PASADENA ISD ATHLETICS
HALLof FAME
induction banquet
Table Sponsors
PlatinumGold
Ben & Janice Meador /
Gulf Coast Educators Federal Credit Union
Terry & Karen Brotherton
CommunityBank of Texas / Spectrum Metal Recycling
Dr. O’Dell O. Marshall
Texas Citizens Bank
Bob & Janis Allen
Capital Bank
Arthur Gallagher / Barmore Insurance
John & Ken Phelps Insurance
Sagemont Church Silver
Friends
Jack & Kathy Bailey
Liz Olivarez / State Farm Insurance
Calvin Powitzky / Bay-IBI Group Architects
Bryan & Donna Willingham Bronze
Kenny Fernandez / Candidate for Pasadena ISD Board Pos. 5
Marie Flickinger / South Belt-Ellington Leader
Cecil Ghormley
Marshall Kendrick / Incumbent Candidate for Pasadena ISD Board Pos. 6
Charles Maricle / Candidate for Pasadena ISD Board Pos. 7
Randy & Jenna McEachern
Vickie Morgan / Incumbent Candidate for Pasadena ISD Board Pos. 7
Erica Davis Rouse / Candidate for Pasadena ISD Board Pos. 7
Larry Savala / Incumbent Candidate for Pasadena ISD Board Pos. 5
Herman and Judy Williams
Hall of Fame Committee
Terry Brotherton
President
Ben Meador
Vice President
Robert Avery
Jack Bailey
Bill Barmore
Donna Branch
Herman Williams
Treasurer
John Bryan
Al Carter
Rodney Chant
Greg Clary
Roneka Lee
Secretary
Bob Fawcett
Marie Flickinger
Rev. Emory Gadd
Bob Gebhard
Jana Williams
Coordinator
Charlie Goehring
Travis Jaggers
Hal Lundgren
Cindy Parmer
Hall of Fame Scholarship Recipients
JACOB MINTER
Memorial High School
Football / Two letters
College: Baylor
BREANNA
Pasadena Memorial High School AARON
Volleyball / Two letters All-District
College: Texas A&M
Athletic Trainer Scholarship Recipients
Memorial High School
College: Navarro Junior College KATIA MOSLEY
JEFFREY
Dobie High School TYER
College: Texas A&M
Tonight’s Program
Fight Song Medley
Presentation of Colors
Bob Fawcett / Hall of Fame Committee Member Memorial High School NJROTC
The National Anthem
Joe Horton / Dobie High School
Invocation
Rev. Emory Gadd
Introduction of Emcee
Terry Brotherton / Hall of Fame Committee Chairman Emcee’s Welcome
David McWilliams
Superintendent’s Welcome
Dr. Kirk Lewis, Pasadena ISD Superintendent of Schools
Scholarship Presentations
Roneka Lee / Representing the Memorial Hermann Hospital System
Dr. Kirk Lewis
David McWilliams
Roneka Lee / Hall of Fame Scholarship Committee Chairman
Hall of Fame Induction
David McWilliams
Bob Fawcett
Order of Induction
David Webb / Pasadena HS / Class of 1959
Steve Oxley / Sam Rayburn HS / Class of 1969
Randy McEachern / J. Frank Dobie HS / Class of 1974
Kyla Hall Holas / South Houston HS / Class of 1990
Scott Talton / Boys Basketball Coach / J. Frank Dobie HS
Address
Rodney Chant / Pasadena ISD Director of Athletics
Inductees’ Response
Randy McEachern / J. Frank Dobie HS / Class of 1974
Closing
Terry Brotherton
David McWilliams
Autograph and Photo Session / Hall of Fame Museum
Our Track Record
Teamwork
Our Field of Experience
Congratulations to the 2015 Pasadena ISD Hall of Fame Inductees
Pasadena ISD Athletics
Hall of Fame
2906 Dabney
Pasadena, TX 77502
Once again, a basketball arena has magically turned into a beautiful venue to honor Pasadena ISD sports stars of the past. Welcome to the Fourth Annual Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Banquet. Tonight, we honor a legendary basketball coach, a world-class high jumper, an all-state lineman, a Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame member, a classy quarterback from the days of the old Southwest Conference and a four-sport letterman who not only starred in college but came back to coach his old high school to the state championship game in baseball. We are excited to have former University of Texas Head Coach, David McWilliams as our guest emcee. Not only a successful coach at UT, Coach McWilliams was a gritty two-way star for the Longhorns’ 1963 national championship team as a 190-pound center and defensive end.
