Service, Accomplishment marks Hall Of Fame Inductees
Candice Storey Lee and Steve Haraway were inducted into the Bob Jones HOF
One chose to stay and put down roots in the community. The other ventured to the big city and found success on the basketball court and later as an athletic administrator.
Steve Haraway and Candice Storey Lee took different paths but eventually their journeys led them back to the hometown playing fields of Madison last Friday night, if only for a brief but memorable evening.
Both were inducted into the Bob Jones Athletic Hall of Fame at halftime of the Bob Jones homecoming game on Friday night September 28. They will be honored with a plaque in the Zompa Auditorium.
Serving the community and giving his time and labor back to the school have been the mark of Steve Haraway ever since he graduated from Bob Jones in 1982.
“I was shocked because I didn’t know I was being nominated but it feels real good, I am proud to be a part of Bob Jones forever,” Harraway said at the game.
Haraway starred as a quarterback on the 1981 team that went 9-1, the best record at that time of any Patriot football team. That team, coached by Allen Pasuer, won the Madison County championship for football, the first championship of any kind that Bob Jones won.
Now, of course, Haraway is known for having served two terms on the Madison City Council and next month will take office as the Madison County Commissioner for District 2 which includes most of Madison. He also has two sons, Dustin and Dillon who both play football for Bob Jones.
“Steve has been involved here for years,” said Bob Jones head football coach Kevin Rose. “Ever since I have been here he has been supportive and available. About $400,000 a year is what we have to raise to meet the needs of the program for everything from practice jerseys to 7-on-7 expenses, paying HEMSI, paying officials, new uniforms and the average fan has no idea.”
Haraway is the current president of the Bob Jones Quarterback Club. The club, in recent years, has undertaken some major projects to improve the competitiveness of the football program. First the 100 yard turf practice field behind the school was installed. Then, a need was identified for a film and video room so part of the team could review game film without taking up half the field house. Both times the quarterback club stepped forward to raise money and organize the efforts.
“Steve has been instrumental in helping us with fundraising, organizing our parents and supporting the kids all on his volunteer time. It helps to have someone who is really dug into the Madison community. He is a Bob Jones graduate, has got two kids in our program, and deserves to be a HOF inductee. I was very glad to see him get recognized,” Rose added.
From 1992-1996 the Bob Jones girl’s basketball team was led by Candice Storey who became one of the best high school basketball players in Alabama. Playing for Coach June Seals, she was the Gatorade Player of the year and signed a basketball scholarship to Vanderbilt where she starred on the court, leading the Commodores to three NCAA Tournament appearances and the 2002 Southeastern Conference Tournament Championship.
She graduated from Vanderbilt in 2000 and earned a Masters degree in 2002 in Education. In 2004 she assumed the post of Senior Woman Administrator and Compliance Director and in 2008 started overseeing the women’s basketball program. In 2012 she assumed duties of overseeing Vanderbilt Student Services. She also added a husband and a stepson and is now Candice Story Lee.
“I’ve followed Bob Jones girl’s basketball throughout the years and I’m just glad to say I was a part of it,” said Storey Lee.
Former Bob Jones girl’s soccer coach Patrick Jacklin was also inducted into the Bob Jones HOF as was Tamara Jackson Candis and Dr. Jason Parker.
