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2 Arnold Palmer The most engaging, popular and notable ambassador of the sport of golf is Arnold Palmer, who is also considered the most engaging, popular and notable alumnus of Wake Forest University. No other alumnus has brought more honor and prestige to his school than the incomparable golfing great. Unmatched in his athletic endeavors in terms of both success and popularity, Palmer is also an accomplished businessman, a golf course designer, a spokesman and a family man. There is no question Arnold Palmer has meant a great deal to our program at Wake Forest, says Golf Coach Emeritus Jesse Haddock. He is a tremendous ambassador to the game of golf and has stayed very much in touch with our program. There have been many times he has done little things that are so important. He is truly a great man. Palmer s legendary golf career started at what was then Wake Forest College in While playing for the Demon Deacons he captured the Southern Conference championship in 1948 and In 1949 and 1950, he was the NCAA individual champion along with winning the Southern Intercollegiate crown in Following a three-year stint in the Coast Guard, during which he did not lose his touch, Palmer returned to Wake Forest in 1953 and won the first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in He reached the pinnacle of his amateur career with a victory in the U.S. Amateur in Palmer s incomparable professional career includes 61 United States PGA Tour victories, 19 wins in foreign or international events, and 12 Senior PGA Tour titles. He has won seven majors: the U.S. Open, the British Open twice, and of course, the Masters four times, in 1958, 60, 62 and 64. Only the PGA Championship trophy has escaped Palmer s grasp; he placed second in that event three times. Palmer was a participant in seven Ryder Cup Matches, captaining the 1963 championship team. He has earned countless honors and awards for his play, including induction in the World and American Golf Halls of Fame, the PGA Hall of Fame and, of course, the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame. Palmer has also received several honorary degrees, including a Honorary Doctor of Laws from Wake Forest, and countless awards for his civic, business and philanthropic endeavors. In the fall of 1994, an endowed scholarship was established for the Wake Forest golf program in Arnold Palmer s name by the Annenberg Foundation. Palmer himself has endowed a memorial scholarship in honor of his boyhood friend and Wake Forest teammate, Buddy Worsham. Named the Athlete of the Decade for the 1960s by the Associated Press and Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 1960, Palmer has long been recognized as much for the attention and goodwill he brought to the game of golf as for his success as a player. Palmer brings that attention and goodwill to his alma mater as well, including his service as a member of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees. William B. Greene, Jr. Wake Forest Golf Alumnus The College Golf Foundation and Rolex Watch U.S.A. presented Wake Forest alumnus William B. Greene, Jr. with the fifth annual Rolex Achievement Award in June of Arnold Palmer, who serves as an Honorary Chairman of the College Golf Foundation, presented the award to his fellow Demon Deacon alumnus. The Rolex Achievement Awards honor former collegiate golfers who have achieved excellence in their chosen career (outside of golf) and in doing so, have made a special contribution to society. William B. Greene, Jr. graduated from Wake Forest in 1959 with degrees in history and philosophy. He attended WFU on a basketball and golf scholarship, playing varsity golf his sophomore, junior and senior years. He completed post-graduate work at Wake Forest, Northwestern and Harvard Business School and graduated from Rutgers Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry Officer, retiring as a captain. Banking has been Greene s primary career. At age 26, he was the youngest bank president and CEO in the United States. Greene was a part of the first major banking merger in the U.S. with First Union, which has grown to become the sixth largest bank in America. Greene cofounded the Bank of Tennessee and is currently Chairman of BancTenn Corporation and the Carter County Bank and Carter County BanCorp. Greene recently donated $5 million to Wake Forest, for which The Psychology and Foreign Language building was named in his honor. A member of the Board of Trustees, Greene has chaired the Trustee Investment Policy Committee for the past eight years and is currently co-chair of WFU s $400 million capital campaign. In 1990, he received WFU s Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor bestowed to alumni Wake Forest Golf Arnold Palmer presents WFU golf alumnus William Greene, Jr. with the 2000 Rolex Achievement Award. Still an active competitive golfer, Greene has represented Tennessee five times on the Mid-South Cup Team, serving as captain once. He was also a member of the Tennessee Amateur Cup seven times, where he also served twice as captain. He won the Tennessee State Senior Four Ball in 1998 and has had four top-ten finishes in the Tennessee State Amateur Championship. As Chairman of the Tennessee Golf Foundation, Greene has been a driving force behind the First Tee Project and the Vinny Links for Kids - country music star Vince Gill s pro-celebrity golf event which has raised more than $1.7 million for junior golf.

