HALL OF FAME INDUCTION BANQUET
MARCH 6, 2024
Awarded Mini Grants
SAM RAYBURN HIGH SCHOOL DOUBLE PLAY
J. FRANK DOBIE HIGH SCHOOL BATTING CAGES WINDSCREENS
The Longhorn Baseball program is requesting protective windscreens around their batting cages. These windscreens serve multiple purposes, allowing current players, former players in college baseball, and the community, including Little League participants, to utilize the facilities. The windscreens provide essential protection and instill a sense of pride in the community and athletes, knowing they have updated and safe facilities. However, financial constraints have limited progress in improving the field each year. The addition of windscreens is crucial for any high school baseball program.
If this project gets funded, the funds would go towards reconstructing and renovating our baseball field on campus. As of now we don’t have quality dirt, dugouts, pitching mounds, home plate area and more that would allow us to host baseball games and events year around. With this grant we would fund the renovations allowing us to play home games on campus as opposed to traveling for every game.
SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL MAKE THE PITCH
The South Houston High School baseball program offers studentathletes a great environment to succeed and offers an opportunity for developing the total student-athlete. Players have access to our equipment and facilities, unmatched coaching, guidance and support, in addition to a like-minded program filled with passion and motivation. Featuring multiple teams based on grade and skill level, our dedicated student-athletes of all types have the opportunity to maximize their potential. Our trojanball mentality is second to none, with constant improvement in all facets of being a student-athlete.
Tonight’s Program
INVOCATION
Rev. Emory Gadd, Retired Sagemont Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Bob Fawcett, Athletics Hall of Fame Committee Member
PRESENTATION OF COLORS
Amanda Nguyen, 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
Sam Rayburn High School NJROTC Honor Guard
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Joe Horton, South Houston High School Assistant Principal
INTRODUCTIONS
Bill Barmore, Athletics Hall of Fame Chairman
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Randy McIlvoy, Four-Time Emmy Award-winning Sports Anchor/ Reporter, Golfer and Travel Enthusiast
SUPERINTENDENT’S WELCOME
Dr. DeeAnn Powell, Pasadena ISD Superintendent of Schools
HOUSTON METHODIST SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATIONS
Dr. David Wallace, Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physician
ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION & BERT COAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION
Emily Ontiveros, Director of Community Relations and Executive Director of Education Foundation
INDUCTION CEREMONY
Chris Tremie – South Houston High School/ Class of 1988
Carl Feazle – Pasadena High School/ Class of 1941
Billy Hale – Pasadena High School/ Class of 1960
Donnie Brogna – South Houston High School/ Class of 1968
Matt Wingo– Dobie High School/ Class of 1987
INTRODUCTION OF INDUCTEE SPEAKER
Judy Harrison, Athletics Hall of Fame Committee Member
INDUCTEE SPEAKER
Matt Wingo, 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
Ruben Martinez – Pasadena High School/ Class of 1996
Amanda Nguyen – Dobie High School/ Class of 2010
Wesley Speights – South Houston/ Sports Medicine
Al Campo Sr. – Sam Rayburn, South Houston/ Coach
Joan Walker Propp – Sam Rayburn/ Coach
Welcome
A GLANCE AT TONIGHT’S ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME BANQUET
I am privileged to have the opportunity to chair the enshrinement of ten outstanding alumni who, through sports, have brought honor and recognition to Pasadena ISD.
Tonight, we honor:
• Chris Tremie
• Carl Feazle
• Billy Hale
• Donnie Brogna
• Matt Wingo
• Ruben Martinez
• Amanda Nguyen
• Wesley Speights
• Al Campo Sr.
• Joan Walker Propp
The mission of the Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame Committee is to identify Pasadena ISD Alumni who have excelled at the highest level in their sport as a player, coach, journalist, trainer, official or other sports-related position.
We are also honored to welcome our guest emcee, Four-time Emmy Award winning Sports Anchor, Randy McIlvoy.
Tonight, the Athletics Hall of Fame Committee continues its tradition by awarding one Pasadena ISD student-athlete the Bert Coan Memorial Scholarship and two student athletes with Pasadena ISD Hall of Fame scholarships.
Continuing the spirit of giving, Methodist Hospital will award two athletic trainers with scholarships as well.
We wish them the best in their college experience and in their professional careers!
None of the above would be possible without the generous support of the Pasadena ISD Athletics Department, the Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame Committee and the Pasadena ISD Education Foundation. We want to thank our generous table
sponsors, our founding donors and all our inductees – past and present – their families and their guests. We also wish to acknowledge the generous support of the Pasadena ISD Administration, the Board of Trustees and Pasadena ISD employees. We would like to thank our Pasadena ISD high schools and the students and athletes who have volunteered their time this evening. Thank you to all.
