EI Paso Athletic allof Fame

' 34th Annual Awards Banquet

Tom6sRivera Center StudentUnion Building University of Texasat El Paso Third Floor East

Tuesday,May 2, 1989 1989 Hall of Fame Honorees SuleimanNyambui SuleimanNyambui is probably the greatestathlete in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Associationtrack and field competition. He holds a record 15 indivjdual titles, gain€dwhile a mernberof the University o[ Texasat El Pasotrack teamfrom 1978through 1982. During his careea the Miners won ll of 12possible NCAA titles and ll of 12 W€stem Athletic ConJerencecrowns. To judge the greatnessof Suleiman,consider that he still holds the NCAA indoor record for the 5.000-meternur at l3:00:20which is alsothe world'sindoor record. He amassed more major titles than any other runner in NCAA history and brought homea silver medal in the 1980 OlvmDicsin Moscow asa memberof the Tanzaniantrack team. Suleimanmissed the gold by Z/I O0thsof a second,losing to Miruts Y ifter of Ethiopia in oneof thegames' mostthrilling 5,000 meterfinishes. Here are a fewof Suleiman's I w u odrcr accomplishments in NCAA competition: indoor mile champion 1979 through 1982i two-mile champion 1979 through 1982; outdoor 5,000-meter champion 1980 through 1982; and 10,000-meterchampion 1979 through 198 2. He was a memberof theMiners' cross- country team which won the NCAA title in 1980.Suleiman was graduatedfrom Ln El Pasoin 1987with a degreein Healthand Physical Education.He keeps in competitiveform with marathonrunning and has won four major titles sincehis collegiate days. SuleimanNyarnbui, a running machinewho keepson wiming. Gus Bailey Despite a childhood injury which necessitatedthe insertion of steel rods in his legs, Gus Bailey found a way to become an outstanding high schrnl, college and professional basketball player. He was an All-District forward at El Paso's Burges High School in 1969 and 1970, and he continued his outstanding play on the University of Texasat El Paso'sfreshman cage team in 1970-71,averaging 17.5 points and 9.5 rebourds a game. As a sophomore he averaged nine points and 4.3 rebounds a qame for the 2l-7 Miners who ti€d for second in the Westem Athletic ConJerenceiace. Hewas a first team All-WAC selectionin 1972-73,averaging 14.3 points and seven rebounds a game, leading UT El Paso in both categories. As a senior,he averaged 13.9 points a game and was picked for the secondAll-WAC team. In his thr€€ seasonson the Miner Vamitv. he scored 937 points and his career tieldgodl percenlage ot.510,334 ot 655 tieldgoalsr is lhesij*lh highest in lheschools history.Gus played four seasonsin the National BasketballAssociation after being chosenin the secondround of the 1974 draft by the Houston Rockets.After thr€e seasonswith the Rockets, he was traded to th€ New Orleans Jazz where he completed his professional career. Gus died in Novemb€r 1988 at the age of 37. He will long be remembered for the courageous performances he gave throughout his competitive career. GeorgeI. Kurita George Kurita bas done it all and done it exceedingly well. He played high school athletics at Ysleta High School and later was graduated from El Paso High School, eaming a football scholarship at New Mexico State University, then New Mexico A&M. Gmrge lettered as a freshman and when injuries as a sophomore ended his competitive career, he became a trainer and student assistant. He later gained his degree in Pharmacy from the Unive$ity of Colorado and began a splendid ,t7 -year career in this field. Somehow he found time to become an outstanding golfer as well as volunteering to help youth athletic programs. He helped start the Babe Ruth Baseballkague in El Paso,served as presidentof AssociatedBaseball Council of EI Paso which supervisedthe various boys baseballprograms in the I960s and worked with the Optimist Club on its variousyouth projects.Duringall his yearsof devot€d volunteer service he found time to work as a pharmacist. operate a farm in the Lower Vallev and helDhis wife raiseand educatethree children. GeorsehelDedestablishEl Paso's fifft Poison Control Center,'theEagle ScoutsBoard of Rerie$ and was an origjnal member of the Downtown Development Committee.George joined the El PasoAtl etic Hall of Fame asa committeemember shortly after its founding in 1958 and has sewed as the group's trcasurersince 1962.G€orge Kurita geh the job done and getsit donewell. Mary |ane McCutcheon Mary JaneMcCutcheon has had a ball all her life - a basketball,a volleyball, a tennis ball - they all bounce right for this outstanding athlete and coach. Mary Jane was graduated from Balmorhea High School in 1956 after playing four,vears of basketball and being named All-Dist ct each season. Her teams were regional champion5lbrIhree!earsand she was named A ll-RegionaI tor lour 1ears.sh" was voted the outstanding basketball player in Texas in 1955. But basketball wasn't her only sport in high school. She lettered four years and was on a district volleyball championship team for three years, played fbur years of tennis, and was voted most athletic lor four years. She also formd time to be a cheerleader, a member of Future Homemake of Ame ca and to perform in the band. Shewas still going at top speed when she entered the University of Texas at El Paso. Shewas active all four years in badminton, basketball,softball, swirnining and