Hall of Honor members W-Z
10/15/2007 1:00:00 AM | Athletics
SHSU Hall of Honor
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DONALD WALKER -- Inducted 1974Basketball 1940 1941 1942 1943 Starter on Sam Houston teams that finished as runner-up in the Lone Star Conference in both 1940 and 1941 |
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MERDOLPH WALKER -- Inducted 1987Football letterman 1942 1946 1947 Lone Star Conference shot put champino |
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GERALD WALLING -- Inducted 1998Baseball letterman 1959 1960 1961 Catcher for Bearkat baseball teams that reached the NAIA World Series in 1960 and 1961 ... produced .351 career batting average |
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D. H. "COTTON" WATKINS -- Inducted 1980Basketball letterman 1943 1947 1948 1949 |
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TOM WENDT -- Inducted 1996Baseball letterman 1974 1975 1976 1977 Ranks sixth in all-time Bearkat hitting with .357 career batting average ... one of only seven Bearkats to hit over .400 in a single season with a .428 average in 1977 ... played on NAIA World Series runner-up teams in 1974 and 1975 |
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J. D. "BILL" WHITE - Inducted 1974Basketball letterman 1936 1937 1938 Starter on Sam Houston's 1937 Lone Star Conference co-championship team |
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ROBERT WHITE -- Inducted 1995Basketball letterman 1971 1972 1973 Ranks ninth in scoring and third in rebounds in the Bearkat men's basketball record book with 1,241 career points and 894 rebounds ... starter on 1971 and 1973 Lone Star Conference championship teams and 1973 squad that earned NAIA national tournament berth |
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CHARLES WILLIAMS -- Inducted 1981Football letterman 1946 1947 1948 1949 Team captain of 1949 Bearkats |
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DICKIE WILLIAMS -- Inducted 1994Football letterman 1968 1970 1971 1972 Led the Lone Star Conference in kickoff returns in 1971 with 31.4 average |
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JACK WILLIANS -- Inducted 1972Football letterman 1935 1936 1937 Sam Houston Head Basketball Coach 1946 to 1956 |
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GLENN WILSON -- Inducted 1986Baseball letterman 1978 1979 1980 All-time leading hitter in Sam Houston baseball history with .372 career average ... one of only seven players to hit over .400 in one season with .439 average in 1980 ... played professional baseball for Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Houston |
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T. F. "PUNY" WILSON -- Inducted 1973Sam Houston head football coach 1938 to 1951 |
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WILLARD WOOD -- Inducted 1985Golf letterman 1947 1948 1949 |
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DAVID WOOLEY -- Inducted 1993Baseball letterman 1971 1972 1973 1974 Winner of NAIA World Series Bronze Glove award in 1974 ... played professionally for the Cincinnati Reds organization |
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GEORGE WRIGHT -- Inducted 1994Football letterman 1965 1966 1967 1968 Member of the Baltimore Colts 1972 Super Bowl championship team |
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MURPHY YATES -- Inducted 2004Football letterman 1988 1989 1990 1991 Offensive lineman for 1991 Southland Conference championship team that earned berth in NCAA Division I-AA national playoffs |
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MEREDITH YORK -- Inducted 1977Track and field letterman Meredith and Miriam York Track Complex named in honor of the York family who have been long time supporters of the Sam Houston State track and field program |
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JACKIE ZAPALAC HAYES -- Inducted 2009 Softball letter winner 1984 1985 1986 1988 Catcher for the Bearkat softball team from 1984 to 1988 ... led the Kats to the NCAA Division I regionals in 1985 and 1986 and the Southland Conference championship in 1986 ... earned All-Gulf Star conference honors twice and All-Southland recognition as a senior. |
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KAREN ZOCH -- Inducted 2011 Volleyball letter winner 1984 1985 1986 1987 Sam Houston volleyball's all-time kill leader with 2,028 in 198 matchs during her four year career ... NCAA All-Region and Gulf Star and Southland All-Conference ... led Kats to two NCAA DDivision II Final Four appearances |
