The Texas Tech Hall of Fame is determined by outstanding athletic achievement and the individuals that have brought distinction to the Texas Tech Athletics program through their athletic accomplishments, but also continually displaying qualities of sportsmanship, character and integrity. Former athletes are eligible for consideration a minimum of 10 years after their class has graduated. Since the Hall of Fame's initial ceremony, 142 people have been inducted.
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Texas Tech Athletics Hall of Fame inductees.
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Elmer Tarbox
1961
Football, Basketball, and Track 1937-40
Hometown: Higgins
- Charter member of Hall of Honor in 1961
- Led team to 10-0 regular-season record and first Cotton Bowl as junior in 1938
- Led nation with 11 pass interceptions on defense that allowed only five TDs during regular season in 1938
- Scored nine touchdowns in 10 games as junior
- Helped team to Sun Bowl in 1937
- Never played football until college
- Starter on 1937 Border Conference runner-up basketball team as 6-0 forward
- Two-year track captain who set Border Conference records in low and high hurdles in 1939
- Played in East-West Shrine Game
- Former President of Ex-Students Association
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Walter Schlinkman
1961
Football and Track 1942, 1944-45
Hometown: Dumas
- Charter member of Hall of Honor in 1961
- Little All-America first team by UP in 1945
- First Red Raider to crack 200-yard rushing barrier in a game
- Rushed for 206 yards against Creighton as sophomore in 1942
- Single-game rushing record stood for 36 years
- 871 rushing as senior was second most ever at Tech at the time
- All-Border Conference in 1942 (no conference competition in 1944-45)
- Also outstanding in shot put
- Played in Chicago All-Star Game and the East-West Shrine Game
- Played for Green Bay in 1946-50 after drafted in first round in 1945
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Ransom Walker
1961
Football, Basketball, and Track 1926-29
Hometown: Mission
- Charter member of Hall of Honor in 1961
- Three-sport standout during school's athletic infancy
- Nicknamed "Handsome Ransom"
- First Red Raider to play in post-season all-star football game (1929 East-West Shrine Game)
- Team's top offensive player in 1927 and 1928 as running back
- Led basketball team in scoring as forward in 1929
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Marsh Farmer
1962
Track 1938-40
Hometown: Fort Worth
- One of the most outstanding track performers in America in his era despite the loss of one arm
- Set Border Conference records while winning the low and high hurdles in 1938
- National AAU champ and record holder in 1939
- Hurdles champion in the New Jersey AAU and Maryland Indoor meets in 1940
- Tied world record in 70-yard hurdles at Maryland
- Set Cotton Carnival 110-meter high hurdles record in 1940
- Fourth in the 120 and 220 hurdles in the National AAU meet in 1941
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Hurley Carpenter
1962
Football and Track 1925-29
Hometown: Sudan
- Scored the first touchdown on the Texas Tech campus
- He ran a fumble return for a TD in a 7-6 victory over St. Edwards on Oct. 8, 1926
- Started every game as a lineman during his four-year career except the last, when he was injured
- Team Captain and Vice President of student body in 1926
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G.C. (Mule) Dowell
1963
Football 1932-34; Coach and Administrator 1939-41
Hometown: Royse City
- Helped the team to three Border Conference championships as a fullback
- Led the Border Conference in scoring in 1934
- Helped team lead the nation in scoring in 1932 with 382 points
- First Red Raider invited to Chicago All-Star Game, but declined so he could enter the NFL early
- Two-year starter for the Chicago Cardinals
- Served as assistant football coach and business manager from 1939-41
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Charles Wooldridge
1964
Football and Track 1928-30
Hometown: Dallas
- Played fullback in 1928 and 1930
- Ran on 440 and mile relays for undefeated track team in 1928
- College light heavyweight boxing champion
- President of junior and senior classes
- Served on Board of Regents from 1947-53
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George Langford
1964
Football 1929-32
Hometown: Frankell
- Tackle who earned nickname "Iron Man" for his endurance
- Three-time school heavyweight boxing champion
- Served on athletic council from 1943-53
- Helped found the 100 Club, which has evolved into the present Alumni Association
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Volney (Satch) Hill
1965
Football and Baseball 1925-28
Hometown: Milford
- Standout fullback and baseball pitcher in school's first three years to field teams
- Kicked a 43-yard field goal against TCU in 1926 that stood as a school record until 1964
- .529 batting average in 1926 is still school's best
- One of three Red Raiders to pitch a full-game no-hitter (1926)
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Winfield W. (Windy) Nicklaus
1966
Football 1925-28; Baseball 1926-28
Hometown: Amarillo
- School's first football captain in 1925
- Helped team to largest victory in school history -- 120-0 over Wayland in 1925
- President of Junior Class in 1926-27
- At 5-4, 190, started at fullback but switched to center when injuries hit
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General Ross Ayers
1966
Football 1930-32
Hometown: Arkadelphia
- Captain of the 1932 team that compiled the school's first 10-win season (10-2)
- Former commander of the Texas National Guard
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Marshall Gettys
1967
Football 1947-50
Hometown: Amarillo
- Twice All-America Honorable Mention as tackle
- Helped team to three consecutive Border Conference Championships
- All-Border Conference in 1948 and 1949
- President of Student Body and Double T Association
- Helped Red Raiders win two Border Conference championships
- Helped Red Raiders to back-to-back bowl games (1948 Sun and Raisin)
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Jim W. Reed
1967
Basketball 1953-56
Hometown: Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Three-time All-Border Conference selection and league MVP as senior
- Named to Helms Foundation All-America list in 1956
- One of most prolific rebounders in school history as forward
- Still has five best rebounding games ever at Tech (27, 27, 26, 24, 23)
- School career leader with 1,333 boards as four-year starter
- Among school's Top 10 scorers with 1,689 points
- Shares school record for most field goals in a game with 18
- Helped team to Border Conference championships the last three years
- Helped team to 21-5 season and first NCAA Tournament appearance as sophomore
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Bobby Cavazos
1968
Football 1951-53
Hometown: Kingsville
- Second-team All-America as halfback in 1953
- Most Outstanding Back in leading team to historic 35-13 victory over Auburn in 1954 Gator Bowl
- Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce Amateur Athlete of the Year
- Key player on Texas Tech's first 11-win team (11-1)
- Helped team lead nation in scoring with 428 points in regular season
- Set school career rushing record with 2,278 yards and school season scoring record with 80 points
- Three-time All-Border Conference
- Played in Senior Bowl and Chicago All-Star Game
- Signed with Chicago Cardinals but never played due to exhibition game injury
- Second-team All-America by AP as halfback in 1953
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Walker Nichols
1968
Football 1933-35
Hometown: San Angelo
- Helped team to Border Conference Championships in 1933 and 1934
- Captain of 1935 team as guard
- Overcame small stature with hustle and leadership
- Served as assistant coach in 1941 and 1946
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Gerald Myers
1969
Basketball 1957-59; Head Basketball Coach 1971-90; Athletics Director 1996-2011
Hometown: Borger
- School's first All-Southwest Conference first-team selection as guard in 1958
- Little Man All-America first-team by UPI and All-District VI
- Held school season free throw percentage record of .869 for 41 years
- Replaced Bob Bass as basketball coach at mid-season 1971 after serving as assistant for 1 1/2 years
- Winningest men's basketball coach in school history
- Compiled 326-261 record in 20 seasons
- Coached teams to 16 winning seasons, two Southwest Conference championships, three SWC Post-Season tournament titles, and four NCAA Tournament berths
- Took over as Director of Athletics in February 1997, after serving as interim for six months
- Oversaw biggest facility upgrade in school history
- Hired Bob Knight and Mike Leach
- Member of the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame
- Member of the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame
- Past President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches
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Jerry Walker
1969
Football 1952-55
Hometown: Pampa
- All-America honorable mention by AP and UP as senior
- Three-time All-Border Conference at tackle
- Four-year starter who helped team to league titles in 1953-55
- Starter in '56 Sun Bowl and historic '54 Gator Bowl
- Voted best player in Border Conference as junior
- Helped team lead nation in scoring, third in rushing and fourth in total offense as a sophomore
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Marshall Brown
1970
Basketball 1939-40
Hometown: Whitehouse
- All-Border Conference in 1939
- Led team in scoring on school's first 20-game winner in 1940 (21-7)
- Led Border Conference in scoring in 1939
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J.O. (Buddy) Brothers
1971
Football 1927-30
Hometown: Lubbock
- One of the greatest players during the early days of Tech football
- Played four years at half-back
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Jack Kirkpatrick
1971
Football 1952-55
Hometown: Post
- All-America honorable mention in helping Red Raiders to one of most successful seasons ever in 1953
- Helped team to three consecutive Border Conference Championships
- Border Conference Most Valuable Player after quarterbacking team to 11-1 record and historic 35-13 victory over Auburn in '54 Gator Bowl
- All-Border Conference in 1953
- Helped team to No. 12 national ranking by AP and UP
- Helped team lead nation in scoring (428 pts.), kickoff returns (24.7 avg.) and fumble recoveries (32)
- Had 100-yard kickoff returns for touchdowns vs. West Texas State and Tulsa
- Had third-most PATs in nation as soph and served as place kicker all four years
- Helped team to 1955 Sun Bowl
- Team was 25-6-2 in last three years
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Ken Talkington
1973
Football 1957-59
Hometown: Tyler
- Captain of final team before entrance into Southwest Conference
- Quarterbacked team to a pair of one-point wins with two-point conversion plays
- President of Double T Association in 1960
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Ed Irons
1973
Football and Basketball 1940-42
Hometown: Puducah
- One of school's top linemen in pre-World War II era
- Three-year letterman in football and basketball
- Helped 1940-41 basketball teams to 40 wins playing outside of Border Conference
- Helped 1942 basketball team to runner-up finish in Border Conference
- Former Superintendent of Lubbock Independent School District
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Yancy Price
1974
Football 1930-33
Hometown: Lubbock
- Helped team to Border Conference Championships in 1932-1934
- Stand-out running back and end
- Helped team to 10-2 record in 1932 and 8-1 mark in 1933
- Led team in touchdowns as sophomore
- Served as assistant coach in 1934
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Jerrell Price
1974
Football 1949-51
Hometown: Brownfield
- Helped team to Border Conference Championships in 1949 and 1951
- All-America second-team by AP in 1951
- Teamed with Aubrey Phillips to captain school's first team to win a bowl game
- Twice All-Border Conference
- Three-year starter at tackle who also helped team to Raisin Bowl
- Played in East-West Shrine Game and Chicago All-Star Game
- Drafted in sixth round by Los Angeles, but played one season for Chicago
- Owner and chief chef of media-popular 50-Yard-Line Restaurant
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Ernest Hawkins
1975
Football, Basketball, Track 1944, 1947050
Hometown: Lamesa
- True multi-sport contributor
- Started for basketball team as freshman in 1945 and also played in 1947
- Ran on track team in 1948 as sprinter
- All-Border Conference second-team in 1948
- Quarterback for three Border Conference championship teams (1947-49)
- Helped team to Sun Bowl and Raisin Bowl
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Vernon (Buddy) Barron
1976
Football 1950-52
Hometown: Temple
- Two-year starter at guard though only 5'-10"
- Helped Red Raiders to a Border Conference championship in 1951
- Helped Texas Tech to its first bowl win in the 1951 Sun Bowl
- Team captain
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Del Ray Mounts
1977
Basketball 1960-62
Hometown: Perryton
- Twice All-District VI and All-Southwest Conference guard
- Three-year starter who averaged 17.7 ppg in 76 games
- Earned all-tournament honors at 1962 Midwest Regional Tournament
- Helped team to 1960 Southwest Conference championship and 1961 co-championship
- Led SWC in scoring as sophomore with 16.4 ppg
- Came to Tech on partial baseball scholarship and lettered as pitcher in 1960
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E.J. Holub
1977
Football 1958-60
Hometown: Lubbock
- School's first two-time consensus All-American (1959-60)
- Sports Illustrated and AP Lineman of the Week after registering 15 unassisted tackles and eight assists vs. Baylor as senior
- School's first football player to be named All-Southwest Conference in 1960
- Nicknamed "The Beast" as center and linebacker
- Drafted in the first round by the Dallas Texans of the AFL in 1961
- Played in the Coaches-America Game, the Senior Bowl, and Chicago All-Star Game
- Outstanding Lineman in 1960 East-West Shrine Game and later named to its all-time honor squad
- Despite lineman status, finished 10th in Heisman Trophy voting
- Underwent 12 knee operations during career
- Played 11 years professionally
- Helped Texans win longest game in pro football history -- 1962 AFL championship
- Only player in NFL history to start two Super Bowls on opposite sides of the line of scrimmage (Super Bowl I at linebacker and Super Bowl IV at center)
- Named All-Pro four times and played in seven All-Star Games
- Member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Helms Athletic Hall of Fame, All-Time Texas Professional Football Association, Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame, One on One Hall of Fame for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Southwest Conference Hall of Fame
- An award in his name is presented every year to the football player who shows the most desire and dedication
- Jersey #55 is retired
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Donny Anderson
1978
Football 1963-65
Hometown: Stinnett
- Two-time consensus first-team All-America running back
- Three-time All-Southwest Conference
- Holds school career kickoff return yardage record
- Held school career all-purpose yardage record for 38 years
- Also served as punter and played some at defensive back
- Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Award winner in 1965
- Helped team to 1964 Sun Bowl and 1965 Gator Bowl
- Played in the Chicago All-Star Game and the Hula Bowl
- The Sporting News National Co-Player of the Year in 1965
- Drafted in first round by Green Bay Packers as a junior
- First round draft choice of Green Bay Packers in 1966 and signed most lucrative contract ever offered to an NFL rookie
- Helped lead Packers to victory in first two Super Bowls
- Nicknamed the "Golden Palomino"
- Two-time Green Bay Packer MVP during six seasons
- Played 10 seasons in the NFL
- Member of Texas Sports Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame
- An award in his name is presented every year to the football player who displays the best sportsmanship
- Jersey #44 is retired
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E.F. (Junior) Arterburn
1979
Football 1950-51
Hometown: Ranger
- All-America Honorable Mention quarterback in 1951
- Border Conference Outstanding Back runner-up in 1951
- Helped Red Raiders to Border Conference championship in 1951
- Helped Texas Tech to its first bowl win in the 1951 Sun Bowl
- Quarterback of the '51 team leading them to a 33-19 victory over eventual Southwest Conference champion TCU
- Former Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Texas Tech