volleyball. Unfortunateln none of thosespofts was recognizedfor women at that time so her comiderableaccomplishments went largely umoticed. But lhe slills chFhad gained sened her in goodslead. Upon graduation trom Uf El Pasoin 1960.she bcgan an outstandingcoaching career which has included,among other accomplishments,l2 district championshipsand more than I ,000 victories in volleyball at Burges High Schcrl. When you look at her accomplishments as a player and a coach,you'll have to agree Mary Janehas had a ball. Gerald Campbell Gerald Keith CamDbell was one of those natural student-athletes who comes along too infrequently. Consider that he played four years of outstanding high school f@tball (unbeaten and untied for lour yea$ in district competition), leftered and was captain of the basketballteam for threeyears and captain ol the track team at OdessaHigh School.But he didn't neglecthis studies.He was a member of the National Honor Society, Student Body President and member of the Stud€nt Council. He continued his winning ways in the classrGn and on thc g diron at Texas Westem College, playing and letterlng four years on the foorball team and setting new records whilc playing as a salety on defense,fullback on offerxe and punt retumer, including a school record retum for 68 yards and a touchdown. He excelled in open field tackles, pass interceptions and blocked prurts. And all o{ this defensiveand offensivefirepower came from a 5'8" 147-poundframe. Hewas an uutstandingluw hurdlerdnd ranrdn on thelhc Miners sDrintsprinl relav team and in the dashes. Gerald was selected to the Border Conferencefootball team in t95l andnamedhonorablementionAll'American. Uponhisgraduation from Texaswestern in I952, he began a successfulbusiness career that included developing a coating proc€ss to prevent rusting of reinforcing steel in concrete. His process is presently being usedworldwide. He has maintained his close ties to LfT Paso through financial support as well as keeping closecontact with former classmates.Gerald CamDbell-a winner on and off th€ field. JamesE. Rogers,Jr. James E. (firnmy) Rogers,Jr. ha-sbeen identified with the Sun Bowl since the 1960s and his interestand dedicationhave helped retain and improve the year-endclassic. Jimmy's interestin making the Sun Bowl better canbe trac€d to his lifelong love of athletics.AtEl PasoHigh Schoolhe was an enthusiastic,if not spectacular,football player and sports supporter. He display€d the same interest and concern at Southern M€thodistUniversity and when he retumed to El Pasoafter military servicein 1959. He began volunteering for Sun Bowl tasks in the early 1960s and became vice presidentof the SunBowl basketballtoumarnent for four yearsbeginning in 1963. He was a member of the Sun Bowl game selection committee during thc 1960s and has helped bring to El Paso such outstanding teams as Oklahoma, Washington, Nebraska,Arizona, Alabama, SMU, Missouri, Kansas,Texasand Stanlord.Hewas the youngest man to be elected Sun Bowl president in 1970 and instead of bowing out of the organization after reaching the top, he continued and actually increased his padicipation. He has be€n the key figure in the Sun Bowl-CBS Television relationship, and was instrumental in the John Hancock sponso$hip of the Sur Bowl. Jimmy has sened as president of the Touchdown Club, El Dorados and was chairman of the UT El Paso Athletic Committee whose recommendations led to the construction of the Special Events Center- He now headsthe real estatefirm of Rogen & Beldingwhere hebegan work with his father in 1959.Jimmy Rogersis a man who has pul the Sun Bowl first and helped keep it there. famesForbes Jim Forbesparticipated in the 1972Olympic basketball championships against the Russiansbut his memoriesare marred by the controversy\ahich costhis team a goldmedal. But thereis no controversyover]imt basketbatlabilitr. He hasbeen a leadersince his high schooldays at BelAir High Sch@lwhere, from 1967to 1970, he was the leading scorer,rebounder and unanimousAll-District selection.He was namedto theSunkist High SchoolAll-Americanteam in 1969-70and started for the Southin the annualTexas High SchoolAll-Star basketball game in 1970.His UT ElPaso collegecareer is equally impressive.He was a starterfor threeyears, cocaptainfor two yearsand was the yourgest player chos€n for thePan-American teamwhile still a freshmanin l97l. He was chosenas the yorngestplayer for the Olympic teamin 1972and was a starteron the Olympic teamwhich refusedto acceptthe silvermedal after their dispute-cloudedlast-second defeat by Russia. Only one month after the Olympics, he suflered tom ligaments and a damaged kneecap in a practice game. He could play in only nine games as a junior and rmderwent several knee op€rations to prepare for his linal season. Despite being slowed, he retained his starting position and was a team cocaptain. His injured knee kept him from acceptinga draft by the ChicagoBulls of the National BasketballAssociation. With h isactive playing daysover, he returned to his studies and upon graduation from UT El Paso in 1979, began a coaching car€cr in the Ysleta lndependent School Dist ct. His t€ans have won 67 percent of their games over nine ycars. He is currently the headcoachat RiversideHigh Schoolwhere his teamshavewon 97 gamesandlost only 49 in five years.Jim Forbes has been a winner on and off the court.

