President Elect Robin Miears "introduces" Rotarian and Tivy Hall of Fame (HOF) Selection Committee Chairman Guy Overby to the club.
Guy moved to Kerrville in 1970, graduated from Tivy High School in 1979, served as the Tivy Athletic Booster Club president from 2003-2008, and now currently presides as the chairman of the Tivy HOF Selection Committee. As an athlete, Guy remembers dishing out 23 assists the night Jon Chambers set the all-time scoring record for most points in one game. Tivy was 29-4 that year!! An all-around Kerrville All-Star, Guy has been a member of our club since 1984 and also served as its president from 1994-1995.
Guy started the conversation by outlining the qualifications for the HOF's Selection Committee:
He also highlighted the qualifications for Tivy HOF consideration/entry:
After fondly reminiscing over past Tivy HOF inductees, Guy presented us with the 2017 HOF Class - Please see a recap of the 2017 HOF Class below as presented in the Hill Country Community Journal this past Friday (8/4/2017):
A tennis star, a football and track standout and a state semifinalist basketball team are the latest additions to the Tivy Athletic Hall of Fame. Tivy’s 2017 HOF Class includes four-year tennis star Russ Angell, late 1950’s track and field sensation Raul “Rocky” Hernandez, and the 1986-87 Tivy hoops team coached by Jim Jost.
Russ Angell
Russ Angell was a tennis prodigy during his four-year varsity career at Tivy, winning the district singles championship every year between 1975-78 and reaching the state tournament three years in a row in either singles or doubles play. In his senior season, Angell won all seven tournaments he played in during the spring.
After high school, Angell played collegiate tennis at Tyler Junior College and was a national collegiate doubles champion All-American. Angell went on to become regional vice-president of the U.S. Professional Tennis Association and the host pro for the Texas Professional Tennis Association’s annual convention.
Raul “Rocky” Hernandez
Raul “Rocky” Hernandez played football and ran track for Tivy in the late 1950s. He was an All-District selection in football in his junior and senior seasons and an honorable mention All-State honoree as a senior. In track, Hernandez lettered as a junior and senior and helped power the Antlers’ 440 meter relay team to a second-place finish at state as a senior.
Hernandez earned a four-year scholarship to the University of Houston, where he was a member of ROTC. Commissioned a 2nd lieutenant after graduation, Hernandez was severely wounded in Vietnam and spent nine months recovering at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio. For his service to his county, Hernandez was awarded the Commendation Medal with Oakleaf Cluster, the Bronze Star with V Device for Valor, and the Purple Heart.
Hernandez later owned Acapulco restaurants in Kerrville and Austin.
The 1986-87 Tivy Antler Boys Basketball Team
Tivy fielded one of its best basketball teams ever during the 1986-87 season as the Antlers compiled a 27-8 overall record and advanced to the Class 4A state semifinals in Austin.
Led by All-District and All-State honoree Thirman Dimery, first-team All-District player Scott Delaney and second-team selection Daron Allen, Tivy knocked off Fredericksburg, 50-45, in a one-game playoff to win the District 13-4A title, then rolled past San Antonio Edgewood, Gregory-Portland and Fredericksburg again in the playoffs — the latter victory coming on a 53-52 decision in overtime.
Tivy led Cleburne 42-32 in the fourth quarter of the two teams’ state semifinal matchup at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, but Cleburne scored the final 13 points of the game to pull off a come-from-behind win. In addition to Dimery, Delaney and Allen, Tivy’s 1986-87 team included Scott Presley, Sean Karger, Marc Genauldi, Lennie Franklin, Pat Baldwin, Blake Zuber, Todd Martin, Troy March and Jessie Polk.
The coaching staff included Jost, Ed Difederico, Roland Herrera and J.C. Gosnell. Managers were Ray Mitchel and Jerry Davis, and Chris Jost served as the ball boy.
Please join us to Celebrate!
This year’s group is the 12th class to be honored by the Hall’s voting committee and will be officially recognized Sept. 8 just prior to Tivy’s football game against Del Rio at Antler Stadium.
