Javelina Hall of Fame
The Javelina Hall of Fame is established to pay tribute and give recognition to former athletes, coaches and others making exceptional contributions and/or meritorious service to the advancement of Texas A&M-Kingsville/Texas A&I.
Membership consists of athletes, coaches and others making exceptional contributions and/or providing meritorious service to Javelina Athletics.
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The Javelina Hall of Fame was organized in 1972, long before many of the other colleges and universities had initiated such an honors court. Some of these newer Halls of Fame have been established, using the Javelina Hall of Fame as a model.
The Javelina Hall of Fame now has 152 members.
Class of 2012
Five individuals and two champion women's basketball teams will be inducted into the New York Life/Javelina Hall of Fame Friday, Feb. 1 in the Texas A&M-Kingsville Memorial Student Union Building. Jill Willson, former Texas A&M-Kingsville athletic director and head women’s basketball coach, will be inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame Feb. 1 in the Memorial Student Union Building ballrooms on campus. David Flores, a long-time sports journalist in South Texas and a former student member of the Texas A&I sports information staff, will be inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame Feb. 1 in the Memorial Student Union Building on campus. David Flores, a long-time sports journalist in South Texas and a former student member of the Texas A&I sports information staff, will be inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame Feb. 1 in the Memorial Student Union Building on campus. Mike Adams, former Texas A&M-Kingsville pitcher who recently signed with the Texas Rangers, will be inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame Feb. 1 in the Memorial Student Union Building ballrooms.
A social will be held beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner is set for 6:30 p.m. The induction ceremony will follow the meal.
Individuals being inducted are former head baseball coach Hector Salinas, former women's basketball coach and athletic director Jill Willson, long-time journalist David Flores, former Javelina and current MLB pitcher Mike Adams, and international tennis player Margaret Canby Johnson.
Two Texas A&M-Kingsville women’s basketball championship teams will be inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame Feb. 1 in the Memorial Student Union Building on campus.
The 1999-2000 and 2000-01 squad will join five individuals for the induction ceremony.
The 1999-2000 women became the first Javelina team to win a Lone Star Conference title as they compiled a 23-7 overall record and a 15-1 LSC mark.
The 2000-01 team became the first Javelina squad to win an NCAA Division II regional championship and advance into the Elite Eight. It had a 27-7 season’s record.
Jill Willson was coach of the 1999-2000 squad and Debbie Robledo coached the 2000-01 team.
Members of the 1999-2000 team were Annetta Anglin, senior guard from Groesbeck; LaNetta Anglin, senior guard from Groesbeck; Jennifer Daniel, sophomore guard from Amarillo (River Road); Sheila Dotson, senior forward from Kingsville (King).
Also Pat Lewandowski, junior forward from Corpus Christi (Ray); Lorie Martinez, junior guard from Corpus Christi (Incarnate Word); Jennifer Rice, senior center from Rockport (Rockport-Fulton); Chastity Terrell, senior guard from Arlington (Cedar Hill).
And Precious Thibodeaux, junior center from Bay City (Van Vleck); Meredith Walker, sophomore center from Longview, and Chaffani Ward, senior forward from Tyler (Hawkins).
On the 2000-01 Javelina squad were Theombi Batiste, freshman forward from Houston (Alief Elsik); Daniel; Jessica Gamez, sophomore guard from Corpus Christi (King); Alex Gonzalez, senior center from Corpus Christi (Ray); Lewandowski; Martinez; Colter Mize, sophomore forward from Pearsall; De Sharki, junior guard from Edmond, Okla.; Thibodeaux; White, and Arie Wilson, freshman center from Beaumont (Westbrook).
In 1999-2000, Thibodeaux was NCAA Division II All-South Central Region and made the all-regional tournament team.
She was named to the All-LSC squad.
Dotson was LSC all-academic and was on the LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
A. Anglin was LSC defensive player of the team and Daniel was on the LSC Commissioner’s Honor roll.
In 2000-01, Thibodeaux was all-regional and was the most valuable player in the regional tournament.
She was All-LSC.
Lewandowski was All-LSC first team and Wilson was on the regional all-tournament first team.
Martinez holds the NCAA Division II record for most three-point field goals made in a career (385).
She has the school career record for most assists (370), steals (300), points scored (1,781) and field goals made (117).
Martinez has the school season record for three point goals made (104, 1997-98) and free throw percentage (.841, 1997-98).
She has the single-game record for most three-point goals made (10, 2001) and assists (10, 2001).
Lewandowski has the school career record for free-throw percentage (.871, 1999-2001).
She has the season record for most steals (83, 2000-01).
