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Inducted
January 19, 2002
Audrey
Reid German (Track & Field, 1971-76) was
a great talent in the world of track and field from Bunkers
Hill, Trelawny, on the Island of Jamaica. She had already
competed in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics before Jamaican
Athletics Federation Chairman Herb McKinley went looking
for a university in the United States where German could
continue her education and participate in a great track
program. At that time, Dr. Bert Lyle had established TWU
as one of the premiere track teams in the country, always
finishing in the top three at the AIAW National Championships
and winning it in 1969. So, German packed her bag and enrolled
at Texas Woman's University in the fall of 1971.
In
her first season of collegiate competition, German won the
high jump at the AAU national championships and at the AIAW
state, regional and national championships and then went
on to compete in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich during
the summer. She parlayed her 1972 performance by winning
all three AIAW high jump championships again in her sophomore
season while also finishing third in the 100 meter hurdles
at the national championships. German strained her knee while
lifting weights during the summer of 1973, which hindered
her take off for the high jump. So during her junior season,
she started running the anchor leg of TWU's 4x100 meter relay.
German helped lead that relay team to the AIAW, AAU and United
States Track and Field Federation championships in 1974.
After
sitting out the 1975 season with a more serious knee injury,
German came back her senior season and won the high jump
at the AIAW state, regional and national championships. She
won the national championship by clearing her highest mark
ever with a leap of 6-1 1/2. German went on to finish her
undergraduate degree in May of 1976 before she competed in
her final Olympic Games in Montreal.
She
went home to Jamaica in the fall of 1976 to become the director
of the Physical Education Department at St. Elizabeth Technical
High School where she remained until 1978. While in Jamaica,
she was a member of the Organizing Committee of the Western
Regional Track and Field Championships. German returned to
TWU and earned her Master's Degree in Health and Human Resources
in 1982. She currently resides in Dallas with her husband,
Artist German, and their two children, Adia and Azerial,
and is employed by Saks Fifth Avenue.
Stephanie
Ball Moreno (Volleyball, 1989-92) came to TWU
after a successful career at Katy High School where she
earned All-District honors as a junior and senior at setter.
She saw limited action as a freshman, playing in 42 of
102 possible games for the Pioneers and averaging 2.19
assists per game. Moreno became a more complete player
in her second season under head coach Sandy Troudt as she
earned Honorable Mention Academic All-Lone Star Conference
honors while recording 4.00 assists and 1.67 digs per game.
In
her junior year, Moreno finished the season with a TWU record
of 187 setter kills, which still stands today. She finished
second in the conference in assists-per-game with 9.4 and
fifth in attack percentage with a .287. For those numbers,
Moreno was named Second Team All-Lone Star Conference. She
was tabbed Academic All-LSC while leading the conference
in grade point average and also named GTE Academic All-America
for District VI.
After
being named captain her senior year in 1992, Moreno helped
lead the Pioneers to one of their best seasons under Coach
Troudt as the team finished second in the Lone Star Conference
with an overall record of 26-14, 7-3 in conference. She established
another TWU record by earning 1,651 assists, which was the
fifth-highest total in the country. Moreno was named NCAA
All-Region and First Team All-LSC at setter and combined
that with her second straight Academic All-Conference and
GTE Academic All-America for District VI selection.
After
graduation, the Katy, Texas native traveled the world, visiting
40 different countries before she settled down in Houston.
She is married to John Moreno and currently works for American
Express Corporate Services in the travel department. The
couple is preparing for a move to San Antonio.
Tammi
Julch Williams (Basketball, 1990-94) came to
TWU in the fall of 1990 hoping to be a dominant post player
for the Pioneers. After four successful years, TWU's opponents
found out how good the Arlington, Texas native was as she
notched herself in the record books.
“TJ,” as
everybody referred to her, began her first year by averaging
10.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, earning her a starting
job in the Pioneers' rotation. She finished 18th in the Lone
Star Conference in scoring while helping lead TWU to a fourth-place
finish. As a sophomore, Williams led the team in scoring
and rebounding and moved to No. 8 on the Pioneers' all-time
scoring list with 691 points after just two seasons. She
earned Honorable Mention All-Conference honors at post after
finishing fourth in the league in scoring and rebounding,
averaging 17 points and eight rebounds per game. Williams
was also tabbed GTE Academic All-America for District VI
and First Team Academic All-LSC.
Williams
kept adding on the awards after her junior season, moving
to third on the TWU scoring list with 1,159 points and earning
her second consecutive Academic All-Conference selection
and being named to the Third Team GTE Academic All-America
list. She led the conference in scoring with 19.5 points
and finished second in rebounding with 9.5 boards per game
and earned her first ever LSC Player of the Week honor for
the week of Dec. 3-9, 1992, on her way to being named Second
Team All-Conference.
As
a team captain in her final season, Williams was again one
of the top performers in the Lone Star, finishing sixth in
scoring with 17.7 points and fifth in rebounding with 8.3
boards per contest. She was named to the Second Team All-Conference
squad for the second straight year and added another LSC
Player of the Week honor on Dec. 5-11, 1993. The 1994 Division
II NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Texas exemplified
the true meaning of being a student-athlete. Williams was
named First Team GTE Academic All-America and earned her
third consecutive Academic All-Conference selection. She
also earned the U.S. Achievement Academy's All-American Collegiate
Scholar award for the second time in her career. Williams
finished No. 2 on TWU's scoring list with 1,644 points and
brought in 805 rebounds in her four seasons. For all her
work on and off the basketball court, Williams earned the
prestigious $5,000 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award in
1994. She was also an active member of the TWU Athletics
Council and through her brother, Williams had direct involvement
in the Special Olympics.
After
graduation, Williams attended medical school at the University
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for four years.
She recently finished three years of pediatric residency
and is currently a pediatrician at the Medical and Surgical
Clinic of Irving. Williams and her husband, Geray, have two
children, Geray Jr. and Halle, and are expecting a third.
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