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MASTDR OF CEREMONIES SoNNYYArEs INVOCATION Rnv. Ar-rnrr E. GARDNER WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS REsPoNsEBY H'rnrusHerrrrr-o INTRODUCTION OF 1977.78 IrdLL OI IAME OI'IICERS SoNNYYArEs PRBSENTATION OI HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Por Lnt GWEN MCCRAY PATSY NORMAN KENNY SCI{MIDT TERRY WHr''E LUNA PRESENTATION ^INDY OF UT.EL PASO ATHLETDS OF YDAR ROBERTELLIOTT JAMES MUNYALA wILsoN wArowa SvErNWALlrx UTEP IL'ooorTRACK TEAM FORT BLISS ATHLETE OF YEAR CAP'I.RoBER,r H SEERWIN,JR' PRESENTATION OI HALL OI IAME AWARDS MEDIA RAY SANCHEZ COACHES/ADMINISTRATION DavDCaRRAsco ' WaYNB VeNoBwsunc LIVING ATHLETE HARRISCANTRELL Bos Anwolo MARCARET DUPONT .|-r.l+J-H.wl-F+++
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LNDsAy CoMpANy D.C. CRoWELL
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KHEY STIIDER PAINT CoMPANY BownN Coupexv Tnorces Peur, Couper,ry U-Jonus, INc. TER( DrsrRrBUTrNc Co, Avrs RENr-A-CAR ScENEIDERCADILLAC Eigh Sehool Athletes of the year
PATSY NORMAN, El paso High School . Cross Country TERRY WHtTE. EasrraoodHigh Schoot . ....Basketbal CWEN McCRAy. parkland Highs.hoot . ....Basketbal KE\NY SCH\4tDT. Ausrin High s.hool . Cross Country CINDY LUNA, AndressHigh School . . . Track PAM LEE . . Glmnast ROBERT ELLIOTT, U.T.D.P, ....Foorball WILSON WAIGWA, U.T.E.P. ..:...Tra(k JAMES I{UNYALA, U.T.E.P. . . Track SVEIN WALVIK, U,T.E.P. ... . Track U.T.E.P. Indoor Track Team
+J+J-H-t++++t-!++1++F+ Fort BlissAthl€re of The year CA?TAIN ROBERT H. SJIERWI\ JR. Basketball PAST AWARDS
ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
1963 JIM (BAD NEWS) BARNES 1973 JAMES FORBES GANY KEITHJ-EY T964 RONNIE KAIIN 197.1 GUS BAILEY HUMBERTO BAUTISTA 1965 BILLY STEVENS HANS HOGLUND
1966 CUADACNOLI JACKIE 1975 NANCY AARONSON IaTRDDDIE COLEMAN 1967 LEE TREVINQ PETERTARMER DON MAYNARD HANS HOCLUND FRED CARR BOBBY MoKINLEY CHARLIE WEST WILSON WAIGWA
1968 LEE TREVINO 1976 GARY BRE1VSTDR LANCE TAYLOR Ntr{RI' BURDICK 1969 NCAA CROSS-COUNTRY J, CHAMPIONS UTEP TRACK AND CROSSqOUNTRY TEAM JOHN BURODSS NATE ARCHIBALD EASTWOODHIGII SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM I97O KERRY PEARCE PAUL GIBSON 1977 POOLE KAREN LINTON JAKE DTCK GIBBS ROBERT ELLIOTT GREG JOY U.'f,E,P. CROSSCOUNTRY 197T FRED DEBERNARDI TEAM LEE TREVINO WTLLIAM JUVRUD JAN WELSCH PAM LEE BURGDSSHIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM 1972 JAMES IORBES AUSTIN IIIGH SCHOOL GARY KEITIILEY CROSS-COLTNTRYTEAM Past lfonorees Lir:i11g Arcaeds