Special thanks to Ernie Zardeneta for their catering services and for our delicious meal, for the servers from the Pasadena Memorial High School culinary arts program, and from the Dr. Kirk Lewis Career & Technical High School culinary arts program. Thank you to all the vendors who have helped to make this event truly special for our inductees and guests.
After the induction ceremony, we invite you to the front lobby reception area where you will have an opportunity to meet with the inductees for photographs and autographs.
This evening, let’s celebrate our inductees’ achievements as Pasadnea ISD Athletics Alumni. Thank you to the inductees for setting the bar high for our current and future athletes.
I am thankful for the opportunity to showcase this event tonight.
Sincerely,
Welcome to the 2024 Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Tonight, we celebrate the achievements of 10 individual inductees from throughout the decades.
These individuals have gone above and beyond to reach their goals and achieve excellence in their athletic roles. We thank each inductee for setting a positive example for
Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Class 2024
the current and future students and athletes of Pasadena ISD.
As Superintendent and on behalf of the Board of Trustees, we pledge to continue to support the Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame Committee as they recognize our Alumni.
I thank you for joining us as we forever celebrate the
The Pasadena ISD Athletics Department would like to welcome you to the annual Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. We are honored to have you as our guests as we recognize former PISD athletics alumni who have made significant contributions to their sport or the sports world.
The Athletics Hall of Fame committee members and sponsors who have contributed their time and efforts to make this special night a success
outstanding achievements of this class of inductees.
Let’s enjoy this historical evening in Pasadena ISD fashion!
Congratulations!
deserve our gratitude for the countless hours behind the scenes.
Once again, congratulations to the 2024 inductee class. We applaud your accomplishments and celebrate this evening with you.
Sincerely,
Superintendent of Schools, Pasadena ISD Dr. DeeAnn Powell
Athletic Director, Pasadena ISD Rupert Jaso
2024 Scholarships
BERT COAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Few athletes in Pasadena ISD history would rank above Bert Coan in versatility. It’s not likely that anyone would outrank him in acclaim.
Generally considered to be the most honored football player in Pasadena football history, Coan was equally heralded for his track exploits while at Pasadena High. As a junior in 1957, Coan almost single-handedly led his team to the school’s only state championship. He won both sprints and the long jump. He also ran the fastest leg on the Eagles’ winning sprint-relay team.
Focused on other events, he rarely competed in the long jump. But at the state meet, he soared 24 feet 4 inches - smashing the state record.
Coan ranked in five events on the National Track Honor Roll: both sprints, the sprint relay, the long jump and the low hurdles. As a senior, he played center on the basketball team and led the Eagles to a district title.
But it was football that landed Coan - and Pasadena High - on center stage. For three seasons, he ranked among the nations most feared backs, a rugged inside runner of towering 6-4 structure and terrifying speed. His long strides on sweeps powered the eagles to the top spot in district offense for three years and earned Coan allstate honors. Coan played one season at TCU and then transferred to Kansas where he became one of the top ball carriers in the old Big Eight.
Coan played seven pro seasons in the old American Football League with the San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs. He played for the Chiefs in Super Bowl I in January of 1967.
In 2014, he was inducted to the Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame and in 2022, the Hall of Fame Committee unanimously decided to award an annual scholarship in his name to a promising student athlete.
BERT COAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
Sport: Football / Bowling / Track
Athletic Achievements: Dave Cambell’s First Team All-Texas Team, 3 Year Varsity Player, First Team AllDistrict, Fox 26 Making the Grade, Other Awards & Activities: Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Volunteers for Pasadena High School Events, Holds a 3.72 GPA, Rank 165 of 490 College: Hendrix College Major: Business
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Alijah Cruz Pasadena High School
PASADENA ISD ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Each Pasadena ISD Hall of Fame Scholarship and Bert Coan Scholarship recipients receive a $2,500 scholarship to be used at the college or university of their choice.
Taylor Vercher
Sport(s): Volleyball
Athletic Achievements: 3 Year Varsity Volleyball, 4 Year Academic All-State, 4 Year All-District
Other Awards & Activities: Student Council, Key Club, National Honors Society, Superintendents Student
Advisory Comittee, Hold a 4.0 GPA, Rank 33 of 924
College: Undecided
Major: Biomedical Emgineering
Sport(s): Football / Track & Field / Powerlifting
Athletic Achievements: Fox 26 Making the Grade
Other Awards & Activities: Volunteer at the Pasadena Animal Shelter, Member of the National Honors Society, Early College Student, Hold a 3.9 GPA, Rank 15 of 577
College: Texas A&M University
Major: Industrial Engineering
ATHLETIC TRAINER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Houston Methodist - Clear Lake Hospital, the official sports medicine partner of Pasadena ISD, is excited to announce the recipients of the two $2,500 scholarships to PISD student athletic trainers from Dobie High School and Pasadena Memorial High School.