Thibodeaux has the season record for most offensive rebounds (137, 2000-01).
Wilson owns the school career record for blocked shots (137).
She has the school season record for most defensive records (220, 2002-03).
Anglin is the season record holder for most assists (149, 1999-2000).
White has the single-game record for most steals, getting 10 against North Dakota at the Elite Eight in 2001.
Thibodeaux and Lewandowski are tied for fourth place on the most points scored in a season chart, each with 482 in 2000-01.
Thibodeaux had 482 in 1999-2000 and that is the 10th most in a season.
Wilson had 511 points in 2002-03 and that is the eighth most points in a season and she had 442 in 2002-01 and that ranks as the 15th most in a year.
Martinez had 470 points in 1997-98, 11th most in a season, and she had 464 in 2000-01 and that ranks as the 12th most points in a season. She had 448 in 1999-20 and that is the 14th highest total for a season.
Willson was on the TAMUK athletic staff for 14 years.
She was the women’s basketball coach for eight seasons, taking over the position in 1992-93.
In her final year as head of the program, the Javelinas won the Lone Star Conference championship and reached the NCAA Division II national playoffs.
The 1999-2000 squad had a 23-7 record and went 15-1 in the LSC.
One of her players, guard Lorie Martinez, still holds the NCAA Division II national record for most three-point goals made in a career.
Willson served as associate athletic director for two years before taking over the AD job in 2000-01.
A native of Floydada, she played college basketball at Ranger Junior College for a year before transferring to West Texas State.
She was on the Buff team for a season before becoming a student assistant coach.
Willson was an assistant coach at Wayland Baptist for three years before taking the TAMUK position in 1992.
While in Kingsville, Willson was on the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Club, Kingsville convention and Visitors Bureau and the Whataburger Cactus Bowl.
She was president of the Noon Rotary Club and was on the Kingsville advisory board of Planned Parenthood.
Willson has worked at the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis, Ind., since leaving TAMUK.
She visits schools that are transitioning into NCAA Division II and provides an orientation program.
Hector Salinas, selected to build the Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball program when it was initiated in 1993, has been selected for induction into the Javelina Hall of Fame.
The induction is set for Feb. 1 in the Memorial Student Union Building on campus.
Salinas was named the Javelina head baseball coach when the intercollegiate program was started in the spring of 1993.
His team went 28-24 in that initial year and in his six years as head coach, the squads never had a losing campaign while compiling a 190-122 record.
Two of Salinas’ clubs won Lone Star Conference championships (1995 and 1998).
The 1998 team was selected for the NCAA Division II national playoffs, becoming the first Javelina club so recognized.
He was the LSC coach of the year in 1995.
Two of his players made NCAA Division II All-America: Juan Sanchez in 1995 and Steve Foley in 1998.
He coached six LSC players of the year and 25 of his players were All-LSC first team.
Salinas received a bachelor’s degree from Pan American University and has a master’s from Texas-Brownsville.
He coached at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for seven years after leaving the Javelinas in 1998 and is currently at Richard Milburn Academy High School in Corpus Christi.
A native of Elsa, he played at Corpus Christi Carroll High School before going to Pan Am where he was an All-America honoree.
He coached at Miller and Moody high schools in Corpus Christi and at Texas Southmost and Laredo Junior College before taking the position with the Javelinas.
Salinas is a member of the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame, the Leo Najo Hall of Fame and the Corpus Christi Moody High School Hall of Fame.
He and his wife, Thelma, are the parents of two sons and three daughters.
Son Orlando played and coached for the Javelinas and daughter Paula was a member of the Javelina softball team.
Flores, from Corpus Christi, attended Texas A&I in 1974-77.
While a student, he was editor and sports editor of the South Texan and received several awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.
He served as sports editor of the Kingsville Record in 1977-79 and then spent 31 years as assistant sports editor, sportswriter and sports columnist for the San Antonio Express-News.
Flores has been a sportswriter for KENS5, CBS-TV affiliate in San Antonio, since 2009.
He co-authored a book, “The Whole Enchilada”, with former Javelina athletic director and head football coach Ron Harms.
The book chronicled the College Football Hall of Fame coach’s career.
Flores received writing awards while with the Record, Express-News and KENS5.
He was the Lone Star Conference sportswriter of the year in 1982 and 2012 and was the Texas High School Sportswriter of the Year in 2002.
Flores was inducted into the National Hispanic Heritage Hall of Honor in 2010, the Laredo Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Corpus Christi Miller High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
He is the father of a daughter, Lilia, and a son, Jesse.
Flores, from Corpus Christi, attended Texas A&I in 1974-77.
While a student, he was editor and sports editor of the South Texan and received several awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.
