Mar 18, 2013 | Lifetime Achievement for Media, Media
Bill Little Little, who grew up in Winters, has been the voice and face of Texas Longhorns’ sports for more than 30 years as sports information director and associate athletic director. He also did play-by-play for Texas baseball on the radio and is the author of...
Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Track & Field
Wes Kittley Kittley, a state champion in the 880-yard run as a senior in high school at Rule, was an all-American at ACU. He took over as the women’s track coach at ACU in 1985 and then became the men’s coach, too. He won a record 29 NCAA Division II track...
Mar 18, 2013 | Lifetime Achievement for Officiating, Official
Curly Hays Hays was probably the best-known football and basketball referee in the history of the Abilene chapter, working middle school, high school, and college games up until the time of his death. Hays officiated football and basketball for over 50 years. He...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Baseball
Chuck Harrison Harrison played football and baseball at Abilene High. He was a two-sport star at Texas Tech, playing defensive end in front of E.J. Holub. But Harrison is considered Tech’s first star in baseball. In 1962, he not only hit .440 but he sported a 1.020...
Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football
Spike Dykes Dykes, a native of Ballinger, was a long-time high school and college coach in Texas. He spent the last 13 years of his career as the head football coach at Texas Tech, winning 82 games as the school’s second winningest football coach. He led the Red...