- Played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1954
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G.B. Morris
1979
Football 1933-34
Hometown: Seymour
- Helped team to two Border Conference Championships
- Outstanding tackle for 15-3-1 teams
- Coached and played against Tech while with Lubbock Air Force Base in 1942-44
- Helped Red Raiders to three Border Conference titles as line coach in 1947-50
- Director of Guidance for the Lubbock Independent School District 1959-79
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Bill Kelley
1980
Football, Basketball, and Track 1945-48
Hometown: Idalou
- Rare eight-letterwinner
- Earned four letters in football (1945-48), two in basketball (1945-46) and two in track (1946-47)
- All-Border Conference end in 1948
- Helped team to Border Conference championships in 1947-48 and '48 Raisin Bowl
- Member of Border Conference champion mile relay team in 1946
- Drafted and played two years for Green Bay Packers (1949-50) and one year for Winnipeg (1951) in the CFL
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John Scovell
1981
Football 1965-67
Hometown: Dallas
- Two-year starting quarterback who helped engineer the Upset of the Year in 1966
- Red Raiders knocked Arkansas out of the Cotton Bowl in the season finale 21-16
- Keyed school's first SWC victory over Texas in Austin -- 19-13 in 1967 -- by rushing for 175 yards
- It's still the most rushing yards by a Raider against Texas
- Recipient of NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship after graduating No. 1 in his class in the College of Business
- Past President of Cotton Bowl Athletic Association
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J.L. Gulley
1981
Football 1947-49
Hometown: Quanah
- Helped team to Sun Bowl in 1947 as defensive end
- Helped team to two Border Conference championships
- Former Texas Tech Board of Regent
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Garland Head
1982
Football and Basketball 1941-43, 1946
Hometown: Clovis, New Mexico
- Most Outstanding Basketball Player in Border Conference in 1943
- Three-time All-Border Conference in basketball
- Helped basketball team to Border Conference runner-up finish as freshman
- School's first three-time first-team all-conference performer in any sport
- All Border Conference in 1943, 1946 and 1947 in basketball
- Left school to become paratrooper in Europe during World War II
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Dixie White
1983
Football 1937-39
Hometown: Lubbock
- Outstanding guard that helped team to 11-1 record and Cotton Bowl as junior
- Helped team to Sun Bowl as sophomore
- Captain of team as senior in 1939
- Helped coach freshmen in 1940
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Byron Gilbreath
1984
Football and Basketball 1941-42
Hometown: Gatesville
- All-Border Conference as basketball forward in 1942
- Led team in scoring as a senior center
- Team lost only one home game in basketball during two-year career
- Member of Austin College Hall of Honor as basketball coach
- First vice president of NAIA
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Dub Malaise
1984
Basketball 1964-66
Hometown: Odessa
- One of school's most prolific scorers
- Southwest Conference Player of the Year in 1965
- Three-time All-Southwest Conference
- Holds school record for most points in a game -- 50 against Texas in 1966
- 18 fields vs. UT also is most ever by a Red Raider
- Holds school mark for free throws made in a season -- 191 in 1965
- Second in career free throws made -- 452
- Second in career scoring average with 20.3 in 70 games
- Second in highest scoring average for a season with 23.7 in 1965
- Helped '65 team to SWC title, but forfeited because of an ineligible player
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Rick Bullock
1985
Basketball 1973-76
Hometown: San Antonio
- Four-time All-Southwest Conference
- Helped team to Southwest Conference championships in 1973 and 1976
- Most Valuable Player of inaugural Southwest Conference Post-Season Tournament in 1976
- Fourth in career scoring and second in career rebounding in Southwest Conference
- Starter in 1976 Coaches All-Star Game and Pizza Hut All-Star Classic
- Held school career scoring record of 2,118 points and career fields record of 842 for 26 years
- Played four years professionally in CBA and overseas
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D.C. (Preacher) Calloway
1985
Football 1925-26
Hometown: Itasca
- One of the first Red Raider leaders on the field
- Interior lineman on Tech's first two teams
- Former Texas Tech Board of Regent
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Roland (Tuffy) Nabors
1985
Football 1946-47; Basketball 1943, 1946-47
Hometown: Lubbock
- Two-time All-Border Conference as center and middle linebacker
- Twice Little All-American Honorable Mention
- Helped team to Border Conference championship in 1947
- Helped team to 1947 Sun Bowl
- Played in the Blue-Gray Game and the Chicago All-Star Game
- Played for the New York Yankees in the American Football Conference in 1948
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Joe Barnes
1986
Football 1971-73
Hometown: Big Lake
- Quarterback of the Red Raiders in 1973 and led them to a 11-1 season and No. 11 national ranking
- 19 victories over two-year period is most ever by a Tech quarterback
- Helped team to the 1972 Sun Bowl and 1973 Gator Bowl
- All-Southwest Conference as a senior
- Played professionally for Chicago in 1974
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Prince Scott
1986
Football 1938-40
Hometown: Grapevine
- Stellar end during Coach Pete Cawthon's last seasons at Tech
- Helped team to 1939 Cotton Bowl as a junior
- Helped team to 9-1-1 record as senior, but team declined minor bowl invitations
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Aubrey (Red) Phillips
1986
Football 1949-51
Hometown: Fort Worth
- Helped team to Border Conference Championships in 1949 and 1951
- Co-captain of 1951 Sun Bowl champion team -- school's first to win a bowl game
- All-Border Conference as senior
- Also helped team to Raisin Bowl as sophomore center
- Played in Blue-Gray Game
- Drafted by Los Angeles, but opted to play one year in Canadian Football League
- Assistant coach 1955-60
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Jerry Haggard
1987
Basketball & Baseball 1967-69
Hometown: Lubbock
- First Red Raider to garner baseball All-America recognition
- Second-team All-America in 1969 as second baseman
- All-Southwest Conference Baseball in 1968 and 1969
- Led team in batting as junior with .369 average
- NCAA Region VI first team Baseball in both 1968 & 69
- Southwest Conference Baseball Player of the Year in 1969
- Southwest Conference batting champion in 1969
- Second-leading scorer on basketball team as junior guard with 13.6 ppg
- Basketball team captain as senior
- Still holds school record for career free throw percentage at .855 (194 of 227)
- BASKETBALL ALL SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE-2nd Team in 1968
- Team Captain in both Basketball and Baseball
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Gene Barnett
1987
Football 1937-38
Hometown: Melvin
- Played tailback in the T formation, but considered one of the greats during the early days of the forward pass
- Passed for 175 yards and two touchdowns in the 1939 Cotton Bowl
- Led the nation with 7.81 yards per rush in 1938
- Led the nation in fewest passing interceptions per game with 0.33
- Honorable Mention All-America
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Tim Hatch
1987
Football 1948-50
Hometown: Wellington
- Played in the Sun Bowl following the '47 season
- Helped team to Border Conference championships in 1947, 1948 and 1949 as back and kicker
- Played in 1949 Raisin Bowl
- Officiated in the SWC for 18 years and reffed the Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange, Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Bluebonnett Bowl and Independence Bowl.
- Long-time supporter of the Red Raiders and past president of Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Red Raider Club
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John Farquhar
1990
Golf 1955-56; 1958-59
Hometown: Amarillo
- Instrumental part of the school's first Southwest Conference championship in any sport
- Helped team win the 1959 SWC title
- Individual Southwest Conference champion in 1959
- Helped team finish No. 8 in the NCAA Tournament
- Helped team win the last two Border Conference titles in 1955 and 1956
- Individual Border Conference champion in 1955
- Low amateur in 1964 U.S. Open
- Four top-10 finishes in the U.S. Amateur
- Member of the 1971 and 1972 Walker Cup teams
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Ty Bain
1990
Football 1939-41
Hometown: Waco
- All-Border Conference quarterback in 1941
- Two-time team captain
- Helped team to 18-3-1 record last two years
- Named the MVP of the 1942 Sun Bowl
- Former president of Texas High School Coaches Association
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Dave Parks
1990
Football 1961-63
Hometown: Abilene
- First Red Raider to be named first-team All-America by The Associated Press in 1963
- School's first two-time All-Southwest Conference performer
- Shattered every school pass receiving record
- Also started on defense and punted
- Named to All-America Blocking Team
- Holds school record for longest pass interception return -- 98 yards vs. Colorado in 1962
- Played in the East-West Shrine Game, the Senior Bowl, the Coaches All-America Game, and the Chicago College All-Star Game
- First Red Raider taken as the first player in the NFL draft (1964) by San Francisco
- Played 10 seasons in NFL for San Francisco, New Orleans and Houston
- Named to All-Pro Rookie team in 1964 after leading NFL in receiving
- Named to All-Pro team in 1965 and 1966 and played in three Pro Bowls
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Tom Wilson
1990
Football 1963-65
Hometown: Corsicana
- Football player and coach - 1963-74
- Displayed smart offensive mind as player and coach
- Rewrote all the school's passing records as a senior in 1965
- For two decades, held passing yardage records for a game (319), a season (2,119) and a career (2,932)
- All-Southwest Conference at quarterback in 1965
- Helped team to Gator Bowl and Sun Bowl last two years
- Played in Hula Bowl
- Coached quarterbacks for JT King and Jim Carlen
- Offensive coordinator for Jerry Moore
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Doug Ault
1990
Baseball 1971-72
Hometown: Beaumont
- First-team All-America first baseman in 1972
- All-Region and All-Southwest Conference in 1972
- Batted .475 and had 50 RBIs in 42 games
- Led nation in hitting with .468 average in 1972
- Southwest Conference Player of the Year in 1972
- Still holds school career batting average record at .418
- Played professionally for nine years, including 1976 for Texas, 1977-78, 1980 for Toronto and 1981 in Japan
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Ruben Garcia
1991
Baseball 1970-73
Hometown: Brownfield
- School's most outstanding pitcher for first two decades in Southwest Conference
- Third-team All-America in 1971
- All-Region in 1972
- Twice All-Southwest Conference
- Held school record for career wins (21) for 24 seasons
- Pitched only one game as a senior due to a punctured lung
- Still second on school's career lists for earned run average (2.06) and strikeouts (304)
- Still holds school season (1971) records for ERA (0.76) and shutouts (5)
- Set school season record for strikeouts (113) in 1971 that lasted for 22 seasons
- Among his eight career shutouts was the school's last no-hitter --April 23, 1971 vs. Baylor
- Pitched four years in Kansas City Chiefs organization
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James Mays
1991
1978-81
Hometown: Hereford
- Texas Tech's first three-time All-American as a half-miler
- Placed third in the 1981 NCAA Indoor 800 meters
- Finished fourth in the 1980 and 1981 NCAA Outdoor events
- Two-time Southwest Conference champion
- Member of 10 U.S. national track teams
- Three-time Olympic Trials qualifier
- Career best of 1:44.62 was fastest ever by native Texan
- Inducted into Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame in 1984
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Elmer Wilson
1992
Football 1951-54; Baseball 1954-55
Hometown: Pampa
- Helped team to 1952 Sun Bowl and 1954 Gator Bowl as running back and kick returner
- Scored on 80-yard kickoff return in 1951 on first time to touch ball in college
- Voted Texas Tech's Most Handsome in 1953 and Texas Tech's Ugliest Man in 1954
- Long-time supporter of Tech athletics and Red Raider Club
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Phil Tucker
1992
Football 1965-67
Hometown: Tulia
- All-American - 1967
- All-America first team by NEA as offensive guard
- All-Southwest Conference as senior
- Led way for third best rushing attack in nation as senior
- Helped team to wins over Texas and Arkansas on way to 1967 SWC runner-up finish
- Three-year starter who also excelled at punt coverage
- Spurred No. 3 nationally ranking in punt coverage in 1966 and 1967
- Helped team to Gator Bowl as sophomore
- Played in the Hula Bowl and Senior Bowl
- Played one year professionally in Canadian Football League
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Andre Tillman
1992
Football 1971-73
Hometown: Dallas
- All-American - 1973
- All-America first team by AP as tight end
- All-Southwest Conference at 6-5, 230
- Helped team to 11-1 season and Gator Bowl victory over Tennessee
- Led team in pass receiving with 26 catches for 428 yards and five TDs
- Sun Bowl team's top receiver as junior (21 for 285)
- Named to SWC's All-Freshman Team in 1970
- Played in Hula Bowl and Senior Bowl
- Drafted in second round by Miami and played five seasons
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Jesse Marsh
1992
Diving 1964-66
Hometown: San Angelo
- Former walk-on who earned All-America honors in 1966
- Finished ninth in one-meter event and 12th in three-meter competition at NCAA meet
- Helped team to 22nd place in the '66 national meet
- Southwest Conference champion in three-meter dive in 1964 and 1965
- Southwest Conference champion in one-meter dive in 1965 and 1966
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John Owens
1993
Baseball 1968-71
Hometown: Lubbock
- Helped usher in Southwest Conference baseball era in successful fashion
- Team finished a very respectable third in second year in SWC (1969)
- All-Southwest Conference in 1971
- Three-year starter at third base
- Twice led team in doubles
- Played professionally in 1972 for San Francisco organization
- Graduate assistant baseball coach in 1973
- Served as academic counselor, option sales director and assistant business manager from 1973-79
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Thomas Howard
1993
Football 1974-76
Hometown: Lubbock
- All-American - 1976
- All-America linebacker in 1976
- All-Southwest Conference as senior
- Helped team to 10-1 regular season and national ranking as high as No. 4 in 1976
- Played in 1977 Japan Bowl
- Drafted in the third round by Kansas City and played seven of nine NFL seasons there
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Gabriel "Gabe" Rivera
1993
Football 1979-82
Hometown: San Antonio
- Consensus All-American at defensive tackle in 1982
- Nicknamed "Senor Sack"
- Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 1982
- Started last 40 games and had 321 career tackles
- 105 tackles in 1982 is most ever by a Red Raider defensive tackle
- Big game against No. 1 Washington gained him national recognition as senior
- Played in Blue-Gray Game
- Drafted in first round by Pittsburgh but career ended due to automobile accident midway through his rookie year
INDUCTION
Bubba Jennings
1995
Basketball - 1981, 1983-85
Hometown: Clovis, New Mexico
- Southwest Conference Male Athlete of the year and Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year as senior
- Naismith Award (for nation's best player under six feet tall) in 1985
- Little Man's All-America first-team in 1985
- Led team to SWC regular-season and post-season tournament titles in 1985
- All-Southwest Conference in 1984 and 1985
- All-SWC Post-Season Tournament in 1983 and 1985
- Scored 1,727 career, second most in school history at the time
- Second on school's career free throw percentage list at .849 (325 of 383)
- SWC Newcomer Team in 1981
- Because of Jennings' outside shooting ability, SWC coaches voted 8-1 against instituting three-point circle on trial basis prior to Jennings' final season
- Assistant basketball coach under Bob Knight 2001-present
INDUCTION
Carolyn Thompson
1997
Women's Basketball 1981-84
Hometown: Hobbs, New Mexico
- First female inducted into Hall of Honor
- School's all-time leading scorer (men or women) with 2,655 points
- All-America second-team in 1984
