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 | 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 | Lifetime Achievement for Officiating, Official
Shorty Lawson W. D. “Shorty” Lawson was named the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Officials in 2005. Lawson was a longtime assistant football and baseball coach at Abilene High and later replaced Hall of Fame member Chuck Moser as the AISD...
Mar 18, 2013 | Lifetime Achievement for Media, Media
Bill Hart Hart was the first recipient of the Lifetime Media Achievement Award. He spent 28 years covering Big Country high school sports for the Abilene Reporter-News and is a member of the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in the writers’ category. He is one...
