single-sport members of the Conference Carolinas. Also added for 2019–20 was men's volleyball, in which the NCAA holds a combined Division I/II national championship; the Pioneers compete in that sport as an independent. Tusculum also added the non-NCAA sport of men's bowling in 2019–20, and also recognizes its cheerleaders (both male and female) as varsity athletes. In 2004, Ricardo Colclough, a defensive back and kick returner, became the first Tusculum Pioneers football player to be drafted by the National Football League when he was selected in the second draft round by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Colclough, the only Tusculum player to appear in an NFL game, played for the Carolina Panthers. He was dismissed from the team in August 2008. In 2007, former Tusculum College basketball player, Tyler White, became a member of the Washington Generals, the exhibition team that travels with and plays against the Harlem Globetrotters. In August 2009, Chris Poore, another former Tusculum College basketball player, also became a member of the Washington Generals. On September 4, 2014, the Tusculum football team hosted the College of Faith, an online institution in Charlotte, North Carolina. In a 71–0 win, the Pioneers set two NCAA all Division records: fewest total yards allowed (minus-100) and fewest rushing yards allowed (minus-124). Tusculum also had three safeties, which tied a Division II record. Notable alumni Stu Aberdeen (1935–1979), American college men's basketball coach; head coach, Marshall University Alexander Outlaw Anderson (1794–1869), United States senator from Tennessee; later served in the California State Senate and on the California Supreme Court William Coleman Anderson (1853–1902), U.S. Representative from Tennessee DeAundre Alford (b. 1997), defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League Jacob Franklin Bird (1827–1866), member of Indiana General Assembly James D. Black (1849–1938), Governor of Kentucky in 1919 Vincent Boreing (1839–1903), U.S. Representative from Kentucky Roe Campbell (1900–1988), Football and Basketball player for the University of Tennessee, member of Tusculum College's Sports Hall of Fame Robert Looney Caruthers (1800–1882), judge, politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee Ricardo Colclough (b. 1982), cornerback in the National Football League Steve Crane (b. 1972), former English football player Brandon Dickson (b. 1984), Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals Henry Dircks (1806–1873) (Honorary degree, 1868), English engineer who is considered to have been the main designer of the projection technique known as Pepper's ghost in 1858 James Dobson (1920-1987) Broadway, film and television actor