A member of the first national champion team in any sport at West Virginia, Ashby Dickerson was a bruising heavyweight who helped lead WVU to a share of the 1938 boxing title.
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Dickerson teamed with 165-pounder Sam Littlepage in winning individual championships as the Mountaineers split the 1938 crown with Virginia and Catholic University.
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Dickerson, who lettered from 1936-38 for Coach Eddie Vacheresse, went undefeated in 1938 and captured the heavyweight national title.
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During his career, he won three straight Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing Conference heavyweight championships and the Mountaineers went 13-6-3 in dual meets. WVU also won the 1936 EIBC team title.
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The Rhodell, West Virginia, native went undefeated in dual matches during his career and qualified for the 1936 U.S. Olympic trials.
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The late Dickerson also played one season of football, but did not letter. He became the first boxer inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame.
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He was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 and was named an inaugural member of the Mountaineer Legends Society in 2018.
