Keesler medic among inductees for Rust College's Sports Hall of Fame Published Jan. 15, 2010 By Steve Pivnick 81st Medical Group Public Affairs KEESLER AFB, Ms. -- Barbara Knox-Seymour, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron pharmacy flight, and other members of the 1984 Rust College "Lady Bearcats" basketball team were honored recently as they and their coach were the first athletes to be inducted into the school's Sports Hall of Fame. The event was held during the 143rd Rust College Convocation Founders Day weekend held on the Holly Springs, Miss., campus. Rust College President David L. Beckley inducted the team and their coach, Dr. A.J. Stovall, for winning the 1984 NCAA Division III Basketball National Championship. The school also is petitioning the NCAA to induct the team into the National NCAA Sports Hall of Fame for being the first and only black team and school to accomplish this feat. The recognition came on the 25th anniversary of the team's national championship. The Lady Bearcats were awarded gold watches, Division III jackets, gold medals, certificates, plaques and a video of the championship game. Knox-Seymour was the forward and shooting guard on the championship squad, a position she played while studying communications and radio and television from 1984 to 1985. The Blue Mountain, Miss., native resides in Biloxi. She has two sons, a daughter and stepdaughter. Bernard Seymour III, 22, attends the University of Arkansas at Monticello where he plays basketball; and Brandon Gines, 19, is on the rugby squad at Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala. Daughter Keionna Gines, 16, is a student at St. Martin High School and also plays basketball. Her stepdaughter Jasmine Flowers, 13, resides in Scranton, Pa. Knox-Seymour also is manager and singer for the local band, "Barbara & Co."