Southern Miss Athletics Announces M-Club Hall of Fame Class of 2025
7/17/2025 10:55:00 AM | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Track & Field/Cross Country, Women's Basketball
Seven-member class will be inducted at M-Club Banquet on Nov. 14
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Southern Miss M-Club Alumni Association, in conjunction with the Department of Athletics, has announced its seven-member 2025 Hall of Fame class.
The 2025 M-Club Hall of Fame inductees are: Alexis Hall Adams (Women's Basketball, 1988-91), Deke Adams (Football, 1990-94), Chris Clark (Football, 2003-07), Tracy Lampley (Football, 2009-12), Jeremy Parquet (Football, 2001-04), Johnny Vitrano (Baseball, 1967-70 & Men's Basketball, 1967-70) and Raquel Washington (Women's Track & Field, 2004-06)
The 2025 Hall of Fame inductees will officially join the ranks of former Golden Eagle greats at the M-Club Alumni Association Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on Friday, November 14, 2025, at Southern Oaks in Hattiesburg, Miss. The newest members of the Hall of Fame will be introduced to the public for the first time on Saturday, November 15, 2025, during Southern Miss' home football game against Texas State.
Ticket information will be posted on the M-Club website in the coming weeks.
Learn more about the 2025 Hall of Fame inductees below:
Alexis Hall Adams (Women's Basketball, 1988-1991)
A three-year letterwinner for Coach Kay James from 1988-1991, Alexis Hall (Adams) helped the Lady Eagles usher in an era of dominance in her time with the program. In just three seasons, Hall scored 1,184 points and started in 63 of her 92 career games to quickly earn the respect of the country, thanks in part to her 47.3 percent efficiency from the floor. Her scoring totals still rank highly in the program's record books today and earned her numerous accolades.
Upon finishing her career, she held the fifth-most points in school history and her 12.9 points per game were 12th-most as well. Today, she sits with the 20th-most points scored in school history and is one of just five players to reach 1,000 points in less than four seasons. Her scoring prowess helped her score 38 points – the eight-most in program history – against UAB on Dec. 5, 1989. She also still owns space in the single game records categories for three-pointers (No. 7) and three-point percentage (No. 1).
A native of Gulfport, Miss., Hall earned some form of all-conference honors in each of her three seasons. As a freshman in 1988-89, she was named Metro Conference Freshman of the Year and notched in on the All-Rookie Team. She earned back-to-back spots the Metro Conference All-Tournament team in 1990 and 1991 as well as a spot on the All-Metro Conference Second Team in 1990-91. The Lady Eagles posted a 70-22 overall record with Hall on the floor and claimed the 1989 Metro Conference Title and won the 1990 Metro Conference Tournament while making back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.
After finishing her degree in 1992, Hall began her career in education as a financial aid advisor and director. She currently works as a project manager, substitute teacher and operates as her own travel agent. She is married to former football letterwinner, Southern Miss graduate and fellow M-Club Hall of Fame Inductee Deke Adams. The Adams family resides in Springdale, Ark., where Deke works as the defensive line coach at Arkansas.
The couple has two children: Jaylen, a graduate of Winthrop, and Jordyn, who was taken with the 17th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player's draft by the Los Angeles Angels and is currently a member of the Baltimore Orioles organization with Triple-A Norfolk Tides (Norfolk, Va.). In addition, Deke and Alexis are proud PopPop and Mimi to their grandchildren Laila and grandson James.
Deke Adams (Football, 1990-1994)
Deke Adams, a member of five football squads from 1990 to 1994, earned letters in his final three seasons under head coach Jeff Bower. Adams worked his way up the depth chart after redshirting his first campaign, eventually taking over as the everyday starter at outside linebacker in the 1994 season. He tallied 77 career tackles, 42 solo tackles, five tackles for loss, one sack and one interception.
As a senior in 1994, he started in all 11 games for the Golden Eagles while recording 34 tackles, 12 solo tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack. After his redshirt season, Southern Miss posted a 20-23-1 record in his four years playing and finished with a winning 6-5 record in 1994.
After earning his degree, the Meridian, Miss., native began his coaching career in 1997 at Jacksonville State. Through 29 seasons as a coach, he has spent time at Jacksonville State (1997, defensive line), Pearl River Community College (1998-00, linebackers; 2001-02, co-defensive coordinator and secondary), Ouachita Baptist (2002-04, defensive line; 2004-05 defensive coordinator and defensive line), North Carolina A&T (2006, defensive coordinator and defensive line; 2007, defensive coordinator and linebackers), ULM (2008, linebackers), North Carolina (2012, defensive line; 2017-18, defensive line), South Carolina (2013-15, defensive line), East Carolina (2016, defensive line), Mississippi State (2019, defensive line), Ole Miss (2020, defensive line), Florida International (2021, defensive line) and Arkansas (2022-present, defensive line).