Program welcome...... JohnMcFall,Masterofceremonies NationalAnthem. ...Dr.Hughcardon Invocation...... Dr.JohnEdwin A Moment of Silencefor the Departed DINNER Introductionof El PasoAthl€tic Hall of Fame . ... -. PresidentPeggieBirkhead Presentationof 1989Outstanding High SchoolAthletesl District l -AAAAA wi . . . . Presertedby Clay Cox District2-AAAAA Wi ...... PrcsentedbyRuthMeredith andJoeBob Shook Presentationof 1989El PasoAthletic Hall of FameInductees: LivingAthlete. . . GeraldCampbell LivingAthlete...... JamesForbes LivingAthl€te. SuleimanNyambui PosthumousAward . . . . GusBailey Coach/Administrator...... GeorgeI. Kurita Coach/Administrator. . MaryJaneMccutcheon Supportero{Athletics ..... JamesE.Rogers, Jr. CONCLUSION

OutstandingHigh SchoolAthletes for 1988-1989 District I -AAAAA David Hemandez.Bor.r ieHigh School AngelicaGurroJa. AustinHighSch"ol District2-AAAAA SylviaMunoz, SocorroHigh School Cabriel Herrcra.Rir ersideHighScho"l Hall of Fame PastPresidents

1956- JohnPhelan 1968 Jim D€Groat* 1980 Dr. Johlr(Pinky)Edwin 1957- JohnPhelan 1969 Bob Gold{arb I981 TeeCasper* 1958- JohnPhelan 1970 Bill Woodul 1982- C.w' (Lucky)Leverett 1959 Bob Ingran l97l BertWilliams 1983- JimPaul 1960 ChuckWhitlock 1972- Dick de Bru)m 1984 SteveDecroat l96l - Harry Phillips' 1973- Frank Porth 1985 Ken George 1962 VemusCarey* 1974 BenCollins 1986- RichardFritz 1963 Thad Steele 1975 DonO'Neill 1987 VinceCarafano. 1964 JohnMcFall 1976 JohnThompson 1988 Luis Flores,Jr. 1965 Frank Redman 1977- MaynardHaddad 1966- G.M.(Bill)Creen 1978- Harris Hatfield 1967 Jim Bowden 1979 Billy Stcvens