Athletic Trainer
Achievements: 4 Year Athletic
Trainer, Athletic Trainer Newcomer of the Year, Student Aide of the Year, Third Place in GHATS Ankle Taping Competition, Junior Rotarian of the Month, holds a 3.27 GPA
College: Stephen F. Austin University Major: Kinesiology
Athletic Trainer
Achievements: 4 Year Athletic
Trainer, Multiple Outstanding Student Athletic Trainer Awards, Most Proficient Award, Speech and Debate Team Officer, Girl Scout, Dobie Theatre Student, holds a 3.43 GPA.
College: Undecided
Major: Kinesiology
Alana Goree Dobie High School
Sam Rayburn High School
Judy Bittar Pasadena Memorial High School
Jordan Leahman Dobie High School
RANDY MCILVOY
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
FOUR-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNING SPORTS ANCHOR/ REPORTER, GOLFER AND TRAVEL ENTHUSIAST
Randy McIlvoy, a native Houstonian, graduated from Bellaire High School in 1985. He attended Sam Houston State University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree four years later.
McIlvoy’s career began in 1989 with stops in Port Arthur, Beaumont and Dallas. In Dallas, he spent six years covering the Big 12 Conference, high school sports and all professional teams in the region as a lead anchor for Fox Sports Net’s Southwest Sports Report.
Randy McIlvoy relocated to Houston and joined KPRC 2 as Sports Director and anchor in 2004. In his current role, you can see him on KPRC 2 Sports at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., along with Sports Sunday.
Each fall, Randy serves as host of the popular Friday Football Frenzy and also appears on NBC’s Football Night in America.
Randy is a four-time Emmy Award winner, (3) for top sportscaster in Texas in 2003, 2004, and 2010. Overall, he’s been an Emmy Award nominee seven times, including in 2006 for his work on Sports Sunday. He has also received the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters award for Best Sportscast four times.
In his spare time, Randy also serves as a play-by-play announcer for Comcast and FSN college and high school telecasts, and is also on the radio airwaves in Houston where he hosts a high school/ college football recruiting show, Houston Football Hour, on Clear Channel’s Sportstalk 790. He is also involved with Houston’s VYPE HS Sports Magazine.
Randy and his wife, Tammy, have two daughters, Courtney and Keely. In his free time, he is an avid golfer and saltwater fisherman and loves to travel.
Randy and his family are active members of Sugar Creek Baptist Church in Sugar Land. You’ll often see him out and about often speaking to local youth and men’s business groups. Randy and his wife also serve on the school board for Logos Prep Academy in Sugar Land.
Tremie 1988
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As a catcher, Chris Tremie towered behind the plate for the best baseball team in South Houston High School history -- and one of the best ever for Pasadena ISD.
CHRIS TREMIE
SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL & FOOTBALL, CLASS OF 1988
While in high school, he also helped American Legion South Houston Post 490 win the state title. As a senior in 1988, Tremie led the No. 1 ranked Trojans into the UIL playoffs; although South Houston lost to Bellaire in the regional semifinals. That season Tremie hit .447 with five homers and 32 RBIs in 76 at-bats.
He earned All-Greater Houston and allstate honors his junior and senior year. He was then drafted by the Houston Astros in the 41st round.
Chris passed on the draft to play for the University of Houston, where he started all four years. As a sophomore in 1990, he helped lead the Cougars to a 43-23 record, a third-place finish in the Southwest Conference and an NCAA tournament berth.
After his senior year, the Chicago White Sox claimed him in the 39th round of the 1992 draft.
Over the next 14 years, Chris played for 17 different teams. In a 10-year stretch, he suited up for four major-league teams: the Chicago White Sox in 1995, the Texas Rangers in 1998, the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1999 and the Houston Astros – for just one game – in 2004.
During his time in the majors, Chris picked up invaluable skills from teammates and coaches, earning a reputation as an outstanding defensive catcher and a gifted teacher.
His 2005 season at Round Rock was his last as a baseball player. In 2006, Chris transitioned to become one of the best minor league managers ever - starting with the Cleveland Indians’ rookie-league affiliate. Chris won the Eastern League crown with Akron, Ohio in 2012.
By 2013, he was managing the Indians’ Triple-A team and three years later, brought the International League title to Columbus, Ohio.
Chris currently remains active in pro circles today as the minor-league field coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds.
feazle 1941
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Carl Feazle won a varsity spot as a sophomore for the Pasadena High School Eagle football team in 1938.
One highlight in Feazle’s junior season came in Pasadena’s home opener when the school dedicated a new 5,000-seat campus stadium that featured lights That night Feazle steered Pasadena to a 13-6 victory over Baytown, scoring one TD and intercepting two passes.