Adams spent three seasons from 2009 to 2011 at his alma mater with Coach Larry Fedora, helping Southern Miss to the 2011 Conference USA Championship. During his career, Adams has seen seven former players drafted into the NFL, including Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina, 2014 1/1) Sylvester Williams (North Carolina, 2013 1/28), Jamie Collins (Southern Miss, 2013 2/52), Kareem Martin (North Carolina, 2014 3/84), Jason Strowbridge (North Carolina, 2020 5/154), Marquiss Spencer (Mississippi State, 2021 7/253) and Landon Jackson (Arkansas, 2025 3/72); with three former players earning All-American honors.
Deke is married to former Lady Eagle Basketball star and fellow M-Club Hall of Fame Inductee Alexis Hall Adams. The couple resides in Springdale, Ark., and has two sons Jaylen and Jordyn. Jaylen earned his bachelor's degree in sport management from Winthrop while Jordyn is currently playing baseball for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides of the Baltimore Orioles organization. Jordyn was taken in the first round of the 2018 draft out of high school by the Los Angeles Angels. The couple also has two grandchildren: Laila and James.
Chris Clark (Football, 2003-2007)
An imposing figure on the offensive line, Chris Clark earned four letters while anchoring the Southern Miss run game as the team's starting left tackle beginning as a redshirt sophomore in 2005. Clark earned the starting assignment in every game of his final three seasons in 2005 after redshirting in 2003 and playing as a reserve in 2004. He earned All-Conference USA Freshman Team honors in 2004 after making his debut and helping the Golden Eagles to a New Orleans Bowl win.
Over his Southern Miss career, he played in 49 games and made 37 starts. As a first-year starter in 2005, he helped the offense average 349 yards per game and again won the New Orleans Bowl. In 2006, he paved the way for Damion Fletcher's 1,388-yard performance and earned All-C-USA Third Team laurels. Southern Miss won the C-USA East Division title and clipped Ohio in the GMAC Bowl for the program's third consecutive bowl victory in as many seasons.
Clark earned All-C-USA First Team honors as a senior in 2007 after helping Southern Miss set a school record with 5,066 yards of total offense. Fletcher rushed for 1,586 yards behind Clark's blocking, which remains a school record today. Southern Miss finished with a 30-21 overall record in his four playing years and posted a 21-11 mark in C-USA play.
The New Orleans, La., native signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2008, beginning his 12-year career in the NFL. After working with the Buccaneers in the 2008 offseason, he was acquired by Minnesota in 2008 where he remained for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. He enjoyed a breakout campaign with the Denver Broncos, making his debut in the NFL regular season in 2010. In five years in Denver, he played in 69 games and made 27 starts along the offensive line, helping the Broncos claim four consecutive AFC West titles from 2011 to 2014, peaking with an appearance in Super Bowl XLVIII after winning the 2013 AFC Championship.
He signed with Houston in the 2015 offseason where he played five of his next six seasons from 2015-17 and 2019. With the Texans, he started in 33 of his 45 career games while making three playoff appearances. He spent one season with Carolina in 2018, making 13 starts in 15 games, before spending the early portion of the 2019 season with New Orleans before rejoining Houston.
Over his NFL career, Clark played in 123 games and made 73 starts in the regular season. His teams made the playoffs seven times with Clark playing in 12 games with nine starts – including a start in Super Bowl XLVIII with Denver.
Clark currently resides in Houston, Texas, with his wife Stacy where he works as the owner of C3 Trucking & Logistics. The couple has three children: Chris, Jr., 12, Christian, 10, and Chase, 6.
Tracy Lampley (Football, 2009-2012)
Perhaps the most versatile player in the history of Southern Miss football, Tracy Lampley still owns a large swath of the Golden Eagles' record book. A four-year starter and letterwinner, Lampley played from 2009 to 2012 as a running back, wide receiver, punt returner and kick returner, amassing a total of 4,498 all-purpose yards.
