Apr 11, 2014 | Athlete, Tennis
Ann Schroeder is perhaps the most honored tennis player in Abilene history. As a junior player she was ranked No. 2 in singles in Texas and No.1 in doubles. At Cooper, she won district and regional championships in doubles and was runner-up in the state tournament in...
Apr 11, 2014 | Athlete, Track & Field
Brad Pursley of Merkel and Abilene Christian University was a state champion and NAIA and NCAA national champion in the pole vault. He competed internationally and qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials three times. Pursley was ranked as high as No. 3 in the world and...
Apr 11, 2014 | Athlete, Basketball, Track & Field
JimAnne Baker Hejny of Cisco won 13 individual gold medals and 2 gold team medals at the State Track Meet in her career in the 100, 200, 400, Long and Triple Jump and relay teams. The Lady Loboes, led by Baker, won the Class 2A state track team championship in 2001...
Apr 11, 2014 | Athlete, Basketball
Kendra Anderson Whitehead graduated from Colorado City in 1999 and then went to Hardin-Simmons where she became the most decorated basketball player in Cowgirls history. She led Hardin-Simmons to four straight American Southwest Conference championships and four NCAA...