His senior season, Feazle blossomed into one of the state’s most elusive runners. Newspapers nicknamed him the “Pride of Pasadena” -- strawberries had to play second fiddle to a football player who elevated the lightly regarded Pasadena High team to soaring new heights.
Although statistics were not as valued -- and not meticulously kept -- in those days, Feazle was responsible for 173 of his team’s 253 points that fall. He was also regarded as the Eagles’ best defensive player, known to rundown opponents with regularity.
The roll call of Feazle’s stellar games in 1940 was almost as long as his runs from scrimmage. His breakout performance came four games into the season against Ranger. He scored six TDs, two of them worth 50 yards and another good for 65. He scored two TDs in each of the Eagles’ next two games.
The Eagles fell to Smithville 18-6 in the regional championship game. Feazle contributed a 40-yard run to set up Pasadena’s only score.
CARL FEAZLE
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, CLASS OF 1941
At season’s end, Feazle was named All-State and All Southeast Texas. Feazle also competed in the quarter-mile and broad jump for the Eagles track team. Feazle served as president of his senior class.
He enrolled at Texas A&M after graduation and played for the Aggies’ freshman team in 1941, just before Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of World War II. He stayed one more semester before joining the navy. For the balance of the war, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor.
In 1945, he married Madelon Whitley. Mrs. Feazle taught history and government at Pasadena High and later South Houston High for more than four decades. Carl Feazle passed away in 2006 at his home in Huntsville, five years after his wife’s death.
Achievements:
* In the Eagles’ 35-7 victory over Aldine for the district crown, he scored three TDs. One came on a 30-yard run and another on a 35-yard pass reception.
* The Eagles ended the regular season with an 18-0 victory over Galena Park, their most bitter rival in those days. In that game, Feazle scored all three TDs, the first on a 21-yard dash.
* In Pasadena’s 38-21 victory over Boling for the bi-district title, Feazle scored five touchdowns, three of them on runs of 49, 67, and 75 yards.
*Feazle led the Eagles to the championship game in Region 8-A, the pinnacle for schools at that level.
Hale
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As a junior at Pasadena High, he played on the Eagles team that reached the state championship team. As a senior, he served as captain, led the team in rushing and earned all-district honors.
After graduation, at 5-10 and 160 pounds, Hale accepted the chance to play at Del Mar Junior College in Corpus Christi.
That opportunity ended after just one season when Del Mar Junior College dropped the football program. That’s when Rice University Coach, the legendary Jess Neely, called Del Mar’s coach and asked for player recommendations. Hale’s name was on his short list.
He arrived at Rice in 1962 with 20 additional pounds on his frame. After sitting out a year as a transfer, he quickly earned a spot as the Owls’ starting wingback, but his value as a halfback – and especially a defensive back – soon became apparent. Hale was a versatile player who seemed to be everywhere all the time.
During Hale’s junior season, coach Neely called him the best defensive back to play for the Owls in 20 years. Hale’s versatility is best reflected in his offensive totals his junior year – 186 yards rushing and 175 receiving.
However, Hale’s senior year as team captain, he led the Owls in receiving Hale’s biggest contribution came in 7-6 victory over SMU. He caught a 23-yard pass for the only touchdown of the
BILLY HALE
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, CLASS OF 1960
game. He caught four passes for 43 yards in a heart-breaking 6-3 home loss to Texas.
But his teammates and coaches would argue that he was Rice’s most valuable player during a period when the Owls’ football program was making its last stand as a Southwest Conference power.
For his career, Hale rushed for 267 yards and gained another 373 in receptions. In addition to football, Hale earned rave reviews in the spring as the Owl’s starting shortstop. In his first seven games with the Owls, he cracked 10 hits, half of them for extra bases, one a home run. He was named All-Southwest Conference at season’s end.
A newspaper man dubbed him “Little Hard Rock” for his durability and his jarring tackles. And the name stuck.
He has remained active in Rice letterman activities since graduating in 1965. In 2008, he was named the winner of the Distinguished Owl Club Award.
Brogna 1968
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DONNIE BROGNA
SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, CLASS OF 1968
Donnie Brogna was a three sport athlete at South Houston High School.
He was the prototypical wingback of 1960s-style football. He was a punishing tackler, and a talented kicker, kick-returner, and punter. And in the classroom, he made all A’s.
But as the South Houston Trojans found themselves in contention for their first post-season berth in the fall of 1967, the guy they depended on most to get there was their newly minted quarterback, someone who hadn’t played the position until his senior year. That person was pitcher, slugger, pole-vaulter, kicker and honor student, Donnie Brogna.