3 Jay Haas Wherever his golf career has taken him, former Demon Deacon Jay Haas has found success, and he has found it quickly. The middle link in one of golf s most admired dynasties is soft-spoken Illinois title-winner Jay Haas. The nephew of former pro standout and Masters champion Bob Goalby, Haas is the older brother of current Deacon head coach Jerry Haas. Jay Haas has become a representative of the high standards of Wake Forest golf on and off the course. Haas came to Wake Forest in 1973 as an excellent allaround athlete with outstanding prep golf credentials. It didn t take him long to make his mark on the collegiate scene: he claimed the individual Atlantic Coast Conference championship as a freshman that year. In fact, before he left Wake Forest for the pro ranks in 1976, Haas earned first-team all-america honors twice, and captured the 1975 Fred Haskins Award, given annually to the nation s top collegiate player. He claimed victories at a bevy of college tournaments and became one of four Deacs to earn individual honors at the NCAA Championships, taking home the individual title in Haas success on the pro circuit came equally as fast. After earning his tour card in 1976, his initial tour victory came at 1978 s Andy Williams-San Diego Open, the first of his nine pro wins. He collected two wins each on the 1981 and 82 tours, then added single victories in the 1987, 88, 92, and 93 seasons. On the 1992 tour, Haas turned in a record-setting four-round total of 263 to capture the title at the Memphis Federal Express St. Jude Classic. His dramatic win, finishing a sizzling 21 strokes under par, was a full six strokes better than the event s previous record. His most recent tour victory came at the 1993 H.E.B. Texas Open. Haas has continued to find success in recent years, finishing among the top 25 money leaders in three of the last seven years and placing in the top five at The Masters in both 1994 and 95. The 1999 season saw him earn five top 10 finishes in 24 events, including a thirdplace showings at the PGA Championship and the Doral-Ryder Open. Through the 2002 season, Haas ranked 36th on the PGA Tour all-time money list and owned a No. 127 world ranking. Haas is also one-half of one of the Deacs most famous golf partnerships. He and fellow Wake Forest great Curtis Strange, adopted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame together in 1987, roomed together while at the university, traveled together at the onset of their professional careers, and have remained very close to this day. It is that type of friendship that exemplifies the unique nature of Wake Forest golf. Haas, 49, is also very active in charity events. He and his wife Jan, reside in Traveller s Rest, S.C., and have five children: Jay, Jr., Bill, Haley, Fran and Georgia. Jay, Jr. is a member of the golf team at Augusta State, while Bill has followed his father s path to Wake Forest. Last season, Bill was named to the All-America squad. Jay, Sr. and Bill are believed to be the first father-son duo to both earn first-team All- America honors. Scott Hoch The lessons that golf provides never really stop, and one person who can verify that statement wholeheartedly is former Wake Forest player and current PGA Tour star Scott Hoch. Hoch is in the prime of his career on the PGA Tour, having earned over $1 million per year in each of the past seven seasons. He has collected 10 career PGA victories and ranks seventh on the Tour s career money winners list. Hoch has been a hallmark of consistency over the past several years, earning 46 top 10 finishes and at one point making 25 consecutive cuts at PGA events. In fact, Hoch has finished among the top 40 money winners on the tour every year but one since a mark of consistency unmatched by any other active player. At the end of the 2002 season, Hoch had earned a world ranking of 22nd. One of the most underrated players on the Tour, Hoch began to make a name for himself with his solid play in He made the cut in 23 of 28 events that year, earning eight top 10 finishes and one tournament title at the Michelob Championship. He tied for fifth at The Masters and placed seventh at the U.S. Open. Hoch built on that success in 97, making the cut in all 22 events he entered and recording 11 top 10 finishes. He won the Greater Milwaukee Open in thrilling fashion, sinking a 60- foot eagle chip shot on the 18th hole to win by a stroke. He finished in the top five in seven other events, including second place at The Players Championship. Hoch even earned a spot on the much-heralded 1997 U.S. Ryder Cup team and compiled the best individual record of the Americans, going in match play. The 1998 season was another strong one for Hoch, as he earned over $1.2 million. He made the cut in 22 of 27 events and posted seven top 10 finishes, including second place at the Kemper Open and fifth at The Players Championship. In 1999, Hoch