Bolles School issued the following announcement on Aug. 16.
Bolles alumnus Riley Skinner ’05 will be inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony on September 17, 2021 in Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Skinner was announced as an inductee in June 2020 but the pandemic pushed the ceremony until this fall.
Skinner is the winningest quarterback in Wake Forest history, leading the Demon Deacons to 31 wins as a starter from 2006-2009. In his redshirt freshman season, he led the Deacons to an 11-3 record, the ACC Championship and a berth in the Orange Bowl in January 2007. The ACC Rookie of the Year in 2006, Skinner was a second team All-ACC pick that year and an honorable mention selection in 2008 and 2009. He became the first quarterback in school history to lead the Deacons to three bowl games while setting school records for completion percentage, passing yards, completions, touchdown passes and passing efficiency. Skinner remains the NCAA record holder for completion percentage in a bowl game, having connected on all 11 attempts in Wake Forest's 29-19 win over Navy in the 2008 EagleBank Bowl.
Also among the six inductees is 11-time NBA All-Star Chris Paul. The total number of members in the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame is 175 and September 17 will mark the 47th Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame induction class.
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