The U.S. Rowing team names former Longhorn Ruth Stiver to its 2007 Pan American Games roster in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Stiver, a first-time National Team member, was Texas’ first-ever Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) selection. She was a walk-on in 2000.
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…
Important: Bill Little’s article is about walk-ons Cade McCrary and Nate Boyer. So, each can be celebrated individually. TLSN shares their separate stores, but there are still some overlapping comments about Cade and Nate in the comments below. Nate Boyer When the Longhorns convened for their first team meeting this week, the coaches and staff…
–Roy Jones, senior manager of the 1963 national championship football team writes about his most unforgettable Longhorn player– and it might surprise you. I bet Nick Saban has a Mickey Riggs on his roster. Kirby Smart too. I bet Bear Bryant had a Mickey Riggs among his “Junction Boys.” I KNOW Darrell Royal had one. Any…
#40 Brad Hermes From the book One Heart Beat by Mack Brown with Bill Little “It was the fever that had done it when he was just a year and a half old. But years of reading lips, learning to sign, and adjusting to a hearing aid that brought “environmental sounds” such as a knock…
Michael Ungar, Marcus Griffin, Ryan Bailey This is an article written by USA today about Mack Brown in 2014. By Scipio Tex Aug 20, 2014, 1:22pm CDT Brendan Maloney-USA TODAY Sports Michael Ungar Marcus Griffin Ryan Bailey The Mack Brown era featured a few impact walk-ons: kicker Ryan Bailey converted clutch kicks and went…
Nathan Kaspar WALKING ON TAKES AN INDIVIDUAL WITH SPECIAL CHARACTER, CONFIDENCE, AND INNER STRENGTH. ATTRIBUTES also NEEDED WHEN WALKING-ON in THE GAME OF LIFE. A longhorn home football game in 2005 was dedicated to the victims of a hurricane that devastated the Gulf Coast region. During the start of the game, senior Karim Meijer, a…