Kashmere High School – 1984-1987 Lettered in Football, Basketball, and Track (3 years) University of Georgia – 1987-1990 All SEC All American Broke Hershel Walker’s all-purpose yardage record during his freshman year New York Giants 1990-1997 Super Bowl XXV Champion Pro Bowl 1992 and 1993 1st Round Draft Pick Rushed for 1,000 Yards for 5 consecutive years Team Captain and Starting Running Back 1990 NY Giants Rookie of the Year …
Sequence Idlebird Steptoe
Sequence Idlebird Steptoe a multi-talented student-athlete graduated from Barbara Jordan Vocational and Careers School in 2005. While attending J.C. McDade Elementary, Mr. Booker (Coach) told her mother he wanted Sequence to run track because he had observed her chasing down everyone at recess. Sequence decided to give track a try and fell in love with it. This would be the beginning of many individual accolades and accomplishments for her in …
Sonya Boutte
Sonya Boutte was born on January 27, 1972, in Houston Texas. She is the daughter of Mary F Bass-McGee and Charles Boutte Sr. Sonya was a multi-talented three-sport student-athlete graduating from Kashmere Sr. High in 1990. At a very young age Sonya began to gravitate towards basketball. When she relocated to the small town of Lovelady, TX, one of her eldest cousins Phil Watson began to bring out her talent …
Eric S. Lathan, M.Ed.
Eric is a 1991 graduate of Kashmere Senior High School. He received his Bachelor of Administration in Public Administration with a minor in Sociology from Baylor University; Master’s in Education from Prairie View A&M University. While attending Kashmere, Eric participated in football, basketball, and track. He received district honors in football and track and also a State of Texas Track and Field Finalist in the 100 meter dash in 1990 …
Reginald Jones
Reginald Jones story begins in historic Fifth Ward, Texas born in 1954 the fifth child of six children to the union of Robert and Erdie Jones. Our family was a tight knit and we shared lots of love. Unfortunately, my father died when I was two years old leaving my mother to fend for us and she did just that with determination, strictness, and her faith in God. We were …
Rayford Willis, Jr.
Rayford Willis, Jr. was born July 23, 1946, in Houston, Texas. The first born boy of 11 siblings, He would grow up with a deep love for his family. Learning early about work ethic from his father and the importance of spirituality from his mother, he held several odd jobs and created a firm foundation for his future early on. Affectionately called “Red” or “X” due to his striking resemblance …
Ralph Edwin Cooper
Ralph Edwin Cooper was born in Houston, Texas to strong Christian parents, Tine and Gertrude Cooper. He was the second oldest of four children from this union and grew up in the Hardy Street community where he began his education at James D. Ryan Elementary School. He played Little League baseball for the Ryon Sports Association, coached by Herman (Boola) Smith. He also played for the Pony League and Pony …
Madison Lane
Madison Lane, known to many as ‘Matt’ developed a love for basketball early in his childhood. His dad made his first basketball court in the backyard using a 20″ bicycle rim and a piece of plywood nailed to a pine tree with a net taped to it. Because it was smaller than the regulation goals at school, shooting wasn’t an issue. The tree roots and rocks in the dirt made …
Elder Eddie Lee McKelvey, Sr.
Elder Eddie Lee McKelvey, Sr the husband of Mrs. Aneither (Abram) McKelvey of Shreveport, Louisiana and father to 9 children, 26 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren, was born in Houston, Texas, on October 26, 1941, to Jack McKelvey, Sr of Lufkin, Texas and Maggie (Ross)McKelvey of Alto, Texas who went into labor with him at a church service. Eddie Lee McKelvey, Sr. now a Pastor and Elder with the Church of …
Donna Bass
Donna Bass was born on May 31, 1973 in Houston, Texas. She is the daughter of Jeanette B. Bass. Donna was a multi-talented three sport student-athlete graduating Kashmere High in 1991. She displayed outstanding athletic talents at a very young age and began to gravity more toward basketball at the age of nine, in Lovelady, Texas where the family relocate. There under the guidance of her great-grandmother Jennie Mae Watson, …