Hall of Fame Committee/Members

Prcsident . . . Ms. PeggieBirkhead Secretary...... fimBeclmell* VicePr€sident...... TimCrenshaw Treasurer ...... Ceorge L Kurita BobAzar Walter Driver Lucky Leverett JackParks RussellBall Derry Eads KarenLinton Rick Parr Jim Becknell JohnEdwin JuliusLowenberg J.D.Partridge RogerBell Carlton Elliott Ro), Lown RichardPearson SalBerroteran Luis Flores Bob Ludwig Santos(Kayo) Perez Nick Binyon Al Franco Bill Macate€ JohnPhelan Bill Birkhead RichardFritz Jim Malone E. BernardPolk PeggieBirkhead Ken George JamesMason Frank Porth MargaretBloss BobbyGoldfarb Don Maynard JanisBlades Prieto Jim Bowden JohnCooden Ron McDaniels YvanRechy Bob Bowling Don Haskins JohnMcFall Hawley Richeson Virginia Burney Don Henry RonaldMcl.eod Art Roberts Butch Campos BobbyJoe Hill JackMcNutt Dick Shinaut Harris Cantrell Mary Hoover PeteMelendez CharlesSmith David Carrasco Brad Hovious SteveMeitler Bill Stevens Tom Chavez Don Hughes Ruth Meredith GeneStogner Vic Clark Bob Ingram Mark Miller Paul Strelzin Clay Cox C.D.Jarvis Flip Morin Millie Vasquez Tim Crenshaw SamJenkins JackMor s OscarVillareal PeterDahl CeneJordan Buif Morrison DaleWaters JamesDean Bob Kaerwer MaxineNeill-Johnson Chuck Whitlock Dick de Bruyn EmestKeily GeneOdell Bobbywisgs StcveDeGroat TedKepple SalOlivas Marge Williamson Eva del Hierro HarrisonKohl Don O'Neill JerryWright Artie Dolt GeorgeKurita L.O. Page

