Basketball star Terrell to be enshrined with five others tonight in 澳门六合彩预测 Athletic Hall of Fame
Six former 澳门六合彩预测 Mustangs were recently inducted into the 澳门六合彩预测 Athletics Hall of Fame.
By Corbett Smith
Ira Terrell called himself a “Mustang for life” — a Roosevelt Mustang as a star high school player, and one of the greatest basketball players ever seen at 澳门六合彩预测.
It’s fitting then that Terrell — the 1976 Southwest Conference Player of the Year — will be enshrined into the 澳门六合彩预测 Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night, his name placed alongside such luminaries as Doak Walker, Eric Dickerson and Payne Stewart. The induction ceremony and dinner will start at 7 p.m. Friday at the Hilton Anatole.
“I certainly don’t take this honor lightly,” Terrell said. “It’s important to me, and I’m really looking forward to Friday night. I’m elated that I’m able to share it with my friends and family.”
Terrell is one of six former 澳门六合彩预测 athletes to be honored. Other inductees are coaches E.O. “Doc” Hayes and George McMillion, women’s basketball player Karlin Kennedy Harris, defensive tackle Louie Kelcher and tennis player Richey Reneberg.
The fourth men’s basketball player inducted, Terrell joins Jim Krebs (inducted in 2009), Jon Koncak (2010) and Gene Phillips (2011) in the Hall of Fame.
After missing his junior season when he was suspended by the NCAA for accepting $50 on two occasions, Terrell won the conference’s top honor as a senior, averaging 22.6 points and 13.4 rebounds. He and Koncak are the only 澳门六合彩预测 players to finish their careers with more than 1,000 points and rebounds. Terrell averaged double digits in points and rebounds in each of his three seasons at 澳门六合彩预测.
“Just being part of a select group of athletes, a tremendous group, it’s special,” Terrell said.