Jesse Mason, director of UALR’s Cooperative Education Program, has been selected for induction into the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Hall of Fame. His nomination by the Hall of Fame Committee received more than 60 percent of the vote.

An All-Southwestern Conference guard on the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff/Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal Golden Lions basketball team in 1959-1960 season, Mason scored 656 points in 26 games for an average of 25.2 points per game to win the conference scoring crown. He was a four-year letterman who majored in economics.

Last year, Mason was inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 2010 at UAPB. He was elected to the Little Rock Board of Directors in 1992 and served as vice mayor from 1993 to 1994. He currently serves as a commissioner on the Little Rock National Airport Commission.