I'm honored to be a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Nomination Committee.

The committee met on Tuesday, June 5th, and here are the results.

I nominated twelve people with connections to East Texas, and will continue to represent the area over the next several years.

David Smoak

Deadline for Texas Sports Hall of Fame nominations June 1st
Selection Committee Meeting - Set Ballots June 5, 2007
Mail Ballots to TSHOF Inductees & OVM Members June 26, 2007
Deadline for ballot return August 1, 2007
Selection Committee Receives Ballots & Results of TSHOF Inductee & OVM Voting August 15,2007
Deadline for ballot return September 1, 2007
TSHOF Announces Class of 2007 September 15, 2007



Ballot set for
TSHOF “Class of 2007” Voting

(Waco) – The Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee, comprised of media members around the state and chaired by Dave Campbell of Texas Football Magazine fame, has set the final ballot of nominees (see attached) to be voted on for induction in February of 2008 in Waco. Six nominees from the primary ballot and two from the veterans’ ballot will comprise the Class of 2007.

Official Voting Members of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (open to the public) will once again be able to help the selection committee determine the newest class. Those who have joined the museum’s Official Voting Member Program (OVM) will receive their ballots by the end of this month. The OVM sign-up deadline to be able to vote for the upcoming class is July 15, 2006. The public can join and receive an official ballot by going to the museum’s website, www.tshof.org. The official announcement of the Class of 2007 will be made in September. Again, the ceremonies to enshrine the Class of 2007 will take place in February of 2008 in Waco.

2007 PRIMARY BALLOT NOMINEES

SHAWN ANDAYA - Softball / Texas A&M
LETA ANDREWS - Basketball Coach / Granbury High School girls
BILL BRADLEY - Football – University of Texas
RAY CHILDRESS – Football – Texas A&M / Houston Oilers
CLARISSA DAVIS-WRIGHTSIL. – Basketball / University of Texas
SPIKE DYKES. Football Coach / Texas Tech
D I C K & BUTCH HARMON - Golf Instruction / Houston
MICHAEL IRVIN – Football – Dallas Cowboys
LOUIE KELCHER - Football – SMU
TOMMY KRAMER – Football - Rice
BRUCE LIETZKE – Golf / University of Houston
DONNA LOPIANO – Former Women’s Athletic Director / University of Texas
MIKE MODANO – Hockey – Dallas Stars
G.A. MOORE JR. – High School Football Coach / Pilot Point & Celina
JAMES MORRIS – Track & Field / South Plains College
KYLE ROTE JR. – Soccer / NASL Dallas Tornado
GREGG POPOVICH – Basketball / San Antonio Spurs
LOVIE SMITH – Football Coach / Chicago Bears
LEON SPENCER – Basketball Coach / Trinity Valley C.C.
BILLY TUBBS – Basketball Coach / Lamar & Oklahoma



2007 VETERAN BALLOT NOMINEES


JOHNNY ROLAND – Football / Corpus Christi native
JIM RAY SMITH – Football – Baylor
WILLIE WELLS (dec.) – Baseball, Negro Leagues / Austin native
ABE LEMONS (dec.)– Basketball Coach / University of Texas
TOM CHANDLER (dec.) – Baseball Coach / Texas A&M
SUE GUNTER (dec.) – Basketball Coach / Stephen F. Austin
DAVE MARR (dec.) – Golf / Houston
ED SPRINKLE (dec.) – Football / Chicago Bears / Bradshaw native
GOOSE GONSOULIN – Football / Port Arthur native
ABNER HAYNES – Football / Dallas Texans
WALLY MOON – Baseball / Texas A&M
JACK LUMMUS (dec.) – Football – Ennis native

If I had a vote (including write-ins):

• Gordie Howe (write-in)
• Brian Leetch (write-in)
• Eddie Mathews (write-in)
• Mike Modano
• Red Murff (write-in)
• Louis Santop (write-in)
• Dean Stafford (write-in)
• Willie Wells