Roscoe Nance, Tuskegee University graduate, has reached a milestone that many can only dream. He is a member of the 2015 Class inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference's Hall of Fame.

Nance never scored a basket or threw a touchdown pass, nor did he earn his undergraduate degree from a SWAC school. But his impact on the conference was significant. From 1978-85, Nance covered SWAC sports, primarily for Alcorn State, Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State, for the Jackson Clarion-Ledger Newspaper.

"I'm honored to have been placed in a time to have witnessed some of those great moments," Nance said. "Being inducted into the SWAC Hall of Fame is really the highlight of my career. I never expected anything like this."

An Alabama native, Nance counts the historic 1984 Alcorn State-Mississippi Valley State football game was one of the highlights of his journalism career.  MVSU, led by wide receiver Jerry Rice and quarterback Willie Totten lost to Alcorn State and cornerback Ike Holt, 42-38, before a crowd of 65,000 fans in Jackson.

He also remembered the undefeated 1979 Alcorn basketball team upsetting Mississippi State in the NIT and nearly defeating national power Indiana.

After working in Jackson, Nance went on to USA Today from 1985-2007 where he covered the NBA for 15 seasons.

Now retired in Virginia, he serves as president of the SWAC Alumni Association.