Jan 19, 2023 | Football, News, Sport
The Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame is thrilled to host the first annual Champions Celebration event on Sunday, January 22 at 2:00pm. The event, housed in the Mall of Abilene, will honor the 4 Big Country high school football teams that won state championships and...
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...
May 10, 2022 | Legends, Track & Field
ELMER GRAY is one of two posthumous recipients of the Class of 2022’s Bill Hart Memorial Legends Award. Gray graduated from Roscoe High School in 1928 and came to ACU to run track and play football. He was the first athlete at ACU to run under 50 seconds in the...
May 9, 2022 | Athlete, Baseball
DAVID TOLLISON was perhaps the best all-around player on Abilene Cooper 1987 state championship baseball team. He was 11-1 as a pitcher and batted .417 with seven home runs, 45 RBIs and 19 stolen bases as a senior. He was the winning pitcher in the state championship...
