May 23, 2025 | Athlete, Coach, Inductees, Legends, Swimming
The late Julian “Tex” Robertson of Sweetwater was a member of the U.S. Olympic water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. He then founded the swim program at the University of Texas, where he trained 15 all-Americans, numerous...
Jul 22, 2021 | Legacy Award
FREDDIE L. SCOTT coached football, basketball and tennis for 25 years in Sweetwater and is credited with talking the UIL into having team tennis as a fall sport. Both father and son are in the Texas Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame. FRED (DERF) W. SCOTT won a...
Jun 21, 2017 | Athlete, Basketball
Doyle Brunson led Sweetwater to the state basketball tournament in 1950 where he was the second highest scorer in the tournament with 49 points. He also played baseball at Sweetwater and then won the mile run at the state meet. At HardinSimmons, Brunson, who is in the...
Jul 18, 2015 | Athlete, Boxing, Legends
Lew Jenkins grew up in Sweetwater and captured the world lightweight boxing championship in 1940.
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf
John Paul Cain Cain, a four-year letterman in golf at Texas Tech, was the 1959 Texas Amateur champion and played Ben Crenshaw in the finals of the 1973 Trans-Mississippi Mid-Amateur. After a lengthy career as a stockbroker and amateur golfer, Cain from Sweetwater...
