Hall of Fame
Robert Sorrell was a starting guard for four years on the Benedict basketball team.
He was the third-leading scorer on the 1964 team that led the NAIA in scoring at 101.2 points per game. His honors included being named Best Freshman, Most Improved, and the 1965 Most Outstanding Player. He was named to the All-Tournament team for the 1964 Colleges of South Carolina Basketball Tournament. In 1965, he was the first African-American to play on a championship team in the Southern Textile Basketball Tournament in Greenville.
After graduation, he became a math teacher and assistant principal in the Cleveland public schools. He coached three Cleveland city championship teams. He then served as an assistant executive director of the Pittsburgh Urban League and was President and CEO of the Philadelphia Urban League for 34 years, serving as an advisor to two Philadelphia mayors and three Pennsylvania governors.
He is the founder of the Robert W. Sorrell Scholarship Foundation, which will award scholarships to students to attend Benedict College.
