Hall of Honor members- O-T
10/15/2007 1:00:00 AM | Athletics
SHSU Hall of Honor
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BOLEY O'BANNON -- Inducted 1994Football letterman 1943 1946 1947 1948 |
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TOM PAGE -- Inducted 1987Sam Houston head football coach 1968 to 1971 |
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MANCE PARK -- Inducted 1989Football letterman 1937 |
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TRACY PEARSON - Inducted 2010 Men's basketball 1986 1987 1988 1988 Stands No. 5 in all-time rebounds and No. 8 in career scoring in the Sam Houston men's basketball record books. He scored 1,406 points and pulled down 733 rebounds as a center for the Kats. Earned first team all-league honors both in the Gulf Star Conference in 1987 and the Southland Conference in 1988 and 1989. |
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SHERRY PFISTER -- Inducted 2009 Women's basketball letter winner 1980 1981 1982 1983 Ranks as the all-time leading scorer in Sam Houston women's basketball history with 1,975 points ... holds five career school records and ranks second all-time with 962 career rebounds ... in 1982, she led the Kats to a 27-5 overall record, the most victories in one season ever for the Sam Houston women |
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PAUL "RED" PIERCE -- Inducted 1978Sam Houston Head Football Coach 1952 to 1967 Directed Bearkats to Lone Star Conference championships in 1955, 1956, 1961, and 1964 and the NAIA national co-championship in 1964 |
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TERRY PIRTLE -- Inducted 2004Baseball letterman 1984 1985 1986 1987 Ranks fourth in all-time Sam Houston hitting with .360 career batting average ... hit .411 in 1987 ... holds school records for games played (224), at bats (735), longest hitting streak (34 games) and hits in a game (five) ... played on three NCAA Division II playoff squads |
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Men's Basketball Letterman 1993 1994 1995 1996 Three-time All-Southland Conference performer in his four seasons from 1993 to 1996 ... ranks as Sam Houston's fifth all-time scoring leader with 1,451 points ... other career totals include 181 three point field goals and 533 rebounds |
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FRED REECE - Inducted 1995Football letterman 1968 1969 1970 1971 Ranks sixth in Sam Houston career rushing with 2,160 yards on 445 carries ... his 245 yards rushing against McMurry in 1970 stands as second best single game performance in Bearkat history |
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VICKY RESNICK -- Inducted 2008
Women's golf 1997-98 to 2000-01 Most Valuable Player” for the 1999 Bearkats Played in 91 rounds of tournament action helping lead the Bearkats to 10 tournament team titles |
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CLAUDE REINKE -- Inducted 2001Football letterman 1961 1962 1963 1964 All Lone Star Conference 1962 1963 All Texas 1962 1963 Member NAIA National Co-Championship Team Served 32 years in the US Marine Corps |
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JACK RHODES -- Inducted 1982Football letterman 1930 1931 1932 1933 Lone Star Conference discus and javelin champion |
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ROSS ROGERS -- Inducted 1992Football letterman 1972 1973 Quarterback for the 1973 Bearkat football team |
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CURTIS L. "DIKE" ROSE -- Inducted 1996Football letterman 1934 1935 1936 Captain of both the 1936 football and 1937 track and field teams ... played as a quarterback and punter in football and competed in javelin, high jump, and pole vault in track |
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HERBERT "TUBBY" SANDEL -- Inducted 1972Football letterman 1922 1923 1924 1925 |
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JOHN SCHEER -- Inducted 1998Basketball letterman 1957 1958 1959 1960 Ranks 16th in Bearkat basketball all-time scoring with 1,104 points ... leading scorer for Sam Houston in 1959 (14.8 points) and 1960 (16.4 points) |
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TOM SEWELL -- Inducted 1971Basketball letterman 1952 1953 1954 Ranks eighth in Bearkat baseball all-time scoring with 1,375 points ... first Bearkat to score more than 500 points in one season, leading the 1954 team with a 21.7 average |
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STEVE SHAVER -- Inducted 1998Football letterman 1957 1958 1959 1960 Member of 1958 Lone Star Conference runner-up squad |
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Golf letterman 1977 1978 All-America twice, leading Sam Houston men's golf team to an NAIA runner-up finish in 1977 and the first of four consecutive national championships in 1978 ... top 10 finisher in both conference and national tournaments |
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ROBERT SINGLETARY -- Inducted 1993Golf letterman 1977 1978 1979 1980 Member NAIA national championship teams of 1978, 1979, and 1980 ... NAIA individual 5th place 1980 ... Lone Star Conference individual champion 1978 ... won four tournament individual titles during college career |
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LARRY SMITH -- Inducted 2005Baseball letterman 1961 1962 1963 Member NAIA World Series championship team of 1963 ... led the 1962 Bearkats in home runs and the 1963 titlists in RBIs |
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MIKE STAVINOHA - Inducted 2010 Baseball 1985 1986 1987 1988 All-Gulf Star Conference pitcher 1986 |
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Softball letterwinner - 1984 1985 1986 1987 One of the few athletes in SHSU history to earn all-conference honors in two leagues, the Gulf Star and Southland Conferences ... two-sport Hall of Honor inductee ... in basketball, ranks number one at Sam Houston in career steals (338) and second in career assists (960) ... led the Gulf Star three years in a row in steals ... as second baseman in softball, helped lead Kats to 159-90 four year record |
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CHRIS CRIBARI THOMPSON - Inducted 2010 Women's tennis 1979 1980 MVP for the 1980 women's tennis team and served 16 seasons as the program's head coach. Sam Houston's associate athletic director for student services, overseeing an academic and student-athlete welfare program that is the model for the Southland Conference. |
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ROBERT THOMPSON -- Inducted 1990Golf letterman 1979 1980 Member NAIA national champion teams of 1979 and 1980 ... NAIA national individual medalist 1979 ... Lone Star Conference individual champion in 1979 and 1980 ... holds SHSU school record for individual tournament titles with 11 |
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CLARKE TIPPEN -- Inducted 1976Football letterman 1937 1938 1939 |
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LUTHER TURNER -- Inducted 2004Football letterman 1985 1987 Ranks ninth in career rushing at Sam Houston with 1,925 yards ... holds Bearkat school record with 35 career touchdowns |
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ROBERT TURNER -- Inducted 1979Football letterman 1946 1947 1948 |







DERICK PRESTON - Inducted 2011










LEE SINGLETARY -- Inducted 2011






















































