radio announcer for the campus-based public radio.
Kevin was a scholarship athlete playing football and running track for the Broncos and was inducted into the Fayetteville State Hall of Fame in 2007. He pledged Omega Psi Phi in the fall of 1983. He served as the basileus for the Delta Gamma chapter and was Omega Man of Year for the Charlotte Alumni chapter, Pi Phi. He has been a photojournalist for WCNC for the last 32 years. Kevin is an active member of his church, Memorial Presbyterian in Charlotte and is a proud husband and father.
2021 – 2022 Mr./Ms. FSU Alumni Contestants
Robin Boddie-Haggins
Robin Boddie-Haggins, first born daughter of the late Robert & Jean D. Boddie, is a native of Nashville, North Carolina. A 1974 graduate of Northern Nash High School in Rocky Mount, NC., Robin was destined to follow the footsteps of her father who was a proud graduate of Fayetteville State University. She began her undergraduate matriculation at Fayetteville State University and graduated with honors in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education. She received her Masters of Education from East Carolina University and completed further post -graduate work at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The value and love for family and others, traveling, volunteering, entertaining and living a life of servitude, joy and gratitude are just a few of her intentional attributes. Robin and her husband Sidney, are the proud parents of two children and three granddaughters.
Dr. Cathy B Waddell
Dr. Cathy B. Waddell is a retired high school principal who gave a combined 30 plus years of service to Cumberland County and Sampson County Schools as a teacher, media coordinator, assistant principal and principal. She is a community activist working formerly with the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Human Relations Commission as a member and as Chair for two consecutive terms. Dr. Waddell graduated high school from E. E. Smith Senior High (Golden Bulls), Bachelor of Science in English from Fayetteville State University (Broncos), Master of Library Science from North Carolina Central University (Eagles), Master of School Administration from Fayetteville State University (Broncos) and Doctor of Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University (Sharks). Born to Luther and the late Doris Boykin and stepdaughter to Bonnie Boykin, Dr. Waddell is married to Cornelius (Neil) Waddell, mother of Korey Gay (Charity) and the late Sunshyne Gay Jacobs and granddaughter, Brooke Love Jacobs and grandson the late Allen Luther Jacobs.
Karee Brown-Jones
I am Karee Brown-Jones, a 2019 graduate of Fayetteville State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. Currently, I am a secondary mathematics teacher at Wilson Academy of Applied Technology in Wilson, N.C. In addition to teaching, I am currently working towards obtaining my master’s in higher education. While at FSU, I served as a model for others to follow while staying determined, dedicated and loyal to my education at FSU. My passion as a life-long learner is to respect the roles and responsibilities that each individual plays as a connected and engaged citizen of diverse communities. I love organizing programs to encourage and enhance the academic achievement of students of multiple backgrounds. It is without question that I feel I uphold the beliefs and principles of our beloved university.