Class of 2026 Announced

Dec 17, 2025 | News

A former all-American who is in the College Football Hall of Fame, a first round NFL Draft pick, a record-setting quarterback and long-time coach at Abilene High and Abilene Christian University, a multi-sport state champion from Albany, a two-time baseball state...

Grissom, Bill

May 24, 2025 | Athlete, Coach, Football, Inductees

BILL GRISSOM of Winters was the leading rusher at McMurry as a junior and senior in 1963 and 1964, and was among the survivors of the infamous belly-landing plane crash involving the McMurry football team. He then began a 34-year career as a high school football...

Washington, James

May 24, 2025 | Athlete, Football, Inductees

JAMES WASHINGON  was a standout receiver on Stamford’s back-to-back state championship football teams in 2012 and 2013. He also played on the Bulldogs’ state runner-up basketball team. Washington had a prolific   career as a wide receiver at Oklahoma State, where he...

Early, Mickey

May 24, 2025 | Athlete, Football, Inductees, Track & Field

MICKEY EARLY played football and ran track at Rotan. He was 9.6-second 100-yard sprinter in the late 1960’s, which was among the fastest times in the state. On the football field, Early was a three-year starter at SMU, earning all-Southwest Conference honors as a...