Gidley, Kim

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...

Sandifer, Hugh

Feb 2, 2024 | Athlete, Coach, Football, Inductees

HUGH SANDIFER spent 41 years at Abilene Wylie High School as a football coach, basketball coach and athletic director. His career coaching record in football was 282 wins, 109 losses and four ties. Sandifer led the Bulldogs to the state championship game four times in...
Patterson, Jack

Patterson, Jack

May 10, 2022 | Coach, Legends, Track & Field

JACK PATTERSON is one of two posthumous recipients of the Class of 2022’s Bill Hart Memorial Legends Award. He won an individual Southwest Conference championship at Rice University in 1939. After coaching at Merkel and San Angelo, Patterson became the first track and...
Gilreath, Kathryn

Gilreath, Kathryn

May 9, 2022 | Athlete, Coach, Tennis

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

May 9, 2022 | Athlete, Coach, Football

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...
Green, Merrill

Green, Merrill

May 9, 2022 | Coach, Football

MERRILL GREEN was a star running back and punt returner at the University of Oklahoma in the early 1950’s 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...