On Nov. 10, 1967, South Houston and Pasadena collided in what was then the most hyped game in Pasadena history. The two schools met headto-head for the 12-4A North Zone championship. Both were unbeaten in district play.
Memorial Stadium, barely a year old, roared with the cheers of a sellout crowd of 16,000. The game ended in a 13-13 tie – but the Trojans advanced by virtue of a 5-3 penetrations edge. Brogna passed for 146 yards in the game and one touchdown. For his efforts, he was named the Houston Chronicle “Back of the Week” – for the second time that season.
As a senior, he ran or passed for multiple touchdowns in six different
games. In a 26-7 victory over Texas City, he scored two TDs, one on a 65-yard run off a fake punt. He also registered 12 tackles. Brogna passed for 1,620 yards that season and ran for another 520. He tallied 16 TDs and 112 points to finish as the district’s No. 2 scorer. He punted for a 41-yard average.
A 14-foot pole-vaulter, Brogna won the regional title as a senior and advanced to the state meet. An easy all-district quarterback pick in the fall, he coupled that with all-district honors as a pitcher the next spring.
He was selected to play for the South squad in the Texas High School Coaches All-Star Game. He switched to defense for the contest and posted an interception off future Oklahoma star, Jack Mildred.
Brogna’s senior heroics earned him a scholarship to Rice, where he played one season with the freshman football team before turning his focus to baseball. He earned a spot on the Owls’ starting rotation as a freshman and went on to letter all four years as pitcher and outfielder. His senior season helped Rice finish second to Texas in the Southwest Conference race.
Ever versatile, Brogna eventually traded in his cleats for golf clubs. He carried a handicap in the 5-7 range into his retirement years and has four holes-in-one to his credit.
Wingo 1987
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In high school, Matt Wingo was known as Dobie’s “do-everything” football player. During his two years on the Dobie varsity, Wingo came to personify the many facets of football performance. He could run. He could tackle. And he could kick.
As a junior in 1985, he helped lead Dobie to a 12-1 record and a regional semifinals berth. His contributions to the Longhorns bi-district victory over La Marque included an interception.
As both a junior and senior, Wingo earned first-team all-district honors as both a linebacker and a punter. He was named to the All-Greater Houston team as a senior. Often overlooked were his skills as a bruising running back, a short-yardage type who frequently challenged opposing defensive backs.
For the track team, he was area-ranked in the discus throw and shot put. But it was his tenacity and versatility in football that fueled the interest of college recruiters.
In college, Wingo did just one thing. But he seemed to do it all the time. One of the most prolific tacklers in Texas Tech history, Wingo gobbled up ball-carriers like Pac-Man gobbles up dots.
A sideline-to-sideline middle linebacker, he registered an impressive 385 stops over his four-year career.
The Red Raiders redshirted him as a freshman and then unleashed him to play
MATT WINGO
DOBIE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, CLASS OF 1987
linebacker. Wingo wasn’t just about tackles in college.
As a sophomore in 1989, he helped lead the Red Raiders to a spot in the All-American Bowl and a victory over Duke. As a junior, he broke up seven passes, more than any other South West Conference linebacker.
As a senior, he was named the recipient of the Darrell Royal Leadership Award by the Southwest Conference. His teammates that season selected him as a team captain and also the Dell Morgan Memorial Courage Award winner. Both his junior and senior seasons, he was named first-time All-SWC linebacker.
Following his final season, he ranked third in Tech history in career tackles. Three decades later, he still ranks sixth. Appreciation for Wingo’s contributions at Texas Tech hasn’t faded with time. In fact, last year he was inducted into the Red Raiders’ Athletics Hall of Fame.
In pursuit of a professional career, Wingo signed with The Denver Broncos as a free agent and played during the pre-season.
MARTINEZ
1996
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Ruben Martinez first put on a football uniform in 7th grade for Queens Intermediate.
As a Pasadena sophomore, he earned the first of his three varsity football letters. Then, believing he was on the verge of blossoming as an elite back, he dedicated himself to a summer routine of jumping rope, dragging a tractor tire, and sprint conditioning. He beefed up to 185 pounds, plenty for his 5-10 frame and he bench-pressed 550 pounds.
As a junior in 1995, his rushing total ranked fourth state-wide in Class 5A. As a senior in 1996, despite constant targeting by opponents, he finished 10th state-wide in 5A rushing.
Martinez was named the district’s most valuable player both seasons. Following his breakout junior season, he was named a finalist for the All-Greater Houston Offensive Player of the Year honors. More importantly, he led the Eagles to the playoffs both seasons.
Those represent the only two playoff appearances for any Pasadena High team over the past 53 years. He rushed for more than 4,000 yards over his three varsity seasons at Pasadena, including 1,779 as a junior and 1,897 as a senior. He ran for an amazing 34 touchdowns over that period.