He played in 49 games in his four years in Hattiesburg, beginning his career as a running back in 2009 and quickly taking over punt and kick return duties as a true freshman. He set the school record for punt return yards in a game with 211 at Marshall, netting him his first Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week award. That season, he became the first – and still the only – Golden Eagle in school history to score a rushing, receiving, punt return and kick return touchdown. His efforts earned him Conference USA All-Freshman team honors and All-C-USA honorable mention honors in 2009 as a punt returner and saw him garner honorable mention All-American honors from CollegeFootballNews.com and Second Team Freshman All-American honors from Phil Steele Publications and Rivals.com
He continued to rack up all-purpose yards over the next three years, leading the team in punt returns each season while leading the 2012 team in kick returns and receptions. In 2011, he proved the be a deciding factor throughout the season as the Golden Eagles marched to a 12-2 record, Conference USA Championship and Hawai'i Bowl victory. He recorded four games with 100-plus receiving yards, including his career-best six catches for 125 yards in the C-USA Title game at Houston.
After leading Southern Miss in rushing, receiving and kick returns and scoring a total of two touchdowns, he was named the 2011 Conference USA Championship Game MVP. He was also selected to the All-C-USA First Team as a punt returner and All-C-USA Honorable Mention Team as a wide receiver.
A native of Waynesboro, Miss., he still owns three school records today, including most punt return touchdowns, longest kick return and best punt return average while still occupying the top five in total punt returns, total kick returns, kick return yards and all-purpose yards.
After graduating from Southern Miss, Lampley spent one year with the Edmonton Eskimos before embarking on his coaching career. He helped Laurel High School (Laurel, Miss.) to a state championship in 2014 before moving to Petal High School (Petal, Miss.) and later Hinds Community College (Raymond, Miss.).
Lampley currently resides in Ocean Springs, Miss., with his wife, LaKenya, and their three children: Morgan, Tracy II and Tate. Tracy currently serves as a teacher at Ocean Springs High School and as the football team's offensive coordinator.
Jeremy Parquet (Football, 2001-2004)
A Super Bowl Champion and three-time All-Conference selection Jeremy Parquet earned four letters from 2001 to 2004 as a standout offensive lineman. After earning his first letter and All-Conference USA Freshman honors in 2001, he started every game of his final three years from 2002-2004 as a guard (2002) and then as a tackle (2003-04). Southern Miss posted a 23-15 overall record and finished 18-6 in C-USA action with Parquet starting up front.
As a team captain in 2003, Parquet earned First Team All-Conference USA honors as a junior after leading the Golden Eagles to the Conference USA Title. As a captain in 2004, he led an offensive unit that gave up just seven sacks all season while continuing to soar up NFL Draft boards. He was selected to play in the 2005 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., before the Kansas City Chiefs selected him in the seventh round with the 238th overall pick of the 2005 NFL Draft.
The Norco, La., native began a seven-year professional career with the Chiefs in 2005. He was signed by the Saint Louis Rams in 2006 where he played through 2007. He joined the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of the 2008 season and was a contributor to the Steelers' Super Bowl XLIII win over Arizona. Parquet also spent time overseas with NFL Europe's Hamburg Sea Devils, where he earned All-NFLE honors in 2007 and won World Bowl XV. He later joined the UFL's Las Vegas Locomotives, winning the 2009 UFL Championship, before finishing his career with the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos in 2010 and 2011.
Parquet currently resides in Spring, Texas, with his wife Kristen Parquet where he serves as a minister in The Church of the Nazarene. Kristen, a registered nurse, earned her BSN at Southern Miss in 2006. The couple has three children: Jeremiah, Joshua and Kai. Jeremiah, 18, plays men's basketball at Mary Hardin-Baylor, Joshua, 17, is a rising senior at Porter High School (Porter, Texas) and Kai, 11, attends Roberson Middle School (Houston, Texas).
Johnny Vitrano (Baseball, 1967-1970; Men's Basketball, 1967-1970)
A two-sport athlete from 1967 to 1970, Johnny Vitrano earned a total of seven letters as a member of the baseball and men's basketball teams. On the hardwood, he was a three-year letterwinner from 1967 to 1970 after playing on the freshman team in 1966-67. An efficient scorer, he scored 1,117 career points in just three seasons thanks to his career average of 14.7 points per game. He is still the 12th-fastest player to reach 1,000 points in school history, doing so in 68 games on Jan. 27, 1970, against Old Dominion. His totals were the ninth-most in school history at the time and currently rank 34th overall.
He is still ranked inside the top 10 in career field goal percentage, second-best at the time, and free throws made, third-most at the time. He also set a record for season field goal percentage with a 57.9 percent mark in 1967-68, which still ranks eighth on the program charts. He reached a career-high 31 points twice in his career and led Southern Miss in field goal percentage in all three seasons while leading the squad in at the charity stripe in his last two campaigns.
