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Wayne Anthony Johnson
Wayne Anthony Johnson was born September 27, 1960, in Livingston, Texas. At a very young age, Wayne’s parents, late Henry Lee Johnson and Betty Lee Johnson, noticed he had an appetite to play basketball. At the age of five, they signed him up with the Northeast YMCA basketball team, where he assumed the position as…
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Wayne Adams, Sr.
Wayne Adams, Sr, a native Houstonian, began his athletic journey in the 7th grade with the Kashmere Jr. High School Track Team. For 2 years under Coach Webster Williams, Wayne would display the speed and endurance that would later help define his game on the hardwood. In his 9th grade year, he would venture into…
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Thomas J. Lester
Thomas J. Lester was born and reared in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the 4th child of eight children. In life he always wanted to be a role model for his other sibling by presenting himself with deep core values by expressing how important it is to be a leader instead of a follower of your…
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Ruben E. Moore
Ruben E. Moore a native of Houston and graduate from Kashmere Gardens Senior High School in 1968. Ruben was a standout student-athlete and a two-year varsity athlete. “Mo” was voted to All City and All District Basketball Team as a senior. Prior to graduation, he received scholarship letters from Houston Baptist, University of Texas Arlington,…
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Ronald Jernigan
Ronald Jernigan was born on January 14, 1953 to Author and Dorothy Jernigan the third child of four children. He was raised in Trinity Gardens, a small subdivision located in North Houston. He attended Rosa Lee Easter Elementary, then I.M. Terrell Jr. High where he was introduced to sports. He played football and ran track. He then moved to the home of the Mighty…
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Pat Edwards
– is a 1971 basketball student-athlete and graduate of Kashmere Senior High School. My love for sports started at an early age as a little league baseball player for the Trinity Gardens Yankees under Coach Earl Thomas. My elementary education was at J C Sanderson and I went to junior high school at I M…
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Michael D. Felder
Michael D. Felder, growing up in Houston’s Historical Fifth Ward equipped Michael with the spiritual, mental, and physical attributes needed to navigate life’s journey. With a community sprouting numerous prolific personas such as, Barbara Jordan, Mickey Leland, George Foreman, Billy Preston, etc. as well as diverse ethnic groups and social activists, his character was enriched…
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Marvin L. Foster
Marvin L. Foster was born January 12, 1962 to Freddie Sr and Ella Foster. Marvin was a 1981 graduate and student-athlete at Kashmere High. I was a product of a very athletic family and would follow in the footsteps of my older brothers, Freddie Jr, Eddie, Bobby and Michael Foster. Two of my sisters Ella and Wanda…
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Luster Goodwin
Luster Goodwin is currently an Assistant Principal at Sugar Land Middle School in Fort Bend ISD. He has always been a driven person, and his road to success started when he would play basketball consistently everyday to enhance his skills. Luster’s dedication to the sport helped him make the Kashmere High School basketball team, on…
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Louis Blount III.
On August 16, 1948, a baby boy was born to Louis and Lucille Blount. He was named Louis Blount III. He joined his older sister, Carol Joyce, in the Blount household in Kelly Courts, Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas. In 1954 the Blount’s moved to Kashmere Gardens, where he was destined to attend Kashmere Junior/Senior…
