Harrison, Jon

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Jon Harrison Harrison joined Jack Mildren, his former high school and college teammate, in the Big Country Athletic of Fame.  Harrison still holds most of the single-season receiving records at Cooper High school, where he served as an assistant coach before retiring...
Gerald, The Pat Gerald Family

Gerald, The Pat Gerald Family

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football, Legacy Award

First Legacy Award-The Pat Gerald Family The Gerald Family of Sweetwater was the first recipient of this award to honor an individual or group who made a lasting contribution to sports in the Big Country.  Pat Gerald, deceased,  was a long-time high school coach and...
Corn-Clark, Lynn

Corn-Clark, Lynn

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Basketball

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...
Ash, Twyman

Ash, Twyman

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Twyman Ash Ash was a two-year starter in football, basketball and baseball at Abilene High.  He was an all-state selection in football in 1954 and went on to play football at Rice University.  Ash is best remembered for his finger-tip catch for the winning...

McClure, Bill

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Track & Field

Bill McClure McClure, a 1939 graduate of Abilene High, spent a 47-year career in athletics, beginning first as a coach at Stamford High School and then as an assistant and later head track coach at ACU, leaving to become the head track coach at both South Carolina and...

Sitton, Ted

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football

Ted Sitton Sitton grew up in Stamford and was the quarterback on Abilene Christian University’s only unbeaten, untied team that won the Refrigerator Bowl in 1950.  He was an assistant coach on ACU’s two national championship teams in 1973 and 1977 and was the head...