Tollison, David

Tollison, David

DAVID TOLLISON was perhaps the best all-around player on Abilene  Cooper 1987 state championship baseball team. He was 11-1 as a pitcher and batted .417 with seven home runs, 45 RBIs and 19 stolen bases as a senior. He was the winning pitcher in the state championship...
Gilreath, Kathryn

Gilreath, Kathryn

KATHRYN GILREATH helped Cooper High School to a 3-year record of 57-0 and three consecutive 5A team tennis state championships. She played No.1 singles all four years. In the spring of 1993, she was a state quarterfinalist in doubles, a state semifinalist in doubles...
Richey, Trey

Richey, Trey

TREY RICHEY is the only person to win a six-man football state championship as both a player and a coach. He was the star running back and safety at Jayton HS where the Jaybirds went undefeated and won back-to-back state six-man football championships in 1984 and...
Todd, Trey

Todd, Trey

TREY TODD won back-to-back individual Class 3A state championships in golf at Wylie High School  in 2001 and 2002. He then became a four-year letterman at Texas A&M, where he had two top-10 finishes and eight top-25 finishes. He graduated in 2008 with a master’s...
Green, Merrill

Green, Merrill

MERRILL GREEN was a star running back and punt returner at the University of Oklahoma in the early 1950s under coach Bud Wilkinson. He coached in college at Texas Tech and Arkansas before becoming the head coach at Abilene Cooper in 1965. He led the Cougars to...