Thanks go out to the Athletics Hall of Fame Committee, our table sponsors, Founding Donors and a select group of tireless Pasadena ISD employees for making this event possible. The Athletics Hall of Fame Museum will be available for you to tour. Maybe you will think of an item you have that can be displayed in the Museum.
Thanks again to Ernie and Susan Zardeneta for providing their catering services. Not only does their delicious food and streamlined serving make for a pleasant dining experience, it also creates a great opportunity for catching up with old friends. There will be plenty of Pasadena ISD students to help you and entertain you throughout the evening.
If you know or meet one of the Hall of Fame sponsors, please thank them for their generous contributions that make this event possible. Also, the fact that we have a long list of Hall of Fame candidates to consider in future years will continue to make this banquet the special community event it is. Tonight is a special night for our inductees and their families, but it’s also a special night for you, the Pasadena sports fan. Enjoy.
Sincerely,
Terry Brotherton Committee Chairman Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame
Pasadena Independent School District
1515 Cherrybrook Lane
Pasadena, TX 77502
No school district bases its success solely on the number of student-athletes it produces, or on the numbers who make it to the next level in their chosen sports. In the Pasadena ISD, our ultimate goal is to give our students the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in any chosen endeavor. We are proud of the career accomplishments of our students. However, it
of those who have excelled in sports. Participation in athletics hones so many of those positive skills that carry over into
So how do you pay tribute to athletics excellence? Words seldom provide our true sense of appreciation for the accomplishments of others. Truthfully, most people who strive for excellence every day do not expend the energy for external rewards or public praise. They push themselves to be the best because it is simply who they are. Their character – their heart – will accept nothing less than the best from themselves and those around them.
The rest of us, however, can marvel at their dedication, their drive and their determination, and we can take the time to give them a place of honor in our community. We can hold them up as role models for a new generation of students. It is our pleasure tonight to recognize another group of men and women who, by their example in the arena of competition, demonstrated all those wonderful character traits we desire for today’s student-athletes.
The decision years ago to establish our Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame grew out of a district and community desire to honor the past and encourage the future. We welcome you to tonight’s event. Join us expressing our admiration and appreciation to a new group of outstanding student-athletes who played for Pasadena ISD schools. Help us welcome the Class of 2015 into the Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame.
Sincerely,
Dr. Kirk Lewis Superintendent of Schools
Pasadena
Independent School District
Pasadena Independent
School District
1515 Cherrybrook Lane
Pasadena, TX 77502
The Pasadena ISD Athletic Department would like to welcome you to the Fourth Annual Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet. We are excited about you joining us again this year for this outstanding event in honoring those athletes who -
dena ISD, the Pasadena community and in the world. Thank you to our sponsors who have contributed to making this night a success and a special thank you to our Hall of Fame committee members who have spent countless hours in preparing for this special night.
Once again congratulations to the 2015 inductees and the legacy that they have established in the realm of athletics not only in our community but throughout the world. Thank you for attending tonight’s banquet and we hope that you have a great time.
Sincerely,
Rodney Chant Director of Athletics
Pasadena Independent School District
DAVID McWILLIAMS
With one exception, no one has been more closely associated with the success of football at the University of Texas over the past six decades than has David McWilliams. The only exception is the man for whom McWilliams played and then worked – the legendary Darrell Royal.
