Pat Henry, Dave Elmendorf on final ballot for Texas Sports Hall of Fame

WACO— The Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee and board of trustees has set the final ballot of nominees to be voted upon for the Class of 2017. Two Texas A&M nominees made the cut with Aggie head track and field coach Pat Henry making the primary ballot. Dave Elmendorf, a former Texas A&M All-American in baseball, football as well as an Academic All-America selection, was named to the veterans ballot.

Members of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame will once again be able to help the selection committee determine the newest class. The deadline to become a member and be able to vote for the upcoming class is Friday, July 1 and to sign up go to the Hall of Fame website www.tshof.org.

The official announcement of the Class of 2017 will be made in September and the banquet to enshrine the Class of 2017 is set for Feb. 21, 2017 in Waco.

Coach Henry just finished his 12^th season as the Aggies head track and field coach and for the ninth straight year both men's and women's teams finished in the Top 10 at the NCAA Championships. It marked the 11^th straight season for the women's squad to finish among the Top 10.

Coach Henry became the first NCAA coach to lead a school to three consecutive men's and women's NCAA Outdoor Championships when Texas A&M accomplished the feat winning it all in the 2009-2010-2011 seasons.

In 2013, the Aggie men claimed their fourth NCAA Championship while the Aggie women achieved a fourth National Championship in 2014.

With his eight national championships in Aggieland, Coach Henry has compiled 35 Division I national titles in his career. In addition, Henry coached Blinn Junior College in Brenham to a pair of juco national titles before he accepted the head coaching position at LSU (1988-2004).

Elemendorf was a terrific student-athlete at Westbury High School in Houston before coming to Texas A&M to play football for head coach Gene Stallings and baseball for head coach Tom Chandler. Elmendorf lettered three years in football and earned All-America honors as a defensive back in the fall of 1970. In the spring of 1971, he earned All-America honors as an outfielder as well as earning Academic All-America honors. Elmendorf lettered all four years in baseball.

Upon his graduation with a degree in economics, Elmendorf was drafted by the NFL Los Angeles Rams and was drafted by the New York Yankees in the Major League Baseball draft. Elemendorf signed with the Rams and played nine seasons in the NFL and was part of the Rams' Super Bowl XIV team.

Elmendorf was inducted into the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978 and was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1996.

He has been a part of the Aggie football radio network broadcasts since 1989 with the exception of two seasons.

In Feb. of 2016, Aggie All-American defensive lineman and NFL all-star Jacob Green was inducted with the Class of 2016.

 

2017 PRIMARY BALLOT NOMINEES

Crockett, Rita	Houston	University of Houston Volleyball
Driver, Donald	Houston	Football Wide Receiver
Evans, Billy Bob	Leon	Texas High School Coach
Fortner, Nell	Austin	University of Texas Basketball
Hanspard, Byron	Lubbock	Texas Tech Running Back
Hedrick, Chad	Spring	Speed Skater
Henry, Pat	College Station	Head Track & Field Coach, Texas A&M
Jennings, Jason	Waco	Baylor Pitcher/MLB
Liukin, Nastia	Parker	Gymnast
Metcalf, Eric	Austin	University of Texas Football/NFL
Myers, Gerald	Lubbock	Texas Tech Athlete/Coach/AD
Phillips, Wade	Orange	Football Coach
Poss, Delnor	Midland	Midland College Golf Coach
Saul, Tracy	Lubbock	Texas Tech Defensive Back
Smith, Francie Larrieu	Georgetown	Southwestern University Track Coach
Spieth, Jordan	Dallas	University of Texas Golfer/PGA Professional
Street, Huston	Austin	University of Texas Pitcher/MLB Pitcher
Woodson, Darren	Dallas	Dallas Cowboys Defensive Back
Young, Michael	Arlington	Texas Rangers Infielder
Young, Sophia	Waco	Baylor Women's Basketball

 

2017 VETERANS BALLOT

Bailey, Johnny	Kingsville	Texas A&I Football Running Back
Connolly-Brinker, Maureen	Dallas	Tennis
Elmendorf, Dave	College Station	Texas A&M Football, Baseball
Gilbert, Chris	Austin	University of Texas Running Back
Hill, King	Houston	Rice University Quarterback
Hyman, Flo	Houston	University of Houston
Jackson, Lucious	Edinburg	University of Texas Pan American Basketball
Marr, Dave	Houston	Professional Golfer
Roland, Johnny	Corpus Christi	Football Running Back
Sisemore, Jerry	Austin	University of Texas Offensive Line
Smith, Hilton	Giddings	Baseball Pitcher
Sterkel, Jill	Austin	University of Texas Swimmer