2014 Hall of Honors Program - Eastern New Mexico University

HALL
of
HONORS
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Eastern New Mexico University
Hall of Honors
Athletic Director
Event Coordinators
Dr. Jeff Geiser
Sara Hill
Karen Doherty
Shelby Kirkes
Hall of Honors Committee
Dr. Thurman Elder
Charles Chambers
Bill Joy
Mike Maguire
Wayne Moore
Kathleen Salter
Dustin Seifert
Buck Wilson
Jerry Wright
Dr. Jeff Geiser (ex-officio)
Master of Ceremonies
Eduardo Alvarez
Hall Of Honors Agenda
Saturday, September 13
10 a.m.
Campus Union Ballroom Foyer “Meet and Greet”
with autographs
11 a.m.
Guests seated
Welcome by Master of Ceremonies Eduardo Alvarez
Welcome Dr. Steven Gamble
Athletics Dr. Jeff Geiser
Eastern Athletic Club Members of the Year
Thurman and Alta Elder
Barry Steigley
Corporate Partners of the Year JP Stone Community Bank
Bender Auto Group
Faculty/Staff Members of the Year
Kenny Prince
Greatest Zia
Hayden Segelke
Greatest Greyhound Logan Medlin
11:45 a.m. Brunch Served
12:30 p.m. Class of 2014 Hall of Honors
Terry Dillard, Football
Megan Dozier-Singleton, Women’s Soccer
Donald ‘Doc’ Elder, Support
Merrill Adams-Ellis, Rodeo
Michael Eckhart, Swimming
Bobby Rodriguez, Football
Terry Sweet, Football
7 p.m. Greyhound Football vs. Adams State University
Half-Time Recognition
ENMU
Hall of Honors
Past Inductees
Class of 1984
Curtis Blair
Mike Boit (Cross Country/Track)
Al D. Garten (Support)
Ron Holcomb
Greg Hyder (Basketball)
Pete Jaquess
Rex Madaford (Track)
Harry Miller (Basketball)
Howard Schwarzenbach
Steve Spray
Class of 1988
Joe Dickson (Support)
Tom Manley (Football)
Kenneth Moore
Class of 1989
Anna Crespin Gardner (Rodeo)
Dewey Langston (Support)
Dale Saxton
Morris Wilson
Class of 1985
Hugh T. Brassell (Support)
Fred “Fuzzy” Moore
Gene Murphy
Class of 1990
Steve Ball
Paul Coggins (Support)
Kevin Kott (Football)
Rick Purvis (Swimming and Diving)
Class of 1986
Al Bettina (Support)
Donna Read
Tex Wallis (Basketball)
Class of 1991
Mike Franks (Football)
Sandra Gutierrez Gannon
Billy Joy (Support)
Class of 1987
Brooks Jennings
Carl Richardson (Support)
Eldon Wetsel
Class of of 1992
Ray Kinnison (Football)
Matt Simon (Football)
Sonny Wigington
Buck Wilson (Support)
PAST
Class of 1993
Everett Banister (Football)
Barbara Lynn (Volleyball)
Dan Milusnic (Golf)
Tom Sager (Football)
Dallan Sanders (Support)
Class of 1994
Barry Coffman (Football)
B.B. Lees (Football)
Gayle Reeves O’Connell (Support)
Boyce “Junie” Russell
Benny Taylor
Class of 1995
Robin Bradley (Volleyball/Track)
Walter “Cotton” Clark (Support)
Roy Franse (Basketball)
Stuart Ingle (Support)
Joe Wood
Class of 1996
Dan Hays (Basketball)
Buster Hodges
Jack Scott (Support)
Michael Sinclair (Football)
Al Whitehead (Football)
Class of 1997
Wayne Bailey
Bill Brady (Support)
Julie Hargrove-Huntry
Bill Kinyon (Support)
Inductees
Class of 1998
Dick Dart (Support)
Kevin Kaplan (Support)
Charlie Painter (Football)
Russell Tatum (Football)
Class of 1999
Evelyn Chambers (Support)
Jim Guymon (Basketball)
Jerry Hyder (Basketball)
John Irwin (Basketball)
Dale Severson (Basketball)
Larry Vazant (Basketball)
Class of 2000
Jack W. Barron (Football)
Jennifer Goble-Poyer
(Basketball/Volleyball)
Carl Efurd (Football)
Richard James (Football)
Dr. James R. Ray (Football)
Keith Wattenburger (Football)
Class of 2001
Leo Brittain (Football)
Don Carthel (Support)
Benjamin Dial (Football)
Dr. Kathleen Salter (Support)
Loretta Segura (Volleyball)
Charlie Sorgen (Support)
Donna Messer Sorgen (Support)
Lisa Coffey Williams (Volleyball)
PAST
Class of 2002
William Robert Birkhead (Football)
Stephanie Brockman