A s a UT senior in 1963, McWilliams played onship football team. A long-time assistant coach under Royal, McWilliams later took the head coaching reins at Texas Tech before returning to his alma mater as head football coach.
the Red Raiders to a 7-4 record and a berth in the helm, McWilliams guided the Longhorns to two the Longhorns defeated the University of Pittsburgh, and the Cotton Bowl in 1990, when UT
The Longhorns that year won the Southwest 10-1 mark – along with a No. 3 national ranking –into a Cotton Bowl showdown with No. 4 Miami. Needing a victory to make a pitch for the national and was replaced by John Mackovic. McWilliams has remained with the UT athletic department ever since, most of that period in the role of associate athletics director. He now heads up the Longhorn’s T-Association letterman’s group.
A native of Abilene, McWilliams started for the Longhorns from 1961 to 1963, a three-year stretch in which UT won the SWC title each season while compiling a 30-2-1 record.
Although weighing just over 190 pounds, he played center and defensive end – and served as a tri-captain – in 1963 when the Longhorns rolled to an unbeaten season and the national title. UT
Cotton Bowl victory over a Navy team led by Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach.
McWilliams played in the game despite the death of his mother just two days earlier.
Two of tonight’s inductees – Steve Oxley and Randy McEachern – were members of Longhorn squads for which McWilliams serves as an assistant coach.
DAVID WEBB
Pasadena High School Class of 1959
Athletics at Pasadena High School reached a pinnacle in the late 1950s, and Webb was at the hub of most all of it. He earned nearly a dozen letters in football, basketball, baseball and track, played on some of the Pasadena ISD most illustrious teams and earned a football scholarship in the process. On the gridiron for the Eagles, Webb started three seasons as a running back and defensive back, earning all-district as a junior and again as a senior for the Pasadena squad that
three more letters in basketball and was a member of the Eagles’ district championship
earned all-district recognition both seasons. In track, he contributed to Pasadena’s state title run in 1957. Webb played freshman football at Rice before transferring to Lamar, where he twice led the Lone Star Conference in interceptions. In 1961, he led the entire NAIA in interceptions and helped lead Lamar to the Tangerine Bowl and a victory over Middle Tennessee. He also coached at Pasadena High for 14 years, taking the Eagle baseball team to
career also included 12 years at Tomball High
STEVE OXLEY
Sam Rayburn High School | Class of 1969
No stranger to championships, Oxley paved the way in the late 1960s for before moving on to a college career in which he contributed to three consecutive Southwest Conference titles for the Darrell Royal – coached Texas Longhorns. As a senior at Rayburn, he helped make school history, earning a Texans squad that won district for the the season Oxley was named all-state, again on both sides of the ball. Before in both football and basketball on his jacket – he played in the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game. Oxley lettered three seasons
lineman, contributing to UT’s national title run in 1970 as a sophomore. He emerged as one of the team’s premier talents in 1972. He broke into the starting lineup alongside All-American Jerry Sizemore and formed part of the front wall that blocked for All-American Roosevelt Leaks.
Following the Longhorns’ loss to Oklahoma, Oxley was moved from guard to tackle in a line shakeup. UT won its next six games and then beat Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. Oxley season. An outstanding student, he was also named a Football Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
RANDY McEACHERN
J. Frank Dobie High School | Class of 1974
The Texas Longhorns have produced numerous football legends over the years, but none more unlikely than McEachern, who went from the Longhorns faced Oklahoma – and very long odds. Of the schools’ six
to a tie in the other. Add to that, UT was desperately thin in the quarterback ranks. One quarterback was injured going into the game. A second one was hurt early in the contest and a third one was lost a few minutes later. In came QB No. 4 – Randy McEachern – a spindly-built junior from Dobie, a relatively new high school known to few outside of Pasadena. McEachern promptly led UT to a stunning 13-6 upset victory. With McEachern doggedly holding on to the starting job, UT rolled to an unbeaten regular-season record and a Southwest Conference title.
McEachern’s contributions that season included 906 yards passing and eight touchdowns. Although the Longhorns lost their national title bid in a Cotton Bowl loss to Notre Dame, McEachern returned his senior season and helped lead UT to a 9-3 record and a Sun Bowl victory over Maryland. He still holds several UT passing records, including co-ownership of the school mark for TD passes in a game – four – a record origLonghorn Hall of Honor. In high school, McEachern was instrumental in bringing Dobie out of obscurity. In 1973, he guided the Longhorns to
career as captain of the golf team.
