Each year, folks from the region known as the Texas Panhandle (often referred to by the locals as "God's Country) gather to celebrate the area's best and brightest athletes from the previous year.
In 1958, the first selection committee chose to honor Joe Fortenberry of Happy, Texas as the first inductee to the Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame. In February of 1959, the gentleman who served as a member of the 1936 United States olympic team and was the men's basketball MVP of the Berlin games (known as Hitler's olympics), was honored.
This website will be a "work-in-progress" for many years to come. Our goal is to share with our readers the history of athletics in the Texas Panhandle.
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Coaches of the Year
Baseball: Khris Kelp, Gruver High
Basketball: Eric Schilling, Nazareth High
Cross Country: Wes Kirton, Canyon High
Football: Adam Cummings, West Plains High
Golf: Kellan Kirkland, Wildorado High
Soccer: Whiteny Bernard,Randall High
Softball: Brad Elam, Clarendon High
Tennis: Darby Norman, Randall High
Track: Corby Maurer, Panhandle High
Volleyball: Berklee Norris, Vega High
Wrestling: David Quirino, Randall High
Super Team Award: Randall Girls Soccer
Big Play/Game Award: Jani Contreras & Kyleigh McHugh
Dick Risenhoover Award: Jake Rogers
Dee Henry Memorial Award: Wyatt Davis
Athletes of the Year
Baseball: Clayton Norrell, Amarillo High
Basketball: Grace Foster, Lubbock Christian University
Cross Country: Addyson Bristow, Canyon High
Football: Reid Macon, West Plains High
Golf: Gam Songprasert, WTAMU
Soccer: Kyndal McClain, Randall High
Softball: Ava Sharp, River Road High
Tennis: Kynley Craddock, Randall High
Tennis: Dax Betzen , Randall High
Track: Addyson Bristow, Canyon High
Volleyball: Sidney Soria, Canyon High
Wrestling: Hunter Bogner, Dumas High
Special Achievement Awards
Armando Lujan
Harlie Brabham & Blayne Robison
Chris Sumrall
Kevin Richardson
Koby Otto
Jospeh Stafford
Academy
Amarillo National Bank
Arrowhead Real Estate, LLC
BOC Bank
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Brooks Funeral Directors
Choice Outdoor/Agape Enterprises Inc.
Coffee Memorial Blood Center
Dean & Agatha Johnson
Donny & Deborah Anderson
Education Credit Union
First United Bank
Garet Von Netzer
Gilbreath Communications Inc
Happy State Bank
Insurica
Jack Knight Insurance
Laurel Ayers
Mike and Sharon Hargrove
Raffkind's
Stanley Schaffer
Steve & Ann Garmon
United Supermarkets
Vicki Durham
Visit Amarillo
West Texas A&M Athletics
Whitney Russell Printing