Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Dial was the Most Valuable Player on the 1964 ABAC basketball team that won the state championship. He scored 28 points in a 71-65 semifinal win over Young Harris and then tossed in 27 points in a 76-58 victory over Columbus to clinch the title for Coach Benny Dees’ team. A Waycross High School graduate where he was named to the All-State and All-America teams, Dial continued his stellar play for the Stallions by being named All-State in his freshman and sophomore seasons as well as claiming All-District and All-America honors during his sophomore year. Dial went on to play for the Georgia Southern team which finished second in the nation in the 1966 NAIA national tournament. As a coach at Cartersville High School from 1967-74, Dial won region titles and garnered over 100 wins for the girls’ basketball team in a five-year stretch.