North Carolina Central University Athletics

Reginald "Hawk" Ennis was the only North Carolinian on the 1941 cham­pionship basketball team at North Carolina College. For three of his four seasons with the Eagles, he was captain of the basketball team, the team's most valuable player, and a member of the All-CIAA team. His jersey number 7 was retired.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946 and in the Air Force from 1951-55. While he was teaching and coaching at Johnston Central High School, his high school alma mater, the school chose the Hawk as its mascot in his honor. He was a coach in schools in Johnston County, N.C. from 1946 to 1975, and served as assistant principal at Smithfield-Selma Senior High School.