Liberty University Athletics will officially induct its newest Hall of Fame members at a special ceremony at Williams Stadium on Nov. 30. The members will also be recognized during halftime of the Flames Football game on Dec. 1.
Peter Aluma
Men’s Basketball, 1994-97
Aluma helped the Flames capture the program’s first Big South Conference (BSC) title and automatic NCAA Tournament bid as a freshman in 1994. By the conclusion of his college career, the 6-foot-10-inch center from Nigeria scored 1,715 points and set program records with 366 blocked shots and 677 free-throw attempts. He also earned three All-BSC selections and was named BSC Championship MVP in 1994 and 1997. He was inducted into the BSC Hall of Fame in 2008. Aluma played professionally for the Sacramento Kings (1998-99), for the Nigeria national team in the 1998 World FIBA Championship in Venezuela, and for the Harlem Globetrotters in 2001.
Danielle (McNaney) Detmer
Women’s Track & Field, 2002-05
Detmer emerged as the most decorated multi-event female athlete in Liberty track & field history. She helped the Lady Flames capture three Big South Conference (BSC) Indoor Track & Field Championship trophies and a pair of BSC Outdoor Track & Field Championship crowns by earning 13 individual titles and BSC Most Outstanding Track Performer honors in 2003. Detmer is Liberty’s only three-time Eastern College Athletic Conference champion, finishing first in the pentathlon in 2004 and 2005 and the heptathlon in 2005. She set Liberty and BSC records in winning the 2005 Penn Relays heptathlon. She competed in the heptathlon at three NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships and earned first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American and BSC Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors.
Rashad Jennings
Football, 2006-08
During his three years at running back for the Flames, the Forest, Va., native rushed for 3,633 yards and set program records for career rushing touchdowns (42), 100-yard games (22), and points scored (278). He was a first-team All-American during his senior year and was selected in the seventh round of the NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jennings enjoyed a seven-year NFL career, rushing for 3,772 yards and 23 touchdowns for the Jaguars (2009-12), Oakland Raiders (2013), and New York Giants (2014-16). Jennings became the youngest keynote speaker at Liberty’s 43rd Commencement in 2016. In 2017, he won the Mirrorball Trophy on ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars.” He started the Rashad Jennings Foundation to educate, inspire, and encourage youth with life skills training and mentorship. The foundation supports The Locker Room Project, The Reading Challenge, and Camp 180, an annual football camp held at Williams Stadium.
Frank Landrey
Men’s Golf Coach, 1992-2004
Landrey became the Flames’ second head golf coach after earning his master’s degree from Liberty in 1991. He guided Liberty to its first tournament triumph at the NCAA Division I level in 1994 and coached the Flames’ first victory over Notre Dame in any sport in 2000 (winning the St. John’s Classic). In 2003, he led the team in earning its first at-large NCAA Division I postseason berth — the NCAA Men’s Golf East Regional — and was named Golf Coaches Association of America’s Regional Coach of the Year. In his career, Landrey coached the Flames to 11 team tournament titles and seven tournament individual medalist honors.
Warren Stewart
Wrestling, 1988-90
Stewart became the only NCAA champion in program history in 1988 when the program competed at the Division II level. He finished 28-8 that year, winning the 142-pound weight class at the NCAA DII national championships. The Lewistown, Pa., native enrolled at Liberty after serving for two years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Stewart finished his college career with a 73-16-2 record. He was an assistant coach with the Flames in 1990-91 before entering full-time ministry with his wife, Julie, through Campus Crusade for Christ. He has since coached all five of his sons in the sport at nearby Brookville High School, including 141-pound Reid Stewart, who led Liberty to its second NCWA National Championship in four years as a freshman in 2017-18.
