Hall of Fame Class
BARBARA FRICKE
Athletic Director (1992-2011)
Providence Day Staff/Faculty (1986-2011)
- Taught PE and Health and served as PE chair for several years
- Coached MS Basketball and Varsity girls tennis teams
- 4x Coach of the Year recipient
- Nominated for NC Sportswoman of the Year
- Nominated for AD of the Year
- Developed and designed floor plan for the Mosack Athletic Center
- Created the Varsity Celebration in 1999 (currently known as the PDESPY’s)
- Served on Admin Council and the Academic Council
Barbara’s passion was “always about the kids”. For example, one year she made every PE teacher place the following words above his/her door- “Have I made a difference in a child today”.
TIFFANY MITCHELL
Class: 2012
Sport: Girls Basketball
High School Accolades:
- Parade All-American (2011-12)
- Gatorade North Carolina Player of the Year and Miss Basketball North Carolina as a senior (2011-12)
Posted 19.6 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in 2011-12 - 4x NCISAA All-State and CISAA All-Conference
- 3 straight NCISAA Class 3A State Championships
College Accolades: University of South Carolina
- University of South Carolina President’s Award 2016 (highest student-athlete award given at USC)
- 2x Naismith Award Finalist; 2x Wooden Award Finalist
- 2x SEC POY (2014, 2015)
- 3x All-American Honors (AP, Coaches, ESPN, USBWA, Full Court)
- 2x COSIDA Academic All-American
- 3x SEC All-Conference
- SEC Tournament MVP (2016)
- 4x SEC All-Academic Team
- SEC All-Defensive Team (2014)
- SEC All-Freshman Team
Professional Accolades:
- Drafted 9th overall in 2016 WNBA (Indiana Fever)
- Named to the 2016 11-member USA Basketball Women’s Select Team
- 2015 Pan Am Games silver medal
- 2014 FIBA 3×3 World Championship Gold Medal
KONECKA DRAKEFORD
Class: 1993
Sport: Girls Basketball
High School Accolades:
- 2x Gatorade Player of the Year (PD’s 1st ever)
- 2x Parade All-American
- Miss NC Basketball (1993)
- 2x All-Mecklenburg Player of the Year (1992 & 1993)
- 3000+ points in her HS career
- Sports Illustrated Faces In the Crowd (1993)
- 1st African-American to play in the CISAA
College Accolades: University of Virginia & Johnson C. Smith University
Johnson C. Smith University
- NCAA Division II Player of the Year (1998)
- 2x CIAA Player of the Year
- 2x All-CIAA Team
- 7th All-Time scoring list at 1,481
Post College
- Player internationally in Turkey and Israel
- Jersey Retired at JCSU
- Inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame (1999)
CARSON PORTER
Class: 1997
Sport: Boys Soccer
High School Accolades:
- 2x NCISAA All-State
- 2x CISAA Conference Player of the Year
- 4x First Team CISAA All-Conference
- All-Region (South) Team 1996
College Accolades: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
- Freshman year starter, all 19 games
- Sophomore year appeared in 16 games
- ACC Championship Team (2000); #1 Ranked UNC team (2000)
Post College Accolades:
- Assistant Coach at Wake Forest University (2004-2008)
- National Assistant Coach of the Year (2007)
- National Teams Assistant Coach (U14, U15, U18)
- Head Coach and Technical Director of Wilmington Hammerheads USL Pro League (2016-2017)
- Served as Technical Advisor and National Staff Coach for the US Soccer Federation
JERRY SMITH
Class: 1984
Sport: Boys Basketball & Baseball
High School Accolades:
Basketball
- CISAA Conference Player of the Year (1984)
- 4x CISAA All-Conference
- Team MVP (1984)
- 2x Team Captain
- College offer to Liberty University
Baseball
- NCISAA All- State Team
- 2x CISAA All-Conference
- ERA of 1.00 in HS Career
- NCISAA State Championship Team, Starting Pitcher
- Only lost 4 games in entire career
College & Post College Accolades:
- Attended Liberty University (1 season, Basketball Scholarship); transferred to Belmont Abbey College
- Business Teacher in CMS
- 2014 Boys’s Golf Coach of the Year
- Started the Girl’s Golf Program at J.L Chambers HS (Vance HS) in Charlotte
Jerry Smith led the basketball and baseball programs to new heights while also bringing sportsmanship, comedy, and new challenges to his teammates and classmates. Jerry’s impact as a two-sport athlete set the standard in Providence Day Athletics and to this day remains the foundation of the PD way.