made the cut in 14 of 27 events and collected nearly $1.2 million, earning six top 10 finishes and placing 33rd on the money list. The momentum continued in 2000, when he posted seven top 10 finishes. Hoch had a banner year in 2001, earning a career-best $2,875,319 (seventh on money list) and two tournament titles, including the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. He became the first 45-year old to win twice in same season since Hale Irwin in He followed that up with seven top 10 finishes in Hoch gives much of the credit for his long and successful professional career to his decision to attend Wake Forest. The reason I went to Wake Forest, and the reason that still means the most to my career today, was that I would always be playing with the best, says Hoch. You can t help but learn a lot when every time you are on a course, you are playing against the best. When I went to WFU, I was not on the same level as those players. But I had to make some decisions about pursuing golf as a career, and I decided to test myself against the very best. I went to where the competition was, and by being in that atmosphere, my game developed. The lessons Hoch learned from his teammates and his coach, Jesse Haddock, became the foundation for a multi-million dollar career. And that career enabled him to turn a family crisis into a lesson for athletes everywhere. When Hoch s son, Cameron, was two years old, he suffered from a rare bone infection and was hospitalized at the Arnold Palmer Children s Hospital in Orlando. The experience turned Hoch s thoughts to the children at the hospital whose recoveries were not as certain as Cameron s. He made a significant contribution to the hospital, and continues a strong and lasting association. His contribution made an immediate impact, and generated publicity that resulted in an even greater response to the hospital s needs. For a professional athlete, I am probably involved more so than most, says Hoch, but it happened by accident. Through my son s illness, I learned firsthand what was needed. I would have been involved in the community somehow, but Cameron brought it close to home, and we learned a lesson about the despair and discomfort that the kids in the hospital were feeling. I believed in it, and I ve expanded it, and I ve been fortunate to have the resources to do so. Those resources were garnered from a successful career of lessons learned, a career that seems headed for more success in the future. WFU Golf Alumni 43

4 Len Mattiace Former Demon Deacon Len Mattiace provides a telling lesson in persistence, hard work, and dedication. A former All-American who helped Wake Forest to the 1986 NCAA Championship, Mattiace weathered some setbacks in his early professional career and has since emerged as one of the PGA Tour s up-and-coming golfers. Mattiace earned his first PGA Tour card in Q-School in 1992 and finished 160th on the 1993 PGA money list. He returned to the Nike Tour in 1994, but suffered a setback when he underwent carpal tunnel surgery. Mattiace came back to post a solid year on the 1995 Nike Tour and requalify for the PGA Tour in 1996, enjoying a breakthrough season which included two top five finishes. He capped his 1996 season by winning the Compaq World Putting Championship in December, which earned him the title of World s Greatest Putter after winning the event by two strokes over Taylor Smith. Mattiace posted another strong season on the tour in 1997, making the cut in 16 of 35 events. He earned one top 10 finish, taking third place at the Disney World Oldsmobile Classic, and placed in the top 25 in nine other events. He took home over $300,000 in earnings, placing him 77th on the money list. Mattiace continued to improve his play in 1998, making the cut in 22 of 31 events and earning two top 10 finishes to place 68th on the money list. His best showing came at The Players Championship, where he tied for fifth. In 1999, he made the cut in 17 events and earned over $400,000, tying his career best finish with a second-place showing at the Sony Open. He also earned a ninth-place finish at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic and had two other top 25 finishes as well. Mattiace s continued work on improving his golf game resulted in a career-high five top- 10 finishes in the 2000 season. My ball striking is better, and my overall game and scoring are better, said Mattiace of his recent success. I ve worked with Jim McLean at Doral, and he s helped me develop a consistent swing. My mental approach has changed as well. I ve become process-oriented rather than results-oriented. At the putting championship, I never said to myself I have to make this putt. What I was saying was hit this one on that line or at that speed. It takes the pressure off when you re worried about the outcome instead of how you re going to achieve that outcome. Golfers put a