- Led team to 23-7 record and first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1984
- All-America honorable mention in 1982 and 1983
- SWC Post-Season Tournament MVP as senior forward
- Twice All-Southwest Conference
- Started 120 (of 121) games
- Still holds nine school records, including career field goals (1,013), career rebounds (1,247) and single-game steals (15)
- Jersey #44 retired in 1985
- Named to SWC 1980s All-Decade Team
- Named to All-Time Lady Raider SWC Team in 1996
INDUCTION
Sharon Moultrie-Bruner
1998
Track 1979-82
Hometown: Pampa
- Track All-American - 1981-82
- First Texas Tech female to earn All-America honors
- Two-time All-American (1981-82) in long jump
- Seven-time NCAA qualifier
- First athlete and first African-American to be elected Homecoming Queen (1981)
INDUCTION
John Paul Cain
1998
Golf 1955-56 1958-59
Hometown: Sweetwater
- Helped the team win last two Border Conference championships in 1955 and 1956
- Team finished eighth in NCAA Championships in 1959
- Member of First SWC Championship Team - 1959
- Played a key role in the school's first Southwest Conference championship in any sport
- Helped team win the 1959 SWC title
- Helped team to fifth-place finish in NCAA Championships in 1959
- 1959 Texas Amateur champion
- Member of Texas Golf Hall of Fame
- Turned pro at 52 and won two events on the Senior PGA tour
INDUCTION
Paul Nolen
1998
Basketball 1951-53
Hometown: Alvarado
- Three-Time All-Border Conference
- Helped set stage for basketball's entry into the Southwest Conference
- Helms Foundation All-America in 1951 as 6-10 center
- Led Border Conference in scoring, rebounding, and assists as sophomore
- Led league in scoring in 1951 (19.2 ppg) and in 1952 (15.8), and second in 1953 (17.7)
- Played for the Washington Generals against the Harlem Globetrotters in 1954
INDUCTION
Curtis Jordan
1999
Football 1972-1975
Hometown: Lubbock
- Twice All-Southwest Conference as defensive back
- Helped team to 23-10-2 record during three-year starting career
- Two-Time All-SWC
- Helped team to 11-1 record and Gator Bowl in 1973 and Peach Bowl in 1974
- First freshman to play in Southwest Conference in 1972
- Played in the Blue-Gray All-Star Game and the Coaches All-American Game
- Longest NFL career of any Red Raider at the time-- five years at Tampa Bay and six at Washington
INDUCTION
Dan Irons
1999
Football 1975-77
Hometown: Lubbock
- All-America first-team as offensive tackle in 1977
- Two-time All-Southwest
- Started as sophomore on offense that led Southwest Conference in total yards
- Key fixture on 1976 team that rose as high as No. 4 in nation and had 10-1 regular season
- Helped team to Bluebonnet Bowl and Tangerine Bowl
- Invited to Hula Bowl and Japan Bowl
- Drafted by San Francisco but could not overcome persistent knee problems
INDUCTION
Gary Ashby
1999
Baseball Player and Head Coach
Hometown: Lubbock
- Baseball, Player and Coach - 1974-77, 1982-86
- All-American - 1977
- Twice selected as All-Southwest Conference first baseman
- All-Region in 1976
- First Red Raider to reach double figures in home runs for a season with 11 in 1977
- Set school records for doubles, home runs, and RBIs in SWC play in 1977
- Helped team to school-record 32 victories
- Played five years professionally with San Diego organization, reaching Triple A
- Assistant coach in 1982-83 before becoming Texas Tech's first full-time baseball coach in 1984-86
INDUCTION
Jack Alderson
1999
Basketball 1950-52
Hometown: Lubbock
- Second-team All-Border Conference in 1951
- Conference's third-leading scorer as junior with 13.9-point average
- Team Captain
- Vice President of Tech Student Body
- Past President of Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
INDUCTION
Lonnie "Primo" McCurry
2000
Football 1938-40
Hometown: Lubbock
- Little All-American in 1940 as guard
- Helped 1938 team to 10-1 mark and Cotton Bowl appearance
- Captained Pete Cawthon's final team to 9-1-1 record
- Drafted by Brooklyn, but entered military service instead
- Awarded Purple Heart for service during invasion of Guam during World War II
INDUCTION
Lisa Love
2000
Volleyball 1974-77
Hometown: Arlington
- Helped pioneer women's athletics on intercollegiate level
- All-Region in 1977
- Four-year starter who helped team to 141-42-1 record on AIAW intercollegiate level (1975-77)
- Twice team captain
- Helped boost visibility and support for women's volleyball through 16 years of collegiate coaching and athletic administration
- Helped coach teams in the Pan Am Games, the World University Games, the Sports Festival
- Named Athletic Director at Arizona State University - April 2005
INDUCTION
Denton Fox
2001
Football 1967-69
Hometown: Claude
- First-team All-America as a defensive back by Football Writers Association in 1969
- All-Southwest Conference as a senior
- Contributed to the school's first back-to-back victories over Texas in 1967 and 1968
- Intercepted seven passes during his three-year starting career
- Played in the Blue-Gray All-Star Game, Hula Bowl and the Coaches All-America Game
- Member of the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame
- Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys
INDUCTION
Jeff Mitchell
2001
Golf 1974-76; Golf Coach 1990-2000
Hometown: Llano
- All-America honorable mention and All-Southwest Conference in 1976
- Runner-up in '76 Southwest Conference Tournament
- Competed in every tournament in 1974-76
- Earned spot on PGA Tour at 21 and played nine years
- First Red Raider to win a PGA Tour event -- 1981 Phoenix Open
- Won the 1978 Texas State Open
- Made 111 tournament cuts and had 12 Top 10 finishes
- School's women's golf coach from 1990-2000
- Oversaw both men's and women's programs as Director of Golf in 1998-2000
- Twice SWC Coach the Year (1994, 1996)
- National Golf Coaches Association's West District Coach of the Year (1993, 1996)
INDUCTION
Maury Buford
2001
Football 1978-81
Hometown: Mount Pleasant
- Led nation in punting in 1978
- First freshman to lead NCAA in punting in 35 years with 44.1 average
- Named to SWC All-Decade second-team
- Led SWC in punting with 44.8-yard average in 1981
- Still has school record for career punting average (43.2)
- All-Southwest Conference in 1978 and 1981
- Academic All-America in 1979
- Played in Blue-Gray All-Star Game
- Played nine years in the NFL, including for the Super Bowl with Chicago in 1985
INDUCTION
Billy Joe Tolliver
2002
Football 1985-88
Hometown: Boyd
- Two-time All-Southwest as quarterback
- Colorful player who held every school passing and total offense record
- Still holds season record for yards per completion (15.1)
- Engineered number of historic victories during four-year starting career
- Set SWC record for most passing yards in a game with 422 in first start as a freshman vs. TCU
- Held school record for TD passes in a game (5) for 17 years
- Helped team to first win in Arkansas as a sophomore
- Set then school record by overcoming 17-point, fourth-quarter deficit in 33-32 win over UT as senior
- Played 12 seasons in NFL for San Diego, Atlanta, Houston, and Atlanta
INDUCTION
Tyrone Thurman
2002
Football 1985-88
Hometown: Midland
- All-America first-team by AP as kick returner in 1988
- 96-yard punt return vs. Texas in 1986 still stands as school's longest
- All-Southwest Conference in 1986 and 1988
- Led team in pass receiving in 1988 with 48 catches for 726 yards and four TDs
- Still holds school record for season punt return average of 13.5 in 1985
- At 5-2 3/4, 127 pounds, nicknamed "Smurf"
- Proved to be one of school's quickest guards ever, playing in 13 SWC basketball games in 1989
- Played nine years professionally in CFL and Arena Football League
INDUCTION
Rodney Allison
2003
Football 1975-77
Hometown: Odessa
- Quarterback of the 1976 Red Raiders and led them to a 10-1 season
- Team was ranked as high as No. 4 in nation
- All-Southwest Conference as junior
- 1976 Bluebonnet Bowl Most Valuable Offensive Player
- Strong Heisman Trophy candidate in 1977 before injury shortened season
- Played in the 1978 Hula Bowl and Japan Senior All-Star Game
- Played professionally one season for Toronto in the Canadian Football League
- Assistant coach at Texas Tech from 1981-83
INDUCTION
Will Flemons
2003
Basketball 1990-93
Hometown: Paducah
- Southwest Conference Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993
- Helped the Red Raiders win the 1993 SWC Post-Season Tournament title and an NCAA berth in 1993
- SWC Newcomer of the Year in 1990 after leading league in rebounding
- School's recordholder in career field goal percentage with 59.8
- Seven blocked shots vs. Texas A&M as a freshman to set the school record
- Set the school record for consecutive free throws made with 30
- Served as assistant coach from 1994-98
INDUCTION
Tracy Saul
2003
Football 1989-92
Hometown: Idalou
- Joined legends Bobby Layne and Doak Walker as only players in 80-year history of Southwest Conference to be named first-team all-conference all four years.
- 25 career pass interceptions and 440 pass interception return yards being the most ever in SWC
- All-SWC as defensive back in 1991-92 and All-SWC as punt returner in 1989-90
- Received 1992 Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Award
- All-America second-team in 1991 after leading league with eight pickoffs as safety
- Returned punt for touchdown in 1989 win over Texas in Austin
- Helped team to All-America Bowl as freshman
- Freshman All-America Team and SWC Newcomer of the Year
- Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 2000
INDUCTION
Sheryl Swoopes
2003
Basketball 1991-93
Hometown: Brownfield
- Basketball - 1992-93
- One of most prominent athletes in school history
- Led Lady Raiders to school's first national championship (1993)
- Scored NCAA record 47 points in championship game
- National Player of the Year with 28-point average (second in nation)
- Southwest Conference Player of the Year two times
- Led team to two SWC regular season and SWC tournament titles and 58-8 record
- All-Tournament 10 (of 10) times
- Three triple-doubles
- Set 30 NCAA championship game, NCAA tournament, Final Four, West Region, Southwest Conference, SWC Tournament, and school records
- Jersey #22 retired in 1994
- Three-time Olympic gold medallist
- MVP of 2002 World Championship team
- Twice WNBA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year
- Led Houston Comets to three WNBA titles (1998, 1999, 2000)
INDUCTION
Krista Kirkland
2003
Women's Basketball 1990-93
Hometown: Spearman
- Key outside shooter for 1993 Lady Raider National Championship Team
- Three-time All-Southwest Conference in helping team to 81-16 record (1991-93)
- 1993 SWC All-Tournament Team, NCAA West Regional All-Tournament Team, and Final Four All-Tournament Team
- NCAA Woman of the Year in 1993
- Set SWC records for career three pointers made (220) and attempted (528) and second with 553 assists
- Jersey #21 is retired
- Assistant Lady Raider coach 2003-present
INDUCTION
Ecomet Burley
2004
Football 1972-75
Hometown: Lufkin
- Three-time All-Southwest Conference (1973-75) defensive lineman
- All-America second-team in 1974
- Southwest Conference Sophomore of the Year in 1973 when team was 11-1
- Most Valuable Lineman in the 1972 Sun Bowl
- One of the first Red Raider freshman to letter in football in modern era
- Played in the Japan Bowl in 1976
- Played six seasons in the Canadian Football League
INDUCTION
Amanda Banks
2004
Track 1986-89
Hometown: El Paso
- NCAA runner-up in outdoor triple jump in 1989
- All-America indoors and outdoors in 1989
- Southwest Conference outdoor champion in 1988 and 1989
- Still holds school record of almost 43 feet
- Jumped professionally for 10 years, rising to No. 4 in the U.S. three times
INDUCTION
Charles Odiorne
2004
Football 1986-89
Hometown: Hurst
- All-America first-team as offensive tackle by The Sporting News in 1989
- All-America third-team by The Associated Press
- Twice All-Southwest Conference
- Helped team to All American Bowl and No. 16 in national ranking
- Key in clearing way for James Gray's bowl-record 280 yards rushing vs. Duke
- Played professionally for Birmingham in the World League in 1990-91
INDUCTION
Robert Graham
2005
Swimming 1966-67
- First Red Raider swimmer to be inducted into Hall of Honor
- In five freshman meets, had five 50-yard freestyle first place finishes - Time of 22.1 set a Southwest Conference freshman record for that event.
- In 12 dual meets as a sophomore, won the 50-yard freestyle 10 times. Finished 3rd in the conference.
- Won Southwest Conference championship as a junior and senior, and appeared in the NCAA championships both years.
- Swam the fastest time in the country in the 50-yard freestyle in 1967, setting a SWC record in the process.
INDUCTION
Charles Reynolds
2005
Track 1946-48
- Lettered four years in track and three in football
- Border Conference champion in 1946 in the 100 yard dash. Also ran on the conference champion mile relay team. In addition, he placed second in the 220.
- 1947 Border Conference champion in the 100, 200 and mile relay. His time in the 200 that day set a school record.
- 1948 Border Conference champion in the 100 (for the 3rd straight year), and also finsihed 2nd in the mile relay and 3rd place in the 220.
- 1949 - ran on Border Conference 3rd place mile relay team
- His career Border Conference Meet medal count was ten, making him one of the most productive track athletes in school history.
- Also played running back on the football team, and he is remembered as an exciting kickoff returner, having returned at least two kicks for touchdowns in his career. Drafted by Los Angeles Rams in the 1949 NFL draft.
INDUCTION
Noel Johnson
2005
Women's Basketball 1992-95
- Starting point guard for National Champion Lady Raider basketball team. Dropped four free throws in the last 30 seconds of the national championship to ice the win.
- As a junior, she was named All-Southwest Conference, ranking nationally in three-point field goals per game and three-point field goal percentage.
- Teammates voted her MVP and she was awarded the inaugural Jeannine McHaney Award, given annually to the top female athlete at Texas Tech.
- As a senior, she was again named All-SWC and again ranked nationally in three-point field goal percentage.
- Left Tech the career leader in games started with 102.
INDUCTION
Becky (Boxwell) McIlraith
2005
Volleyball 1984-87
- Three-year starter on the volleyball team
- 1985 - 2nd on the team in digs and kills (2nd team All-SWC)
- 1986 - led the team in digs and tied for lead in kills (2nd team All-SWC)
- 1987 - led the team in kills, setting a single season school record that lasted for 9 years/2nd on the team in digs (1st team All-SWC, AVCA All-South Region team - first Red Raider volleyball player to be all-region), led team to 2nd place finish in SWC
INDUCTION
Mike Humphreys
2005
Baseball 1986-88
- First Red Raider ever to hit for the cycle in a game ('86)
- Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-American ('86)
- All-Southwest Conference ('87)
- ABCA All-Region ('87)
- ('88) .407 batting average, 18 home runs and 73 RBI. Set the school records for runs scored and hits in a season
- ('88) all-conference and all-region (again)
- Left Tech following the '88 season atop the school record book in career at bats, runs, hits, home runs, RBI, walks and total bases, and he was second in career batting average and slugging percentage
- Played for the New York Yankees in parts of '91, '92 and '93 seasons
INDUCTION
Lloyd Hill
2005
Football 1990-93
- Four-year letterwinner at wide receiver
- Junior year ('92) had 68 catches for 1261 yards and 12 touchdowns - all single-season Red Raider receiving records
- Led nation in receiving yards per game ('92)
- Named to All-American team in '92
- Caught dramatic Hail Mary pass in '92 to beat TCU in Ft. Worth with three seconds left
- Finished career with 189 catches, 3059 yards and 20 touchdowns - all school records
- Career yardage total was the most in Southwest Conference history
INDUCTION
Leon "Pod" Hill
2005
Basketball 1957-59
- Three-year starter at post for Coach Polk Robison.
- Led team in scoring and rebounds all three years on varsity.
- Named 2nd team All-SWC as a junior.
- Named 1st team All-SWC as a senior.
- Finished career as the 3rd leading scorer in school history
- Was only the 4th player in school history to score 1,000 career points
INDUCTION
James Hadnot
2005
Football 1976-79
- Played Tight End for two years prior to conversion to running back just prior to the '78 season.
- Established the record for best consecutive rushing seasons in Southwest Conference history.
- Finshed among the SWC's top-10 career rushers, becoming the only player on the list who only played two years in the backfield.
- Set Texas Tech records for most rushing yards in game, season and career.
- Twice named offensive Player of the Year in the Southwest Conference ('78 & 79).
- 2nd team All-America - '78
- Play professionally four years for the Kansas City Chiefs and one year for the San Antonio Gunslingers of the USFL.