JEFF WYLIE
It’s safe to say that few athletes in Pasadena ISD history have reached heights comparable to the Pasadena High. An outstanding basketball player, Wylie gained even greater fame in track, where he earned high-school All-American honors and made the state meet his own four-year homestead as one of the nation’s top high jumpers. His high-school success made an easy leap to Baylor, where he still holds school records in the high jump. Four times he won Southwest Conference championships, three times in indoor competition and once (in 1991) at the SWC outdoor meet. His top indoor mark of 7-2 still reigns supreme in the Baylor record book as does his top outdoor mark of 7-4 ½. Wylie competed on three U.S. national teams, recording a career-best jump of 7-6 while earning a spot at the 1996 Olympic trials.
a freshman and made annual return trips, winning four district championships and setting region anduation, he won the World Junior Championship in the high jump. In basketball, he was named dis-
career ended in 1996, he played pro basketball in Argentina and Brazil and then went into high school coaching. He now teaches at Montgomery High School.
Pasadena High School | Class of 1987
KYLA HALL
South Houston High School | Class of 1990
1993, Kyla Hall was long gone as a high-school athlete, well on her way to University of Houston program. As a Lady Trojan, Hall lettered three years season, when the sport was still at club status. Her pitching skills earned her a scholarship to Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette),cord and ranks No. 15 on the all-time NCAA list. As a collewinning 104 of her 124 career decisions. Her jersey No. 11
she quickly turned the Cougars into a competitive force with seven NCAA berths and two NCAA Super Regional appearances over the past 14 seasons. In 2011, she became theducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
SCOTT TALTON
J. Frank Dobie High School | Boys Basketball Coach
Talton may rank as the most consistently successful coach – in any sport – in Pasadena ISD history. The head basketball coach at Dobie
Talton’s teams captured four district champions, six bi-district titles, four area titles and two region tournament berths. In 1995, his Longhorns reached the Region III title game, falling a victory short of a state tournament berth. His 500-391 record represents the most victories by any Pasadena ISD coach in any sport. Twice he was named Greater Houston Coach of the Year by the Houston Chronicle. A 1967 graduate of Pasadena High, where he played basketball, Talton was a driving force behind the creation of the McDonald’s Invitational Basketball Tournament a dozen years ago. The tournament’s most valuable player award is named in his honor, as is the basketball court at Dobie High School. Talton retired from coaching in
age of 59. His dedication to the sport lives on in a legion of former players now in the high-school basketball coaching ranks.
HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
Christa Williams J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 1996
Lanny White Pasadena HS
Bob Allen
South Houston HS Class of 1965
Bob Barfield Pasadena HS Football Coach
John Bryan J. Frank Dobie HS Track Coach
Amanda Buffalo Pasadena HS
George Cheshire Pasadena HS Class of 1964
Carl Choate Pasadena HS Class of 1959
Bert Coan Pasadena HS
Trevor Cobb J. Frank Dobie HS
Fritz Connally Pasadena HS Class of 1976
David Freisleben Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1971
Gawain Guy J. Frank Dobie HS
Bill Henry Pasadena HS Class of 1946
John Holmes South Houston HS
Wes Hubert South Houston HS Class of 1976
Jimmy Johnson
Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1976
Randall Kerbow Pasadena HS Class of 1959
Mike Kirkland Pasadena HS Class of 1972
Gene McCarley Pasadena HS Class of 1955
Mickey McCarty Pasadena HS Class of 1964
Dan McIhany South Houston HS Class of 1961
Alicia Mills J. Frank Dobie HS
Mickey Spencer Pasadena HS Class of 1947
Weldon Phillips Director of Athletics 1957-1979
E.W. Thompson Pasadena HS Basketball Coach
TONIGHT’S INDUCTEES
JEFF WYLIE
STEVE OXLEY
KYLA HALL
RANDY McEACHERN
DAVID WEBB
DAVID WEBB
STEVE OXLEY
WYLIE
HALL
SCOTT TALTON
Key Ingredients FORTHE Future
Pasadena Independent School District has built a strong foundation of learning that prepares today’s students for tomorrow’s workforce. The district has championed innovative educational learning initiatives supported by advanced programs and technology driven resources that foster student success. With an emphasis on enhanced learning, the district has launched its 1-to-1 technology initiative to help Pasadena students stay connected to today’s digital world in class or at home.