He served as sports editor of the Kingsville Record in 1977-79 and then spent 31 years as assistant sports editor, sportswriter and sports columnist for the San Antonio Express-News.
Flores has been a sportswriter for KENS5, CBS-TV affiliate in San Antonio, since 2009.
He co-authored a book, “The Whole Enchilada”, with former Javelina athletic director and head football coach Ron Harms.
The book chronicled the College Football Hall of Fame coach’s career.
Flores received writing awards while with the Record, Express-News and KENS5.
He was the Lone Star Conference sportswriter of the year in 1982 and 2012 and was the Texas High School Sportswriter of the Year in 2002.
Flores was inducted into the National Hispanic Heritage Hall of Honor in 2010, the Laredo Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Corpus Christi Miller High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
He is the father of a daughter, Lilia, and a son, Jesse.
It will be the third major honor for Adams from his alma mater within a year.
His number was retired and he received a lifetime membership in the Javelina Alumni Association in January.
Adams, from Sinton, was recruited by the Javelinas as a basketball player but switched over to baseball his sophomore season.
He pitched in 1999-2001.
Adams was named the Lone Star Conference pitcher of the year and made All-Lone Star Conference first team and was on the NCAA Division II All-South Central Region squad.
He signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2001and made his major league debut in 2004.
He received the Brewers top newcomer award in 2004.
Adams did stints with the New York Mets and Cleveland Indians before being traded to the San Diego Padres in 2006.
With the Padres, he become one of the top relievers in Major League Baseball.
In 2008, he pitched 65.1 innings and had a 2.48 earned run average. He struck out 74.
Adams had a 0.73 ERA in 2009 while pitching 37 innings and recording 45 strikeous.
The 2010 season in San Diego saw him pitching 66.2 innings and compiled a 1.76 ERA with 73 strikeouts.
And last year with the Padres and Rangers, he pitched 73.2 innings and had a 1.47 ERA with 74 strikeouts.
Adams has been the South Texas pro baseball player of the year for the past two seasons.
He becomes the first announced inductee into the 2012 Javelina Hall of Fame. The remaining individual and team inductees will be announced later.
The 2012 induction has been moved to Feb. 1 to allow Adams and other inductees who cannot attend the ceremony in the fall to attend.
Margaret Johnson Canby, who played intramural tennis while at Texas College of Arts and Industries and is known on the international tennis circuit, will be inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame Feb. 1 in the Memorial Student Union Building ballrooms.
Canby, who will turn 80 this month, participates in United States Tennis Association events and has represented the USA in International Tennis Federation World Tennis events.
In September she will be in Croatia to play in the 2012 International Tennis Federation Doris Hart Cup event, representing the U.S.
She recently won the National USTA Women’s Hardcourt championships in June at La Jolla, Calif., and the National USTA 80 Women’s Grass Court Championship at Forest Hills in New York, N.Y.
Canby didn’t lose a set in taking the most recent title.
Canby, who attended San Antonio Alamo Heights High School, has long been a leader in the San Antonio Tennis Association, running tennis leagues, helping junior tennis, serving as chair of the league committees and serving on the group’s board of directors.
Her college intramural play and participation in club tennis led her to involvement with the USTA in 1985 after her children were grown.
She is married to Dr. John Canby, a medical doctor who is also a leader in San Antonio tennis leagues. He captained a mixed doubles national championship.
The couple volunteers at local hospitals along with their involvement in San Antonio tennis leagues and programs.
Canby plays tennis six days a week and plays twice daily when preparing for a tournament.
When asked why she and her husband volunteer to give so much of their time to tennis, she said, “Tennis has been such a joy to me that I think I can help others to enjoy it. Then I am giving a little back to the sport that has given so much to me. I hope I can play tennis as long as I live.”
They are the parents of three.
John is a graduate is a graduate of West Point and a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves. He works for the Corps of Engineers in New York, doing environmental engineering.
Daughter Charlee is a graduate of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and a captain in the Naval Reserves.
Son Robert is an electro physiologist, a cardiologist who primarily inserts pacemakers. His practice is in Austin.
With a son who graduated from West Point and a daughter who graduated from the Naval Academy, Canby says she and her husband face a dilemma each year with the two service academies meet in football.
Canby received a bachelor of science degree from Texas A&I in 1954 and taught at San Antonio Sam Houston High School and Longfellow Junior High School in San Antonio in 1955 and 1946.
While in college, she won intramural championships in swimming, tennis, basketball, softball and volleyball.
She was the drum majorette for the Javelina band in 1950-54 and was president of Baugh Hill.
Canby also served as president of the Association of Women Students and was named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.