Acknowledgements

TheEl PasoAthleticHall ofFamegratefully acknowledges the following firms whose contributionshavepaid th€ costof theDlaquestob€ awardedto 1989inductees of theHall ofFame:MBanks ofEl Paso,SunwestBank, TexasCommeiceBanks, Texas National Bank, James& Luther,lnc., CeneStogner, Holiday Inn Airyort and JoeZeni's M&W SportingGoods. Door prizesfor tonight'sdinner were furnishedby Dee'sT-Shirts; Jana's Hair Fantasy;Desert Sun Golf, Termis& Skii CinemaTheater CVMI LeBaron'sPrimitive Artifacts;Bowl El Paso;Nevada Bob's;Avila's MexicanFood; ChampionDance Studio& Trophies;Michelino's Restaurant and A Friend. 1989 Hall of Fame Sponsors Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Abrams Irene& Ira Batt H&HCarWash El Paso/JuarezIntemational Games SunwestBank Richard& BobbieFritz Ms..MargaretBloss Bob Hoy's WorldAutomotiveMarket La TerrazaRestaurant CasaJurado de Bruyn-RettigAdvertising, Inc. CasnerImports Mr. & Mrs. SteveDecroat JuarezRacetrack C & R R€staurant Dr. & MIs. Billy Dickey KTSM-AM-FM-TV El PasoDiablo Baseball Mr. & Mrs. Dan Drewery Mr. & Mrs. JohnA. Phelan SaharaSportswear Ms. MargaretDuPont Club Morocco Flip & Marie Morin Mr. & Mrs. JoeM. Clomez Mr. & Mrs. CeorgeL Kurita KAMA-FM Radio KDBC-TV Channel4 SanitaryPlumbing & Heating Congratulationsfrom KVIA-TV Channel7 El PasoGolf Hall of Fame Ray Hibler Miller Beerof El Paso KHEY & Y-96 RedMender/Club Morocco JohnD. Williams Company MissParis Rogers& Belding Wyler Industrialworks El PasoNatural GasCompany 1989 Hall of Fame PastHonorees 1955 Andy Cohen' 1973 BobbyGoldfarb 1981 TedBanks 1955 N.A. Ferguson* l9?3 Dolph Quijano l98l - Lawrence(Sag) Shea* 1956- Cliff Hill. 1973 GeneJordan 1982- E.R. Bowman* 1956- MargaretVarner 1973- Harison Kohl 1982 Bill Cummins 1957- Luther Coblentz' 1974- Nolan Richardson 1982 FredKriss 1957 Ken Heineman 1974 Mary Hoover 1982- Vic Clark 1958- Dr. SandyEsquivel* t974 - Charles(Red) Harris* 1983 RussellE. Ball 1958- AsaPorter* 1974- SaulKleinfeld. I983 JohnC. Birkhead* 1959 JackHarden 1974- Bob Ingram 1983 JanisBlades Prieto 1959- Mack Saxon* 1974 RaymondB. Ward, Sr.* 1983- JimBowd€n 1960- JudgeBallard Coldwell* 1974 Fred Wendt 1983- TeeCasper* 1960 E.E. (Mannie)Pons{ord* 1975- LeeTrevino 1984 PeggieRobertson Birkh€ad 196l - Bob Osborn* 1975- LeeFloyd" 1984 LaIIy Jessee 1961- Willie Shoemaker 1975 KarenLinton 1984 CharlesR. Smith 1962- SydCoh€n* 1975 Dr. JohnEdwin 1984- JackMcNutt . 1962- CarlosEdwards 1975 RobertCarson* 198,1 Alb€rt C. Messer* 1963 Mike Brumbelow* 1975- JohnPhelan 1985 BobbyJoe Hill 1963- Dr. JamesVance' 1976- C.M.Hendricks* 1985 Tom Chavez 1964- A.L. (Doc)Holm* 1976 Billy Stevens 1985- SamuelL. Jenkins 1964 Bob Laraba* 1976 Thad Steele 1985- GeneOdell 1965 W.J. (Chule)Milner* 1976- Jim Decroatt 1985 FentonE. Slaughter* I965 JavierMontes 1976- JohnMcFall 1985 CamileWhitfield 1966 A.S.Valdespino* 1976- Jim Paul 1986- C.B. (Stretch)Elliott 1966- ClydeWafer* 1976- Chuck Whitlock 1986- RobertE. Kolliner* 196?- Frank Redman 1977 OscarVillareal 1986- JackP. Mords 1967 CharlesH. Leavell,Sr.* 1977- Dick Shinaut 1986 L.O.Page 1967- RossMoore. 1977- PeteMelendez 1986- Frank Porth 1967- JesseWhittenton 1977 BobbyDobbs* 1986- CeneStogner 1968- Don Maynard 1977 Dalton Hill' 1987 J.D.Part dge 1968 Hany Phillips. 1977 Jud Milton I987 WalterDriver 1968 NemoHenera* 1978- Bob Arnold 1987 JoeHague t969 - GeorgeBall 1978-Har s Cantrelt 1987- Larry Stubing 1969 Mike Izqui€rdo 1978 David L. Carrasco 1987- K.C.Brown - 1969 AgathaLee 1978- WayneVandenburg 1987 JamesMalone 1970- DaleWaters 1978 Ray Sanchez 1987- Bill Macatee 1970- BenCollins 1978 MargaretOsborne Du Pont 1988- John(Jack)Parks l97l PaulBarry 1979 D.W.Conway 1988- Santos(Kayo)Perez 1971- VernusCarey* 1980 Tony Carvajal* 1988 Dr. R.J.(Buddy) Shaeffer l97l Don Haskins 1980- JackCutice* 1988 Dr. JamesG. Mason 1972 Chuck Hughes* 1980- Emest L. Keily 1988 MissLydia Sierra 1972- C.D. Jarvis 1981- ChrisP. Fox* 1988- Mrs. Ma{orie Williamson 1972 P^nlLopez 1981 RoyLown 1973 WayneHansen* 1981- Ken George