CLYDE ABSHIRE -- Inducted 1979

Football letterman 1929 1930

Played on Sam Houston teams that compiled 10-3-1 records while finishing third in the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association in both 1929 and 1930

LISH ADAMS -- Inducted 2002

Football letterman 1985 1986 1987 1988
NCAA Division I-AA All-America 1987 1988
All-Southland Conference 1987 1988
All-Gulf Star Conference 1986

Ranks second in Sam Houston football history in career tackles (383) and third in career quarterback sacks (17) ... member of 1985 and 1986 Gulf Star Conference championship teams

 DAVID AMAYA -- Inducted 2007

Men's basketball letterman 1997 1998 1999 2000
All Southland Conference 1999 2000

Ranks sixth in all-time Bearkat basketball scoring with 1,445 career points ... helped lead Sam Houston State to its first Southland Conference men's basketball championship in 2000

  SYLVIA ANDERSON - Inducted 2010

Women's track and field 1971 1972 1973
Women's basketball 1972 1973
Softball 1973

A starter on the Bearkats' 1973 women's basketball, Sylvia was the first black woman to participate in intercollegiate athletics for Sam Houston. She helped lead the 1973 women's team to a 20-7 record, the most victories in season during the first 12 years in the program's history.

IVETTE ANDRADE -- Inducted 2009

Women's tennis letter winner 2000 2001 2002
All-Southland Conference 2000

Most Valuable Player for the Sam Houston women's tennis team each of her three years as a Bearkat ... All-Southland Conference performer and was named Southland Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore ... ranks fourth all-time at Sam Houston in both career singles and doubles victories

ALTON ARNOLD -- Inducted 1991

Baseball letterman 1960 1961 1962
NAIA All-America 1960 1961 1962
NAIA World Series All-Tournament 1960 1961 1962

Set NAIA World Series record that can never be broke with an earned run average of 0.00 in tournament play ... threw a no-hitter in Sam Houston's 10-0 NAIA World Series victory over Defiance in 1961

SIRENA AUTMAN -- Inducted 2008

Four-year starter at center from 1988 to 1991.

Southland Conference “Player of the Year” in 1991

First team All-Southland Conference

Sam Houston’s all-time leader in blocked shots with 155

BOBBY BALDWIN -- Inducted 1980

Football letterman 1953 1954 1955
Track and field letterman 1954 1955 1956
NAIA All-America 1954
All-Lone Star Conference 1954

Led the Lone Star Conference in scoring (80 points) and pass receiving in 1954 ...member of 1955 Lone Star Conference championship team ... drafted by Cleveland Browns

MICHAEL BANKSTON -- Inducted 2005

Football letterman 1988 1989 1990 1991
NCAA Division I-AA All-America 1991
All-Southland Conference 1989 1990 1991

Played for the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL ... co-captain of 1991 Southland Conference championship team ... ranks second all-time at SHSU in quarterback sacks

ROBERT BARFIELD -- Inducted 1986

Football letterman 1936 1937 1938 1939
Track and field letterman 1939
Tennis letterman 1938 1939 1940
NAIA All-America 1939
All-Lone Star Conference 1939

Member of 1939 Bearkat team that defeated the Rice Owls ... starter on Lone Star Conference runner-up squads in 1938 and 1939

CULLEN BARNETT -- Inducted 1979

Football letterman 1937 1938 1939
NAIA All-America 1939
All-Lone Star Conference 1939

Co-captain of 1939 Bearkat team that defeated Rice Owls ... starter on Lone Star Conference runn-up squads in 1938 and 1939

BONNIE BEARD -- Inducted 2009

Volleyball letter winner 1984 1985
All-America 1984 985
All-Gulf Star Conference

Ranks as Sam Houston's all-time leader in hitting percentage, totaling 1,528 kills in her career ... led the Kats to two NCAA volleyball final four appearances and two Gulf Star Conference titles

FRED BEENE -- Inducted 1981

Baseball letterman 1962 1963 1964
NAIA All-America 1963 1964
NAIA World Series All-Tournament 1963, 1964

Ranks ninth in Sam Houston career pitching victories with 25-4 career record ... compiled 1.14 earned run average for 1963 NAIA national championship team and 0.74 ERA for 1964 squad that finished fourth in NAIA World Series ... played professional baseball for Baltimore, San Diego, New York Yankee, Cleveland, and Philadelphia organizations

Men's golf letterman 1986 1987 1988 1990
All-Southland Conference 1988 1990
NCAA Division II All-America 1986

Led the Bearkats to the 1990 Southland Conference men's golf championship ... Southland Conference individual medalist champion ... finished 13th in the NCAA regional 

RAY BENGE -- Inducted 1971

Baseball letterman 1922 1923 1924 1925
SHSU Head Baseball Coach 1957 to 1968 (Won 237, Lost 102)

Coached Bearkats to six NAIA World Series appearances including the 1963 NAIA championship ... played professional baseball for Cleveland, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Cincinnati organizations

REBECCA BILSING -- Inducted 2007

Volleyball Head Coach 1973-77, 1979-1983
Women's Basketball Head Coach 1974-82

Produced 345-138 won-loss record as SHSU head volleyball coach, directing Bearkats to AIAW regional championships in 1973 and 1981 ... 133-113 won-loss record as SHSU head women's basketball coach, leading Kats to four AIAW state tournament appearances

