Courtesy of Texas Southern Athletics

The Texas Southern University Sports Hall of Fame has announced 13 new inductees for its 2025 class. The latest class includes a mix of legendary head coaches, standout HBCU student-athletes from 10 sports, and a pair of administrators who played a major part in the foundation of the athletic department’s current success.
 
“I’m excited to announce the committee’s recommendations of our Hall of Fame Class,” said Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Kevin Granger. “We have a diverse group of individuals who are both record-setting standouts and trailblazers in their respective sports at TSU. Along with honoring our former student-athletes, this class also features a pair of former head coaches who made history in their sports while also having the opportunity to honor a pair of former administrators who’ve laid the groundwork for the success we’re currently experiencing at TSU. I also want to thank the committee for their hard work once again in assembling another historical class.”

The 2025 class, which marks the fifth induction class overall and the second consecutive class since the Hall of Fame was reinstated in 2024, will be inducted during Homecoming week at the HBCU in October 2025.

Ray Carrington III, Tennis
Gaylord Davis, Men’s Basketball
Coach Nathaniel Gillespie, Men’s/Women’s Basketball
Cortez Hankton Jr., Football
John Hartfield, Men’s Track and Field
Dr. Charles McClelland, Administration 
Coach Johnnie Means, Swimming
Kassandra Rivera, Women’s Golf
Yvette Wilson Scales, Supporter/Contributor
Thomas Sieh, Football
Denise Taylor, Women’s Basketball
Linda Weekly, Women’s Track and Field
Fred West, Men’s Basketball

Cortez Hankton Jr., Football
All-time career leader in receiving yardage at Texas Southern University (3,400)… earned third team Division I-AA All-America honors at TSU…holds the single-season receiving yards record (1,270) in 2002…holds the longest touchdown reception in school history (99 yards/2002)…third all-time in single season touchdown receptions (13/2002)…second all-time in touchdown receptions (30) and third in all-time receptions (175)…third in single season scoring (80/2002)…sixth in single season all-purpose yards (1,311/2002)…two-time All-SWAC receiver under Bill Thomas… currently the Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach at LSU.

READ MORE ABOUT THE 2025 CLASS HERE.

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