INDUCTION
Zach Thomas
2006
Football 1992-95
- 2nd Team All-SWC as a sophomore
- Set an all-time bowl record with seven tackles for loss in Sun Bowl against Oklahoma as a soph
- 1st team All-American LB as a junior
- Consensus SWC Defensive Player of the Year as a junior
- Named National Defensive Player of the Week following '95 A&M game
- Consensus SWC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior
- Named 1st team All-American LB by all seven of the major agencies picking All-America teams - one of only two defensive players in USA to be so honored
- Finalist for '95 Butkus Award
INDUCTION
Clint Bryant
2006
Baseball 1993-96
- Named SWC Freshman of the Year
- Named SWC Newcomer of the Year as a frosh
- Named 1st and 2nd Team All-American as junior in '95 while leading Red Raiders to finals of Wichita Regional
- SWC Player of the Year in '95 and `96
- Named 2nd Team All-American as senior in '96 while leading Red Raiders to hosting 1st NCAA regional in school history
- One of the three finalists for '95 and '96 Smith Awards, given to nation's best player
- One of nine finalists for '96 Golden Spikes Award
- First Team Academic All-American in '95 and '96
- Named Academic All-American of the Year in `96
- '96 SWC Male Athlete of the Year
INDUCTION
Harold Hudgens
2006
Men's Basketball 1959, 61-62
- Led Tech to first two SWC Basketball titles in '60-61 and '61-62 seasons
- Part of 1-2 punch with fellow Hall of Fame inductee Del Ray Mounts
- Left Tech the school record holder for points in a conference season and points scored in a single game
- Unanimous selection to All-SWC team as a junior
- NCAA Midwest All-Region team as a junior
- Named All-SWC as a senior
INDUCTION
Michi Atkins
2006
Women's Basketball 1992-96
- Women's Basketball (1993-96)
- First team All-American ('96)
- Southwest Conference MVP ('95 & 96)
- SWC Woman Athlete of the Year ('95 & 96)
- Honorable Mention All-American ('95)
- Named MVP of SWC Post-season tourney ('95)
- 2nd Team All-SWC as a soph ('94)
- 4th leading scorer as a frosh for '93 national champs
- All-Time leading scorer in SWC women's basketball history
- Left Tech the school's 2nd leading scorer behind only Carolyn Thompson
- Named to All-Time Lady Raider SWC Team in '96
INDUCTION
Tracy Thompson-Free
2006
Women's Golf 1993-96
- Led Tech to first NCAA tournament appearance for first time in school history as a frosh
- Also led Tech to NCAAs as a junior and senior
- Led Tech to 2nd place finish in SWC as a junior, the best finish in school history at the time
- Named All-SWC as a frosh, junior and senior - at that time was the only golfer in school history to be so honored more than once
- Left Tech one of only six woman golfers to win more than one event, and in her four years of competition she took part in seven team tourney wins
INDUCTION
Don Rives
2006
Football 1970-72
- Named to SWC All-Sophomore team as noseguard in `70
- Named AP National Player of the Week for '71 SMU game
- '72 Pete Cawthon Award recipient as Tech's MVP
- '72 Consensus All- SWC
- Named 2nd Team All-American in '72
INDUCTION
Tony Walton
2006
Track 1989-92
- Five-time All-American in track and field
- Three-time All-American as a long jumper and twice on relay teams
- Twice SWC Champion in long jump
- Left Tech the school record holder in indoor long jump and was the most decorated Red Raider track athlete until Jonathon Johnson in 2004
INDUCTION
A.J. "Jake" Broyles
2007
Tennis 1950-52
- First tennis player, male or female, in school history to be inducted into TTU Athletic Hall of Fame
- Won the Border Conference championship in singles ('50)
- Led the team to Border Conference team title ('50)
INDUCTION
James Gray
2007
Football 1986-89
- 2nd Team All-American RB ('89)
- 1st Team All-SWC RB ('89)
- Led team to 9-3 finish and #16 ranking in '89
- Gained 1509 yards and scored 20 TDs in '89, both school records at the time
- 5th highest single-season rushing total in SWC history at the time ('89)
- 2nd most single-season TDs in SWC history at the time ('89)
- Rushed for 280 yards and 4 TDs in '89 All-American Bowl win over Duke
- Named to SWC All-Decade Team
- 4066 career rushing yards were the most by any SWC back in the 80s and third most in league history
- First underclassmen to win Pete Cawthon Award as Team MVP ('87)
- Named consensus All-SWC as a soph with 1066 yards and 13 TDs ('87)
- Led the team in rushing in each of his four seasons at Tech
- Set school record for rushing yards buy a frosh in '86
- Named SWC Newcomer of the year ('86)
INDUCTION
Ron Reeves
2007
Football 1978-81
- Junior and senior years saw him single-season passing yardage totals that were second and fourth best in school history at the time
- In addition, his yards per game ranked third, fourth, second and sixth in the SWC from his freshman to senior years.
- As a true freshman he was named the starter at quarterback by Coach Rex Dockery in the third game of the 1978 season and led the Red Raiders to a 7-4 finish
- SWC Newcomer of the Year ('78)
- Finished his career fourth in SWC history in total offense, a total that also set the school career record
- Career marks in pass attempts, completions and yards were school records and ranked in the top ten in the SWC career record books at the time
- His 31 career touchdown passes was also set the school record
INDUCTION
Jason Sasser
2007
Basketball 1993-96
- Finished second in career points and fourth in career rebounds in school history
- MVP of the Southwest Conference ('96)
- 3rd-team All-America by AP, UPI, Basketball Weekly and College Sports Magazine ('96)
- Named to the All-District squad and All-SWC Tournament teams ('96)
- Named to the All-SWC Defensive Team ('96)
- Named to the All-time Texas Tech SWC team by a vote of fans
- Led team to the only 30-win team in school history, as the Red Raiders advanced to the Sweet 16
- All-District VI and First team All-SWC ('95)
- Tied the school scoring mark with 23.4 points per game in conference play ('95)
- All-District VI and First team All-SWC ('94)
- Led team to the Southwest Conference Post-Season Tournament title in '93
- Named to the SWC All-Newcomer Team ('93)
INDUCTION
Jerry Johnson
2007
Football 1951-54
- All-Border Conference ('54)
- Team captain who led the '54 team in passing yards and total offense as team finished 7-2-1
- Walk-on teamed with fellow Hall of Famer Jack Kirkpatrick to lead '53 Red Raiders to 11-1 record
- In 1952 and posted a single-season passing yardage total of 702, a school record that stood until 1964
- Also in '52, his total yards figure of 1,027 was a record that stood until 1965
- Ended his career as the leading passer in school history
- Played in the Blue-Gray Game and the Salad Bowl All-Star game
INDUCTION
Jeff Taylor
2007
Basketball 1979-82
- SWC Defensive Player of the Year ('81)
- 2nd Team All-SWC ('81)
- All-District VI ('81)
- Co-SWC Defensive Player of the Year ('80)
- 2nd Team All-SWC ('80)
- Left Tech fifth all-time in career points and assists
- 2nd Team All-SWC ('79)
INDUCTION
Carl Ince
2007
Basketball 1953-55
- Twice named to "Small-America" team (for players 5'10 or shorter)
- Twice named 1st Team All-Border Conference
- Leading scorer on the first Texas Tech team to play in the NCAA tourney
- Twice led the Red Raiders to the Border Conference title
- Averaged 12.7ppg as a sophomore
INDUCTION
Jill Burness
2007
Volleyball 1995-96
- Only Red Raider volleyball player to have number retired
- GTE Volleyball Academic All-American of the Year ('96)
- Led the volleyball team to the NCAA tourney in each of her junior and senior seasons
- First-Team All Big 12 ('96)
- AVCA All-Region District 5 ('96)
- Named 2nd Team AVCA All-South Region ('96)
- Left Tech the single-season and career leader in hitting percentage and set the mark for single-season kills
- Two-time GTE CoSIDA Academic All-American
- Named MVP of three tournaments in '96
INDUCTION
Robert Hall
2008
Football 1990-93
- Consensus All-SWC quarterback ('93)
- In '93 led Tech to a "yards per game" record of 475 yards, a total that wouldn't be surpassed until 2002
- Left Tech the record-holder in single-season and career school records for completions, passing yards and touchdowns
- Finished his career 2nd in the SWC career record books for total offense and 3rd in passing yards, touchdown passes and touchdowns responsible for
- Named Team MVP as a soph in '91
- Started at QB for parts of four seasons
INDUCTION
Joe Dillon
2008
Baseball 1995-97
- 2nd Team All-American 1B ('97)
- Big 12 Player of the Year ('97)
- Led Red Raiders to the inaugural Big 12 regular season championship ('97)
- In '97 batted .393 with 33 home runs, 90 RBI and 22 SBs
- Named as the 1B on every 1997 All-Big 12 and All-Region team
- Batted .326 with 10 home runs, 70 RBI and 18 SBs in '96 as Tech hosted a NCAA regional for the first time
- Left Tech the single-season record holder in home runs, slugging percentage, total bases, defensive putouts, defensive chances and was third on the career RBI list after only two years.
INDUCTION
Don King
2008
Football 1966-68
Hometown: Wichita Falls, TX
- Team Co-Captain: 1968
- Team MVP 1968 Pete Cawthon Award for Best All Around Football Player
- Lubbock Avalanche Journal MVP, Player of the Year, 1968
- 1968 Golden Helmet Award for Outstanding Lineman
- 1968 Outstanding Offensive Lineman by the players
- First Team All Southwest Conference Offensive Guard, 1968
- 2nd Team All-American ('68)
- All-Southwest Conference ('68)
- Participated in the East-West Shrine Bowl and Hula Bowl
- Three-year starter at guard (*1967 - Tech was ranked #3 rushing team nationally)
- Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine named King to the "Texas Tech Dream Team" for the era spanning 1960-1994
- Early in 2008 during the commemoration of Lubbock's Centennial Celebration, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal named him to the "all-time Tech team"
INDUCTION
Robert McKinney
2008
Golf 1967-70
- Tabbed an eight-under-par, 276 to win the '67 SWC title by two strokes
- Only the 3rd golfer in TTU history to win a conference championship at the time
- Led the Red Raiders in every meet as a senior ('68)
- A key contributor all three years on the varsity
INDUCTION
Mark Brandenburg
2008
Baseball 1991-92
- 3rd Team All-American pitcher ('91)
- Consensus All-SWC pitcher ('91)
- 1st team All-Region ('91)
- Finished '91 with a 12-4 record, 3.12 ERA, 12 complete games and 2 saves in 147 innings
- His 1992 record was 10-7 although his ERA was improved from 1991, with 12 complete games in 145 innings
- 1st team All-Region ('92)
- All-SWC ('92)
- Left Tech the single-season and career leader in wins
- He had the best ERA among pitchers in the aluminum bat era
- Threw the most complete games in school history and his innings total was third all-time despite only pitching two years
- Walked only 42 in 294 career innings
- Honored with a 1992 NCAA post-graduate scholarship
- Played parts of three big league seasons with the Rangers and Red Sox
INDUCTION
Alicia Thompson
2008
Women's Basketball 1995-98
- Two-time 1st Team All-American ('97 & 98)
- Big 12 Player of the Year ('98)
- Big 12 Post-season Tourney MVP ('98)
- Led '97-98 Lady Raiders to Big 12 regular season and post-season titles
- 1st team All-Big 12 ('97)
- Twice led the Big 12 in scoring ('97 & 98)
- All-Southwest Conference ('96)
- MVP SWC post-season tourney ('96)
- Finished career as second-leading scorer and rebounder behind only Carolyn Thompson
- Drafted by WNBA's New York Libery
- Player for 2004 WNBA champion Seattle Storm
INDUCTION
Keith Ginter
2009
Baseball 1997-98
- 1st Team All-American ('97)
- Two-time 1st Team All-Big 12 ('97 & 98)
- Two-time All-Region ('97 & 98)
- 3rd Team All-American ('98)
- All-Big 12 Tournament Team ('98)
- Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ('97)
- After two years his name litters the TTU record book in every major category
- Played in the big leagues with the Astros, Brewers and A's
INDUCTION
Chuck Harrison
2009
Baseball 1961-62
- Led the nation in home runs per game and slugging percentage ('61)
- Led the team in batting average ('61)
- His eight home runs doubled the previous TTU record in '61
- Led the team in seven batting departments and set two more records
- Set TTU career record for career home runs with 15
- First Red Raider to play in the big leagues
INDUCTION
Angie Braziel
2009
Women's Basketball 1997-99
- 1st Team All-American ('99)
- Big 12 Player of the Year ('99)
- MVP of the Big 12 Post-season tourney ('99)
- Averaged 20.3 ppg as a senior
- 2nd Team All-Big 12 ('98)
- Named to All-tourney team Big 12 Post-season tourney ('98)
- Points per game average of 17.4 was third only to Sheryl Swoopes and Carolyn Thompson
- Her career point total of 1,131 was second only to Swoopes among two-year players
INDUCTION
Bake Turner
2009
Football 1959-61
- Leading receiver as a sophomore in '59 with then-school record 444 yards
- Led team in total yardage ('59)
- Set school record for career punt return yards
- Also punted for three years
- As a track athlete, finished 4th in the Southwest Conference in the Long Jump and 220 Hurdles as a senior
- Also set the school record at the time in the javelin
- Played nine years in the AFL
INDUCTION
Jerry Turner
2009
Football 1965-68
- Named Consensus All-SWC center in 1967
- Honorable Mention All-American in 1967
- Honorable mention Academic All-American in 1967
- Winner of the 1967 Pete Cawthon Award, given to the team's most valuable player
- Recipient of the 1967 Golden Helmet Award for best lineman
- 2nd Team All-SWC center in 1966
- In 1984, Dave Campbell named him the center on the Silver Anniversary Texas Tech team
INDUCTION
Doug McCutchen
2009
Football 1970-73
- Led the SWC in rushing ('70)
- 1st Team All-SWC ('70)
- First Red Raider to rush for 1000 yards in a season ('70)
- Led the Red Raiders in rushing and all-purpose yards ('71)
- Left Tech 2nd only to Donny Anderson in career rushing yards
INDUCTION
Marcus Coleman
2010
Football 1992-95
- First team All-American defensive back ('95)
- Consensus First Team All-SWC ('95)
- First Team All-SWC ('94)
- Four-year starter
- Left Tech the career school record-holder for interception TD returns with four and most blocked kicks in a season with three
- In 2008, Coleman was named to All-Time Tech football team as part of Lubbock Centennial Celebration
- Played 11 years in the NFL with Jets, Texans and Cowboys
INDUCTION
Johnny Grimes
2010
Baseball 1981-84
- Southwest Conference Player of the Year ('84)
- 2nd Team All-American catcher ('84)
- All-Region VI ('84)
- Honorable Mention All-SWC First Basemen ('82)
- Left Tech as the single-season and career record-holder for home runs, total bases and RBI
INDUCTION
Montae Reagor
2010
Football 1995-98
- Consensus 1st Team All-American Def End ('98)
- 2nd Team All-American ('97)
- Twice named First Team All-Big 12 ('97 & '98)
- Honorable Mention All-Big 12 ('96)
- Twice named Team MVP ('97 & '98)
- Contributed as a frosh on '95 Copper Bowl champs
- Left Tech the career leader in sacks and tackles for loss and was tied for the single-season lead in sacks
- 10-year NFL career highlighted by Super Bowl ring with '06 Colts
- In 2008, was named to All-Time Tech football team as part of Lubbock Centennial Celebration
INDUCTION
Herschel Ramsey
2010
Football 1935-37
- The first football All-American in TTU history ('35)
- The first Red Raider to be a two-time All-Border Conference ('36 & 37)
- To cap his senior season, Ramsey had seven catches for 74 yards in the 1937 Sun Bowl - the only player on either team to record a catch in the game in 28 pass attempts
- In 2008, he was named to the 75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team on the strength of his performance in the 1937 Sun Bowl
INDUCTION
Lisa Clark
2010
Volleyball 1987-90
- 1st team All-SWC ('90)
- 1st Team AVCA All-South Region ('90)
- Led team to a 2nd place SWC finish and Sweet 16 appearance with a 30-3 record ('90)
- 2nd team All-SWC ('89)
- Led team to a 20-12 finish with a 7-3 SWC record and an invitation to the Women's Invitational Volleyball Championships ('89)
- SWC Newcomer of the Year ('87)
INDUCTION
Brad Hastings
2011
Football 1983-86
- Three-time First-Team All-SWC '84-86
- 3rd Team All-America LB '86
- Honorable Mention All-America LB '85
- Left Tech the career leader in tackles
- Led Red Raiders to first bowl appearance in nine years
- Played in Blue-Gray game
INDUCTION
Larry Gilbert
2011
Football 1965-67
- 2nd team All-American as a junior in '66
- First team All-SWC '66
- Led SWC in receiving in '66
- 2nd Team All-SWC as a senior
- Led team in receiving in '66 and '67
- Left Tech the school record-holder in single game catches, yards and TDs
- Left Tech 2nd in the career receiving lists in catches and yards
- Served two tours in Vietnam in the Air Force
INDUCTION
Shane Wright
2011
Baseball 1997-99
- 1st Team All-American pitcher '98
- Led nation in innings pitched '98
- Set school records for wins and complete games '98
- 2nd Team All-America pitcher '99
- 1st Team All-Big 12 '97 & '98
- 2nd Team All-Big 12 '99
- Twice named to All-Big 12 Tournament team
- Left Tech the career leader in career wins, games started, complete games and innings pitched
INDUCTION
James Sides
2011
Football 1952-55
- Three-time All-Border conference fullback
- Two-Time Honorable Mention All-American
- Remains the school's leader with career yards per carry avg of 6.2
- In his career, lost only a total of three yards
- Never lost a fumble at TTU
- Drafted by Philadelphia Eagles
INDUCTION
Sandy Butler
2011
Softball 1998-01
- Three-time All Big 12 outfielder
- 2nd Team All-American outfielder '98
- First Red Raider softball player to be inducted into TTU Athletic Hall of Fame
- Only Red Raider to be named to the Big 12 All-Decade team in 2006
- Left Tech the school leader in career hits and stolen bases
INDUCTION
Richard Little
2011
Basketball 1971-73
- Two-time All-SWC guard
- Averaged in double figures scoring each of his three years
- Led team to '73 SWC championship and 2nd place SWC finish in '74
- Led team in assists as junior and senior
INDUCTION
Amanda Renfro
2012
Softball 1998-01
- Pitcher
- Holds every significant pitching record in school record books
- 2nd team All-American 2001
- First Team All-Big 12 in '98 and '01
- 2nd Team All Big 12 in '00
- Is 8th in career innings in NCAA history, 26th in career strikeouts
- Her 351.1 innings is 17th all-time in NCAA history following the 2001 season
- Led the nation in strikeouts in 2001 with 421
- Led the Big 12 in the following categories (innings pitched and appearances in '99 - innings pitched, appearances, starts, strikeouts, complete games and opponent batting average in '00 - ERA, strikeouts (2nd in wins) in `01)
- Threw three no-hitters
INDUCTION
Byron Hanspard
2012
Football 1994-96
- Running Back | 1st Team All-American ('96)... 1st Team All-Big 12 ('96)... Winner of the 1996 Doak Walker Award as the nation's top RB... Finished 6th in the Heisman Trophy balloting ('96)... Honorable Mention All-American ('95)... 1st Team All-SWC ('95)... Team MVP ('96)... Two-time winner of the Donny Anderson sportsmanship award ('94, '95)... Gained 260 yards and scored 4 TDs to be named Offensive MVP of the 1995 Copper Bowl... Set school record with 287 yards rushing against Baylor in '96... Set school record for single-season rushing yard with 2,084 in '96... Rushed for 1,374 yards in '95... Holds school record for career rushing yards with 4,219... Holds school record for Most Games Rushing for 100 Yards with 21 and Most Games Rushing for 200 Yards with 6... Scored 5 TDs against SMU in '95 to tie school record... 2nd round pick of the Atlanta Falcons.