The New Orleans, La., native helped Southern Miss to a 49-27 overall record in his three seasons, highlighted by a 31-7 record at Reed Green Coliseum, including a perfect 11-0 showing in 1967-68. In addition to his prowess with a basketball, Vitrano also earned four letters on the baseball diamond from 1967-70. Vitrano's best career year came in 1970 when he led the team with a .273 batting average, 16 RBI, 21 hits, five doubles, two triples and two home runs.
After earning his bachelor's degree in 1970, Vitrano began a 52-year career as an educator in Louisiana. He was a teacher and basketball coach for 25 years at Holy Cross High School (New Orleans), Brother Martin High School (New Orleans) and Mandeville High School (Mandeville) before moving into administration at the Saint Tammany Parish School District. He worked 27 combined years as an assistant principal at Saint Tammany Junior High School (Slidell), principal at Boyet Junior High School (Slidell) and principal at Fontainebleau High School (Mandeville).
Throughout his career, he has twice been named Saint Tammany Parish Principal of the Year, earned the 2012 Louisiana State PTA Educator of Distinction Award, while twice being named as his districts' Coach of the Year.
Vitrano resides in Covington, La., with his wife and Southern Miss alumna Irma. The couple has two children: James, an attorney, executive and business owner who played men's basketball at Florida Tech; and Leslie, who works as vice president of global marketing at Schneider Electric and previously worked as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Brown. One of Vitrano's grandchildren, Sophia, is a current sophomore at Southern Miss.
Raquel Washington (Women's Track & Field, 2004-2006)
The most decorated hurdler in school history, Raquel Washington set – and still holds – five program records while collecting four total All-American awards and nine all-conference nods in her three-year career. Washington transferred to Southern Miss for the 2004 season after spending one year at Alcorn State, quickly making a name for herself as she earned All-Conference USA Third Team honors in the 60-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. She won gold at the 2005 C-USA Indoors in the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.38, earning First Team honors as well. She continued her dominance with another gold in the 2005 Outdoor Championship 100-meter hurdles with a 13.31, also netting her First Team honors in the 100-meter hurdles and Second Team honors in the 400-meter hurdles.
As a senior in 2006, she again took gold in the 60-meter hurdles and went on to earn First Team All-C-USA honors and All-American honors from the NCAA and USTFCCCA in the event. In the outdoor side, she won three gold medals at the 2006 Conference USA Championships with a 13.11 time in the 100-meter hurdles, a 59.05 time in the 400-meter hurdles and a 44.60 in the 4-by-100-meter relay. She was named First Team Conference USA in both the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles and continued on to earn NCAA and USTFCCCA All-American honors in the 100-meter hurdles as well.
A native of Gulfport, Miss., Washington still owns five program records at Southern Miss: indoor 55-meter (7.86), indoor 60-meter hurdles (8.08), outdoor 100-meter hurdles (13.09), outdoor 4-by-100-meter relay (44.00) and outdoor shuttle hurdle relay (58.76).
Washington earned her bachelor's degree in public health from Southern Miss and works as a registered nurse in Centennial, Colo., where she resides with her husband, former Golden Eagle athlete and assistant coach, Jeb Meschke. The couple has one son, Jeb Miles.
About the Southern Miss M-Club Alumni Association
The Southern Miss M-Club Alumni Association is a nonprofit organization that serves as the official letterwinner association for all current and former Golden Eagle student-athletes. Named for the 'M' sewn into letterman jackets athletes received at Mississippi Southern College in the 1930s and 40s, the M-Club gives former student athletes the opportunity to engage and build a relationship with the Southern Miss Department of Athletics and its 17 programs. The M-Club is built specifically for student-athlete alumni to connect with and provide mentorship to current student-athletes and to help them balance the demands of academics, athletics and extracurricular activities.
About the Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame
Inaugurated in 1965 with a 21-member class, the Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame has served as the ultimate honor for athletes at The University of Southern Mississippi for nearly 60 years. Individuals are eligible for the M-Club Hall of Fame 10 years after their last year of competition at Southern Miss and must be persons of good character and reputation that attained outstanding athletic accomplishments as either a student-athlete, coach, associate of a team, administrator, representative of The University of Southern Mississippi or in professional sports. Each year, current M-Club Alumni Association Members are tasked with inducting new members to the Hall of Fame and celebrating them at the annual M-Club Hall of Fame Banquet.
About Southern Miss Athletics
The University of Southern Mississippi sponsors 17 NCAA Division I athletic programs and is home to more than 400 student-athletes that wear the Black and Gold and continue to take Southern Miss To The Top. The Department of Athletics traces its origins to the University's inaugural year of classes in 1912. Southern Miss has enjoyed tremendous success across all of its programs and is home to over 50 conference championships and countless individual achievements on the field of play as well as in the classroom and community. All 17 programs compete under the banner of the Sun Belt Conference.