1955-ANDY CoHEN 1973 Wevrn HeNsnN 1956-tr{ARcARET VARNTR 1973 BoBBy GoLDTARB 1957 -KEN HINEM^N 1973-DoLpH QurJANo I958-DR. SaN'D1.Dseur\..EI- 1973-Grxr JonoaN 1959 JACK HAIDEN 1973-HARRrsoN KoEL 1960-D. poxsrom E. (tr{eNNm) 1974-NorAN RrcnennsoN 1961-WrLLrE Srrornexra 197+ IvIARy HoovER 1962-Svo Cognx 1974 CFARLF.S(Reo) H.r*nrs 1963 trIrxE BRUMBELoW 1974-SAUL KLuNFELD 1964-A. L. (Doc) Holn 1974-BoB INGRAM 1965-JAvrER NfoNrEs 1974-FRED WEND1. 1966-CLYDE W^FtrR 1975-LEE TREvrNo 1967-FRANK REDMAN 1975 KAREN LTNToN 1967-Ross N{ooRE 1975-DR. JoFN EDWN 1967-JESsn WrrrrrE\roN 1975-RoBERr CARsoN 1968 DoN NIAYNARD 1975-JoFN PHELAN l96B-HARRv PErLLrps 1976-BrLLy Srr,vENs l96B-NEMo HERRTRA 1976-TEAD STEELE 1969-cEoRcE BAI,L 1976 -JrM DEcRoar 1969 l,Ir}(E IzqurrRDo 1976-JoHN McfALL 1969-AcarHA LEE 1976-IM PAUL 1970-Dar,r Weuns 1976 CHUCK WHrrLocK 1970-BDN CoLLrNs 1977 OscAR VTLT.AREAL 1971-Paul Bennv 1977-DrcK SHTNAUT i97I-VERNUS CAREY 1977-PE"E METENDEZ i971-DoN HAsxrNs 1977-Bossv Doses 1972 C. D. Jenvrs 1977-DALroN HrLL 1972 'P^EL LopEz 1977-hD MrLroN Past Eonorees Posthannou* Awards
1955-N. A. FsRcusoN
1956-CLrrF IIrLL
1957-LurEER CoBLENTZ
1958-As^ PoRTER
1959 MAoK SAxoN
1960-JuDcE BALLABD CoLDWELL
1961-BoB OsBoRN
1962 CARLos EDWARDS
1963-DR. JAMESvANcE
19641--808 LARABA
1965-W.J. (Cnurn) Mu,rwn
1966-A, S. Ve.r,otspllqo
1967-CHARr,ESH. Lrevtr,r,, S*.
1972-Cnucx Hucrrts
1974--RiYMoND B. WaRD, SR.
1975 LrE f'LoYD
1976-C. M. HENDRrcxs Past Presid.ents El Puro Athlatlc Eall ot Fatne
1956 JoEN PHELAN 1957-JoHN PTTELAN
l95B-JoI{N ?HELAN
1959-BoB INGRAM
1960-CI{ucK WEIILocx
1961-HaRRY Pr LrPs
1962--VERNUS CAREY
1963-TEAD STEELE
1964-JoEN MGIALL
1965-IRANK REDI{^N
1966-GRANVTLLE M. GREEN
1967-JlM BowDEN
1968 JrM DEGRoAT 1969-808 GoLDFARI
1970 BrLL WooDUL
1971-BERr WTLLTAMS
1972-DrcK DEBRUYN
1973-IRANK PoRTH 1974-Br* Cor,r.lxs 1975 DoN O'NErL
1976-JoHN THoMPSoN
1977 MAYNARD HADDAD EI Paso Athletie Ilall of Fanoe Awaril OFFICERS P/rrilez, HARRTSHATTTELD Vi.e tuesident- B,Lr, SrT.y,Ns Secfetary-Trcasurer GDoRcD KURITA
MIKE BATES ToM LINDLEY SrLr BEcxrR DoN I,IAyN^RD ScoTT BINNING
GlRAlD L. BoyKrN JACK MoRRrs MEL NDwroN TEE CAS"ER BoB NrrzlnRc DoN O'NEI-L
Jhr PAUL BoBly DoBBs RrcriARD E. PE^RSoN DICK DIBRUYN H^r G. PEZR JIM DE GRoAT DERry EA.DS DR. JoEN R. EDwrN B. E. QurMlEl. GR-{Nu],LE "BrL" M. cRrEN YvdN RncII]. ARMANDo GUTERRIZ r.R-AN( P. RDDMAN MAYN^RD HADDAD DICK SIIINAUT H. HARirs HArlrElD BILL STEwNs HowAm HENDERSoN PAUL STRELZIN Sravo Hnr-
MARY HoovER
BoB INGR M STaFFoRD WERNIR SAM JnNKrNs CIlUcK WIIrrI,ocK
SaM KoBRIN O. C. WLr-rAMs It{RRrsoN KoHL RAY KooeLlR
GEoRcE KuRnA El Pustt Athtotie Hull of Fanto -lrard Athlete'e Categong
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Lo\ere.1a spor( in El paso, in( [;#;:;,,-^,lsatuhe, $:i;ffi,'tiru l=,,;u iil: :r,i*ffi ',' ** i,?:; ;;;; ;:1 ; rri;l{,,;';# ,".J .** i,".r'l::;'"",1,"J;i"::fi ,1;t "h";"#:i 1,i,.*,.. n . El Paso Athletie Ilall of Fatno -ltrrtrd Athlete'r Cat.'gorv