INDUCTION
Bam Morris
2012
Football 1991-93
- 1st Team All-America ('93)
- Winner of 1993 Doak Walker Award given to nation's top running back
- Named first-team All-SWC ('92, '93)
- Team MVP ('93)
- Set school record with 1,752 yards rushing in '93 - currently 2nd in that category behind Byron Hanspard in '96
- Gained 1,279 yards in '92
- Set school record with 22 rushing TDs in '93
- Set school record with 3,544 career rushing yards - currently 4th in that category
- 37 career TDs remains 3rd in school record books
- 134 pts scored in '93 remains atop the school record books for single-season points scored
- Drafted in the 3rd round by Pittsburgh Steelers
INDUCTION
Leigh Daniel
2012
Track & Field 1998-01
- Set school records in the outdoor 5000m and 10000m and the indoor 3000m and 5000m
- Won seven Big 12 Championships and two national championships (1999 indoor 5000m and 1999 outdoor 10000m)
- Named All-American eight times
- In 2006, she was named to the Big 12 10th Anniversary Team
INDUCTION
Ricky Williams
2012
Football 1997-01
- Named 2nd Team and 3rd Team All-America ('98)
- Freshman All-America ('97)
- Named 1st Team All-Big 12 ('01)
- Named 2nd Team All-Big 12 ('98)
- Named Team MVP ('01)
- Set school record for single-game and single-season receptions
- Left Tech 2nd on career receptions list
- Gained 244 and 251 yards in games, ranking 6th and 8th in school history at the time
- 1,582 yards gained in '98 remains third in school history
- Tore ACL in first game and missed '99 season
- Remains 3rd in school history in career rushing yards
- Left Tech third in career touchdowns scored
- Left Tech 3rd in career total yardage
- Left Tech 3rd in single-season TDs and 2nd in career TDs
INDUCTION
Kenny Vinyard
2013
Football 1966-68
- Kicker | Three-year letterwinner and starter at kicker and punter for the Red Raiders ... Sporting News All-American (1968) ... First Team All-SWC (1968) ... ended career at Tech as the school's career leader in field goals and second in extra-points ... his punting average in 1966 and 1968 were the top two single-season marks in school history during his career.
INDUCTION
Lisa Hilgers-Brueggemeier
2013
Volleyball 1995-98
- Setter | Named to the Texas Tech All-Millennium team in 1999 ... First Team All-Big 12 (1998) ... Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (1997) ... AVCA All-Region District 5 (1997-98) ... was twice named Big 12 Player of the Week ... led Big 12 in digs in 1997 ... holds four of the top seven single-season assist totals in school history ... holds the school record for career assists (5,811) - more than 1,000 assists in front of the next closest on the all-time list.
INDUCTION
Pat Hartsfield
2013
Football 1954-57
- End | Started 37-of-41 games in career at end ... led team in tackles during three consecutive seasons (1955-57) ... ended career as the all-time career leader in receptions at Tech ... co-captain of team as a senior (1957) ... named honorable mention All-America after junior and senior seasons ... in a letter written in January, 1958, head coach DeWitt Weaver described him as "One of the top four players we've ever had at Texas Tech." ... Defensive Most Valuable Player of Blue-Gray Game following senior season ... tutored peer athletes during his time as a student-athlete at Tech ... *** Was not eligible for all-conference honors as a junior and senior due to TTU's transition from the Border Conference to the SWC. ***
INDUCTION
Harold Denney
2013
Men's Basketball 1962-65
- Center | First Team All-SWC in 1963-64 and 1964-65 ... averaged 17.5 points per game and 8.9 rebounds per game in 1963-64 and recorded 17.7 ppg. and 9.3 rpg. for SWC championship team in 1964-65 ... averaged 12 ppg. as a sophomore in 1962-63.
INDUCTION
Chris Blocker
2013
Men's Golf 1959-61
- A three-year letterwinner ... as a sophomore was a member of the 1959 SWC championship team - Tech's first SWC championship ... team received a No. 8 national ranking, the highest in school history at the time ... played as team's No. 1 as a junior and senior while winning the individual SWC championship as a senior (1961) ... one of only four Red Raiders in school history to win an individual SWC golf title.
INDUCTION
Rodney Blackshear
2013
Football 1987-91
- Receiver | First Team All-SWC (1990, 1991) ... Team Most Valuable Player (1990) ... E.J. Holub Double Tough Award (1991) ... Blue-Gray Game participant (1991) ... Japan Bowl participant (1991) ... holds school records for longest pass reception (95 yards vs. Houston, 1991), most yards receiving in a single-game (251 yards, vs. Houston, 1991 - marked the second most in SWC history at the time), yards per reception in a single-season (22.1, 1990) and yards per reception in a career (20.4) ... led the SWC and ranked ninth in the nation with a 25.9 yards per kickoff return average in 1990 ... rank a kickoff back for a touchdown at Texas A&M in 1990 ... single-season total of 973 receiving yards and nine touchdown catches in 1990 set school records along with 14 career touchdown receptions.
INDUCTION
Plenette Pierson
2014
Women's Basketball 1999-03
- Pierson was a first team All-Big 12 in 2003 and second team in 2001 ... a selection on the Big 12 All-Tournament team in 2003 as well as the Texas Tech team MVP... Second Team All-American in 2001 and was a third team selection in 2003 ... currently ranks 6th in career scoring at Texas Tech with 1,602 points.
INDUCTION
Larry Isaac
2014
Football 1973-76
- Isacc was All-SWC in 1973 and 1976 ... SWC Newcomer of the year in 1973 ... ranks seventh on the Texas Tech all-time rushing leaders with 2,633 yards.
INDUCTION
Stacey (Kolb) Totman
2014
Women's Golf 1993-95
- A two-time letter winner at Texas Tech, Kolb was an All-Southwest Conference choice in 1993-94 and 1994-95 ... selected the All-SWC Tournament Team in 1994 and 1995 ... won the 1993 Wichita State Lady Shocker Tournament and the 1994 Marilyn Smith/Sunflower Tournament ... ranks third in the Tech record books in career averages ... as head coach of the women's golf team for ten years, she guided Tech to 24 top-five finishes, including four team championships and five runner-up finishes ...her teams amassed 23 team and numerous individual all-time Texas Tech records.
INDUCTION
Vic Spooner
2015
(Football, 1952-53) - End
- Spooner was an All-Border Conference end for the 1953 Red Raiders that finished 11-1 overall after defeating 17th-ranked Auburn in the Gator Bowl. Spooner was a co-captain as a senior in 1953 as he helped lead the Red Raiders to their most wins in program history. Texas Tech has reached the 11-win mark just twice since that year. Spooner later participated in the Blue-Gray Game following his senior season. In addition to his work on the gridiron, Spooner also lettered in baseball for the Red Raiders in 1954 which was the first baseball team formed by Texas Tech since 1929.
INDUCTION
Ronnie Mattson
2015
(Baseball, 1973-76) - Shortstop
- Mattson was just the fifth Red Raider in program history to be named an All-American in 1976 when the shortstop earned second-team honors by the American Baseball Coaches Association. A two-time All-Southwest Conference selection (1975-76), Mattson finished second in the SWC batting race in 1976 after hitting .389 overall with 46 RBI. He ended his Texas Tech career as the school's all-time leader in at-bats, runs scored, hits, total bases, doubles and triples.
INDUCTION
Delroy Poyser
2015
(Track & Field, 1982-85) - Jumps/Relays
- Poyser was among the first great Texas Tech track and field athletes as he was a three-time All-American and an Academic All-American during his Red Raider career from 1982-85. Poyser's career was highlighted by a pair of third-place finishes in the triple jump (1983) and long jump (1984) at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Poyser left Texas Tech as the school's indoor and outdoor record holder in the triple jump, marks that remained in place for roughly 25 years. He also won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1982 Central America and Caribbean Games, representing his native Jamaica, and a silver medal at the 1980 Under-20 Central America and Caribbean Games.
INDUCTION
Tate Randle
2015
(Football, 1978-81) - Safety
- Randle was a two-time All-Southwest Conference first team selection at safety during his Red Raider career from 1978-81. Known as one of the top defensive backs in school history, Randle wrapped his Red Raider career among the all-time leaders in interceptions as his six picks from 1979 rank tied for seventh in the school record book while his 14 career interceptions are tied for third overall. Randle was selected in the 8th round of the 1982 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. He remained in the league for seven seasons as a member of the Oilers as well as the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins. He later went on to play four seasons in the Arena Football League where he was a three-time all-league performer. His success led to an induction into the AFL Hall of Fame.
INDUCTION
Lin Elliott
2015 - 1961
(Football, 1988-91) - Place Kicker
- Elliott was one of the top place kickers in Texas Tech history during his career as a Red Raider from 1988-91. An All-Southwest Conference selection in 1991, Elliott matched the Texas Tech single-season record with 17 field goals in 1991, a record that remained in place until 2013. Elliott remains one of the Texas Tech all-time greats to this day after recording 40 field goals and 100 extra points during his career. He went on be an instrumental part of a Dallas Cowboys team that won Super Bowl XXVII.
INDUCTION
Wes Welker
2016
FOOTBALL (2000-03, Wide Receiver)
- Wes Welker is one of the most synonymous names associated with the Air Raid era at Texas Tech. The Oklahoma native rewrote the Tech record book during his four-year career where he totaled 3,069 receiving yards, a mark that ranks third all-time in program history. Welker is also among the Tech all-time leaders in receptions (259) and touchdown receptions (21). In addition to his role with the high-scoring Red Raider offense, Welker made his mark as one of the top punt returners in NCAA history. To this day, Welker remains the NCAA all-time leader in career punt return yards (1,761) while his eight punts returned for a touchdown are tied with Oklahoma's Antonio Perkins for the most in FBS history. Following his Red Raider career, Welker went on to a highly-successful 12 year career in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Denver Broncos and St. Louis Rams. Welker recorded 9,924 receiving yards during his pro career after posting five seasons with at least 1,000 yards through the air. He also averaged an impressive 9.8 yards per punt return before retiring from the NFL following the 2015 season.
INDUCTION
Ted Watts
2016
FOOTBALL (1978-80, Safety)
- Ted Watts was a two-time All-Southwest Conference first-team honoree during his time leading the Red Raider secondary from 1978-80. Known for his speed and hard-hitting ability from the safety position, Watts combined for 149 tackles and 19 pass breakups over his final two seasons. His final season in 1980 resulted in first team All-America honors, making him just the second Red Raider defensive back in school history to garner the accolade at the time. Watts, who was the Pete Cawthon Memorial Team MVP in 1980, went on to be selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders, beginning a six-year professional career that included stints with the New York Giants and San Diego Chargers.
INDUCTION
Josh Bard
2016
BASEBALL (1997-99, Catcher)
- Josh Bard became possibly the top catcher in Texas Tech history during his three-year career from 1997-99. He helped lead the Red Raiders through one of their most successful periods in school history as Tech claimed the inaugural Big 12 regular-season title in 1997 before winning the league's tournament crown a year later. The Red Raiders advanced to an NCAA Regional in all three seasons with Bard behind the plate where he was the 1997 Big 12 Freshman of the Year as well as a two-time All-Big 12 first team honoree. In addition, Bard is one of just two players in school history to be named a first team All-American twice in a career as he earned the honor following both the 1998 and 1999 seasons. Bard remains a fixture in the Tech career record book where he is still tied for the all-time lead in doubles (73) and also ranks second for hits (ยญยญ268), home runs (43), RBI (232) and total bases (478). Bard was drafted in the third round of the 1999 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Colorado Rockies, marking the highest a Red Raider catcher has ever been selected. He played 10 seasons in the Major Leagues with stops with the Indians (2002-05), Red Sox (2006), Padres (2006-08), Nationals (2009) and Mariners (2010-11) before ending his career as part of the Dodgers organization. He currently serves as the Dodgers' bullpen coach after spending three years in the club's front office.
INDUCTION
Jia Perkins
2016
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (2000-04, Guard)
- Jia Perkins finished her decorated Lady Raider career ranked fourth in scoring (1,768), second in steals (305) and seventh in assists (376) in Texas Tech history. After being named the team's Most Valuable Player and an All-Big 12 honorable mention selection as a freshman, Perkins scored 15.9 points per game and averaged 2.6 steals as a junior on her way to being named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press. She also collected first team All-Big 12 and All-Big 12 Tournament Team honors. Perkins helped lead the 2002-03 Lady Raiders all the way to the Elite Eight, just missing out on a trip to the Final Four. Over her 13-year WNBA career, Perkins has averaged 11.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.6 steals while playing for Charlotte, Chicago, San Antonio and now Minnesota after being a third-round pick of Charlotte in 2004.
INDUCTION
Jonathan Johnson
2016
TRACK & FIELD (2002-05, 800 meters)
- Jonathan Johnson ran for Texas Tech track & field from 2002-05 and established himself as one of the greatest male track athletes in Red Raider history. The Abilene native was a nine-time All-American and racked up 16 all-conference awards, including four Big 12 outdoor titles in the 800 meters. In 2004, he became the first male NCAA champion in school history, storming around the track to a time of 1:46.39. In a race full of professional athletes at the Olympic Trials, the collegian Johnson outpaced the field and crossed the finish line with his guns up in first at 1:44.77, which was not only a personal & school record, but was also the No. 1 time by an American in 2004. Johnson was the first Olympian from Texas Tech track & field, and placed eighth in the semifinals of the 800m at the Athens games.
