Steve Rankin

Year Inducted: 2021

Steve Rankin graduated from South Iredell High School and was a three-sport athlete. (football, basketball, and baseball). He received All-Conference honors in baseball and football. Steve received the Scholar-Athlete Award in 1969. Steve went onto Appalachian State University for college and came back to Iredell County and served as a Teacher/Coach and Athletic Director for over 39 years.

Steve started at Oakwood Jr. High and went to Statesville and then opening Lake Norman as Athletic Director. He was voted as North Carolina High School Athletic Association Athletic Director of the Year for Region 7 in 1993. He was inducted in the North Carolina Athletic Directors Hall of Fame in 2018, the South Iredell Athletic Hall of Fame in 2020 and the Iredell County Sports Hall of Fame in 2021. Rankin served in the US Army Reserves for 28 years, retiring as Lieutenant Colonel. He still gives back as a volunteer at Lake Norman High School and Executive Director of the Iredell County Sports Hall of Fame.