The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Texas inducts 2010 Men's Hall of Honor class
11.23.2010 | Texas Athletics
Nov. 23, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas -- Eight distinguished and decorated former University of Texas student-athletes were inducted into the Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in a ceremony on Friday, November 19th, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin. They were then honored on the football field in a pregame ceremony before the Texas - Florida Atlantic game on Saturday.
The 54th Men's Hall of Honor class included Ricky Williams (Football 1995-98), the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner; Chris Mihm (Basketball 1997-2000), UT's first-ever Associated Press first-team All-American in basketball; Ron Gardenhire (Baseball 1978-79), a first-team All-Southwest Conference shortstop who is now the manager of the Minnesota Twins and was recently named American League Manager of the Year; and Bill Wyman (Football 1971-73), a consensus first-team All-America center and Lombardi Award finalist.
Vintage selections Travis Eckert (Baseball 1952-54); Melvin R. "Pat" Patterson (Swimming 1955-56; UT Swimming Coach 1971-78); Mike Perrin (Football 1966-68); and Wally Wilson (Track & Field 1957-59) round out the class. A vintage era candidate is any letterman who lettered 40 years or more prior to the year of election.
Founded in 1957, the Longhorn Hall of Honor is one of the most cherished athletics traditions at The University of Texas. Its governing body -- the Longhorn Hall of Honor Council -- is made up exclusively of men who have lettered at UT. Each year, a selection committee nominates 16 candidates, whose names are distributed to the Hall of Honor Council. To be eligible for nomination, a letterman must have completed his eligibility 10 years prior to the year of election. The four nominees receiving a majority of votes are inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor.