lot of pressure on themselves, and this is what has worked for me. The new approach has worked well for him, as the 2002 season was a breakout year for Mattiace. He finished in the top 30 on the money list for the first time on the strength of two victories the first two of his career at the Nissan Open and FedEx St. Jude Classic He made 25 cuts in 28 starts and collected over $2 million in a single season for the first time. Mattiace one of 18 first-time winners and eight multiple winners during the 2002 season. Mattiace s recent success promises more for his future on the PGA Tour. He says that there isn t really a timetable for players who aspire to the Tour. It s a very personal issue, he says, because it s just you and your game. There s no draft, no team. You have to go through Q-School, which is a pressure-cooker, or get sponsors exemptions, which is hard to do. I ve seen can t-miss All-Americans quit after five years of trying. I ve seen people stay with it for years and never make the PGA Tour. You can t put a timetable on a professional golf career. As along as a player is enjoying golf and improving his game and setting goals, and if the desire is there 100 percent, then there is a chance that success will follow Wake Forest Golf Jay Sigel Wake Forest alum Jay Sigel is becoming as well-known a Senior Tour success story as he was the nation s premier amateur player. Add to that a successful business career and his service as one of Wake Forest s most loyal ambassadors, and you have a Demon Deacon success story. Sigel s story is well-known. An All-American and Atlantic Coast Conference champion at Wake Forest, he decided against a professional golf career after suffering a severed nerve in his left hand. Instead, he kept his golf game sharp as one of the nation s premier amateurs, playing for the U.S. Walker Cup teams from 1977 through 1993 and winning U.S. Amateur titles in 1982 and 1983 as well as the 1979 British Amateur championship. Meanwhile, his insurance business and family life thrived in Berwyn, Pa. In 1994, however, he relinquished his amateur status and qualified for the PGA Senior Tour. An instant success, he won the 1994 GTE West Classic and ranked 12th on the money list. In 1995, he earned five top 10s, and in 1996 he took second in three events and had 11 other top 10 finishes, placing 10th on the money list. The 1997 and 1998 seasons were his most successful, as Sigel earned over $1 million and finished fourth on the money list both years. He won three events in 97 Bruno s Memorial Classic, the Kroger Senior Classic, and the Diners Club Matches (with Gil Morgan) and placed second in two others. In 1998 he was among the top three finishers nine times, winning the Bell Atlantic Classic and the EMC2 Kaanapali Classic. In 1999, he earned six top 10 finishes and placed 35th on the money list. After enduring injuries in 2000 and 2001, Sigel was named the Tour s Comeback Player of the Year in 2002 after winning the Farmers Charity Classic and posting three other top 10 finishes. Sigel has turned his hobby into over $7.2 million in career earnings, a figure which ranks 16th on the Senior Tour career money list. I am a better player now than when I began on the Senior Tour, says Sigel. I think it s more events and more time to work on my game, and that s because of better weather. In Pennsylvania I d play from April until the end of October. Now, I m playing more and enjoying it. Upon his one reflection, the decision to become a professional was the right one, for more reasons than just winning money. It appeared to me that the guys on the Senior Tour were having fun, he recalls. That has certainly proven to be the case. There s a different kind of pressure. When you re an amateur, golf may be a hobby, but the goals are still there with only a few events to reach those goals in. On the Senior Tour, the level of play is high, but there is less pressure because you have 30-some opportunities to reach your goals. You play more often, you hit the ball a little further, a little stronger. Sigel, who was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in 1983, is a member of the University s Board of Trustees, continuing a tradition of strong ties between the Wake Forest golf program and the University community. Playing golf at Wake Forest is a special privilege, Sigel says. You will always be a part of that Wake Forest family. I ve seen it for years, and I see it today: it travels with you. It s a respected part of your amateur career. You can be an All-American, you can be on a Walker Cup team, you can play for Wake Forest. It s all viewed at the same level, all accorded the same respect. The program has produced so many champions. Add to that those who are successful club pros, or successful businessmen and so on, and you ll see a strong representation of the success of men from the Wake Forest golf program.

