May 1, 2024 | Coach, Gymnastics, Inductees
Jim McKinney was the Head Gymnastics Coach at Cooper for 25 years. His Cougars gymnastics teams won three state championships while McKinney was at the helm of the program. He was named the Texas High School Gymnastics Coach of the Year five times and was twice named...
May 1, 2024 | Coach, Gymnastics, Inductees
Bob Sanderson was the Head Gymnastics Coach at Abilene High for 16 years (1983-99) and has amassed a coaching career that spans 24 years between Abilene and Lebanon, KY. His teams at Marion County High School (KY) qualified for the state meet 7 times and won state...
Feb 2, 2024 | Athlete, Baseball, Coach, Legends
HARRY CRAFT, a Throckmorton native, was a centerfielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1937-42 and was on the Reds team that won the World Series in 1940. Craft began his managerial career in the New York Yankees farm system in 1949. That season, he was Mickey Mantle’s...
Feb 2, 2024 | Athlete, Coach, Inductees, Tennis
KIM GIDLEY played tennis at Abilene High and Abilene Christian University, earning all-American honors at ACU while leading the Wildcats to a NCAA Division II national runner-up finish. She was ranked No. 5 nationally in singles and No. 6 in doubles and was invited to...
