AUSTIN, Texas — Ten former University of Texas student-athletes and two coaches will be inducted this September into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor. These 12 individuals will be recognized as the Class of 2024 in an induction ceremony on Friday, Sept. 20.
The ceremony will start at 7 p.m. Central in the LBJ Auditorium and Conference Center on the UT campus (2313 Red River St.). Tickets for this year's Hall of Honor show will be general admission and are available for $25 per person at this link.
Texas Athletics Hall of Honor Inductees
- JULIE COOPER BLIEMEL
- REGGIE FREEMAN
- MARQUISE GOODWIN
- FARLEY TAYLOR LANSING
- MIRA TOPIC LOSERT
- COLT MCCOY
- ALEX OKAFOR
- OMAR QUINTANILLA
- LEXY BENNETT SKAGGS
- KAREN NELSON WALTERS
- JOHN FIELDS — Special Selection
- CARIE GRAVES — Special Selection
The 70th Men's Hall of Honor class includes: Reggie Freeman (Basketball, 1994-97), a two-time first-team all-conference selection who still ranks fourth on UT's all-time scoring list with 1,958 career points; Marquise Goodwin (Football and Track & Field, 2009-12), one of the top wideouts and kick returners in school history who has played 10 seasons in the NFL and also was a two-time NCAA long jump champion, seven-time All-American and five-time Big 12 Champion in track and field who competed in the 2012 London Olympics; Colt McCoy (Football, 2006-09), whose number 12 is retired at Texas, is one of only three two-time winners of the prestigious Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF) National Player of the Year award, a two-time consensus first-team All-American, Heisman Trophy finalist and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year who finished his career as the NCAA's all-time winningest quarterback with a 45-8 record before playing 13 seasons in the NFL; Alex Okafor (Football, 2009-12), an All-American defensive end and two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection who played nine seasons in the NFL and was a Super Bowl Champion in 2020 with the Kansas City Chiefs; Omar Quintanilla (Baseball, 2001-03), a two-time All-American and three-time All-Big 12 selection as a shortstop who led Texas to two College World Series appearances and the 2002 NCAA Championship before playing eight seasons in Major League Baseball; and Special Selection John Fields (Men's Golf Head Coach, 1997-present), who has guided the Texas Men's Golf program to a pair of NCAA team titles in 2012 and 2022, runner-up showings in 2016 and 2019, 10 top-five finishes and developed a pair of players who have gone on to reach the No.