The 2025 M-Club Hall of Fame inductees are: Alexis Hall Adams (Women's Basketball, 1988-91), Deke Adams (Football, 1990-94), Chris Clark (Football, 2003-07), Tracy Lampley (Football, 2009-12), Jeremy Parquet (Football, 2001-04), Johnny Vitrano (Baseball, 1967-70 & Men's Basketball, 1967-70) and Raquel Washington (Women's Track & Field, 2004-06)
The 2025 Hall of Fame inductees will officially join the ranks of former Golden Eagle greats at the M-Club Alumni Association Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on Friday, November 14, 2025, at Southern Oaks in Hattiesburg, Miss. The newest members of the Hall of Fame will be introduced to the public for the first time on Saturday, November 15, 2025, during Southern Miss' home football game against Texas State.
Ticket information will be posted on the M-Club website in the coming weeks.
Learn more about the 2025 Hall of Fame inductees below:
Alexis Hall Adams (Women's Basketball, 1988-1991)
A three-year letterwinner for Coach Kay James from 1988-1991, Alexis Hall (Adams) helped the Lady Eagles usher in an era of dominance in her time with the program. In just three seasons, Hall scored 1,184 points and started in 63 of her 92 career games to quickly earn the respect of the country, thanks in part to her 47.3 percent efficiency from the floor. Her scoring totals still rank highly in the program's record books today and earned her numerous accolades.
Upon finishing her career, she held the fifth-most points in school history and her 12.9 points per game were 12th-most as well. Today, she sits with the 20th-most points scored in school history and is one of just five players to reach 1,000 points in less than four seasons. Her scoring prowess helped her score 38 points – the eight-most in program history – against UAB on Dec. 5, 1989. She also still owns space in the single game records categories for three-pointers (No. 7) and three-point percentage (No. 1).
A native of Gulfport, Miss., Hall earned some form of all-conference honors in each of her three seasons. As a freshman in 1988-89, she was named Metro Conference Freshman of the Year and notched in on the All-Rookie Team. She earned back-to-back spots the Metro Conference All-Tournament team in 1990 and 1991 as well as a spot on the All-Metro Conference Second Team in 1990-91. The Lady Eagles posted a 70-22 overall record with Hall on the floor and claimed the 1989 Metro Conference Title and won the 1990 Metro Conference Tournament while making back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.
After finishing her degree in 1992, Hall began her career in education as a financial aid advisor and director. She currently works as a project manager, substitute teacher and operates as her own travel agent. She is married to former football letterwinner, Southern Miss graduate and fellow M-Club Hall of Fame Inductee Deke Adams. The Adams family resides in Springdale, Ark., where Deke works as the defensive line coach at Arkansas.
The couple has two children: Jaylen, a graduate of Winthrop, and Jordyn, who was taken with the 17th overall pick in the 2018 first-year player's draft by the Los Angeles Angels and is currently a member of the Baltimore Orioles organization with Triple-A Norfolk Tides (Norfolk, Va.). In addition, Deke and Alexis are proud PopPop and Mimi to their grandchildren Laila and grandson James.
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Deke Adams (Football, 1990-1994)
Deke Adams, a member of five football squads from 1990 to 1994, earned letters in his final three seasons under head coach Jeff Bower. Adams worked his way up the depth chart after redshirting his first campaign, eventually taking over as the everyday starter at outside linebacker in the 1994 season. He tallied 77 career tackles, 42 solo tackles, five tackles for loss, one sack and one interception.
As a senior in 1994, he started in all 11 games for the Golden Eagles while recording 34 tackles, 12 solo tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack. After his redshirt season, Southern Miss posted a 20-23-1 record in his four years playing and finished with a winning 6-5 record in 1994.
After earning his degree, the Meridian, Miss., native began his coaching career in 1997 at Jacksonville State. Through 29 seasons as a coach, he has spent time at Jacksonville State (1997, defensive line), Pearl River Community College (1998-00, linebackers; 2001-02, co-defensive coordinator and secondary), Ouachita Baptist (2002-04, defensive line; 2004-05 defensive coordinator and defensive line), North Carolina A&T (2006, defensive coordinator and defensive line; 2007, defensive coordinator and linebackers), ULM (2008, linebackers), North Carolina (2012, defensive line; 2017-18, defensive line), South Carolina (2013-15, defensive line), East Carolina (2016, defensive line), Mississippi State (2019, defensive line), Ole Miss (2020, defensive line), Florida International (2021, defensive line) and Arkansas (2022-present, defensive line).