STAN BLINKA -- Inducted 1985

Football letterman 1975 1976 1977 1978
Track letterman 1976 1977 1978 1979
NAIA All-America 1976 1977 1978
All-Lone Star Conference 1976 1977 1978

Holds Bearkat career records for most tackles in a game (24), season (211) and career (536) ... played professional football for the New York Jets from 1979 to 1983 and for the Denver Gold in the USFL in 1985

BENNY BOLES -- Inducted 1978

Football letterman 1952 1953 1954 1955
NAIA All-America 1955
All-Lone Star Conference 1954 1955

Member of 1955 Lone Star Conference championship team ... ranks 11th in Bearkat career rushing with 273 carries for 1,792 yards and 17 touchdowns

ALLEN BOREN -- Inducted 1989

Football letterman 1954 1955
Baseball letterman 1955 1956
All-Lone Star Conference 1955
Sam Houston Head Football Coach 1972 1973

Member of 1955 Lone Star Conference championship team ... holds single season record for most interceptions with seven in 1954

CHARLIE BOWDEN -- Inducted 1983

Football letterman 1933 1934
Basketball letterman 1934 1935
Track and field letterman 1934 1935
All-Lone Star Conference basketball 1935

Member of Bearkat's 1933-34 men's basketball team that won Sam Houston its first Lone Star Conference basketball championship

BART BRADLEY -- Inducted 2005

Football letterman 1986 1987 1988 1989
All-Southland Conference 1987 1988 1989

One of only three punters in SHSU football history with better than a 40 yard career average (41.2) ... set school records with 69 yard punt vs. Reno in 1986 and 44.5 season average in 1986

BOB BRITT -- Inducted 1979

Football letterman 1951 1952 1953
Baseball letterman 1951 1952 1953
Sam Houston Head Baseball Coach 1969 to 1975

Coached Bearkats to three NAIA World Series appearances including runner-up finishes in 1974 and 1975

GORDON BROWN -- Inducted 1992

Football letterman 1948 1949 1950
All-Lone Star Conference 1950

Quarterback who led the Lone Star Conference in total offense in 1950 with 1,088 yards

RAY BURGESS -- Inducted 1999

Baseball letterman 1972 1973 1974 1975

Member of three NAIA World Series squads for the Bearkats including teams that finished as national runners-up in both 1974 and 1975 ... team co-captain as senior ... compiled career pitching won-loss record of 26-5

MEGAN BURNHAM -- Inducted 2007

Women's tennis letter winner 1981 1982 1983 1984
All Lone Star Conference

Won the Lone Star Conference women's doubles championship in 1983 with Nanette Hancock ... helped lead Sam Houston to the 1983 Lone Star Conference team championship

JEREMY BURKHALTER -- Inducted 2008

Four-year starter from 1998 to 2001

Third in scoring among Sam Houston men’s basketball players  His 1,689 career points highest total in the Bearkats’ NCAA Division I history.

Starter on the Bearkats’ 2000 Southland championship team

CHRIS BURTON -- Inducted 2007

Baseball letterman 1986 1987 1988 1989
All-Gulf Star Conference 1986 1987
All-Southland Conference 1988 1989

Compiled .336 career batting average ... helped lead Bearkats to conference championships in 1986, 1987, and 1989 ... played on two NCAA Division II regional playoff teams

IRA "RUNT" CARROLL -- Inducted 1983

Football letterman 1919 1920
Baseball letterman 1920 1921
Basketball letterman 1920 1921

RONNIE CARROLL -- Inducted 1988

Football letterman 1970 1971 1972
NAIA All-America 1971
All-Lone Star Conference 1970 1971 1972

PAT CENTILLI -- Inducted 1991

Baseball letterman 1957 1958 1959 1960
NAIA World Series All-Tournament 1960

Captain of 1960 Bearkat baseball team that finished 4th in the NAIA World Series ... complied 68-28 record as pitcher at Sam Houston ... played professionally with Kansas City Athletics organization

ALBERT CHOATE -- Inducted 1996

Baseball letterman 1964 1965
NAIA All-America 1965

Ranks third at Sam Houston in all-time pitcher's winning percentage with 18-3 career mark ... his 12-2 mark in 1965 ties as the most victories by a Bearkat pitcher in one season

DEAN CHOATE -- Inducted 2005

Golf letterman 1990 1991 1992 1994
All-Southland Conference 1990 1991 1992 1994
Southland Conference individual medalist 1994

Led Sam Houston State to 1994 Southland Conference men's golf championship ... winner of three individual tournament championships during his career

RONNIE CHOATE -- Inducted 1981

Football letterman 1956 1957 1958 1959
Baseball letterman 1957
All-Lone Star Conference 1959
SHSU Head Golf Coach 1962 to 1994
SHSU Director of Athletics 1992 to 1997

Quarterback of Bearkat football teams that rolled up 25-19-1 record ... holds school record for career interceptions (14) ... directed Bearkat men's golf program to four NAIA national championships and nine conference titles

JODY CONRADT - Inducted 2010

Women's basketball head coach - 1970 - 1973
Volleyball head coach - 1969 - 1972
Coached both the Sam Houston women's basketball and volleyball programs before rolling up an incredible record as head women's basketball coach at the University of Texas. In her 38-year career (that includes four years at Sam Houston), she won 900 basketball games, the second highest total for an NCAA Division I basketball coach.