No photo – In 2001 Drew Erskin walked on and made the team along with hard nose player and outside shooter Drew Gressett. More information pending
Deginald Erskin was a walk-on after transferring from UNT, and he was a major force in the paint during the post-season run. Deginald led the team in field goal percentage and was second in blocks.
As 1973 rolled around, I became the UT Women’s Basketball coach and our mutually beneficial relationship continued and accelerated. Wow! To say that we were on a shoestring budget would be an understatement. Our salvation was Leon Black. Let’s be clear, no money or funds changed hands. Yet, Leon Black’s generosity and benevolence were worth…
The Walk-on Social validation is tied to being part of a college team for men and women. Walk-ons embody the purity of the activity playing for principles and personal motives. Walk-ons are the closest to the ideal of a pure amateur college athlete. The student asked their coach to try out and play without financial…
Shaun Jordan was not offered many Division I scholarships, but Coach Reese saw something special in his swim stroke and asked him to walk-on at Texas. April 08, 1991 Hook This Longhorn Cutup Shaun Jordan hogged the stage as Texas won its fourth straight NCAA title By Merrell Noden The NCAA men’s swimming and Diving…
Drew Oldis served as a Longhorn scout team member for three seasons. Here are two links about Drew https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/boerne-isd-announces-athletic-hall-of-honor-inductees https://youtu.be/bzQJksW-F6I #68 Drew Oldis.jpg 2019 Drew Oldis walk-on #3.jpg 2019 Drew Oldis with Lawrence Hunter.jpg 2019 Drew Oldis.jpg #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1716303615151_1923 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid { margin-right: -20px; } #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1716303615151_1923 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid-slide .margin-wrapper { margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; }…
1 Who led the ’78 NIT champs in scoring? 2 Name the “BMW” players who formed UT’s “Ultimate Scoring Machine” in 1989-90. 3 Who was the Longhorns’ first blue-chip national recruit, signed in ’79 by Coach Abe Lemons? 4 Name the former Longhorn whose two sons became Major League Baseball teammates? 5 All-time UT shot…
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…