Adams spent three seasons from 2009 to 2011 at his alma mater with Coach Larry Fedora, helping Southern Miss to the 2011 Conference USA Championship. During his career, Adams has seen seven former players drafted into the NFL, including Jadeveon Clowney (South Carolina, 2014 1/1) Sylvester Williams (North Carolina, 2013 1/28), Jamie Collins (Southern Miss, 2013 2/52), Kareem Martin (North Carolina, 2014 3/84), Jason Strowbridge (North Carolina, 2020 5/154), Marquiss Spencer (Mississippi State, 2021 7/253) and Landon Jackson (Arkansas, 2025 3/72); with three former players earning All-American honors.
Deke is married to former Lady Eagle Basketball star and fellow M-Club Hall of Fame Inductee Alexis Hall Adams. The couple resides in Springdale, Ark., and has two sons Jaylen and Jordyn. Jaylen earned his bachelor's degree in sport management from Winthrop while Jordyn is currently playing baseball for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides of the Baltimore Orioles organization. Jordyn was taken in the first round of the 2018 draft out of high school by the Los Angeles Angels. The couple also has two grandchildren: Laila and James.
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Chris Clark (Football, 2003-2007)
An imposing figure on the offensive line, Chris Clark earned four letters while anchoring the Southern Miss run game as the team's starting left tackle beginning as a redshirt sophomore in 2005. Clark earned the starting assignment in every game of his final three seasons in 2005 after redshirting in 2003 and playing as a reserve in 2004. He earned All-Conference USA Freshman Team honors in 2004 after making his debut and helping the Golden Eagles to a New Orleans Bowl win.
Over his Southern Miss career, he played in 49 games and made 37 starts. As a first-year starter in 2005, he helped the offense average 349 yards per game and again won the New Orleans Bowl. In 2006, he paved the way for Damion Fletcher's 1,388-yard performance and earned All-C-USA Third Team laurels. Southern Miss won the C-USA East Division title and clipped Ohio in the GMAC Bowl for the program's third consecutive bowl victory in as many seasons.
Clark earned All-C-USA First Team honors as a senior in 2007 after helping Southern Miss set a school record with 5,066 yards of total offense. Fletcher rushed for 1,586 yards behind Clark's blocking, which remains a school record today. Southern Miss finished with a 30-21 overall record in his four playing years and posted a 21-11 mark in C-USA play.
The New Orleans, La., native signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2008, beginning his 12-year career in the NFL. After working with the Buccaneers in the 2008 offseason, he was acquired by Minnesota in 2008 where he remained for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. He enjoyed a breakout campaign with the Denver Broncos, making his debut in the NFL regular season in 2010. In five years in Denver, he played in 69 games and made 27 starts along the offensive line, helping the Broncos claim four consecutive AFC West titles from 2011 to 2014, peaking with an appearance in Super Bowl XLVIII after winning the 2013 AFC Championship.
He signed with Houston in the 2015 offseason where he played five of his next six seasons from 2015-17 and 2019. With the Texans, he started in 33 of his 45 career games while making three playoff appearances. He spent one season with Carolina in 2018, making 13 starts in 15 games, before spending the early portion of the 2019 season with New Orleans before rejoining Houston.
Over his NFL career, Clark played in 123 games and made 73 starts in the regular season. His teams made the playoffs seven times with Clark playing in 12 games with nine starts – including a start in Super Bowl XLVIII with Denver.
Clark currently resides in Houston, Texas, with his wife Stacy where he works as the owner of C3 Trucking & Logistics. The couple has three children: Chris, Jr., 12, Christian, 10, and Chase, 6.
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Tracy Lampley (Football, 2009-2012)
Perhaps the most versatile player in the history of Southern Miss football, Tracy Lampley still owns a large swath of the Golden Eagles' record book. A four-year starter and letterwinner, Lampley played from 2009 to 2012 as a running back, wide receiver, punt returner and kick returner, amassing a total of 4,498 all-purpose yards.
He played in 49 games in his four years in Hattiesburg, beginning his career as a running back in 2009 and quickly taking over punt and kick return duties as a true freshman. He set the school record for punt return yards in a game with 211 at Marshall, netting him his first Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week award. That season, he became the first – and still the only – Golden Eagle in school history to score a rushing, receiving, punt return and kick return touchdown. His efforts earned him Conference USA All-Freshman team honors and All-C-USA honorable mention honors in 2009 as a punt returner and saw him garner honorable mention All-American honors from CollegeFootballNews.com and Second Team Freshman All-American honors from Phil Steele Publications and Rivals.com
He continued to rack up all-purpose yards over the next three years, leading the team in punt returns each season while leading the 2012 team in kick returns and receptions. In 2011, he proved the be a deciding factor throughout the season as the Golden Eagles marched to a 12-2 record, Conference USA Championship and Hawai'i Bowl victory. He recorded four games with 100-plus receiving yards, including his career-best six catches for 125 yards in the C-USA Title game at Houston.