RUBEN MARTINEZ
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL & BASEBALL, CLASS OF 1996
A four-year letterman in baseball, Martinez earned first-team all-district honors his senior season as both a pitcher and shortstop. As a junior, he was second-team all-district.
Martinez also excelled in the classroom. A National Honor Society student, he finished in the top six percent of his class while posting a 4.2 grade-point average.
But with his high school days behind him, Martinez couldn’t escape his field of dreams. He signed to play baseball for Wharton Junior College and competed for two seasons as a shortstop and outfielder for the Pioneers.
Afterward, he signed to play pro baseball in Spain with Viladecans, a town outside of Barcelona. With Martinez in the outfield, Viladecans qualified for the prestigious Copa del Rey post-season championships. Martinez’s team finished third. And with that, Martinez returned to Texas and hung up his cleats.
Ruben Martinez has turned out to be the most acclaimed Pasadena High football player in two decades. And he still ranks as arguably the best Eagles football player of the past half-century.
NGUYEN 2010
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AMANDA NGUYEN
DOBIE HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL, CLASS OF 2010
At Dobie, she started at second base from her sophomore year on and proved a key ingredient in four straight playoff berths for coach Robin Rackley’s Lady Longhorns. In her junior and senior years, she was instrumental in two second round playoff appearances for Dobie softball.
Nguyen was voted first-team all-district both of those seasons and all-state as a senior when she hit .483 with 42 hits and 31 steals. She was also a twotime all-district selection in volleyball. Perhaps more impressively, she ranked No. 15 out of a graduating class of 762.
The U.S. Army took one look at Amanda Nguyen and said, “I Want YOU.” During a Texas Showcase softball tournament the fall of her senior year at Dobie when a coach from the U.S. Military Academy saw her potential as a Division I player.
Within a year, Nguyen was unpacking her bags in West Point, N.Y., ready to start a stellar softball career amid the statues of Douglas MacArthur and George Patton.
As a freshman, Nguyen hit .383, second highest in the Patriot League, while leading the conference in hits and steals.
As a young cadet, Nguyen made the switch to outfield and proceeded to shred both her school and conference record books. She earned first team All-Patriot League each of her
four years at West Point and second-team All-Region as a sophomore and again her senior year, in which she served as team captain. In 2015 – a year after receiving her commission as an Army Second Lieutenant – Nguyen was named to the Patriot League’s All-Quarter Century team.
Her junior year at West Point, Amanda was a slap-hitter who left little more than a blur on the base paths. She hit .381 as a junior to lead the Black Knights to the Patriot League championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament. She produced 85 hits that season and stole 40 bases, both new league records. Her 48 runs scored set a new school mark.
She graduated in possession of school records for games (223), hits (287), runs (161) and steals (115). Her career average of .369 ranked second in school history. She led Army in hits all four seasons. And in both of her final two seasons, she ranked in the NCAA’s top 25 in steals.
Later, she served a nine-month tour in Afghanistan.
Now Amanda Nguyen Westman, she went on to earn her MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently works as an admissions officer for the U.S. Military Academy.
Speights
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WESLEY SPEIGHTS
SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS MEDICINE, CLASS OF 1972
Wesley Speights’ is no stranger to sore muscles, bones and joints -- many of them stretched, broken or torn. Speights began his sports training career as a teenager. But Speights’ career was unusual from the start.
Not long after starting the sixth grade at South Houston Intermediate, he was recruited by coach, John Phillips, to be the team manager. He began playing football as a seventh-grader and played kicker as an eighth-grader. His sports involvement hit the fast track when he arrived at South Houston High.
A pair of basketball coaches – Gerald Robinson, who doubled as head trainer, and Bob Perry – mentored Speights to be the Trojans’ student trainer. By his sophomore year, Speights was a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and already had a scholarship offer in hand to the University of Houston. All the while, he continued to kick for the Trojan football team.
His college experience became a tale of “Have Kit, Will Travel.” Not only was he a student trainer at the University of Houston, he doubled up providing sideline help for the Houston Independent School District. While finishing his degree, he became a part-time trainer with the Rice Owls and even found time to clock hours at a local lumber yard.
Then, in 1976, Abilene Christian made Speights the first full-time professional trainer in school history. He spent 14 years on the ACU training staff, but one of his biggest thrills at ACU happened
his first year, right back where he started – at Memorial Stadium in Pasadena.
A rare bowl game, the San Jacinto Shrine Bowl, was staged in Pasadena featuring ACU and Harding College. ACU won the game and Speights was featured in the local paper. He was even inducted into the Abilene Christian University Sports Hall of Fame – a rare honor for a sports trainer. Another assignment, sports trainer for the USA Junior Track and Field Team, took him to Taiwan in 1980.