INDUCTION
Bobby Kohler
2017
(Baseball, 1979-82) โ Outfielder
- Kohler was a four-year letterwinner for the Red Raiders, patrolling the Texas Tech outfield from 1979-82. He was the seventh All-American in program history, earning American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) second team honors for his performances in the 1980 & 1982 seasons. He also earned All-Region accolades in 1979, 1981 and 1982, while picking up All-Southwest Conference nods in 1980, 1981 and 1982. Over the 1980-82 seasons, Kohler led the Red Raiders in hits, while peppering in team-highs in several categories such as batting average (1981), RBI (1980-81), doubles (1981-82) triples (1980-82) and homers (1981). He finished his Texas Tech career with 199 hits, including 42 doubles, which was a school record for career doubles at the time, and a final batting average of .347. In 1982, Kohler was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 19th round of the MLB Draft.
INDUCTION
Tony Battie
2017
(Men's Basketball, 1995-97) โ Forward
- Battie piled up 929 points, 724 rebounds and a program-leading 162 career blocks during his three seasons with the Red Raiders. He earned 1997 Associated Press (AP) All-America Honorable Mention status. Battie is the last Texas Tech player and one of seven players in program history to average a double-double during a season. He posted 18.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game en route to 20 double-doubles in 1997. Battie claimed 139 of his 162 blocks over his last two seasons and his 2.5 blocks per game in 1997 are a program single-season mark. He was a part of Texas Tech's historic 1996 season where the Red Raiders won a program-record 26 straight games and defeated North Carolina on the way to the NCAA Sweet 16. Battie is the highest NBA draft pick in program history and was a lottery selection at No. 5 overall by the Denver Nuggets in 1997.
INDUCTION
Shereefa Lloyd
2017
(Track & Field, 2004-05) โ Sprints
- Lloyd is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist for her 2008 and 2012 4x400 performances in the Beijing and London games. Individually, she placed fourth in the 400-meter dash at the Pan American Games in Rio, Brazil, in 2007 and took gold in 2011 at the Senior CAC games. In her time at Texas Tech, Lloyd was a three-time first team All-American in the 400m and the women's mile-relay. Lloyd still holds the all-time Texas Tech outdoor school record in the 400m as well as the No. 2-4 spots. The same goes for her 4x400 relay contributions, maintaining the top-five positions in the all-time outdoor record book. In 2005, she became the first Lady Raider in program history to claim the Big 12 Outdoor title in the 400-meter dash.
INDUCTION
Connie Robinson
2017
(Women's Basketball, 1993-95) โ Forward
- Robinson was a two-year letterwinner for the Lady Raiders (1993-95). During her career as a Lady Raider, she earned All-America honors in both seasons at Tech. She was named the Southwest Conference Newcomer of the year in 1994 and was a two-time All-Southwest Conference first-team member. In addition, she was one of six Lady Raiders to be named the All-Dr Pepper/SWC Classic Most Valuable Player.
INDUCTION
Andre Emmett
2018
(Men's Basketball, 2001-04) โ Forward
- Emmett racked up 1,451 points in his junior and senior seasons, the most for a Texas Tech player over a two-year span and was a two-time Big 12 scoring champion, to become the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,256 points. He was named a consensus All-America selection in 2004 by the Associated Press (AP), Sporting News, United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Emmett was the first and is one of only two players in Big 12 history to amass three All-Big 12 First-Team selections (2002, 2003, 2004) during his career. He fueled Texas Tech three 20-win seasons, two NCAA Tournament trips and a third-place finish at the NIT. Emmett also ranks first in career field goals made (882), sixth in career steals (164), seventh in career rebounds (765) and seventh in career free throws made (438).
INDUCTION
Erin Grant
2018
(Women's Basketball, 2002-06) โ Guard
- Grant remains one of the top point guards in the history of Lady Raider Basketball as she scored 1,108 points while dishing a school record 844 assists during her illustrious career from 2002-06. A two-time All-Big 12 first team selection, Grant helped lead the Lady Raiders to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a run to the Sweet 16 during the 2004-05 campaign, while playing for legendary head coach Marsha Sharp. Grant was named the Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year in 2003 when her 228 assists led the league and set the freshman single-season record. She went on to earn Kodak/WBCA All-America honors as a senior in 2006 before being selected 39th overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2006 WNBA Draft. Grant returned to her alma mater this past April as she was named an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under new Lady Raider head coach Marlene Stollings.
INDUCTION
Sean Gay
2018
(Men's Basketball, 1986-89) โ Guard
- Gay is a fixture in the Texas Tech record book and was the first of four players in program history to amass at least 1,500 points, 350 rebounds, 325 assists and 125 steals during his career. The inclusive list includes Keenan Evans, Jarrius Jackson and Martin Zeno. Gay's 196 steals are tied for second, his 432 assists are third and his 1,597 points are 12th. Gay is a three-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), a three-time All-Southwest Conference and a three-time All-Southwest Conference All-Defensive pick. He was a first-team honoree in 1988-89 as a senior. Gay was a member of Texas Tech's 1986 NCAA Tournament Team and also ranks ninth in field goals made (611).
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Ed Mooney
2018
(Football, 1966-67; Track & Field โ 1963, 1966-67) โ Linebacker/Throws
- Mooney was one of the most talented athletes in Texas Tech history as he starred at linebacker during the 1966-67 seasons, while also competing for the track and field program as a three-year letterwinner. Mooney collected All-Southwest Conference first team honors as a senior in 1967 before earning a selection to play in the prestigious East-West Shrine Game. The Detroit Lions selected Mooney in the fourth round of the 1968 NFL Draft, making him among the first Tech linebackers to ever play in the NFL. Mooney enjoyed a successful six-year career in the NFL with both the Lions (1968-71) and the Baltimore Colts (1972-73). As a track athlete, Mooney established the early records in Tech history while competing in the shot put and discus.
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Jimmy Zachry
2018
(Baseball, 1980-83) โ Infielder
- Zachry ranks among the top infielders in Texas Tech history after manning the hot corner from 1980-83. A three-time All-Southwestern Conference selection, Zachry hit .368 as a senior, the third-highest average still among Tech third baseman, to earn All-America honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association. He also connected on a team-leading 12 home runs and 47 RBI in the final season under head coach and fellow Tech Hall of Famer, Kal Segrist. Zachry becomes the 23rd member of the Red Raider baseball program to be inducted into the Tech Hall of Fame.
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Mike Sears
2019
(Football, 1973-76)
- Sears was a two-time All-Southwest Conference recipient and an honorable mention All-America selection during his Red Raider career that was highlighted by two of the best seasons in school history. A three-year starter on the offensive line, Sears was a key member as only a freshman for a Tech program that finished the 1973 campaign with an 11-1 record and 6-1 mark in Southwest Conference play following a memorable win over No. 20 Tennessee in the Gator Bowl. Sears joined Hall of Fame running back Larry Isaacs as the only freshmen on the offensive or defensive side of the ball to see action that season. He later helped push Tech to eight-straight wins to start his 1976 senior season, which ultimately ended with a 10-2 record and a Southwest Conference title. Sears, who was a team captain on that 1976 team, previously earned his first career start in a memorable 26-3 victory over No. 6 Texas in 1974 and proceeded to start in each of the remaining 32 games of his career. Sears, the Offensive Player of the Year for the Red Raiders in 1975, was part of the All-Decade team among Red Raiders who played in the 1970s and was also elected to the All-Texas Tech team for the duration of the Southwest Conference.
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Sally Kipyego
2019
(Track & Field/Cross Country, 2006-09)
- No conversation regarding the greatest track and field athletes of all time can take place without the mention of Sally Kipyego. The Kenyan distance runner came to Lubbock and etched her name into the Texas Tech history books across all seasons โ cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Kipyego made national history, too, becoming the first Kenyan to win the NCAA Cross Country Championship in 2007. She did so twice more in her career to become the only woman to ever win three cross country national titles. Kipyego became one of seven women in history to win four individual titles in a single school year, doing so in 2007 with titles in cross country, the indoor 3000m and 5000m, and the outdoor 10,000m. She is the only woman in Big 12 Conference history to win three cross country titles, and her win in 2008 helped the team to its first women's title in program history. She is a three-time winner of the Honda Sports Award, given annually to the best female athlete in each collegiate sport. She is the only woman to be honored three times in cross country. Several of her marks at Tech have yet to be touched to this day: indoor mile, indoor 3000m, indoor 5000m, outdoor 5000m and outdoor 10,000m.
- Professionally, Kipyego has made a career running for the IAAF World Athletics Tour and is the second-fastest Kenyan distance runner in history. She is a two-time top-five finisher in the 10,000m at the World Championships and finished runner-up in the 10,000m at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Shawon Harris
2019
(Track & Field, 2004-06, 2008)
- Five-time All-American hurdler Shawon Harris finds his name littered throughout the Texas Tech track & field record book. Harris dominated the hurdles in his time at Tech, showing his true versatility doing so indoors and outdoors with first team All-America performances in each the indoor 60m hurdles and outdoor 110m and 400m hurdles. He also helped Tech's 4x400 team to first team status in both 2006 indoor and 2008 outdoor. In addition, he was also a two-time Big 12 Champion, winning the 60m hurdles and 110m hurdles in 2008.
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Jarrius Jackson
2019
(Men's Basketball, 2004-07)
- Jackson scored the second-most points in Texas Tech program history and was a two-time All-American, a John R. Wooden Award Finalist and three-time All-Big 12 selection from 2004-07 for head coach Bob Knight. Jackson started 131 games and finished with 2,221 career points while also adding 357 assists, 196 steals and is fifth in Tech history with 232 3-pointers made. A Louisiana native, he earned All-America honors as a junior where he averaged 20.5 points per game before receiving the honor as a senior with 19.9 points per game. Jackson, who scored a career-high 41 points at Nebraska in 2006, earned All-Big 12 first team honors in his final two seasons after a third-team selection as a sophomore and being honored as a Big 12 All-Freshman in his first year. After playing for the Red Raiders, he enjoyed a professional career overseas in Spain, Ukraine and Italy.
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Kristy Frantz
2019 - 2018
(Soccer, 1996-99)
- The first true goal scorer in program history, Kristy Frantz led the attack for a startup Texas Tech soccer program. Frantz was a force on the field, scoring 41 goals in her four years while dishing out 26 assists for a total of 108 points โ all three being stats that rank second in program history. She exploded onto the scene as a freshman, tallying 18 goals โ five of which were game-winners โ and eight assists for 44 points, which stands today as the most dominant season by a Red Raider in history. Frantz was an All-Big 12 second team selection each of her first three seasons at Tech, in addition to being named All-Region twice. She was also a two-time first team Academic All-Big 12 selection.
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Dwayne Slay
2019
(Football, 2004-05)
- Few Red Raiders could disrupt a game quite like Slay, who earned first team All-America honors in 2005 en route to leading Texas Tech to an appearance in the Cotton Bowl. Slay became known as one of the hardest-hitting defensive backs in all of college football during his Red Raider career as he forced a Big 12 record eight fumbles as a senior to go along with a team-leading 112 tackles. Following the season, Slay garnered All-Big 12 first team honors by the conference coaches and was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by several media outlets, including the Associated Press. He was recognized as a first team All-American by Sports Illustrated, becoming the first Red Raider since 1998 and only the third defensive back all-time to collect the honor. Slay played two seasons at Tech after transferring from Reedley College in California.
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Brooke Lowrance
2020
(Women's Golf, 1995-99)
- Lowrance becomes the second women's golfer all-time to be inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame after leading the Lady Raiders to three NCAA Regional appearances during her career, including the school's first trip to the NCAA Championships in 1996. Lowrance, a native of nearby Snyder, Texas, was only a true freshman when the Lady Raiders advanced past the NCAA West Regional in Omaha, Nebraska, to eventually place 12th at the NCAA Championships. She helped push Texas Tech back to the NCAA Regional round again a year later and again as a senior in 1999 before departing as the school's all-time leader for lowest stroke average (77.0). Lowrance, who posted Texas Tech's lowest average each of her final three seasons, earned honorable mention All-America accolades as a junior, becoming the first Lady Raider all-time to be named among the nation's top golfers. Lowrance finished among the top 10 individuals at the Big 12 Tournament three times in her career, eventually collecting All-Big 12 first team honors as a junior and second team accolades as a senior. She won two tournaments during her career, which came at the 1996 Susie Maxwell Classic and the 1998 Jeannine McHaney Memorial Invitational.
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Graham Harrell
2020
(Football, 2005-08)
- Harrell remains one of the most successful quarterbacks in college football history after torching opposing defenses to the tune of 15,793 passing yards over his Red Raider career. A native of Ennis, Texas, Harrell finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2008 after leading the Red Raiders to an 11-1 regular season that saw Texas Tech rise to as high as No. 2 in the national polls following a memorable win over top-ranked Texas. Harrell was named the Sammy Baugh Trophy winner as a junior in 2007 before claiming the Johnny Unitas Award as well as AT&T All-America Player of the Year and Sporting News Co-Player of the Year honors a year later. He was also tabbed a first team All-American by the AFCA following the 2008 season where he threw for 5,111 yards and 45 touchdowns. Harrell previously recorded 5,705 yards through the air in 2007, which still trails only fellow Red Raider B.J. Symons for the most in NCAA history. To this day, Harrell remains Texas Tech's career leader for passing yards, touchdown passes (134), pass attempts (2,062), completions (1,403), yards per game (350.9), 300-yard games (32) and 400-yard games (20). He still ranks third all-time in NCAA history for career touchdown passes and fourth for career passing yards. Following his time as a Red Raider, Harrell was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent as he spent three years with the organization (2010-12) and was a member of the team's Super Bowl XLV championship roster. He joined the coaching profession soon after ending his playing career and is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at USC.
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Chris Martin
2020
(Volleyball, 1988-91)
- Martin remains one of the most versatile volleyball standouts during the Southwest Conference era, helping lead the Red Raiders to a pair of appearances in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, including Texas Tech's only 30-win season in its history. Martin was a dominating presence at the net, ranking fifth all-time for career solo blocks (105) and total blocks (373) and sixth for block assists (268). She was also one of the most lethal Red Raiders from behind the service line as well after compiling 146 aces over her four seasons, the fourth-highest total still to this day. Defensively, she notched 1,152 digs, which ranks eighth in Texas Tech career history and places Martin as the only Red Raider to sit in the top 10 all-time for both career total blocks and digs. Her efforts earned her second team All-Southwest Conference honors as a junior in 1990 and then first team accolades a year later where she was also a second team AVCA All-Region selection. In addition, she was tabbed to the SWC All-Decade second team (1983-92) as well as the Texas Tech All-Millennium Team. Martin becomes the sixth former volleyball student-athlete to be inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame, joining Jill Burness, Lisa Hilgers, Lisa Love, Becky (Boxwell) McIlraith and her former teammate, Lisa Clark.
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Michael Crabtree
2020
(Football, 2007-08)
- Arguably one of the top wide receivers in college football history, Crabtree rewrote the Texas Tech record book during his two-year career as a Red Raider. The Dallas native set the Texas Tech single-season marks as well as the NCAA freshman records for receptions (134), receiving yards (1,962) and receiving touchdowns (22) as only a redshirt freshman in 2007. His debut was so impressive it hasn't been matched by any receiver nationally since as Crabtree still ranks third all-time in NCAA single-season history for receiving yards and first among power-five receivers. Crabtree became the first freshman in history to win the prestigious Biletnikoff Award in 2007 and later became the first two-time winner of the coveted trophy a year later before departing Texas Tech as the school's all-time career leader for receiving yards (3,127) and receiving touchdowns (41). He teamed with quarterback Graham Harrell to lead the Red Raiders to a 20-6 record during his two seasons, which culminated with an 11-2 campaign in 2008 that pushed Texas Tech to as high as No. 2 in the national rankings following a memorable win over top-ranked Texas. The strong season catapulted Harrell and Crabtree to fourth and fifth, respectively, in the Heisman Trophy voting. Crabtree, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, went on to enjoy a successful 11-year professional career with stints with the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Ravens and Arizona Cardinals.
