Cleveland, Kenneth

Cleveland, Kenneth

Kenneth Cleveland was a standout basketball player at Coleman and the University of Texas. He compiled an 887-227 record coaching basketball, the last 32 years at Dimmitt where he won 27 district championships, 10 regional titles and three state championships. When he...
Cumbie, Sonny

Cumbie, Sonny

Sonny Cumbie was a three-sport standout in high school at Snyder. He walked on at Texas Tech and became the Red Raiders’ starting quarterback as a senior in 2004. He led the nation in passing that year, completing 65.6 percent of his passes for 4,742 yards and 32...
Hawk, Brandon

Hawk, Brandon

Brandon Hawk of Clyde is one of the top tennis players to come out of the Big Country. He reached a No. 1 ranking in Texas in both singles and doubles and a No. 1 ranking in doubles and No. 5 in singles nationally as a junior tennis player. Although his national...
Bartee-Fuentes, Kim

Bartee-Fuentes, Kim

Kim Bartee Fuentes of Albany was the Big Country Female Athlete of the Year in 1991. She won the high jump, took second as a member of the 800 and 1,600-meter relay teams and fourth on the 400 relay team to lead Albany to 1991 state track championship. She was...
Berry, The Berry Family

Berry, The Berry Family

The late Powell Berry was an all-district quarterback at Snyder. He is a member of the Snyder Hall of Honor and was a three-year letterman for Bear Bryant at Texas A&M where he was a team co-captain as a senior. All three sons played football at Abilene Cooper....
Ellison, Margaret

Ellison, Margaret

  Margaret Ellison, who was born in Eastland, was the founder and coach of a women’s track and field club in Abilene in the early 1960s that revolutionized the sport. Her Texas Track Club became nationally famous with members of the team appearing on the cover of...