Eventually, Speights “trail of the tape” led him back to Houston for a variety of assignments with pro teams, pro tennis tournaments, and a full-time gig with the Houston ISD. Along the way, he put in 15 years as owner-operator of two sports rehab centers and earned his license as a massage therapist.
His clients included the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, the Houston Aeros ice hockey team, and the Houston Dynamo and Houston Dash soccer teams. Tennis stars such as Chris Evert, John McEnroe, Monica Seles, Martina Navratilova, and Andre Agassi trusted him with their aching muscles.
He was once the exclusive trainer for Turbo, the Rockets’ high-flying mascot. That opened new doors, including a unique assignment with Cirque du Soleil – a task far removed from the South Houston Intermediate football field.
He retired from the training table in 2019 after a 54-year journey.
Campo sr. COACH
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Al Campo lettered two years in basketball at Pasadena, contributing to an undefeated district season his senior year. But it was in baseball that he made his mark. He earned all-district honors both his junior and senior seasons. A switch-hitter and the Eagles’ leadoff batter, he hit .410 his junior year to help carry his team to the state semifinals.
He went on to letter three years in baseball at the University of Houston, where he played shortstop and hit .361 his senior year.
He landed a coaching assignment at the helm of Sam Rayburn’s junior varsity baseball team in the mid1960s. His championship touch went back on display when he took over as Sam Rayburn’s varsity baseball coach in 1974. For 12 years the Texans’ competed in one of the toughest districts in Texas and Campo brought home championships in 1977, 1984, and his last season 1985.
The 1985 Sam Rayburn Texans advanced all the way to the state tournament – something that Campo, as a player, had helped Pasadena High accomplish in 1957 as a player. His
AL CAMPO SR.
SAM RAYBURN & SOUTH HOUSTON COACH PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1958
Texans squad took it one step farther, reaching the state title game.
Although Sam Rayburn lost to Victoria Stroman, the Texans became the first Pasadena ISD team other than Pasadena High to make it that far. No Pasadena ISD baseball team has been back to state since.
Following the Texans’ state tournament run in 1985, Campo was selected as All-Greater Houston coach of the year and picked to coach the South All-Stars in the Texas High School Coaches Game in the Astrodome. Even then, Campo believed it was time to change directions.
He resigned after the state tournament for a job on the coaching staff at Carrollton’s Turner High School. Just three years later, he returned to Pasadena as an assistant football coach under Dick Nance at South Houston High. In 2001, he was named the Trojans’ head football coach, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.
Campo was inducted into the Sam Rayburn Faculty Hall of Honor in 2016.
WALKER PROPP COACH
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SAM RAYBURN HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY, COACH
Coach Walker, as most of her athletes knew her, spent 34 years coaching at Pasadena ISD.
A Burkburnett native, she graduated from North Texas in 1975 and immediately joined the coaching staff at South Houston High School. She helped nurture the Lady Trojans’ fledgling basketball, track and cross country teams.
Six years later, she moved to Thompson Intermediate. And in 1984, she delivered a jackpot for the Lady Lions: district titles for her seventhand eighth-grade girls cross country teams, a district title in eighth-grade girls track, and another in eighthgrade girls basketball.
Concurrent with her final semester at Thompson, Walker Propp took the reins of the girls track team at Dobie High School and won the district title. Her success led her to Sam Rayburn High School where she coached for 25 years from 1984 to 2009.
At Rayburn alone, Walker Propp coached three girls district champions in cross country and qualified two girls teams for the state meet.
Two of her runners made it to state –Brenda Trammell (Anderson) in 1990 and Amy Williams (Stewart) in 1992. In track, her Rayburn girls qualified for
the state meet seven times, with one – Tina Pope (Fox) –winning the state discus title in 1991 after taking the silver medal in 1990.
Under her guidance, the Lady Texans earned 10 individual district titles, three individual regional titles and 44 qualifiers for regional competition.
During one three-year stint at Rayburn, she added boys cross country to her assignment card – and one of her runners qualified for regionals.
In 1998, she was honored as Secondary Physical Educator of the Year by the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
In 2005, she was named Pasadena ISD Teacher of the Year and emerged as a Region 4 finalist for the same honor – rare praise, indeed, for a coach.
Walker Propp stepped down from coaching in 2009 but continued to teach fitness courses at the school for another three years after which she retired from Pasadena ISD.
The award for the top girls performer at the annual Brown Relays is named in her honor. She’s also a veteran of three Boston Marathons.