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Ronald Ross
2020
(Men's Basketball, 2002-05)
- Ross remains one of the beloved greats in the history of Texas Tech men's basketball as the former walk-on helped lead the Red Raiders to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including their first-ever trip to the Sweet 16 in 2005. Ross, a native of nearby Hobbs, New Mexico, was an All-Big 12 first team selection and an All-American by Basketball Times as a senior after averaging 17.5 points per game, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.6 steals per game under head coach Bob Knight. Ross also established the single-season and career school records that year by recording 86 steals, pushing his career total to 204 over 132 games. The most memorable moment of Ross' career came in a victory over Gonzaga in the second round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament as he sank the go-ahead 3-pointer with just over a minute to play before adding the two clinching free throws with only 7.5 seconds remaining in a 71-69 win. Ross recorded 24 points in the win and grabbed nine rebounds against the Bulldogs before nearly pushing the sixth-seeded Red Raiders into a near upset the following weekend versus West Virginia. He closed his Red Raider career with 1,174 career points and 320 assists as one of the top point guards in school history. Ross, who also earned Chip Hilton Player of the Year honors by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame his senior year, enjoyed a 13-year professional career playing overseas following his time as a Red Raider. He returned to Texas Tech to become a graduate assistant under head coach Chris Beard prior to the 2018-19 season, which was highlighted by the Red Raiders' first Big 12 regular-season title and their run to the National Final of the NCAA Tournament.
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Jason Totman
2020
(Baseball, 1994-95)
- Totman becomes the 20th member of the Red Raider baseball program to be inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame after leading the Red Raiders to a school-record 51 wins in 1995 and the Southwest Conference regular season and tournament titles. Totman proved instrumental in establishing an already rising program under legendary coach Larry Hays into one of the top programs in the country as the Red Raiders posted a combined record of 91-31 in his two seasons. He is one of 15 Red Raider baseball players to earn first team All-America honors, doing so in 1995 behind a .435 batting average and a team-leading 24 doubles. The .435 average, along with his .560 on-base percentage that season, still rank as the second-best numbers in a single season by any Red Raider. He would go on to become the only Red Raider to win Southwest Conference Tournament MVP after leading Texas Tech to the tournament title. During both seasons in Lubbock, he led the Red Raiders in doubles and triples and was recognized as ABCA All-Region and All-Southwest Conference. For his career, he remains second on the school's career batting list at .407 and holds two of the top three marks for hitting by a Tech second baseman in school history. A native of McPherson, Kansas, Totman came to Lubbock from Butler Community College where he led the Grizzlies to a school best record of 48-11 as a sophomore in 1993. Following his collegiate career, Totman was drafted in the seventh round of the 1995 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres, marking the highest an infielder had ever been selected in school history at the time. He is married to former Lady Raider golf coach and fellow Texas Tech Hall of Famer Stacey (Kolb) Totman. They become the first husband-wife duo of former student-athletes to be inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame.
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D'Andra Carter
2020 - 2019
(Track & Field, 2006-09)
- Carter became only the third Lady Raider and the fourth track and field athlete all-time to win an individual national title in 2009 when she launched a final throw of 182'-01" to take the top spot in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The successful afternoon in Fayetteville, Arkansas placed Carter in an elite category among track and field athletes at Texas Tech as she joined the likes of fellow Hall of Famers Leigh Daniel, Sally Kipyego and Jonathan Johnson with a national title. Carter also claimed the Big 12 Outdoor title in the discus as both a junior and senior before ending her career as a three-time All-American in the event. To this day, Carter still maintains five of the farthest throws in Texas Tech history as she remains the only thrower in program history to lead the team in the discus over four-consecutive years.
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Oscar Floren
2022
Oscar Floren (Men's Golf, 2004-07)
- Floren was a three-time All-American and two-time All-Big 12 selection during his Texas Tech golf career. A Sweden native, Floren earned All-America honors in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and was an Academic All-America in 2006. During his career, Floren won tournament titles at the 2006 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, 2006 Hyatt Plantation Club Intercollegiate and the 2006 Aggie Invitational. Floren was only the second Red Raider to win three individual titles at the time and remains one of six Red Raiders to date to do so. His career-low round of 64 came at the 2004 Thunderbird Collegiate. Floren competed in 48 tournaments as a Red Raider from 2004-07 and is fourth all-time in program history with a 72.2 scoring average. He is regarded as one of the early golf standouts under head coach Greg Sands as Floren helped push the Red Raiders to four-consecutive NCAA Regional appearances over his career, including two trips to the NCAA Championships during his final two seasons.
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Patrick Mahomes
2022
(Football, 2014-16)
- Mahomes led the nation in total offense his final two seasons as a Red Raider after starring at quarterback over three seasons from 2014-16. He threw for 11,252 yards and recorded 12,097 yards of total offense over his career, both of which rank third all-time among Tech quarterbacks. He accounted for 115 touchdowns during that span, 93 of which that came through the air and another 22 on the ground.
- Mahomes became the 12th quarterback in NCAA FBS history, at the time, to pass for 5,000 yards in a season in 2016 when he did it in just 12 games. He is one of three signal callers all-time to reach 5,000 yards of total offense twice in a career, which ultimately pushed him into the national spotlight as the winner of the 2016 Sammy Baugh Award.
- His tenure at Texas Tech wasn't only defined by touchdown passes and incredible plays, though, as Mahomes excelled in the classroom, garnering Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and Academic All-America recognition following his 2016 junior season. In fact, Mahomes is one of 10 Red Raiders all-time and the first Ring of Honor inductee to be named an Academic All-American during his career.
- The Kansas City Chiefs selected Mahomes with the 10th overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft, making him only the seventh Red Raider at the time to hear his name called in the first round. Mahomes has rewarded the Chiefs since then, leading the franchise to a pair of Super Bowls and two additional AFC Championship game appearances in his four seasons as a starter.
- Mahomes became the youngest player in history to be named an NFL MVP and win a Super Bowl after he led the Chiefs to a memorable come-from-behind victory over the San Francisco 49ers to conclude the 2019 season. It was only the second Super Bowl title in franchise history and the Chiefs' first since 1970 as Mahomes collected Super Bowl MVP honors after throwing for 286 yards while accounting for three touchdowns in the win.
- His NFL career has been punctuated with many unforgettable moments from no-look passes to left-handed tosses on the run to numerous game-winning drives. Over his 63 games as an NFL starter, Mahomes has already thrown for an impressive 18,991 yards and 151 touchdowns with only 37 interceptions and a 66.7 completion percentage. He's also rushed for 1,189 yards and eight yards in that span.
- Mahomes threw for 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns during his 2018 debut season alone to garner NFL MVP accolades. In the process, he became the first player in history to ever throw for 5,000 or more yards in a single season in both college football and the NFL. He was only the third quarterback in NFL history to total 5,000 passing yards and 50 touchdowns in the same season, joining a pair of fellow greats in Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
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Kevin Curtis
2022
Kevin Curtis (Football, 1998-01)
- Curtis remains one of the top defensive backs in school history, especially during the Big 12 era, as he was a two-time All-American and a three-time All-Big 12 selection at safety over the course of his Red Raider career. A local product out of Lubbock Coronado High School, Curtis didn't take long to make his presence known as a Red Raider after leading the Big 12 in tackles with 153 stops as only a sophomore in 1999. To this date, Curtis' total remains the fifth-highest mark in Texas Tech single-season history and ranks 10th all-time in the Big 12 record book. In addition, it marked the most tackles all-time in program history by a Red Raider safety. Curtis closed his Red Raider career with 430 tackles from the back end of the Red Raider secondary, which still places him third all-time in program history and sixth in conference history. Curtis earned second team All-America honors in both 2000 and 2001 before being selected in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers where he spent three seasons. Curtis, who also enjoyed stints with the Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans during his NFL career, joined the coaching profession following his playing career with stints not only at Texas Tech (2013-15) but also Louisiana Tech (2010-12, 2016-17), SMU (2018-20) and currently Baylor (2021-present).
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Patience Knight
2022
Patience Knight (Track and Field, 2006-09)
- Few athletes in Texas Tech history have left a similar impact like Knight did during her Red Raider career. One of the top throws athletes in a long list of All-Americans under head coach Wes Kittley, Knight was known for her inspiration off the track for as much as on of it. Diagnosed with a cancerous tumor near her heart in February 2007, Knight battled through chemotherapy and radiation therapy, all while still competing at an elite level with the track and field program, ultimately setting a school record in the shot put at that year's NCAA Indoor Championships. Knight, in fact, still controls the top-three spots on the Texas Tech indoor chart and the No. 5-7 places for the shot put in the outdoor record book following her remarkable Red Raider career. Knight secured her legacy as one of Texas Tech's all-time greats with four Big 12 titles in the shot put after taking the top spot at the 2008-09 outdoor championships and the 2008-09 indoor championships. The 2008 indoor title came roughly a year after her cancer diagnoses as she went on to earn All-America honors three times during her career (2008 indoor/outdoor, 2009 indoor). Knight's story earned her recognition as the national level as she was the 2009 recipient of the 2009 Honda Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top female athlete who displays outstanding perseverance in the face of extreme obstacles.
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Gene Knolle
2022
Gene Knolle (Men's Basketball, 1970-71)
- Not many Red Raiders put up the same offensive numbers at Knolle, who was an early trailblazer in Texas Tech's history as the first African American student-athlete to compete for the men's basketball program. Knolle averaged a program-best 21.5 points during his two seasons at Texas Tech from 1969-71. That record still stands to this date as Knolle and Ring of Honor inductee Dub Malaise are the only two Red Raiders in program history to average more than 20.0 points per game over a career. A two-time All-Southwest Conference selection, Knolle scored 1,073 points as a Red Raider where he averaged 22.0 points per game as a senior. Originally from St. Albans, New York, Knolle had a streak of 36-straight games scoring in double figures and scored 20 or more during a nine-game streak. He would score a career-high 34 points against San Diego State on December 1, 1970 and had five games of 30 or more points during his two seasons. In 1971, Knolle was selected by the Portland Trailblazers in the NBA Draft and by the Dallas Chaparrals in the ABA Draft.
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Chris Martin
2022
Chris Martin (Volleyball, 1988-91)
- Martin remains one of the most versatile volleyball standouts during the Southwest Conference era, helping lead the Red Raiders to a pair of appearances in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, including Texas Tech's only 30-win season in its history. Martin was a dominating presence at the net, ranking fifth all-time for career solo blocks (105) and total blocks (373) and sixth for block assists (268). She was also one of the most lethal Red Raiders from behind the service line as well after compiling 146 aces over her four seasons, the fourth-highest total still to this day. Defensively, she notched 1,152 digs, which ranks eighth in Texas Tech career history and places Martin as the only Red Raider to sit in the top 10 all-time for both career total blocks and digs. Her efforts earned her second team All-Southwest Conference honors as a junior in 1990 and then first team accolades a year later where she was also a second team AVCA All-Region selection. In addition, she was tabbed to the SWC All-Decade second team (1983-92) as well as the Texas Tech All-Millennium Team. Martin becomes the sixth former volleyball student-athlete to be inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame, joining Jill Burness, Lisa Hilgers, Lisa Love, Becky (Boxwell) McIlraith and her former teammate, Lisa Clark.
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Matt Miller
2022
Matt Miller (Baseball, 1994-96)
- Miller defined one of the top pitchers to come through Texas Tech at the end of the Southwest Conference era when the Red Raiders regularly ranked among the nation's top baseball programs. A left-handed pitcher out of Lubbock Monterey High School, Miller remains one of the top pitchers to wear the scarlet and black after collecting 25 wins over his three-year career from 1994-96. During that span, the Red Raiders collected 140 wins as a team, played in two NCAA Regionals and claimed the 1995 Southwest Conference Tournament title under legendary head coach Larry Hays. Miller was Texas Tech's ace over those final two seasons, winning an impressive 11 wins as a sophomore in 1995 before adding to that total by one the following year. To date, the southpaw remains tied for third all-time in Texas Tech single-season history with his 12 wins in 1996 and also ranks tied for fifth with 11 victories in 1995, tied for sixth with 17 games started in 1996 and seventh with 113 strikeouts in 1996 and then a .857 winning percentage (12-2) that same season. Miller is also a fixture in the career record book, ranking second all-time for wins (25), fourth in winning percentage (.781 โ 25-7), sixth in games started (38), seventh for innings pitched (239.2), eighth for strikeouts (213) and tied for 10th in complete games (9). His success on the bump earned Miller first team All-Southwest Conference honors in 1996 and second team accolades in 1995. He was a two-time All-America honoree, earning honorable mention accolades in 1995 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and third-team honors by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA in 1996. Miller departed the Red Raiders following that 1996 season as the Detroit Tigers used the No. 41 overall pick to select the left-hander in the 1996 MLB Draft. Miller, the highest-drafted pitcher still in school history and the third-highest Red Raider overall, made his big-league debut in 2001 as one of two seasons with the Tigers.
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Norman Reuther
2022
Norman Reuther (Men's Basketball, 1964-66)
- Reuther remains one of the most beloved figures in Texas Tech's basketball history, not only from his ability to score in the paint but as one of the top rebounders all-time among Red Raiders. Reuther scored 1,109 points and had 545 rebounds during a three-year career at Tech. He earned All-Southwest Conference honors as a senior in the 1965-66 season and was a two-time NABC All-District selection. His list of accolades likely would have been longer had an administrative error not caused him to be declared ineligible for his 1964-65 junior campaign and thus, not able to receive any postseason awards. The Red Raiders dominated the Southwest Conference throughout Reuther's tenure, winning the league crown in what would later be a forfeited title for the 1964-65 season. Texas Tech was the conference runner-up during Reuther's first season in 1963-64 and finished in third place two years later. A Fort Worth, Texas native, Reuther averaged 19.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game as a senior. He scored a career-high 37 points against Arkansas on February 28, 1967 and had a streak of 25 straight-games in double-figure scoring during his career. His average of 16.6 points per game ranks 13th all-time in Tech basketball history, while his 8.1 rebounds per game still ranks 12th to this date.
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Kim Kaufman
2023
(Women's Golf, 2009-13)
- Throughout her Texas Tech career, Kaufman recorded 15 career top-10 finishes, including seven top-five finishes during the 2012-13 season alone. A two-time All-Big 12 selection, Kaufman was also named the Big 12s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2013 and was a CoSIDA first team All-America selection in 2013, the first, first team Academic All-American in program history. The Clark, South Dakota native also became the first player in Texas Tech women's golf history to reach No. 1 in the country during her senior season (2012-13) as the Red Raiders also were tabbed the No. 1 team in the country on Sept. 26 of that same season. A four-time All-American, Kaufman became the first player in program history to earn at least third team All-America status and was also the first Red Raider women's golfer to earn All-American honors in back-to-back seasons.
- During the 2012-13 season, Kaufman helped lead her Tech squad to three overall victories and was named a Second Team All-America selection by the GCAA and a Third Team All-American by Golfweek after being named Honorable Mention All-America by both entities in 2011-12. Kaufman also competed at the NCAA Championship as an individual in 2011-12, finishing eighth at the Vanderbilt Legends Golf Club in 2012. The top-10 finish was the first by a Texas Tech women's golfer in program history.
- The first player in program history to have played in an NCAA Regional in all four seasons of her career, Kaufman played the most rounds in program history (144) and has the most counting scores in program history (129). She owns two of the five best countable scores in program history and shot the fifth-lowest single-round score in the program history when she fired a third-round 65 at the Challenge at Onion Creek. A veteran of the LPGA, EPSON and Symetra Tours, Kaufman has had nearly a decade-long professional career since turning pro in 2014.
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Rodney Allison
2023
(Football, 1975-77) | Heritage Award
- Rodney Allison, one of the top quarterbacks in school history and the outgoing executive director of the Double T Varsity Club, was recognized Friday evening with the prestigious Heritage Award during the Texas Tech Hall of Fame banquet held at the Overton Hotel and Conference Center.