Behrens (Basketball)
Charles Chambers (Rodeo)
Wende Rodgers Fraze (Basketball)
Pete (Elbert L.) Hurst (Football)
Philip Ndoo (Cross Country)
Class of 2003
Ceil Genitski Boatman (Volleyball)
Leigh Dalluge (Basketball)
Ron Harkey (Football)
Donna Kinkead Patterson (Rodeo)
Ron Milam (Basketball)
Wayne Moore (Basketball/Baseball)
Rock Pickren (Basketball)
Shane Shallenberger (Baseball)
Parley (Paddy) Sheya (Football)
Wilbur “Webb”
Smartnick (Scorekeeper)
Jennifer Doolittle Young (Softball)
Class of 2004
Col. C Wayne Calhoun
(Football/Track)
Dr. Thurman Elder
(Faculty Representative)
Brenda Worley Gomez (Basketball)
Conrad Hamilton (Football)
Dr. W. Firman Haynie (Football)
Stacy Tapper Sparks (Volleyball)
Inductees
Class of 2005
Jennifer Harrer Buzard (Softball)
Harold “Bud” Elliott (Football)
Tommy Hightower (Football)
Russel Knudson (Bench Club)
Betty Gayle Cooper-Ratliff (Rodeo)
Jimmy Joe Robinson (Basketball)
Stacey Estlund Vladimiroff (Volleyball)
Michael Walton (Football)
Class of 2006
Monte Best (Rodeo)
Gary E Diehm (Athletic Trainer)
Charles Howard Gant (Football/Track)
Katherine Hickman (Basketball)
Robert L. Matheny (Support)
Brent Timm (Basketball)
Les Williams (Basketball)
Sarah Winfrey (Softball)
Class of 2007
Jerry Blakely (Football)
Jamie Soistmann-Giddens
(Volleyball)
Ron Holcomb (Football/Tennis)
Travis Howe (Rodeo)
Joe Martin (Football)
Kim Paschall-Neighbors (Softball)
Teresa Ramos (Basketball)
PAST
Class of 2008
Mark Beeman (Baseball)
Dan Buzard (Basketball)
Steve Hamrick (Basketball)
Amanda Hewitt (Basketball)
Shonteau Joshua (Basketball)
Cedric Palmer (Basketball)
Jessica Rowley (Softball)
Linda Sultemeir (Rodeo)
Floyd White (Football)
Jerry T. Wright (Football)
Class of 2009
Jeff Fontanilla (Golf)
Steve C. Harmon (Support)
Bobby R. Kirkley (Basketball)
Kay Sewell-Lambert (Rodeo)
Christabell Mariner (Volleyball)
Barbara St. John Nuckols (Basketball)
Ty Touchstone (Football)
Samuel Yavala (Track)
Class of 2010
Julie Baxter-Poyer (Volleyball)
Gabe DeHoyos (Baseball)
Jamaal Hunnicutt (Basketball)
Rachel Mohler (Softball)
Treena Royston-Dockery
(Basketball)
Jim Harman (Support)
Mike Slinker (Support)
Inductees
Class of 2011
Gary Robbins (Support)
Terry Cron (Football)
Jeff Howard (Football)
Terry Leatherwood (Rodeo)
Lacy Lee-Howard (Basketball)
Dallas McMann (Baseball)
Lindsay Schiely (Volleyball)
Class of 2012
Tracy Jordan (Softball)
Kenneth Cunningham (Rodeo)
Mike “Spike” Dillard (Football)
Heather Brown (Basketball)
Class of 2013
Tommy Joe Smith (Football)
Elizabeth Richards-Capps (Basketball)
Lindsey Davison-Masiarek (Volleyball)
Phil Clabaugh (Baseball)
Mike Maguire
(Volleyball/Athletic Director)
Class of 2014
Terry Dillard (Football)
Megan Dozier-Singleton
(Women’s Soccer)
Donald ‘Doc’ Elder (Support)
Merrill Adams-Ellis (Rodeo)
Michael Eckhart (Swimming)
Bobby Rodriguez (Football)
Terry Sweet (Football)
Inductees
2014
TERRY
Dillard
Dillard, the Greatest Greyhound for the 1979-80
year, was a first team all-district and honorable
mention All-American selection. A four-year
starter in the Hounds’ defensive backfield, he also
had three brothers play football at ENMU. In the
1978 season, he was the third-leading tackler on
the squad with 8.6 per game. Dillard earned the
Distinguished ROTC Cadet Award at Eastern and
was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the
United States Army as an intelligence officer. In 1980, he graduated from ENMU
with a bachelor of science degree in sociology. After Dillard’s time at Eastern, he
continued his military education, which included deployment to Haiti, to serve
with the United Nations forces.