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MIKE KIRKLAND
Pasadena HS Class of 1972
GENE MCCARLEY
HS Class of 1955
MICKEY MCCARTY
HS Class of 1964
RANDY MCEACHERN
Frank Dobie HS Class of 1974
GEORGE CHESHIRE
HS Class of 1964
STEVE OXLEY
Rayburn HS Class of 1969
FRITZ CONNALLY
HS Class of 1976
HORACE DUKE
HS Class of 1960
LILLY DENOON
HS Class of 1990
DAVID FREISLEBEN
Rayburn HS Class of 1971
BILL HENRY
Pasadena HS Class of 1946
KYLA HALL HOLAS
Houston HS Class of 1990
JOHN HOLMES
South Houston HS Class of 1986
WES HUBERT
Houston HS Class of 1976
JIMMY JOHNSON
Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1976
LANNY WHITE
Pasadena HS Class of 1968
LATOYA DAVIS
South Houston HS Class of 2002
BRUCE DOWDY
Pasadena HS Class of 1967
JOHNNY PARKER
Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1968
CALVIN POWITZKY
Pasadena HS Class of 1964
Athletes
BOBBY ALLEN
South Houston HS Class of 1965
AMANDA BUFFALO Pasadena HS Class of 1985
BRIAN BRAZIL Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1983
RANDALL KERBOW Pasadena HS Class of 1959
CARL CHOATE Pasadena HS Class of 1959
BERT COAN Pasadena HS Class of 1958
TREVOR COBB J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 1989
DAN MCIHANY
South Houston HS Class of 1961
ALICIA MILLS
J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 1989
SHANE NANCE
J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 1996
GAWAIN GUY J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 1981
JOHN SCHESCHUK J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 1995
MICKEY SPENCER Pasadena HS Class of 1947
DAVID WEBB Pasadena HS Class of 1959
CHRISTA WILLIAMS J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 1996
JEFF WYLIE Pasadena HS Class of 1987
NIKKI COCKRELL Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1994
BOBBY CRENSHAW Pasadena HS Class of 1959
WAYNE ADAMS South Houston HS Class of 1967
KARIMA CHRISTMAS-KELLY
J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 2007
Athletes
DON KEY Pasadena HS Class of 1978
PAUL RATLIFF Pasadena HS Class of 1962
MARLEN ESPARZA Pasadena HS Class of 2007
STEVE PRENTICE South Houston HS Class of 1970
RON SCHROEDER
Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1975
BO SNELSON Pasadena Memorial HS Class of 2009
BRIAN WILLINGHAM Pasadena HS Class of 1971
SCOTT LENGEFELD J. Frank Dobie HS Class of 1995
STEVE MASSEY Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1976
CHARLA MOORE Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1997
JEFF NEAL South Houston HS Class of 1986
SHANE NOLEN Pasadena HS Class of 1975
JOHN EDDIE WILLIAMS Pasadena HS Class of 1972
Coaches
DONNA BRANCH Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1975
WELDON PHILLIPS Pasadena HS Class of 1933
HARRY MORGAN South Houston HS
BOB BARFIELD Pasadena HS
JOHN BRYAN J. Frank Dobie HS
SCOTT TALTON J. Frank Dobie HS
E.W. THOMPSON Pasadena HS
ALLAN BROWN Pasadena HS
JAMES MCNEIL Sam Rayburn HS
BILL NEWCOMB South Houston HS
CHARLIE GOEHRING Pasadena HS Class of 1959
WILLIAM RABY Sam Rayburn HS
RHONDA FOSTER J. Frank Dobie HS
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BEN MEADOR Pasadena HS
TJ MILLS Pasadena HS
WALTER WOODARD
Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1966
BILLIE SNELSON
ANDY SNELSON
Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1974
JOHN SNELSON
Sam Rayburn HS Class of 1986
2024 Inductees
CHRIS TREMIE
SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1988
BASEBALL & FOOTBALL
MATT WINGO
DOBIE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1987 FOOTBALL
CARL FEAZLE
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1941 FOOTBALL
RUBEN MARTINEZ
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1996 FOOTBALL & BASEBALL
BILLY HALE
PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1960 FOOTBALL & BASEBALL
AMANDA NGUYEN
DOBIE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2010 SOFTBALL
SAM RAYBURN HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY
SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1968 FOOTBALL & BASEBALL
WESLEY SPEIGHTS
SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1972 SPORTS MEDICINE
DONNIE BROGNA
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Herman and Judy Williams
Pam and Tommy Jones
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Casey Phelan
Board President
Marshall Kendrick
Board Vice President
Vickie Morgan
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Crystal Dávila
Board Member
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Board Member
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PASADENA ISD STAFF
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Executive Director
Kathy Richardson Education Foundation
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Rupert Jaso Director of Athletics
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Associate Superintendent
Dr. Darla Massey-Jones
Associate Superintendent
Dr. Bobbye McCain
Associate Superintendent
Dr. Melissa McCalla
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Ben Pape
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Jeremy Richardson
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Mr. Joe Saavedra
Associate Superintendent
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