He was selected to the Rotary Senior Bowl and the Greenville County all-star team.īurns played basketball for five years, earned four letters and was selected a Greenville County all-star as a senior. He earned three letters in football as a quarterback and defensive back and was a member conference championship teams in 19. Gunter Shell ‘s teams won numerous region titles in volleyball and girls track, she was named region coach of the year four times and she was the North-South all-star volleyball coach twice.īurns (Class of 1959) competed in football, basketball, baseball, track and golf for the Devildogs. In 1985, Gunter Shell led the volleyball team to the Class AAA Upper State championship, and a year later, she guided the team to the state title - the first for a girls sport in the school’s history. In 1977, she was chosen to lead the school’s first girls track team. In 1976, Gunter Shell became the first African-American head coach at Travelers Rest when she was chosen to lead the volleyball program. She received her undergraduate degree from South Carolina State and her master’s degree from Furman University. She’s a graduate of Mims High School in McCormick, where she excelled in basketball, volleyball and track. She also taught and coached at Ebenezer Middle School in Sumter, Northwood Middle School and Southside High School. Gunter Shell taught and coached at Travelers Rest from 1975 to 2006. 24 between the Devildogs’ girls and boys basketball games against Pickens. Gloria Gunter Shell, Lee Burns, Roger Hayes and Chuck Werner will be inducted into the Travelers Rest High School Athletic Hall of Fame Jan.

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