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El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame Alst Annual Awards Banquet N

T6mas Rivera Center University of at El Paso Wednesday,May L5th, 1996

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\7e1come...... JohnMcFall NationalAnthem...... A1Capella Invocation...... 8.Bernard polk Introductionof Hall of FameCommittee...... president \fayne Thornton

DINNER

Presentation of 1995-96 Outstarding High School Athleter Districrl-AAAAA...... Jery Millsapps District 2-AAAAA...... Ruth Meredith AreaSmall Schools...... !7ayne Thornton

Recognition of Outstanding High School T€ams 1995-1996: Cathedral High School Swim Team Cathedra.lHigh School Tbam Cathedral High School Tiack Team CoronadoHigh SchoolState Champion Soccer Team

Outstanding High School Athletes for 1995-1996

Districr I AAAAA Outstanding FemaleAthlete ChelseaDeMarte, Austin High School

District 1 AAAAA Outstanding Male Athlete Marvin Switzer,

District 2 AAAAA Outstanding lemale Athlete Bernice Jua-rez,Bel Air High School

District 2 AAAAA Ouatanding Male Athlete Jobr Solis,Bel Air High School

Small SchoolsOutstanding Male Adrlete John Borrego,

Small SchoolsOutstanding FemaleAtblete JessikaMacias, Loretto Academy

Presentationof 1996 El PasoAthletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Living Adr1ete...... Jesse Bulos Living Athlete...... AndyMora.les Living Ath1ete...... \X4lson\faigwa CoachAward...... A1Franco CoachAward..,...... MarianBennm Oficialt Award...... Bi11Bridler PosthumousAward...... TomChisari

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?:t 'i:t: Hall of Fame Committee Members 1.,,I President...... WayneThornton Secretary ...... JackMcGrath VicePresident ...... JonSanders Tiea-surer.. .Don O'Neill Bobby Goldfarb Don O'Neill Ralph Banner ArmandoGutienez Richard Ochoa Margarito Banales Phil Hatch L. O. Paee SteveHill Jack Parks Bill Birllead _l-oerjeover SantosPerez Jim Bowden Norman Phillios ryarlH_oov.er F..Bernard Po'lk Bill Bridler :. Uj JlrvLs Frank Ponh lx,BI-':-- Ernest Keily Yvan Rechy ko Cancellre Robert Reyes Hector Carranza Ted Kepple Jon s.nden Bill Chesak Georee & Edna Iturita YvonneShinaut - Tom Ciabu i TeseLoe GeneStogner Mc Clark IDliis Lowenbep RedThacker McLurcheon Thornton Eva del Hierro -lJn€ Vayne Derry Eads lohn McFall Joe Valencia Jack Eaton Jack McGrath Villie Vasquez Dr. Iohn "PinLev" Edwin JamesMason Al Velirde Stretch Elliott Rurh Meredith Oscar \4llareal Andy Morales E A \(erner Richard Fritz Manny Morales Marjorie \ri iamson Ken George RobertMoreno BrrIos