High Schools: 5 (+CTHS)
Elementary: 35 | Middle: 8 Intermediate: 10 | Alternative: 4
The PASADENA ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION Salutes
Our 2014 Hall of Fame Scholarship Recipients
Emely Morgado, Pasadena High School and Jose Perales, Sam Rayburn High School
Pasadena Independent School District
...supporting Pasadena ISD students from the past, present and future.
Hall of Fame Founding Members
Bob & Janis Allen
Board of Directors, Texas Citizens Bank
Terry & Karen Brotherton
The Brotherton Family
George & Connie Cheshire Family
Jack & Kathy Bailey
The Barmore Family
Barmore Insurance Agency, Inc.
Bay-IBI Group Architects
Capital Bank-Pasadena/Deer Park
Carl H. Choate
Wayne & Pat Adams
Greg Glary
Bob & Paulette Fawcett
Rene’ & Steven Fleming
1957 Eagle Baseball / Jim Fritsch
Bob & Diane Gebhard
Gawain & Kristin Guy
Don Harrison & Family
Mary Beth Alsdorf
The Bezdek Family
The Wayne Bowman Family
John & Sandra Bryan /PHS Class of 1959
Al Campo
Al & Mary Carter
Cartridge World Pasadena
Rodney Chant & Family
Marie & David Flickinger
Funeraria Del Angel Funeral Home
Gloria Gallegos & Family
Cecil Ghormley
Todd, Simona & Adison Giambrone
Platinum
CommunityBank of Texas
Mel Cowart
Randall & Linda Dorsett
Gulf Coast Educators FCU
Ben & Janice Meador
Gold
Mel & Steve Cowart
Bill & Betty Lou Henry
Marshall & Denie Kendrick
The Odell Marshall Family
Bobby & Nancy (Plummer) Mitchell
Calvin & Patricia Powitzky
Silver
John O. Harris Interests, Inc.
Randall & Sherry Kerbow
Kirk & Robin Lewis
Liz Olivarez State Farm
The Phelps Family
Dana & Bill Philibert
Bronze
Dr. Karen Hickman
Casey & Diane Phelan
David & Lyla Janda
Mike & Kerry Kirkland
Dr. Troy & Karen McCarley
Gary & Anita Nickelson
Mickey & Darla Oakes
Pasadena Noon Optimist
Bill & Karen Plunkett
Billy Ripley, Genia, Carie & Randal
Fred & Victoria Roberts
Rosewood Funeral Home
Pasadena High School Class of 1957
The Phelps Family
Texas Citizens Bank
The Rotary Club of Pasadena
Sagemont Church
W.I. “Levi” Smallwood & Family
Texas Bay Area Credit Union
Ken & Billye Smith
St. Luke’s Health System
Cindy Stang
Texas First Bank/Michael Wycough
Darrel, Deborah & Clint Williams
Don, Dan, Ruby & Lee Salisbury
Sam Rayburn High Texan Battalion
Russ & Rick Schroeder
Russ, Rick & Ron Schroeder
South Houston HS Alumni Association
Spectrum Corporation
Mickey & Milly Spencer / PHS Class of 1947
Nelda & Charles Sullivan
D.C. & Sherry Trainer
Herman & Judy Williams
Education Foundation Executive Committee
Education Foundation Advisory Board
Pasadena ISD Administration
Dr.
Deputy
Deputy
Associate
Associate
Education Foundation
ISD Staff
Education Foundation Board Members
Associate Superintendent,
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