MEGAN
Dozier-Singleton
Megan Dozier-Singleton is the first soccer player at
Eastern to earn induction to the Hall of Honors, as
the program debuted in fall 2003. Dozier not only
played in the first ENMU soccer game, but also
tallied the team’s first goal and dished out the first
assist. Dozier-Singleton immediately made Eastern
a force to be reckoned with and was a four-time
All-Lone Star Conference player with three firstteam selections. She still holds the team record
for points, points per game and assists. Dozier-Singleton graduated in December
2007 with a degree in business administration.
Inductees
2014
DONALD ‘DOC’
Elder
For two decades, Elder has added to the listening
pleasure for Greyhound and Zia fans by inserting
historical anecdotes and pop-culture references
into his football, baseball and basketball broadcasts.
In addition to his broadcasting duties, he is a
history professor at ENMU and has taken on the
responsibilities of a sports communication class
over the last few years which allowed students
the opportunity to take part in his broadcasts. In
the summer of 2012, Elder earned the Lone Star
Conference Jack Trussell Broadcaster of the Year Award and was inducted into
the New Mexico Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.
Adams-Ellis
MERILL
Merrill Adams-Ellis led the 1976 women’s rodeo
team to a Southwest Regional crown and a runnerup finish at the College National Finals Rodeo.
She was a four-year qualifier to the CNFR in
breakaway roping, barrel racing and goat tying.
Adams-Ellis has contributed scholarship money
to the ENMU rodeo program for several years
and presented the first Merrill Adams Rodeo
Scholarship, in 2011, which has become a yearly
presentation to a deserving rodeo student. She was
the first and only female president of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo
Association. southern region faculty president of the NIRA and was a television
commentator on the NIRA College National Finals Rodeo broadcast. In 2012,
Adams Ellis was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. She also coached
the Southwest Texas Junior College rodeo team, after graduating from ENMU in
1976 with a degree in journalism.
Inductees
2014
MICHAEL
Eckhart
Michael Eckhart was a three-time All-American
for the Greyhound swimming team in the 500,
1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle events (1972-1973,
1974), setting ENMU records in those events.
He was also a 1972 qualifier for the United States
Olympic trials. He earned all-conference status
in the 1,650-yard free style, 500 freestyle, 400yard freestyle relay, and 800-yard freestyle relay.
Swimmer’s World Magazine featured numerous
articles about Eckhart’s complete domination over the sport. After two years of
initial success with the Greyhounds, he was approached to compete for Texas
A&M, but decided to remain at ENMU. While at Eastern, Eckhart earned both
his undergraduate and master’s degree in teaching, which led to a professional
career as a school teacher and principal.
Rodriguez
BOBBY
Bobby Rodriguez was the Lone Star Conference
South Division Offensive Back of the Year in 1999
and first team All-LSC after he guided the squad to
the division title with a 6-3 record, which included
a 24-16 win in the Wagon Wheel game against
West Texas A&M University. During that season,
he passed for 1,229 yards and 11 touchdowns in
the Greyhounds’ option-based offense. In ENMU’s
home opener, he passed for 226 yards, tossed
two touchdowns and rushed for 63 yards in the Hounds’ 54-7 rout of New Mexico
Highlands. Rodriguez earned Honorable Mention All-Lone Star Conference
South Division in 1998. Over those two years, he guided ENMU to consecutive
8-3 marks, and snapped a two-year skid in the Wagon Wheel Game.
Inductees
2014
TERRY
Sweet
Terry Sweet will be inducted posthumously. He
will always be remembered fondly as one of the
top players to appear in a Greyhound uniform. He
lettered as a defensive end for head coach Jack
Scott for ENMU from 1973-76 and was chosen as
the team’s Best Defensive Player in 1976. Sweet’s
play drew nationwide attention, as he was an AllAmerica candidate in 1974 and 1976, in addition to earning a spot on the University
of Northern Colorado’s All-Opponent Team in 1975.
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