5 Curtis Strange The man who captured titles for the Wake Forest men s golf team in the 1970s and vaulted to the top of the professional earnings list in the 1980s and 90s continues to be one of professional golf s most recognizable and most popular figures. Curtis Strange s golf credits place him among the best of the best. He won back-to-back U.S. Opens in 1988 and In 1988, he was the first player to surpass the million-dollar mark in one year. He won at least one tournament every year from 1983 to 1989, totalling 14 titles over that span. He played on four Walker Cup teams and has 17 total tour victories. While the 1990s weren t as fast-paced and high-flying, Strange continued to find success on the Tour. He totaled 11 top 10 finishes between 1994 and 2000, including a ninth-place finish at the 1995 Masters. He has played a reduced schedule in recent years, however, due to a burgeoning career as a golf analyst for ABC-TV. Most recently, Strange served as captain of the 2002 U.S. Ryder Cup Team. Along with European captain Sam Torrance, Strange was credited for bringing sportsmanship and camaraderie back to Ryder Cup matches. In 1989, Ron Balicki wrote in GolfWeek Magazine...For years now America has been crying out for a new superstar... last Sunday...that savior arrived. Enter Curtis Northrup Strange golfing superstar of the 1980s. Strange credits his experiences as a Wake Forest golfer for preparing him for the success that he earned as a professional. Collegiate golf is so important, Strange says. It s a training ground, a learning ground, for future involvement in any aspect of golf. Every day while I was at Wake Forest, I played against two or three of the best collegiate players in the country. It made me a better player. I hate to think what would have happened if I hadn t gone to Wake Forest. I doubt I would have achieved the same success. The success Strange found on the PGA Tour was foreshadowed by his success as a Demon Deacon. He was a three-time All-American and a two-time All-ACC player. He was a member of two NCAA Championships teams and was the NCAA medalist in His teams won each of the ACC tournaments in which he competed; he was the ACC medalist in College golf does so much for a player, Strange says. You mature so much physically and mentally. You learn how to get along with people, and not just other golfers. Strange stresses that, while not everyone is a PGA Tour star-in-the-making, golf as a career and the club level or behind the scenes can be very attractive to many. The only thing Strange would have changed about his career, and thus his strongest advice to the Deacon golfers of the future is this: I always tell them to get their degree. I was very fortunate that my career went so well, but only a very small percentage of golfers will make a living playing golf. Even if you actually make it on the tour, your degree will help you deal with the business of playing golf. The business of golf has changed since Strange began his professional career. The money has gotten bigger, the competition has gotten tougher and golf has become a yearround event. Pro golf is stronger than ever now, and more visible now, because of the corporate attitude. Our image meets the needs of a corporate sponsor, and golf is stronger for its corporate relationships. And as Strange says he is stronger for his relationship with Wake Forest; so Wake Forest is stronger for its relationship with Curtis Strange. Lanny Wadkins When he won the National Pee Wee golf championships in 1963 and 1964, he played with women s clubs. Nobody called Lanny Wadkins a wimp. He used those Mary Lena Faulk clubs until he was 16, regularly beating rich boys whose bags danced with the chrome reflections of names like Wilson Staff and Spalding Top-Flite. By the time he arrived at Wake Forest University, he had grown into a rogue. He was full of brag. He also verified the wisdom of an old adage It ain t bragging if you can do it. He played with flair. He walked fast and swung fast. He fired at every pin. He stormed the compass, winning the U.S. Amateur as well as the Western, Southern and Eastern amateurs. Running out of directions to conquer (the Northern Amateur had yet to be recognized as a major amateur event), he turned pro at 21. After one major championship (the 1977 PGA Championship) and 21 PGA Tour victories, he is among the world s most recognizable golfers. On the eve of the 1995 Ryder Cup, I implied that U.S. captain Lanny Wadkins was a wimp. This was an attempt, in good humor, to declare my conviction that players, not captains, win Ryder Cups. Now I regret the simplicity of such a position. Let me explain. Here at LaCosta Resort & Spa, discussing golf with Wadkins, I am struck by a bolt of truth: He is a person who disdains small talk, and I have misjudged him greatly. This is not the man I thought I knew. He speaks sensitively on a number of topics. During the course of my first interview with Wadkins it must have been 20 years ago, and he does not remember he fired this missile: You picked a hell of a time to ask a question like that. I thought he was still the rogue, arrogant and inconsiderate. Now I realize that I have carried that impression with me for years. But there is something genuinely touching about Wadkins on this day, something utterly sincere about the way he tackles every issue. On introducing his son Travis, 8, to the game: I was afraid to start him too soon. He couldn t hold it (the club) at the top, and I don t want John Daly Jr. I think too many parents push their kids into golf before they have the strength to handle