Cochran, Mike

Cochran, Mike

Mike Cochran played golf at Stamford for Gordon Wood, but became one of the most decorated reporters in Texas during a long career with the Associated Press and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Although best known for covering moon shots, the Kennedy...
Kitchens, Lance

Kitchens, Lance

Lance Kitchens, who has been in the broadcasting industry for 38 years, has been the “Voice of Buckaroo Sports” since 1984 in Breckenridge. When he was dismissed from the broadcasts by Palo Pinto Communications, the community of Breckenridge created such as uproar...
Pickett, Al

Pickett, Al

Al Pickett has been covering sports in the Big Country for 30 years. He spent 15 years as sports editor of the Abilene Reporter-News, and since 2002 he has been a freelance writer and sports broadcaster. He broadcasts Abilene High football and Cooper basketball and...

Stowers, Carlton

Carlton Stowers Stowers is the fifth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement for Media.  Stowers, who was co-captain of the Abilene High track team that won a state championship in 1960, also ran track at the University of Texas.  But he made his mark as a sports writer...
Stuard, Jack

Stuard, Jack

Jack Stuard Stuard was the fourth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement for Media, joining Bill Hart, Dallas Huston, and Bill Little. Stuard, a graduate of Abilene High, taught and served as an assistant principal in the AISD from 1955 until his retirement in 1990....
Huston, Dallas

Huston, Dallas

Dallas Huston Huston is a legend in Brownwood.  He has been the beloved play-by-play voice for the Brownwood Lions and Howard Payne University football, baseball and basketball since 1963, jobs he still performs in a career that has spanned several generations of...