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…
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…
IT’S MY OPINION- Anthony Snodgrass Here, in my opinion are the top 25 Texas Longhorns ( any position ) of all time. It’s been a tough few years, but Texas football has no shortage of candidates for the top-25 players of its long history. The Longhorns have come a long way since their first team…
John Carsey is #24 As a walk-on in 1975, John Carsey was the leading scorer on the last freshman team at UT. The next year there was a regime change at Texas. Coaching transitions are stressful for both players and coaches, and after Coach Black resigned and Abe Lemons was hired, the team was in…
In the photo below , E..A. Curry is top row third from the left E.A. Curry From 1967 through 1970, three African Americans walked on at Texas: E.A. Curry, Robinson Parsons, and Talmadge Blewitt. Leon O’Neal and Julius Whittier received scholarships. Julius Whittier was the only black to make the Longhorn varsity team. …
November 23, 2009 4 Texas Longhorns By Elizabeth McGarr November 23, 2009 Jai Lucas may be the most talented walk-on in America. Last December the former McDonald’s All-American transferred from Florida, where in 2007–08 he started 36 games and made the All-SEC freshman team but became homesick and disgruntled because the Gators were using him…
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.