2006-2018
Don Hays was a walk-on defensive tackle under Coach McWilliams. Russell Hays was a walk-on wide receiver under Fred Akers. Don suffered a spinal injury and never made the team, but his brother was injury-free and received a scholarship. Don and Russel’s father’s cousin is Jack Hays, the father of Jenna McEachern, who is celebrated…
Lewis Milton Levine – 1947- 1950 In 1947 he walked-on to Coach Cherry’s freshman football team. He lettered as the starting fullback and he played in the 1949 Orange Bowl against to Georgia Tech and the 1950 Cotton Bowl against Tennessee. Alpha Epsilon Pi named him the national outstanding athlete. All four of his children…
1933 campus
The Road to Burnt Orange While all Dorothy had to do was follow the yellow brick road, finding the Longhorn burnt orange road was as elusive as finding a pot of gold somewhere over the rainbow . It has been said that “what starts here (Texas) changes the world.” If that is so, struggling to…
Walk-on Carl Vergari- 2010 N.Y. walk-on goes for ring with Texas By Lenn Robbins January 6, 2010 | 5:00am Enlarge Image C.A. VERGARI Unlikely Texas receiver. PASADENA, Calif. — C.A. Vergari cringes when he hears the comparisons to Rudy. He is not a quaint story, not a tackling dummy, not a poor kid from…
1984 The Texas athletic program is recognized as the best in the country. In the 14 years of presenting this honor, It is the only other university to receive this award besides USC and UCLA. 1986- Women lead in sports The women’s swim defends two national championships. The basketball team defeats USC for the national…