h's not tnre First refi*ed that Marian Bennert spikedher teethng thought ring, bur ir rrail," Jesse Bulos got indicationof her prow€ssin a ::,. =::r:: ard nore both at sportin which shehas few 3:-:: t!ei1 Schooland later at equals.Marian wasvoted mosr -=:. G-+r of Mines, now outstanding player for . rt :l: F.rme one ol the two years at =-: :.:-e sportsstars of El Puo and namedmost athleticin her :.-.::: - rie late 1930'sand senioryea-r in 1972. Shecomin- I y-ic r. ,{r Bowie as a fresh- ued her outstandingplay in borh -; :: ria'ed lei end on the -- volleyball ard basketball at rcc=:, i.,*. forward on the bar Howatd College,being named ki* rt:o md ran the high and two yearsto the National Junior lc- ::riis. He wu narnedAll CollegeAthletic Arsociation C:-. :rd I'11Disnict in football reamin volleyball.She was grad- :li b,:r.$"11, secondteam All uated frorn Sul RossScate ,s-:r: :- uaikerhll and finished University and h:rs done gradu ecrd in rheditrict in both hur- ate work at both UT-EI Pasoand ril: r.es. He was a member of UT-PermianBasin, but her r:e \aronal Honor Society,vice creer has centeredon volleyball. pr=:d:nr ofhis seniorclus and Shestarted coaching at B:ssen .o:ed roosrpopular boy." As a lunior High Schoolin 1976arld \tiner lixrballer, Bulos caught 12 addedbarketball and trackto her pss in a record*etring day for coaching schedulewhile at rhe \th:n againstloyola of los BurgesHigh Schoolftom 1977 \ele;. ln his senior foodall to 1984.She began coaching at seson he waschosen All-Border Monwood in 1990,handling Conrerenceard honorableLitde the junior varsity team lor two {11 {meic:n. He helped the yea$ then Eking over$€ v sin \linen to a secondplace finish in in 1991where she continues Border Conferencebasketball ard today Shehas been named a berdr in rhe National Sportswomanof the year and El lnrercollegiateBasketball tourna- PasoTimes Volleyball Coach of menrin Kansu City. Hetanon the Year.Her coachingrecord in rheMiner trackteam, placing sec- volley&.ll is amazingwnh 377 ond in rhe conferencein the high wins and only 87 losses.Her var and lorv hurdles,and ruining in sity district record is likewise the seconddot on rhenile relay impressive,181 wins against39 tem. After four yearsof\rodd iosses. \Vhat might be consid- Wa Il service,he was named ered,n otryear war in 199t director of the El PasoBoys Club when her Montwood teamlost md laterjoined the U.S. Posnl swen gamesbut won 26 arrd was Senice from which he was retned bi-districtchampions . Mariar 1984.Jesse Bulos prcved that size Bennea-you might sayshe has is nor impoftanq it's the had a ball for her head and heart entire car€€r. t:' i {.,.' -::":l 1996 Halt of FameHonorees

f,qsl$bi"*i Posthumous Award

Bill Bridler Torn Chisari His contem- porariessaid after his outstanding sranding ath- efforts as a high school greatest four year arrd college football playen Malla Hish offenseand School where he was AllDistrict in defenseat Austin High School' counselor.After a brilliant high a:rd All-State in basket- ptayedborh waysfor tbeTexas school football areer in football in ball. Al Franco could do it all in Collegeof Mines. now U tbr] Vashington,DC, he enlisted barketball, aod won r scholar- beeinninein 1942 He wona the Nary in 194i only rc learn a TexasCollege of q"ine,b'.k slot on otr nsea"d disability would prevent him ship at then adiusr- Mines. now UTEP He was a saferyon deiensein his 6nr Year' from.ervins. Ht quickJ'" for four yearson a but in 1943he entereddre NarY ed when he wasarvarded e tour standout Miner team which f€atured some and was assignedto the year scholarshipat MarYland the schoolt bestplayers of the University of New Mexico in rts University where he PlaYed of Bear Bryant. 1950's.He wasdrafc€d for the V-12 prografl. Allowed to PlaY under the legend:ry Korean lfar, md servedas a all varsity sPorrs,he agair After a succestul college career' PlaY€d After his both defenseand offensefor the Tom coachedat Catholic combat infantry.rnan dischargehe returned Lobosand helpedNew Metico Universitvin Vahington, DC honorable TexasWestern to earn hts in the 1944Sun Bowl. DesPite and Mexico Cin Collegebef"re to degreeand teaching cer- Billt corner coffin kicking, the comins to El Pr.o in 1954 as mastert After coaching at Loboslost to SouthwesternbY a head football coach at leferson tificate. another Morehead ElernentarYSchool 7-0 score.He returnedto the High School A,ier he had an undefeatedbar- Miners after his N*y ca.reerin briefstint in Mdrco, he where team, he was named as 1946 and was a starting fullback reurned to El Paroin 19t8 ar kerball head basketballcoach at Bowie until a severeknee injury forced asistantcoach at Jeffersonln High Schoolin 1955.He}lad a him out of football After grad- 1961he wasnaned headcoach p€rcent winning record over uatine in 1951he begananother at newly opened-\-ndres High 78 hisi 0 years. One ofhis career,rhis time as an ofrci in schoolwhere he coacheduntil PlaYen was Nolar Richardson , now h;gh rchootand coltegefoorball 1965when he wasnamed asis- Arkmsas baketball coach' who He served2J years$ a toorbax tant principal at Andress and gives Frrnco a great deal of oficial, averaging15 to 20 later at Jelferson.He was named his coaching success. qamesa s€ason. As an offici , principal of Ros ludu High credit for 10 yearsat Bowie, Franco Le demonstratedthe same quali- Schoolin 1972E-h€re h€ After a new careeras a sPedal des which made him an out- remaineduntil his retirementin started teacher.TodaY he is a stalding athlete. He war fair' 1988. He kepraaive ascoach education Coronado High positiveanddetermined. BillY of the El PrsoHigh Sciool All teacherat hetpingyoung.ters wich Bridler: player, official, coach Starsfor two yean and working SchooJ, ard behrvioral and lika6le.wen ifhe did kick a for non-profit groups.Although emotional Prob' Al Franco,a greatathlete, lot. slowed by illness he never lost lems. his positive aftirud€ He di€d in :r greet coach and a great teach€r 1995 and is sunived bYhis wife, Amy, a son,Mile, and three daughters:Carot Snith, M:ggie Tories and Evelm Bourquin. Anyone who kno Tom Chisari becamea friend, 3nd a b€tter person for kno*fig hirn ,lJ' tt Aedx,U4ssd€* Athlete