- Since its creation in 2005, the Heritage Award has been considered one of the highest honors a former letterwinner can receive. It is designated to honor a former letterwinner who has been exemplary in their chosen field, while displaying qualities of sportsmanship, character and integrity, a perfect description for Allison, who excelled as a collegiate football coach for numerous years before accepting his position with the Double T Varsity Club.
- "Rodney Allison has left a legacy at Texas Tech both as an outstanding quarterback and also in his role leading the Double T Varsity Club," Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. "Rodney has been passionate about his love for this university and the pride he has in wearing that Double T every single day. He's a Red Raider for life. He may be departing us now, but the legacy and impact he has made on this university and athletics department will live on for years to come."
- Allison has served as the executive director of the Double T Varsity Club since the letterwinner's association moved under the leadership of the athletics department in 2013. Since then, he has been vital in bridging the gap between the athletics department and its letterwinners, hosting numerous reunions annually, while also coordinating important events such as the Texas Tech Hall of Fame and any Ring of Honor inductions.
- In addition to this role, Allison has been a consistent presence at many Texas Tech events, not only Jones AT&T Stadium where he once starred but throughout the department as a strong advocate for every athletic program. His ultimate goal was for every student-athlete who wore the scarlet and black to have the ability to stay connected and return to the university they once called home.
- "Rodney Allison is the epitome of Red Raider for life," said head women's basketball coach Krista Gerlich, a Lady Raider letterwinner herself. "He was instrumental in linking the past to the present, which is such a huge trait and so important for us to continue to do at Texas Tech because our history is so rich. Rodney realizes that and has been a huge advocate for women's sports. We're so happy for Rodney and wish him the best."
- Before the days of the Air Raid and spread offenses, there was Rodney Allison.
- One of the top quarterbacks still in school history, Allison was named the Most Valuable Player of the Southwest Conference in 1976 as well as the MVP of the Astro Bluebonnet Bowl. The Red Raiders finished 10-2 that season, winning the Southwest Conference title crown behind a 7-1 record that featured wins over both Texas A&M and Texas.
- Allison earned his degree in physical education form Texas Tech in May of 1980 following a playing career that resulted in numerous individual accolades. Following his playing career, Allison eventually moved into collegiate coaching with stops at Tech, Duke, Southern Mississippi, Auburn and Clemson. After five stops as an assistant coach, he was named head coach at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga in 2002 where he coached six seasons.
- The Texas Tech Hall of Fame ceremony was Allison's final event as the leader of the Double T Varsity Club. He and his wife, Leigh, will relocate to the island of Maui in Hawaii in the coming months to be closer to family.
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Kliff Kingsbury
2023
(Football, 1999-02)
- The rise of Texas Tech's Air Raid offense began with Kingsbury, who arrived at Texas Tech under legendary head coach Spike Dykes and later developed into one of the top passers in college football history under fellow 2023 inductee, Mike Leach. Kingsbury earned his first career start in Dykes' final game as head coach, leading the Red Raiders to a memorable win over Oklahoma in what would be the start of a legendary career. Kingsbury went on to set 39 school records the next three seasons as well as 16 different Big 12 marks and 17 NCAA FBS records. He recorded more than 12,000 passing yards and total offense, including over 1,000 completions, making him only the third player in NCAA history to accomplish all three feats.
- As a senior, he was presented the Sammy Baugh Trophy, which is awarded annually to the nation's top college quarterback. Kingsbury finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy voting that season, becoming only the fourth Red Raider at the time to rank in the top 10 at the time. Kingsbury also excelled in the classroom where he was one of 14 collegiate football players to receive a post-graduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. He also garnered Academic All-America Player of the Year honors in 2002, the highest academic honor for a Red Raider in program history.
- A sixth-round NFL Draft pick in 2003 by the New England Patriots, Kingsbury played for five NFL teams and also saw action in the Canadian Football League and the All-American Football League. Following his playing career, he joined the coaching profession, serving in role at the University of Houston and Texas A&M before being named the 15th head coach in Texas Tech history in 2013. He served his alma mater for six seasons and then moved to the NFL where he was the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals from 2019-22. He is currently an offensive analyst at USC.
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Greg Lowery
2023
(Men's Basketball, 1970-72)
- Lowery played three seasons for the Texas Tech basketball team from 1970-72 where he averaged 19.7 points per game and finished with 1,476 points. A West Palm Beach, Florida native, Lowery began his collegiate career with one season at Oklahoma Military Academy before transferring to Tech. He owns the Tech single-season record by averaging 24.5 points per game in his senior season and is fourth with his 19.7 career average. Lowery and Gene Knolle were the first two Black basketball players in Texas Tech history.
- A 6-foot-2 guard, he earned All-Southwest Conference honors in all three seasons he played for the Red Raiders, with first-team selections in his sophomore and senior seasons along with a second-team distinction as a junior. He was named the SWC Sophomore of the Year in the 1969-70 season. Lowery finished his career by shooting 550-for-1,136 (48.4 percent) from the field and is sixth all-time in Tech history at 83.5 percent from the free-throw line with 376 makes.
- Lowery scored a career-high 35 points twice, first against Texas on the road as a sophomore and then again against SMU as a junior. He also had a game against Rice where he was 11-for-11 from the field and finished with 32 points. In 1972, he was selected by the Miami Floridians in the ABA Draft and the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Draft. Lowery passed away on June 17, 2016.
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Matt Wingo
2023
(Football, 1988-91)
- Wingo remains one of the top linebackers in program history after a decorated career in the early tenure of Spike Dykes from 1988-91. Wingo, a two-time All-Southwest Conference honoree, racked up 385 tackles during his four-year career, which ranked third all-time in school history following his senior season. To this day, Wingo still ranks sixth in Texas Tech history for career tackles. Wingo earned All-Southwest Conference honors following both his junior and senior seasons.Additionally, Wingo was honored by his teammates as the recipient of the Dell Morgan Memorial Courage Award following his senior year as well as the Clint Ramsey Academic Effort Award.
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Jason Young
2023
(Track & Field, 1999-04)
- A native pf Dallas, Texas, Young was a Junior Olympic Champion (1999) in the discus before arriving to Texas Tech. During his time in Lubbock, Young was a the 2002 NACAC U23 Champion, and a two-time NCAA All-American highlighted by a runner-up finish in the discus throw at the 2004 NCAA outdoor meet. Following his Tech career, Young stayed in Lubbock as the Red Raiders' strength and conditioning coach before making the USA Olympic Team in 2012 where he went on to finish eighth in qualification. To this day, Young holds two top-10 marks in the Texas Tech record book when it comes to the discus.
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Cathy Carlson
2023
(Women's Tennis, 1984-88)
- Carlson joins the 2023 Hall of Fame class after a storied career with the Lady Raider women's tennis program from 1984-88. Appearing all over the Texas Tech record book, Carlson is the winningest player in program history with 224 overall career victories (111 singles and 113 doubles wins). In addition, her 111 singles wins and 113 doubles victories rank third all-time in their respective categories. Helping the Lady Raiders go 65-27 (.707) during her career as a Lady Raider, Carlson is tied for second all-time in line three singles wins with 14 in 1988 and third at line two doubles victories with 18 in 1987. Carlson also appears in the top-10 in career singles and doubles winning percentage, single-season singles & doubles wins, single-season singles and doubles winning percentage, single-season dual singles & doubles winning percentage and in single-season dual doubles victories.
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Gonzalo Escobar
2023 - 1961
(Men's Tennis, 2008-12)
- Escobar is a former two-time All-American who played for the men's tennis program from 2008-12. Escobar, who is only one of three Red Raiders to compete in both the NCAA Singles and NCAA Doubles Championships during his career, finished runner-up nationally in doubles with teammate Raony Carvalho in his final season at Texas Tech. Escobar posted his highest end-of-the-year Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings in 2011 for singles (No. 25) and in 2012 for doubles (No. 3), which still is the highest doubles ranking for a Tech duo to end the year. Escobar became the second player in Texas Tech history to win the ITA Arthur Ashe Award for leadership and sportsmanship and the first (and only) player to claim the ITA/Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award, both in the Texas Region.
- Escobar remains the overall winningest player in program history as he ranks first with 181 career overall wins, first with 99 career singles wins, tied for first in both single-season dual doubles wins (20) and single-season dual doubles wins at line three (15). In addition, Escobar sits in the top-10 all-time in the following categories: doubles victories (82), singles winning percentage (.664), doubles winning percentage (.667), single-season singles & doubles wins, single-season dual singles & doubles victories, single-season dual doubles winning percentage and single-season dual singles wins at line two. Escobar helped the Red Raiders to a 68-37 record in his time as a Red Raider, a second-place Big 12 finish in 2012 and three second-round NCAA Tournament appearances. Escobar, who is currently ranked No. 55 in the world in doubles, has competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments, including a most recent appearance in doubles at Roland-Garros and a Round of 16 doubles appearance at the Australia Open.
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Ifeatu Okafor
2024
(Track & Field 2010-13)
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Cory Carr
2024
(Men's Basketball 1994-98)
- Carr was a dynamic scorer throughout his four seasons playing for the Red Raiders where he earned All-America honors and finished with 1,904 points. A Kingsland, Arkansas native, Carr averaged 23.1 points per game as a junior and 23.3 as a senior and ranks second in Tech history with 262 made 3-pointers. He averaged 16.6 points per game through 115 games played in his career and is sixth in total points in program history. He was a three-time all-conference performer, earning All-Big 12 honors as a junior and senior after being named a Southwest Conference Second-Team selection as a sophomore.
- Along with his scoring prowess, Carr finished his collegiate career with 224 assists, 80 steals and 411 rebounds. As a senior, Carr earned All-Big 12 First Team honors and was a Wooden Award finalist. His 23.3 points per game during the 1997-98 season ranks third in program history in scoring average while his 23.4 points per conference game ranks at the top. Carr scored a career-high 39 points against Louisiana as a senior and scored over 30 points in 10 games which ranks second in Tech history along with making seven 3-pointers in three games. A two-time Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention Selection, Carr had a stretch of 48 straight games of scoring in double figures that went from his junior to senior season. He would earn Basketball Times All-America Third Team honors as a senior after UPI All-America Honorable Mention as a junior where he also earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors. He earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors four times in his career, twice as a junior and two more times as a senior.
- Carr was on the USA National Select Team where he competed in the FIBA Americas U20 Championship and FIBA U21 World Championship and was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft and played for the Chicago Bulls in 1999 before an extensive professional career overseas.
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Amanda Dowdy
2024
(Volleyball 2008-11)
- Dowdy recorded one of the most successful volleyball careers in program history. From 2008-11, she was named to the All-Big 12 First Time twice in 2010 and 2011 and named to the All-Big 12 Rookie Team โ the first Red Raider to ever receive that honor - in 2008. She remains one of just two players in program history to be named to the All-Big 12 First Team twice in her career. In 2009, Dowdy was named to the USA Volleyball Junior National Team and remains the only Red Raider to garner the honor. She was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team all three seasons she was eligible for the award.
- In the school record book, Dowdy's 1,495 career kills and 4.268 attack attempts continue to rank second in program history. She totaled 454 kills in 2011, which still ranks as the eighth most in a single season. She also still maintains the single-match record for most kills with 37 against Colorado in 2010. She recorded the third-most kills in program history just a month later with 34 again versus Colorado.
- Dowdy was briefly on the indoor track and field team where she competed in high jump and collected three top-five finishes. Following her collegiate career, Dowdy played several seasons overseas before returning to the U.S. full time and joining the Pro Beach Volleyball league in 2017. In 2019, she took the silver medal in her first international tournament in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with Corinne Quiggle as they went 5-2 after earning a wild card entry. She retired from the professional beach circuit in 2021.
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Taylor Lytle
2024
(Soccer 2008-11)
- The all-time leader in assists in program history, Taylor Lytle turned in one of the best careers in the history of Texas Tech soccer program as one of the early stars of the Tom Stone era. At the end of her Red Raider career, Lytle ranked ninth all-time in total points and third all-time in shot attempts, in addition to finishing as the all-time leader in assists. During her first season as a Red Raider, Lytle was named a Central Region All-Freshman selection and was a Third Team All-Freshman Soccer Buzz selection. Lytle started all 19 matches that season and led the Red Raiders in assists, points and shots.
- During her sophomore campaign in 2009, Lytle was once again a force offensively for the Red Raiders as she tallied a then program record 11 assists to go along with four goals. The Las Cruces native also notched a then program record 91 shots to go along with her 19 points. Lytle's 11 total assists led the Big 12 Conference and were ninth in the country. The midfielder was tabbed both a First Team All-Big 12 selection and was named to the NSCAA All-Region team, becoming just the second player in program history (first since 1998) to earn first team all-conference honors.
- Over her final two seasons at Tech, Lytle was named a captain in both 2010 and 2011, as she started in 36 matches, tallying five goals and eight assists. Lytle, who was named a Second Team All-Big 12 selection in 2011, went on to play for the U.S. women's national under-23 team in 2012. That led to a successful professional career in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL), playing primarily for Sky Blue FC from 2013-17 and then Utah Royals FC from 2018-20 where she appeared in 96 matches during that time.
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Danny Amendola
2024
(Football 2004-07)
- Amendola represents one of the top wide receivers and return specialists since Texas Tech moved to its spread passing attack at the turn of the new millennium. Following in the footsteps of Wes Welker, Amendola continued Texas Tech's string of successful inside receivers, all while adding his own flare as a dynamic punt returner.
- Amendola, a native of The Woodlands, Texas, was a three-time All-Big 12 honoree, earning first team accolades as a punt returner as only a true freshman in 2004. He remains one of the best wide receivers in school history after catching 204 passes for 2,246 yards and 15 touchdowns over his four seasons, ending his tenure in scarlet and black as one of only the five Red Raiders at the time to record 200 career receptions. Amendola closed his tenure with 109 receptions as a senior alone, which still ranks second all-time in the Texas Tech single-season history book. He piled up 1,245 receiving yards that season, the fourth-highest total in school history at the time and the eighth-highest still to date.
- Amendola could change the game on special teams, too, as he returned 116 punts at an impressive 11.1 yards per attempt average over his career. Amendola still ranks as one of only three Red Raiders in program history to total more than 100 returns and 1,000 punt return yards in a career, joining two Hall of Famers before him in Welker and Tyrone Thurman.
- Following his Red Raider career, Amendola found success in the NFL, winning two Super Bowls as a member of the New England Patriots. Amendola retired from the NFL following the 2021 season after catching 617 passes for 6,212 yards and 24 touchdowns as a member of the St. Louis Rams (2009-12), New England Patriots (2013-17), Miami Dolphins (2018), Detroit Lions (2019-20) and Houston Texans (2021). Amendola was named to the Patriots' All-Decade Team for the 2010s after helping New England to wins in both Super Bowl XLIX and LI, catching a touchdown in both of those victories.
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Omo Osaghae
2024
(Track & Field 2007-11)
- A Lubbock native, Osaghae was a four-time First Team All-American, helping Texas Tech become a powerhouse when it comes to the hurdles. The Lubbock native captured his first Big 12 title in 2009 as he won the 60m hurdles indoor title and then followed it up with a victory at the Big 12 outdoor meet in the 110m hurdles. Osaghae added another Big 12 title to his resume in 2011, claiming a second 110m hurdles title at the outdoor meet. To this day, Osaghae still holds the school record in the 110m hurdles at 13.23, boasting five top-10 times and the one through four times.
- Following his career at Texas Tech, Osaghae found success at the professional level, winning the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championship in the 60m hurdles. Omaghae turned in a personal best time of 7.45 for Team USA, which, at the time, was the fastest time in the world in the event. In the process, Osaghae became the first Red Raider in program history to win an individual world title. It was the first of three national championships in the 60m hurdles for Omaghae, who continued to call Lubbock home during his professional career.