After leading Southern Miss in rushing, receiving and kick returns and scoring a total of two touchdowns, he was named the 2011 Conference USA Championship Game MVP. He was also selected to the All-C-USA First Team as a punt returner and All-C-USA Honorable Mention Team as a wide receiver.
A native of Waynesboro, Miss., he still owns three school records today, including most punt return touchdowns, longest kick return and best punt return average while still occupying the top five in total punt returns, total kick returns, kick return yards and all-purpose yards.
After graduating from Southern Miss, Lampley spent one year with the Edmonton Eskimos before embarking on his coaching career. He helped Laurel High School (Laurel, Miss.) to a state championship in 2014 before moving to Petal High School (Petal, Miss.) and later Hinds Community College (Raymond, Miss.).
Lampley currently resides in Ocean Springs, Miss., with his wife, LaKenya, and their three children: Morgan, Tracy II and Tate. Tracy currently serves as a teacher at Ocean Springs High School and as the football team's offensive coordinator.
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Jeremy Parquet (Football, 2001-2004)
A Super Bowl Champion and three-time All-Conference selection Jeremy Parquet earned four letters from 2001 to 2004 as a standout offensive lineman. After earning his first letter and All-Conference USA Freshman honors in 2001, he started every game of his final three years from 2002-2004 as a guard (2002) and then as a tackle (2003-04). Southern Miss posted a 23-15 overall record and finished 18-6 in C-USA action with Parquet starting up front.
As a team captain in 2003, Parquet earned First Team All-Conference USA honors as a junior after leading the Golden Eagles to the Conference USA Title. As a captain in 2004, he led an offensive unit that gave up just seven sacks all season while continuing to soar up NFL Draft boards. He was selected to play in the 2005 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., before the Kansas City Chiefs selected him in the seventh round with the 238th overall pick of the 2005 NFL Draft.
The Norco, La., native began a seven-year professional career with the Chiefs in 2005. He was signed by the Saint Louis Rams in 2006 where he played through 2007. He joined the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of the 2008 season and was a contributor to the Steelers' Super Bowl XLIII win over Arizona. Parquet also spent time overseas with NFL Europe's Hamburg Sea Devils, where he earned All-NFLE honors in 2007 and won World Bowl XV. He later joined the UFL's Las Vegas Locomotives, winning the 2009 UFL Championship, before finishing his career with the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos in 2010 and 2011.
Parquet currently resides in Spring, Texas, with his wife Kristen Parquet where he serves as a minister in The Church of the Nazarene. Kristen, a registered nurse, earned her BSN at Southern Miss in 2006. The couple has three children: Jeremiah, Joshua and Kai. Jeremiah, 18, plays men's basketball at Mary Hardin-Baylor, Joshua, 17, is a rising senior at Porter High School (Porter, Texas) and Kai, 11, attends Roberson Middle School (Houston, Texas).
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Johnny Vitrano (Baseball, 1967-1970; Men's Basketball, 1967-1970)
A two-sport athlete from 1967 to 1970, Johnny Vitrano earned a total of seven letters as a member of the baseball and men's basketball teams. On the hardwood, he was a three-year letterwinner from 1967 to 1970 after playing on the freshman team in 1966-67. An efficient scorer, he scored 1,117 career points in just three seasons thanks to his career average of 14.7 points per game. He is still the 12th-fastest player to reach 1,000 points in school history, doing so in 68 games on Jan. 27, 1970, against Old Dominion. His totals were the ninth-most in school history at the time and currently rank 34th overall.
He is still ranked inside the top 10 in career field goal percentage, second-best at the time, and free throws made, third-most at the time. He also set a record for season field goal percentage with a 57.9 percent mark in 1967-68, which still ranks eighth on the program charts. He reached a career-high 31 points twice in his career and led Southern Miss in field goal percentage in all three seasons while leading the squad in at the charity stripe in his last two campaigns.
The New Orleans, La., native helped Southern Miss to a 49-27 overall record in his three seasons, highlighted by a 31-7 record at Reed Green Coliseum, including a perfect 11-0 showing in 1967-68. In addition to his prowess with a basketball, Vitrano also earned four letters on the baseball diamond from 1967-70. Vitrano's best career year came in 1970 when he led the team with a .273 batting average, 16 RBI, 21 hits, five doubles, two triples and two home runs.
