was in the lineup for Berea against Ohio Wilmington, breaking the color barrier in college basketball in Kentucky.
== Notable alumni and faculty ==
Daniel S. Bentley (1850–1916), American minister, writer, newspaper founder
A. A. Burleigh (c. 1845–1938) American minister, soldier; the first African American adult to attend and graduate in 1875 from Berea College
John "Bam" Carney – educator; member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Campbellsville
Dean W. Colvard – former president of Mississippi State University, notable for his role in a 1963 controversy surrounding the participation of the university's basketball team in the NCAA Tournament
Frances Berry Coston (1876–1960), journalist, suffragist, educator
John Courter – educator; an American composer, organist, and carillonneur, considered one of the leading contemporary composers for the carillon
John Fenn – recipient of 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Despite his future success, Fenn always felt that he was limited by the lack of meaningful …