WAYNE VANDENBURG Vandenburg $as a thr€e sport letrerwinner at lvlorton High School in Cicao, Illinois. He attended the University of New Mexico in Alb!- querque, competing in track. He stayeclon at the University oi New Mexico for three yearsafter graduation, sen ing as a gfaduate asistant in the oack progam. In the spring of 1966, he moved to El Paso to tale oler the Un; \€rsity oi Texas at El Paso rracl prograr. He turned the Miner pro- grm around, leading the squad to slx \{'cstcrn Arhletic Conference chmpionshipFcross counhy in 1969-t0j indoor in 1970-71;dd out- door in 1970-72.In 1969, the UTEP doss counby tcarn clained the National Collegiate ,q.filetic Asociation (NCAA) tide. \randenburs sa$.fi\,e of his athletes pick up NCAA indilidual chmpionships chring his coach temLre llob leamon in the long jump and hiple jump in 1968r KeDy Pearcein the 3,000 meter sieepLecLase in 1968; Parl Gibson, 120 ligh hurdles in l9i0i Hanington "J.J." Jaclson in the 100 yard dash in l971iand Fred DeBernardi in the shot put and discusin 1972- Vandenburg lefr Texa$El Paso in 1972 and sharcd ownershb in the El Paso professionalbaseball team. FIe hag been general nanager of fie El Paso/Juarez Sol for the past three )'eal:. El Paxo Athletie IIttlI of B'arne Award Aahlcac's Cal,ogorg
D,{VID CARR,A.SCO Canasco started his coaching career when he took o\€r the tso\rie Hiqh i ho.l b..\Frbrll progrm in El P. o in l'!2-i I. H" +id"d rhal aoq;. .arn ro L\- Bi- irr:,' .hamp.on.nip1,. o," e,,erini .he Nb') in 19.t3.He se4€d as a Physical Training Inst.uctor until 1945. Cauasco retumed to coaching in 19'15 in Montgomery County, Mayland. In 1951, he tool oler rhe bashetball claching duties al Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Sprirgs, Vafyland. In his five reasonsat the school he led his teur to drce siate championships. In 1956, he urored to Anerican Universitl ;r llashington, D.C. to take orer that basketballprogram. He stayedihcre until 1961, pick- ing up three Nat;onal Collegiate,{rhletic Asoc;ation (NCA,{) Eastern Divilon championships;n rhe process.During his tenlre at American University, he eas named United StatesBasteiball Ooach of the Year in 1958. He aho rcce;ved a U.S- State Department Grant as sports representativeto Mexico, Panama, Guate ala, Colombia, Lrgentina
Carrasco also sened with the Pea.e Corps in Ecuadorr with the State Department as Ol)'mpic ,{nach6: and on the Joint Uiited States- Mexico Comnission. El Paso Athletie Ilall of Fame Award Athletees Category
MARGARET OSBORNEDUPONT The new El Paso Hall of Famer developed her tenni! skills at the Golder C"re Park in Srn Frdn,i{co hhere rhe ci.} ha. a park jn h"r honor.ShF wdr a dominanrfisurc on rhF qomens^"med prcfessional rennis circuir during her prime, winning three Unite.d States Women\ sineleschampionships. "Mr.. made hq mart ar WimblFdon.w;ming the D'Ponr al'o "in- el"" L;rle;n Iq47. ShFal$ pirked up rhp winbledon doublPc,ide in i946. 