After earning his bachelor's degree in 1970, Vitrano began a 52-year career as an educator in Louisiana. He was a teacher and basketball coach for 25 years at Holy Cross High School (New Orleans), Brother Martin High School (New Orleans) and Mandeville High School (Mandeville) before moving into administration at the Saint Tammany Parish School District. He worked 27 combined years as an assistant principal at Saint Tammany Junior High School (Slidell), principal at Boyet Junior High School (Slidell) and principal at Fontainebleau High School (Mandeville).
Throughout his career, he has twice been named Saint Tammany Parish Principal of the Year, earned the 2012 Louisiana State PTA Educator of Distinction Award, while twice being named as his districts' Coach of the Year.
Vitrano resides in Covington, La., with his wife and Southern Miss alumna Irma. The couple has two children: James, an attorney, executive and business owner who played men's basketball at Florida Tech; and Leslie, who works as vice president of global marketing at Schneider Electric and previously worked as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Brown. One of Vitrano's grandchildren, Sophia, is a current sophomore at Southern Miss.
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Raquel Washington (Women's Track & Field, 2004-2006)
The most decorated hurdler in school history, Raquel Washington set – and still holds – five program records while collecting four total All-American awards and nine all-conference nods in her three-year career. Washington transferred to Southern Miss for the 2004 season after spending one year at Alcorn State, quickly making a name for herself as she earned All-Conference USA Third Team honors in the 60-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. She won gold at the 2005 C-USA Indoors in the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.38, earning First Team honors as well. She continued her dominance with another gold in the 2005 Outdoor Championship 100-meter hurdles with a 13.31, also netting her First Team honors in the 100-meter hurdles and Second Team honors in the 400-meter hurdles.
As a senior in 2006, she again took gold in the 60-meter hurdles and went on to earn First Team All-C-USA honors and All-American honors from the NCAA and USTFCCCA in the event. In the outdoor side, she won three gold medals at the 2006 Conference USA Championships with a 13.11 time in the 100-meter hurdles, a 59.05 time in the 400-meter hurdles and a 44.60 in the 4-by-100-meter relay. She was named First Team Conference USA in both the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles and continued on to earn NCAA and USTFCCCA All-American honors in the 100-meter hurdles as well.
A native of Gulfport, Miss., Washington still owns five program records at Southern Miss: indoor 55-meter (7.86), indoor 60-meter hurdles (8.08), outdoor 100-meter hurdles (13.09), outdoor 4-by-100-meter relay (44.00) and outdoor shuttle hurdle relay (58.76).
Washington earned her bachelor's degree in public health from Southern Miss and works as a registered nurse in Centennial, Colo., where she resides with her husband, former Golden Eagle athlete and assistant coach, Jeb Meschke. The couple has one son, Jeb Miles.
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About the Southern Miss M-Club Alumni Association
The Southern Miss M-Club Alumni Association is a nonprofit organization that serves as the official letterwinner association for all current and former Golden Eagle student-athletes. Named for the 'M' sewn into letterman jackets athletes received at Mississippi Southern College in the 1930s and 40s, the M-Club gives former student athletes the opportunity to engage and build a relationship with the Southern Miss Department of Athletics and its 17 programs. The M-Club is built specifically for student-athlete alumni to connect with and provide mentorship to current student-athletes and to help them balance the demands of academics, athletics and extracurricular activities.
About the Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame
Inaugurated in 1965 with a 21-member class, the Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame has served as the ultimate honor for athletes at The University of Southern Mississippi for nearly 60 years. Individuals are eligible for the M-Club Hall of Fame 10 years after their last year of competition at Southern Miss and must be persons of good character and reputation that attained outstanding athletic accomplishments as either a student-athlete, coach, associate of a team, administrator, representative of The University of Southern Mississippi or in professional sports. Each year, current M-Club Alumni Association Members are tasked with inducting new members to the Hall of Fame and celebrating them at the annual M-Club Hall of Fame Banquet.
About Southern Miss Athletics
The University of Southern Mississippi sponsors 17 NCAA Division I athletic programs and is home to more than 400 student-athletes that wear the Black and Gold and continue to take Southern Miss To The Top. The Department of Athletics traces its origins to the University's inaugural year of classes in 1912. Southern Miss has enjoyed tremendous success across all of its programs and is home to over 50 conference championships and countless individual achievements on the field of play as well as in the classroom and community. All 17 programs compete under the banner of the Sun Belt Conference.
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