Patterson, Andrae

Patterson, Andrae

Andrae Patterson Patterson is considered the top basketball player to ever come out of the Big Country.  The 6-9 Patterson was named Mr. Basketball for Class 5A in Texas as a senior at Cooper High School and was selected as a Parade All-American.  He was a four-year...
Corn-Clark, Lynn

Corn-Clark, Lynn

Lynn Corn (Clark) Corn is considered one of the top girls basketball players to come out of the Big Country in the modern five-on-five era.  She was a first-team All-State selection in 1990 as she led Abilene Wylie to the Class 3A state championship.  Corn went on to...

Heath, Nikki

Nikki Heath Heath, an all-state volleyball and basketball player in high school at Sweetwater, was a starting guard on the Texas Tech Lady Raiders national championship basketball team in 1993.  She became the second player off that championship team to be selected to...
Atkins, Michi

Atkins, Michi

Michi Atkins Atkins came out of tiny Loraine but made her presence felt immediately as a freshman at Texas Tech as a key contributor off the bench for the Lady Raiders’ national championship team in 1993. She was named all-Southwest Conference each of the next three...
Jones-DeLane, Rose Mary

Jones-DeLane, Rose Mary

Rose Mary Jones Jones averaged more than 40 points per game during three high school seasons at Trent and scored 73 points in a game in 1957 for the Lady Gorillas.  She was featured in Newsweek magazine in high school and went on to play for the Wayland Baptist Flying...

Womack, Charles “Nig”

Charles “Nig” Womack Womack, who was inducted into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, coached both boys and girls basketball and served as superintendent at Hawley High School from 1947 to 1979.  His boys’ teams had a record of 896-127 and his...