Clayton White is now defensive coordinator at South Carolina.
Triton has announced six inductees for its inaugural class in the high school’s athletic hall of fame.
The induction ceremony will take place on May 14 at 6 p.m. during the athletic awards banquet.
Wendy Simmons is the lone coach who will be inducted. She was highly successful as volleyball coach from 1996 to 2021.
Former athletes to be enshrined (with their graduation year include Robert Boykins (1990), Clay Eason (1993), Rhonda Parks Charlot (1994), Clayton White (1996) and Amanda Miller Smith (2007).
Here is a summary of the inductees’ accomplishments:
Coach Wendy Simmons
Coach Wendy Simmons
Volleyball Coach
1996-2021
Won over 500 career matches as head volleyball coach
Made Eastern regional finals in four seasons
Won multiple conference regular seasons and tournament championships
2014 Toby Webb Award Winner by the NCHSAA for most outstanding female coach
Robert Boykins
Robert Boykins
Basketball
Heavily recruited by the top teams in the nation out of high school.
Four time first team all conference
Scored over 2,000 career pts and had over 1,000 career rebounds
McDonald’s All American nominee
Played collegiately at Johnson C Smith
All CIAA freshman team in 1992
All CIAA in ’93, ’94, and ’95
All South Atlantic Region in 1995
Ranks in top 10 in school history in several categories.
Ranked in top 10 CIAA in career FG percentage, Rebounding, and FT percentage
Played professionally in Germany, Korea, Dominican Republic, and Israel.
Averaged over 20 points and 12 rebounds per game in his 5-year professional career.
1999 German All Star Game selection
Three time USBL Champion with the Atlantic City Seagulls averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds per game.
Helped coach East Rutherford High School to the 2011 NCHSAA 2-A championship.
Clay Eason
Clay Eason
Baseball
Member of first Triton conference championship team
4-A sectional runner ups.
Eastern Regional 4-A :Player of the Year in 1993.
Played at Emmanuel College in Georgia where his Np. 9 was retired in 2002
First team All ACC and first team All American at N.C. State in 1997
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies. Played in the Phillies organization for three season and made Triple-A level
Coached at Furman, N.C. State, and Indiana.
Clayton White
Clayton White
Football, Basketball, Track
All Conference football player at Triton
Selected to East All-Star team and won overall MVP in the 1996 East-West game
Became a three-year letterman at N.C. State
In the NC State Record books for career tackles for less, single season tackles for loss and tackles in a single game.
Played three years in NFL with the New York Giants and Tampa Bay
Currently the defensive coordinator for the University of South Carolina.
Coached at Stanford under Jim Harbaugh, Western Kentucky, Connecticut, N.C. State, among others
Four time Broyles Award nominee for the nation’s top assistant coach.
Rhonda Parks Charlot
Rhonda Parks Charlot
Track, Girls Basketball
First state champion in school history
Only two-time state champion
1993 4-A state champion, long Jump (18 feet, 11 3/4 inches)
1994 4A state champion, high jump (5 feet, 6 inches)
Amanda Miller Smith
Amanda Miller Smith
Softball, Volleyball, Basketball
Four time first team all conference in softball
WRAL Extra Effort Award winner
Four-year starter at shortstop at Campbell, 2008-2011
All- Atlantic Sun freshman team, 2008
All-Atlantic Sun second team, 2009-2010
All-Atlantic Sun first team, 2011
Team captain, 2010, 2011
Campbell softball Coach’s Award, 2011
First Team All-NCCSIA All State, 2011
Ranks in top 10 in several offensive categories at Campbell
