C.A. Frye

Year Inducted: 2023

C.A. Frye was Lenoir-Rhyne's first-ever prolific passer from out of head coach Clarence Stasavich's Single-Wing offense. Many of the records he set throwing the ball are still listed among the school's top-10 lists. After playing four years of football, a period when the Bears posted a 26-12-2 record, Frye played one year of baseball. He compiled a 7-0 pitching mark in 1951, a season that saw the Bears finish 15-4. Upon conclusion of the 1951 baseball campaign, Frye graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne. He was inducted into Lenoir-Rhyne’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.

He then played one summer of professional baseball with the Hickory Rebels before entering graduate school at the University of North Carolina. Frye received his Master's Degree in Education in 1954.

He started his outstanding coaching career in 1952 at Troy High School, an endeavor that lasted 39 years. Coaching primarily football, basketball and baseball, Frye recorded a 619-269-6 record directing programs at Pfeiffer College (1953-56), Burlington High School (1956-70), Gibsonville High School (1970-71) and Statesville High School (1971-91).