it. On one standard ball for the PGA Tour: I think it s a good idea. First, the balls today go too far, and we run the risk of the great courses becoming a bygone era. Second, with so many balls out there, a guy can pick the one that suits his game. It takes some of the skill, and certainly a lot of the imagination, out of the game. I call his former college coach, the fatherly Jesse Haddock, now retired from Wake Forest, and Jesse tells me, He is a noble young man. He does a lot for other people, but not for credit. He doesn t hunt for that. There is a depth to him, always has been. Some people confused it with brashness that dig, that pique, that little bit of entertaining but he is very unselfish. I wish everybody knew him as I do, the real Lanny Wadkins. Still, it is difficult to forget that irreverent young golfer who played the game with selfassured ferocity. He was aggressive when aggressive wasn t cool. At [48], he is approaching the fault line that is senior golf, and I see a husband, a father and Ryder Cup captain who thinks, talks and acts like an informed, concerned man. But occasionally I still regard him as the rogue, and that s the image in my mind as we play the first hole on LaCosta s North Course. He walks onto the green of the par-4 hole and says, one year I started the last round of the Tournament of Champions with a two-stroke lead, and Jay Haas holed his second shot right here on this green. He tied me with one shot. What happened after that? someone asks. I got him, he answers with predatory relish, sounding 19 and imperious. In my life, I have known rogues and reformers and generally preferred the rogues. (By James Achenbach, Senior Editor, Golfweek, Dec. 23, 1995 edition. Used with permission.) WFU Golf Alumni 45

6 WFU Hall of Fame Hoch Inman Thompson Wadkins Wake Forest Golf The 93 individuals listed below represent Wake Forest University s Sports Hall of Fame, established in 1970 with the induction of former basketball coach Murray Greason, late football star Brian Piccolo, former football coach Peahead Walker, and former director of athletics Jim Weaver, who later became the first commissioner of the ACC. Fifteen men s golfers have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame, starting with Arnold Palmer, who was inducted in The Hall of Fame Committee, which meets annually to determine worthy candidates for induction, consists of director of athletics Ron Wellman, senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator Barbara Walker, faculty athletic chair (and committe chair) Dr. Ed Wilson, Ed Bradley, Skip Brown, Dot Casey, Ashby Cook, Abe Elmore, Bill Hensley, Linwood Holt, Costi Kutteh, Anne Philpott, Jody Puckett, Dr. Jack Sawyer, Jerry West and Frank Wyatt. Anyone can nominate a person to the Hall of Fame. Eligibility for Hall of Fame members is defined by 10 criteria, which include being out of school for 10 years (or deceased); receiving national recognition as an athlete, coach or administrator; being of good character and reputation; and having no stronger connection with another university Murray Greason, basketball coach Brian Piccolo, football Peahead Walker, football coach Jim Weaver, director of athletics 1971 Arnold Palmer,, golf 1972 Tommy Byrne, baseball Harry Rabenhorst, football 1973 Red Cochran, football Bones McKinney, basketball coach Billy Joe Patton, golf 1974 Leon Brogden, high school coach Al Dowtin, administrator Dickie Hemric, basketball 1975 Bill Barnes, football and baseball Lefty Davis, baseball and basketball Red O Quinn, football 1976 Ray Scarborough, baseball Jim Waller, basketball 1977 Bill Eutsler, high school coach Norm Snead, football 1980 Len Chappell, basketball Jesse Haddock, golf coach Pat Preston, football Charlie Teague, baseball 1982 Jack Murdock, basketball Nick Sacrinty, football Jim Staton, football Lanny Wadkins, golf 1984 Bob Bartholomew, football Charlie Davis, basketball Jay Sigel, golf 1985 Carl Tacy, basketball coach Jim Duncan, football Dave Harris, football player/high school administrator Linwood Holt, baseball Jack Lewis, golf 1987 Ed Bradley, football Jay Haas, golf Billy Scripture, baseball Curtis Strange, golf 1988 Larry Hopkins, football Gene Overby, radio announcer Larry Russell, football 1990 Moe Bauer, baseball Dave Budd, basketball Pat Williams, pro basketball executive 1991 Jim Clack, football Herb Cline, Sr., football and basketball Scott Hoch, golf Jack Stallings, baseball 1992 Skip Brown, basketball Frank Christie, basketball Bill Hull, basketball and football James McDougald, football 1993 Bill Ard, football Dot Casey, women s AD/coach Marge Crisp, women s golf coach/ administrator Harry Nicholas, baseball 1994 Jim Flick, basketball and golf Dr. Gene Hooks, athletic director Win Headley, football 1995 Marvin Skeeter Francis, publicist Gary Hallberg, golf Jane Jackson, basketball John Mackovic, football coach and player John Polanski, football 1996 Bill Armstrong, football Jim Simons, golf Brick Smith, baseball 1997 Rod Griffin, basketball Bill Merrifield, baseball Nick Ognovich, football James Parker, football Leonard Thompson, golf 1998 Bob Gaona, football Bill George, football Frank Johnson, basketball Dick Tiddy iddy,, golf 1999 Brenda Corrie Keuhn, golf Harry Dowda, football Dr. Jack Sawyer, administrator 2000 Tommy Gregg, baseball Amy Privette Perko, basketball Jay Venuto, football 2001 Gary Baldinger, football Tyrone Muggsy Bogues, basketball Jack Williams, basketball 2002 Joe Inman, golf Tony Mayberry, football Ricky Proehl, football 2003 Elmer Barbour, football Dickie Davis, football Vic Sorrell, baseball