19a8, 94o, 1q50,and 1954.l; r9b2..h...r. bark ro uin th' mixed doubles chamDionshiD. She has contribuied to several tennis magazines and is curenth authorins a column foi the E1 Paso Herald-Post. She also wrole the book Hi.ron or rhe Wiehrm"n C-p to. Booltot Knowredge.Sh' i" an a.tire n"mb"r ol th; Er P^o Ten-is cl:b, rhP CraLer El Paro Tennis Assciaiion and the Southwest Tennis Assciation. She is also a member of the women's didsion of the United States Tennis Asso- ciation's Fnlins committee. Last summer, Mrs. DuPont wa honored at Wimbledon along with other p6t .hamp;ons. Also active in horse mcing in El Pas, Mrs. DuPont owns reveral hoNes that run at Suland Park od Ruidoso El Pa,stt Athletit: HuIl of ft-otno Awattl ,l I h lol.t"* 1)tt l t'11or11
HARRIS CANTRELL q'h@' rnd o r !ar,''J \ ''Pr1 ltgh C.n F t r" Frd in luo'b :r r :::i; I i'i:1,li; i,r:;: :r: iil.'{:;iP''11PJr:.:; ; i:r Y' ;:''1,:i.,j:ll'":;iii :*, ;'j:ill''n' :;:l' ;1"::: ;i"f:"":. :1:i",:,ii liii:dt i:i i' "'":,,,1' ,":,:j; ; ii,,;"l,jll I :;l.l *:I: :: il."tii:1:.; )"il : ;. b;:": :; " :...;: "i":: i,'j I r'i ."';i'. | : : ;l'J:; " \l::r" ( *i'(JnJ ': ; 'l ;;:"';:i"':",' '"" Bo''| '::{i"*if;li::::'"'$."""t;:r Ji:r*\'i:t::xl"flt.ff Jli: ;';"i l"[ r:";i.l:5,;];,:; " :'"l; 'ri"il:: .:r':':"11:: * ;; *ft; *:1,*:'}ir* i,;., ": :,:';l :',k, .:::,', El lDaxt Athletic Eall of Fanne Award
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BOB ,{RNOLD Amold establishedh;nself as one of the top pirchers in rhe South- $cst during his high schoolcarcer and also saw acrion as an outlielder. As a frcshman. he won file and lo6t none in Disrdct 1-AAAA compe- drion. His bestpedormance that year came against Bowie HiSh School whcn he pitclied 10 no-hir scorclclsinnings in felief. His two besr seasonscme as a junior and senior when he picled up 12 and 16 victories, respecrileLy.He complet.d his high schooL career \rith a 32,9 record. He atso earned a reputation as a st.itreout artist, posting 171 strikeoutsas a junior and 24i d a senior.He accon- plished his senior strikeou mark in onl,! 132 innings while posting a 0.39 earned run average.His best single ganie soikcout effoft came in a 15 inning contest when he managed 10 str;keout 28 batters. Arnold eamed four vanity letters in bmeball and onc in fooiball at Austin. He was also named to ihe All-District 1,AAAA t€am as a pitcher in both his junior and senior years. FIe aas honored by d,e Texas All-Sta|e tean as an outfielder alter posting a.375 batting
At Texas A&M, Arnold earncd one freshman lettcr and ihree var- slty letters in baseball.As a junior he helped the Aggics with a.313 batting averageand was naned to the All-Southwest Conference sec- ond tearn a! an outfielder. He suFered m arn injury while {irh r,\e Aggic, and $'a, not able to pitch in college. In 1974, 1975, and 1976, Arnold coached l;ule league teams $'in- ning two city championships and finishing d runnerup onc€.