Page High School Hall of Fame Inductees will be honored/recognized tonight at the PAGE-NG football game…..
2023 Page High School Hall of Fame Biographies
Landis Best (Cox): 1980-1984
Page High School standout Tennis player who was a part of the team tennis state championships in 1982 and 1983. Landis also won a single state championship in the 1983 season. As a student at Page Landis was awarded the Morehead Scholarship to attend UNC-Chapel Hill where she also played tennis and was named a team captain. Landis went on to win an ACC singles tennis title in 1988.
Quicha Floyd: 1987-1991
A multisport Page athlete for the Volleyball, Basketball, and Track programs. Quicha was named to multiple all-conference and all-american selections while in high school and even won state titles in the high jump in 1989 and 1991. Quicha then went on to NC State University where she played basketball and ran track, making a sweet 16 appearance as a basketball player and finishing as high as 7th in the nation for high jump.
Donald Moore: 1970-1974
A multisport Page athlete for the Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Golf programs. Donald was a team captain and quarterback on the football team as well as captain and point guard for the basketball team. His senior year Donald was named Offensive Player of the Year in football and lead the team to a conference championship in basketball. After Page, Donald went on to attend NC State University. He has served on many committees and organizations which include being chairman of the committee to rename the stadium and gymnasium in 1997. Donald now serves as the President Emeritus of the Greensboro Grasshoppers.
John Newman Jr: 1979-1983
John was a member of the Football, Basketball, and Track teams while at Page, where he decided multiple all-conference honors. John was also named all-state in basketball his senior year and played in the annual East-West All Star game 1983. He then went on to play basketball at James Madison University where he again received many honors including being named a 2-time team captain. John finished his college career with over 1000 points and almost 600 rebounds. He is still #8 on the all-time leading field goal percentage and rebounding categories for James Madison.
Our Last two inductees were an instrumental part of the Marion Kirby Staff and dedicated many years of service to Page High School.
Kenneth Page Sr:
The late Ken Page Sr. or as many knew him “KP” is being represented in this honor by his son Ken Page Jr. KP attended NC A&T State University where he was a 4 year letterman for football and named as an All-American. KP coached at Page for over 30 years as defensive coordinator. In that time he helped the Pirates win 18 conference championships as well as 4 state championships in 1980, ’83, ’84 and ’85. Prior to his passing KP was also inducted into the NC A&T Sports Hall of Fame.
Henry Franklin Starling:
Better known as Frank Starling, attended East Carolina University and then found a home at Page High School. Frank was not only a beloved teacher at Page but also coached Football, Wrestling, Golf and Baseball at different points in his career. Frank like KP, helped lead the Pirates to 4 state championships in football as well as leading the Pirates to a wrestling state championship. On top of his phenomenal coaching career Frank could always be seen working with his students and even chaperoning groups of students to the first ever Special Olympics in Chicago in 1968 and again for the first ever North Carolina Special Olympics in 1970.