Calendar

2025/2026 DAASHOF Meetings Calendar

All Meetings On Wednesdays (The Dover meetings will be on Wednesdays at 7pm at the Modern Maturity Center and the Newcastle meetings will be on Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the Newcastle County Library.)

2026
MAY 6 - New Castle county library at 6:30 p.m. 
MAY 20 - Zoom Budget meeting at 6:30pm 
MAY 27 - Zoom meeting at 7:00 p.m.
OCT 7- New Castle county route 9  library - 6:30 p.m.
NOV 4 - MMC - 7:00 p.m.

2027
JAN 13 - New Castle county route 9 library - 6:30 p.m.
MAR 3 - MMC - 7:00 p.m.
MAR 17 - New Castle county route 9 library - 6:30 p.m.(special banquet meeting)
MAR 31 - MMC at 7:00 p.m 
APR 7 - New Castle county library route 9 library - 6:30 p.m (special banquet meeting)
MAY 5 - MMC - 7:00 p.m.
JUN 2 - New Castle county library route 9 library - 6:30 p.m.

 

News

NBA, CFL standouts highlight 2024 Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame Class

Class to be inducted Saturday in Dover Read more...

Sitdown with Delaware Afro Sports Hall of Fame President Mark Sills

SALISBURY, Md. -- This weekend marks the 25th Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame banquet in Dover, and we had the pleasure of speaking with President Mark Sills on Wednesday afternoon. Read more...

Former NBA guard Emanual Davis starred for Delaware State

Former NBA guard Emanual Davis starred for Delaware State (Delaware Online)

 

DAASHOF Members Honored at Maryland vs Delaware Basketball Showcase

Daashof Members honored at the Maryland vs Delaware Basketball showcase on Saturday March 30, 2024 at Cape Henlopen High school Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Past DAASHOF Inductee Members honored, left to Right, Donald Polk,  John Bishop , James Allen , Mark SILLS, Andre Matthews, Wesley Townsend and Devin Park . 

DAASHOF Members attending Delaware State University Hornets WOMENS BASKETBALL MIXER BRUNCH on the campus of Delaware State University (Saturday, March 3, 2024)

 

Mark Sills Interview (30 Seconds)

30 SECONDS:
Interview with Mark Sills, President of the Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame, Inc.

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DAASHOF Members at Walnut Street YMCA Black History Month Program in Wilmington, Delaware

 

 

Class of 2024 inductees from the Community Crossfire Program at the Channel TV 28 studios in Wilmington Delaware with TV show Host Norman Oliver (DAASHOF member), on Wednesday, March 20

 

Community Crossfire with Norman Oliver | March 24, 2024

2025 DAASHOF Banquet Photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAASHOF Members and 2007 Inductee, the late Charles Smith, induction into the Concord high School athletic hall of Fame Banquet at Concord high School in Wilmington Delaware, on Saturday, October 14, 2023

 

 

 

 

DAASHOF President Mark Sills speaking at Charlie Smith induction (Concord High School Hall of Fame)

 

 

DAASHOF President Mark Sills visits Lexington, Kentucky African American Sports Hall of Fame

 

At the Lexington African American sports Hall of Fame BANQUET in Lexington Kentucky. Left to Right , Co-chairman of the Lexington African American sports Hall of Fame Organization Connie Rayford and Delaware Afro American sports Hall of Fame inc. President Mark Sills 

Picture Left to Right, Delaware Afro American sports Hall of Fame Inc . President Mark Sills and Lexington African American sports Hall of Fame president Bobby Jones 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 DAASHOF Inductees Honored

2023 Daashof inductees Devin & Darin Park honored by the City of Wilmington on June 24 , 2023 with a basketball court Dedication ceremony,  naming a basketball court after both of them at the Brown Burton Winchester park in Wilmington, Delaware.

 

WR John Taylor, LB Patrick Willis to be inducted into 49ers Hall of Fame

Our own John Taylor to be inducted into 49ers Hall of Fame (NFL.COM)

 

Delaware State star, Super Bowl hero rose from obscurity

Delaware Online Article