DONALD WALKER -- Inducted 1974

Basketball 1940 1941 1942 1943
All-Lone Star Conference 1941

Starter on Sam Houston teams that finished as runner-up in the Lone Star Conference in both 1940 and 1941

MERDOLPH WALKER -- Inducted 1987

Football letterman 1942 1946 1947
Basketball 1947 1948
Track and field 1947 1948
All-Lone Star Conference 1946 1947

Lone Star Conference shot put champino

GERALD WALLING -- Inducted 1998

Baseball letterman 1959 1960 1961
NAIA World Series All-Tournament 1960

Catcher for Bearkat baseball teams that reached the NAIA World Series in 1960 and 1961 ... produced .351 career batting average

D. H. "COTTON" WATKINS -- Inducted 1980

Basketball letterman 1943 1947 1948 1949
Baseball letterman 1948 1949
All-Lone Star Conference 1948 1949

TOM WENDT -- Inducted 1996

Baseball letterman 1974 1975 1976 1977
NAIA All-America 1977 1978

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

J. D. "BILL" WHITE - Inducted 1974

Basketball letterman 1936 1937 1938

Starter on Sam Houston's 1937 Lone Star Conference co-championship team

ROBERT WHITE -- Inducted 1995

Basketball letterman 1971 1972 1973
All-Lone Star Conference 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

CHARLES WILLIAMS -- Inducted 1981

Football letterman 1946 1947 1948 1949
All-Lone Star Conference 1946 1947 1948 1949
NAIA All-America 1949

Team captain of 1949 Bearkats

DICKIE WILLIAMS -- Inducted 1994

Football letterman 1968 1970 1971 1972
Track and field letterman 1971 1972
All-Lone Star Conference 1970 1971 1972

Led the Lone Star Conference in kickoff returns in 1971 with 31.4 average

JACK WILLIANS -- Inducted 1972

Football letterman 1935 1936 1937
Basketball letterman 1936 1937 1938

Sam Houston Head Basketball Coach 1946 to 1956

GLENN WILSON -- Inducted 1986

Baseball letterman 1978 1979 1980
Football letterman 1977
NAIA Baseball All-America 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

T. F. "PUNY" WILSON -- Inducted 1973

Sam Houston head football coach 1938 to 1951
Won 50, Lost 49, Tied 6

Directed Bearkats to runner-up finishes in the Lone Star Conference in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, and 1946

WILLARD WOOD -- Inducted 1985

Golf letterman 1947 1948 1949

DAVID WOOLEY -- Inducted 1993

Baseball letterman 1971 1972 1973 1974
NAIA All-America 1974
NAIA World Series All-Tournament 1972

Winner of NAIA World Series Bronze Glove award in 1974 ... played professionally for the Cincinnati Reds organization

GEORGE WRIGHT -- Inducted 1994

Football letterman 1965 1966 1967 1968
All-Southland Conference 1967 1968
NAIA All-America 1968

Member of the Baltimore Colts 1972 Super Bowl championship team

MURPHY YATES -- Inducted 2004

Football letterman 1988 1989 1990 1991
All-Southland Conference 1989 1990 1991
NCAA Division I-AA All-America 1991

Offensive lineman for 1991 Southland Conference championship team that earned berth in NCAA Division I-AA national playoffs

MEREDITH YORK -- Inducted 1977

Track 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

JACKIE ZAPALAC HAYES -- Inducted 2009 

Softball letter winner 1984 1985 1986 1988
All-America
All-Gulf Star and All-Southland Conference

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.

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