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BOLEY O'BANNON -- Inducted 1994
Football letterman 1943 1946 1947 1948
Starter on 1941 Bearkat football team that rolled up 6-2-1 record to finish as runner-up in the Lone Star Conference
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TOM PAGE -- Inducted 1987
Sam Houston head football coach 1968 to 1971
Won 20, lost 19, tied 3 including runner-up finish in Lone Star Conference in 1970
Assistant football coach at Sam Houston from 1958 to 1967
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MANCE PARK -- Inducted 1989
Football letterman 1937
Assistant football coach at Sam Houston for 1955 co-championship season
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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 1978
Sam Houston Head Football Coach 1952 to 1967
Won 94, Lost 52, Tied 7 as Bearkat Head Coach
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 2004
Baseball letterman 1984 1985 1986 1987
All-Gulf Star Conference 1986 1987
Gulf Star Conference Player of the Year 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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 DERICK PRESTON - Inducted 2011
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 1995
Football letterman 1968 1969 1970 1971
All-Lone Star Conference 1969 1970
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
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MELVIN "ROOKIE" REIMER - Inducted 1975
Football letterman 1936 1937
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CLAUDE REINKE -- Inducted 2001
Football 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 1982
Football letterman 1930 1931 1932 1933
Basketball letterman 1931 1932 1933 1934
Track and field letterman 1931 1932 1933 1934
Lone Star Conference discus and javelin champion
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ROSS ROGERS -- Inducted 1992
Football letterman 1972 1973
Quarterback for the 1973 Bearkat football team
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CURTIS L. "DIKE" ROSE -- Inducted 1996
Football letterman 1934 1935 1936
Track and field letterman 1935 1936 1937
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 1972
Football letterman 1922 1923 1924 1925
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JOHN SCHEER -- Inducted 1998
Basketball letterman 1957 1958 1959 1960
All-Lone Star Conference 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 1971
Basketball letterman 1952 1953 1954
All-Lone Star Conference 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 1998
Football letterman 1957 1958 1959 1960
All-Lone Star Conference 1959 1960
Member of 1958 Lone Star Conference runner-up squad
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 LEE SINGLETARY -- Inducted 2011
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 1993
Golf letterman 1977 1978 1979 1980
NAIA All-America 1977 1978
All-Lone Star Conference 1977 1978 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 2005
Baseball letterman 1961 1962 1963
NAIA All-America 1962
NAIA World Series All-Tournament 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
All-Southland Conference pitcher 1988
No. 5 in career pitching victories at SHSU with 26-8 career record
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JULIE THOMAS -- Inducted 2007
Softball letterwinner - 1984 1985 1986 1987
Women's basketball letterwinner - 1984 1985 1986 1987
All-Southland Conference and All Gulf Star Conference
NCAA Division II All-America
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
Women's tennis head coach 16 seasons
Athletic administrator since 1997
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 1990
Golf letterman 1979 1980
NAIA All-America 1979
All-Lone Star Conference 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 1976
Football letterman 1937 1938 1939
Caught the winning touchdown pass in Sam Houston's victory over Rice
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LUTHER TURNER -- Inducted 2004
Football letterman 1985 1987
All-Gulf Star Conference 1985
All-Southland Conference 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 1979
Football letterman 1946 1947 1948
All-Lone Star Conference 1946
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