ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The University of New Mexico Alumni Association has announced the recipients of its annual awards and selected Texas A&M track and field head coach Pat Henry for its 2019 Lobo Award.
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Henry, a 1973 graduate of New Mexico, will be honored during the Alumni Association's All-University Breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 26, in the Whyte Room at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. The public is invited to the breakfast, which begins at 9 a.m. Tickets are $25 per person and reservations are required through the UNM Alumni website.
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The Lobo Award honors a UNM graduate distinguished by professional achievement or dedication to the betterment of the University.
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Henry has totaled 36 NCAA Division I national team championships during his coaching career, which includes 27 titles with LSU and nine at Texas A&M. Henry also won a pair of NJCAA national championships while coaching at Blinn Junior College in Brenham.
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In achieving the most NCAA team championships by a head coach for indoor and outdoor track and field, Henry is currently the active leader for national team titles in any NCAA sport.
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At LSU he became the first coach to win consecutive men's and women's NCAA Outdoor championships in 1989 and 1990. Twenty years later, Henry match that feat at Texas A&M with consecutive men's and women's NCAA Outdoor championships in 2009 and 2010. Then he became the first coach to accomplish three consecutive titles when Texas A&M claimed both NCAA Outdoor titles in 2011.
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In the past 15 years under Henry, Texas A&M has had an individual or relay claim a NCAA championship each season, reaching a total of 48 titles with 33 individual and 15 relay champions. Over that same time frame Texas A&M athletes have set a World record, an American record and 15 collegiate records.
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Henry, a 1973 graduate of New Mexico, will be honored during the Alumni Association's All-University Breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 26, in the Whyte Room at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. The public is invited to the breakfast, which begins at 9 a.m. Tickets are $25 per person and reservations are required through the UNM Alumni website.
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The Lobo Award honors a UNM graduate distinguished by professional achievement or dedication to the betterment of the University.
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Henry has totaled 36 NCAA Division I national team championships during his coaching career, which includes 27 titles with LSU and nine at Texas A&M. Henry also won a pair of NJCAA national championships while coaching at Blinn Junior College in Brenham.
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In achieving the most NCAA team championships by a head coach for indoor and outdoor track and field, Henry is currently the active leader for national team titles in any NCAA sport.
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At LSU he became the first coach to win consecutive men's and women's NCAA Outdoor championships in 1989 and 1990. Twenty years later, Henry match that feat at Texas A&M with consecutive men's and women's NCAA Outdoor championships in 2009 and 2010. Then he became the first coach to accomplish three consecutive titles when Texas A&M claimed both NCAA Outdoor titles in 2011.
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In the past 15 years under Henry, Texas A&M has had an individual or relay claim a NCAA championship each season, reaching a total of 48 titles with 33 individual and 15 relay champions. Over that same time frame Texas A&M athletes have set a World record, an American record and 15 collegiate records.