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TVCC
announces ’09 Cardinal Hall of Fame inductees
Special to The Monitor
ATHENS–Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC) recently announced the
2009 Cardinal Hall of Fame inductees.
This year’s Cardinal Hall of Fame class comes with impressive
credentials – of the eight former TVCC coaches and players selected,
five were professional athletes.
The class, which will become the second to be inducted into the hall of
fame Saturday, Oct. 3, also features the winningest women’s basketball
coach in the college’s history.
“We are very excited about this class of inductees,” TVCC athletic
director W.P. “Rip” Drumgoole said. “We feel it has a lot of star power
and will be of much interest to our fans.
“It’s going to be great to have them back on our campus,” Drumgoole
added. We look forward to making it a special day for them.”
Inductees this year will be:
Gary Ashlock
In 12 seasons as Lady Cardinal coach from 1978-89, Ashlock produced five
conference championships and three regional championships, which
resulted in the college’s first national tournament appearances in
1980-82
He remains the college’s all-time winningest women’s basketball coach
with a 281-96 record. His Lady Cardinal squads won 20 or more games in
10 consecutive seasons, including 34 in 1981-82 and 1988-89.
Ashlock had 11 players named All-Americans, including Cardinal Hall of
Fame member Portia Hill, who was the Junior College Player of the Year
in 1988.
After leaving TVCC, Ashlock coached six years at Central Florida
Community College, where he produced a 168-29 record and led the college
to a pair of national runner-up finishes.
Ashlock’s Central Florida team lost to the Lady Cardinals in the 1997
national title game. He was named Junior College Coach of the Year that
season.
Michael Battle
As an electrifying and prolific dunker, Battle established himself as a
basketball fan favorite in the late 1970s. He wasn’t just flash, earning
Texas Eastern Conference and Region XIV Tournament Most Valuable Player
honors. Battle was also named honorable mention All-American.
Battle continued his playing career at Baylor. After missing most of his
first season there due to injuries, he closed his career playing in 26
of 27 games and finished third on the team in scoring.
He scored a season-high 31 points and pulled 12 rebounds against
Oklahoma City as a junior and ranked second to All-American Terry Teagle
in rebounding with 5.1 boards per game. As a senior, his high-point game
was 19 against Houston.
William “Bill” Gaines
More than 40 years later, Gaines, who died earlier this decade, is still
the most prolific scorer in Cardinal basketball history.
Averaging more than 30 points a game, he helped the Cardinals to their
first conference championship in 1965. He became the conference’s
all-time leading scorer with a month left in the 1965 season.
He scored 1,110 points in his two-year Cardinal career. He rarely scored
less than 20 points.
Gaines went on to play at East Texas State University (now Texas
A&M-Commerce) and was captain in the 1967-68 season.
During that season, he led the conference in scoring and set a school
record with a 25.1 scoring average. He was twice named all-conference
and was inducted into the ETSU hall of fame in 2007.
He was a 15th round draft selection in the NBA by the San Diego Rockets.
He also played with the Houston Mavericks in the ABA.
Robert Jackson
Described by former Cardinal head football coach Jim Owens as having
“integrity above reproach” and “an outstanding athlete,” Jackson made a
name for himself after two stellar seasons as a nose tackle in 1973 and
linebacker in 1974 for the Cardinals.
Jackson was twice named the Texas Junior College Football Conference’s
MVP. The Cardinals won a conference title his freshman season and were
second the next year.
Texas A&M was his next stop, where he helped the Aggies lead the nation
in total defense.
He was named an All-American for two years and was a finalist for the
Lombardi Award. As a senior, he led the Aggies in tackles with 143. He
is a member of the Texas A&M Hall of Fame.
He was the 17th overall pick in the NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns.
Knee injuries cut his pro career short after stints with the Browns,
Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons.
Betty Lennox
Still active in the WNBA with the Los Angeles Sparks, Lennox continues
to add to her legacy.
In 1997, she helped the Lady Cardinals to an NJCAA championship, picking
up a MVP trophy at the national tournament.
During that tournament, she shattered a 19-year-old record with 20 free
throws in a 78-71 win over Louisburg in the semifinals. In that game,
the Lady Cardinals overcame an 18-point deficit in the final 12 minutes.
In the national title win over Central Florida, she scored 27 points and
grabbed 20 rebounds.
After moving on to Louisiana Tech and turning in two stellar seasons,
she was selected as the sixth overall pick in the WNBA draft by the
Minnesota Lynx.
She was the WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2000 and later helped the Seattle
Storm to a WNBA championship, being named the finals MVP.
Tausha Mills
As a sophomore for the Lady Cardinal basketball team, Mills accomplished
something no other player had ever done and will likely never do – she
was named Junior College Player of the Year despite not having started a
single game.
An intimidating force inside, she helped the Lady Cardinals to a
national championship in 1996 after a runner-up finish the year before.
Mills’ success continued – she went on to play two years at Alabama,
where she was an All-SEC performer and a Kodak All-American.
As a senior, she started every game and averaged 12.3 points, 7.1
rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game.
The Crimson Tide advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament in each
of her two seasons. As a senior, Mills was elected a team captain.
She was the second player drafted in the 2008 WNBA draft by the
Washington Mystics. She also played for San Antonio and Detroit in the
WNBA and for Chicago in the ABL.
John Randle
The Cardinal football program struggled during Randle’s two seasons, but
that didn’t keep him from earning all-conference honors and helping the
defensive unit rank ninth nationally in pass defense.
Randle’s career continued to flourish after he left TVCC. He starred two
years at Texas A&I in Kingsville and drew the attention of NFL teams.
He signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings in 1990 and played
there through the 2000 season. He finished his career with the Seattle
Seahawks in 2003.
He made his first Pro Bowl in 1993 after recording 11.5 sacks.
Randle had double-digit sacks in eight different seasons, including a
league-leading 15.5 in 1997. He was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection and
was named to the NFL’s 1990s All-Decade Team, finishing his career with
137.5 sacks.
Randle is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the
Minnesota Vikings’ Ring of Honor. He was also a finalist for the NFL
Hall of Fame’s 2009 class.
Nick Van Exel
After an outstanding two-year career for the Cardinal basketball team in
the late 1980s, Van Exel went on to star at the University of Cincinnati
and play professionally for six teams in a 13-year NBA career, including
the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers.
While playing for the Cardinals, he was considered one of the top
scoring threats in the Texas Eastern Conference and consistently scored
more than 20 points a game. His career high at TVCC was 25 points.
In his junior season at Cincinnati, he helped the Bearcats to the Final
Four in the NCAA tournament.
He currently ranks sixth all-time in NBA career three-pointers with
1,528. He finished in the top 15 in assists in eight of 13 seasons. Van
Exel was an NBA all-star in 1998.
Punting prowess
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Kemp Primary School third-grader Blake
Sullivan practices punting during the annual Kemp High School
football camp Wednesday. The camp, which opened Tuesday and
closed Thursday, drew some 18 youngsters. |
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Monitor Photos/Kerry
Yancey
Kemp Primary School first-grader Sean Sullivan makes the catch
during a passing drill at the football camp, which drew 18
youngsters in two age groups. |
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