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BELVA JACKSON -- Inducted 1971
Football letterman 1928 1929 1930
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CECIL JACKSON -- Inducted 1993
Football letterman 1939 1940 1941
All-Lone Star Conference 1940
Starter on Sam Houston teams that finished as runner-up in the Lone Star Conference in 1939 and 1940
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GEORGE "JUG" JACKSON -- Inducted 1999
Football letterman 1958 1959
All-Lone Star Conference 1958
Leading rusher on both the 1958 and 1959 Bearkat football teams ... Most Valuable Player in the Christmas Bowl
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TONY JANUARY -- Inducted 2004
Football letterman 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
All-Lone Star Conference 1978 1979 1981 1982
NAIA All-America 1979
Ranks third in Sam Houston career rushing with 2,376 yards and 19 touchdowns
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RICHARD JOHNSON -- Inducted 2003
Baseball letterman 1982 1983 1984 1985
NCAA Division II All-America1983 1985
Sam Houston's all-time leader in career home runs (57) and runs batted in (205) ... ranks third all-time in hitting (.365) ... leading hitter (.397) for 1985 Gulf Star Conference championship team that finished third in the NCAA Division II regionals
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JEFF JENSEN -- 2013
All-Southland Conference first baseman in 1992 and 1994. He led the Bearkats in hitting, total hits and home runs two years in a row. He was drafted by the Phillies following his college career.
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J. W. JONES -- Inducted 1972
Head football coach 1923 to 1935
Head basketball coach 1923 to 1936
Guided Sam Houston to 57-55-9 record in football ... coached Bearkats to Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association title in basketball in 1925 and football in 1930 and Lone Star Conference championship in basketball in 1937
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JAN JONES - Inducted 2010
Football 1941, 1942, 1946
All-Lone Star Conference first team honors and helped lead the 1942 and 1946 Bearkats to Lone Star Conference runner-up finishes. Holds the school for most punts in one game with an incredible total of 31 set in a 0-0 tie with East Texas State on a muddy field in 1946.
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KEN JORDAN -- Inducted 1999
Track and field letterman 1958 1959 1960 1961
Track and field team captain 1960 1961
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 DENNIS KAINER -- Inducted 2011
Baseball letterman 1979 1980 1981 1982
All-America pitcher compiling a career record of 30 victories and 12 losses and a 3.33 earned run average from 1979 to 1982 ... his 30 career pitching victories rank No. 2 all-time at Sam Houston ... 235 career strike outs was a school record
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RON KAINER -- Inducted 2002
Baseball letterman 1972 1973 1974 1975
NAIA World Series All-Tournament 1975
Ranks third all-time at Sam Houston in pitching victories with 30-12 career record ... second in career strike outs (239) ... pitched Bearkats to NAIA World Series finishes of third in 1972 and second in 1974 and 1975
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BRETT KAISER -- Inducted 2005
Football letterman 1982 1983 1984 1985
NCAA Division I-AA All-America 1986
All-Gulf Star Conference
All-Conference offensive lineman on Sam Houston State's 1985 and 1986 Gulf Star Conference championship teams
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WELDON B. "JIM" KETHAN -- Inducted 1987
Football letterman 1941 1942 1943
Track and field letterman 1941 1942 1943 1945
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BRANDT KIESCHNICK - Inducted 2008
One of only two golfers to earn All-Southland Conference honors each of his four years
Playing in 1996 through 1999, Brandt twice was named Southland Conference men's “Golfer of the Year.”
1999 Southland individual medalist title and was league individual runner-up in 1996 and 1997. |
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JOE KIRK -- Inducted 1976
Football letterman 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925
All-Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association 1925
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RYAN KLAUS -- Inducted 2009
Football letterman 1995 1996 1997 1998
All-Southland Conference 1995 1996 1997 1998
One of only two Bearkats to earn All-Southland honors all four of his years ... ranks as the Bearkats' all-time punting leader with a career average of 42.1 yards on 255 punts ... twice led the Southland in punting yards and twice ranked second
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JACK KYLE -- Inducted 1977
Football letterman 1948 1949 1950 1951
All-Lone Star Conference 1949 1950 1951
Ranks 14th in Sam Houston career rushing with 1,676 yards ... set school single game record with four touchdowns and 26 points against Corpus Christi in 1950 ... ranks 3rd in career touchdowns for the Bearkats with 25
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STAN LABAY -- Inducted 1990
Football letterman 1966 1967 1968 1969
All-Lone Star Conference 1968 1969
Captain and "Most Valuable Player" for 1969 Bearkats
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LARRY LEWIS -- Inducted 2000
Football letterman 1956 1957
Track and field letterman 1957 1958
Set a Lone Star Conference record with a 9.5 100-yard dash in track and field ... running back for the undefeated 1956 Lone Star Conference and Refrigerator Bowl champions
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REGGIE LEWIS -- Inducted 2002
Football letterman 1984 1985 1986 1987
All-Gulf Star Conference 1986
All-Southland Conference 1987
NCAA Division I-AA All-America 1987
Ranks 3rd in all-time Bearkat passing with 4,269 yards including 30 touchdown passes
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WILLIAM "SONNY" LINDLEY -- Inducted 1996
Football letterman 1937 1938 1939
All-Lone Star Conference 1938 1939
Captain of 1939 Sam Houston football team that was Lone Star Conference runner-up with 7-2-1 record
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REED LINDSEY -- Inducted 1973
Long time Sam Houston athletic and campus administrator who retired as University registrar
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JAMES LISTER -- Inducted 1981
Basketball letterman 1970 1971 1972 1973
All-Lone Star Conference 1970 1971 1972 1973
NAIA All-America 1973
All-time leading scorer and rebounder in Bearkat basketball history with 2,304 points (21.9 per game) and 1,682 boards (16.0 per game) ... scored 30 or more points in 21 games including school record 47 vs. East Texas in 1971 ... led Bearkats to Lone Star Conference titles in 1971 and 1973 and NAIA national tournament in 1971
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ARTHUR LOUIS -- Inducted 1990
Football letterman 1977 1978 1979 1980
All-Lone Star Conference 1978
All-time career passing leader for Sam Houston with 4,902 yards passing including 34 touchdown passes
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LINDA LOWRY
Lowery is one of the pioneers in women's athletics in Texas. As a Bearkat, she played for a state championship volleyball team and won the national badminton championship. After earning both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Sam Houston she became a successful coach, teacher and administrator at the University of Texas and Concordia University in Austin.
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 DR. CARLA LOWRY -- Inducted 2011
Hired in 1967 to organize and coach the Sam Houston's inaugural women's volleyball and basketball teams ,,, directed the Bearkats to TAIAW state titles in both sports ... later coached and served as athletic administrator at UT-Arlington and Southwestern University
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CLAY LOWRY -- Inducted 1986
Football letterman 1976 1977 1978 1979
All-Lone Star Conference 1977 1978 1979
NAIA All-America 1978
Ranks 2nd in career pass receiving for Sam Houston with 2,833 yards on 148 catches including 21 touchdown receptions
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JOE ED LYNN -- Inducted 1990
Football letterman 1963 1964 1965
All-Lone Star Conference 1963 1964 1965
NAIA All-America 1964 1965
Fullback for the 1964 Sam Houston squad that won the Lone Star Conference and the NAIA national co-championship
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