You could The first call him dent-athlete at UTEP in 1973, \(/ilson \faigwa

needed. Andy Morales played cornerstoneof rheMiners' new four yearsof varsity foocball at track and field tradition. His Bowie High School and play he successled a numberof did. He played center, fullback Kenyans,Nigerians, Tanzanians and end, but nor all at the same and Sourh Africans to represeor dme. He wasnamed All Stateby the M;ners and El Paro through- the Dallas Daily News, especially out th€ 1970t and 1980's. for his performance against During rhe eraof 1974-i983, G: ena Park.. He played UTEP won 19 NCAA team for three years for the great championships and 24 \Testern Nemo Herera and helped lead Athletic Conferencetides. the Berrs to rhe TLxar State High Besideshelping in conference School charnpionshipin 1949, competition, lTaigwa won two the statebaseball titled for an EI individual NCAA titles and was Pasoteam. Highly recruited by consistendygiven world ranking severalSouthwest Conference in the 1,500:nd5,000 merer teams,as well asAtmy and runs. lVaigwa war a team player, Nary, he chosethe University of vorunreefmgro ru|) m numerous New Mexico. He was a four- relays to help rhe Miners to vic, year offensive lineman for the tory After his UTEP career,he Lobos in a careerinterrupted by competed throughout Europe a three year hitch in the Nary and was consistendy ranked In servicefootball he played amoflg r}le rop 10 runners in th€ againstprofcssiona.l players who world by Track and Field News. often outweighedhim by 50 He wasa memberofthe 1976 poundsor more.Returning to and 1980Ken)'an Olympic rhe hbos h€ perforned bril- ceamswhich boyconed the liantly and was named an honor- Olympicsin thoseyears. In ableAll Americrn in 1957.After 1983,at the ageof34, he ran graduatioa,he coachedfootball, the besrmile run in his careerat crack,wresrling and bareball at 3:50:73. V/aigwaplaced 10th sevemlEI Pasojunior hish in the 5,000m€r€r run in th€ schools.Today he is m adaptive 1984Olynpics. Afrer rurning physical education teacherat 40. he becme one of rhe rop BurgesHigh Schooland a diree Mxters Runners,setting several tor ofthe SpecialOlympics. world records. Vilson is now Hatrdy Andy always there the track coach for Cathedral when hdp is needed. High Schooland still running and still settingrecords.

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