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Kent Flanagan
Kent Flanagan Class of 1968
Kent Flanagan, a long-time journalist for the Associated Press and Shelbyville (Tenn.) Times-Gazette, was elected in August of 2015 to the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame.
Posted 2015
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Jim Slaughter
Jim Slaughter Class of 1968
Jim Slaughter retired in July of 2015 after a long career in Texas high school athletics. He spent the last four years as athletic director for the San Angelo Independent School District.
Posted 2015
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Charlie Ramirez
Charlie Ramirez Class of 1972
Charlie Ramirez retired in 2015 after 40 years with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Posted 2015
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Delta Emerson
Delta Emerson Class of 1973
Delta Emerson was promoted to president of global shared services at Ryan, an award-winning global tax services firm based in Dallas, in December of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Arnold Garcia Jr.
Arnold Garcia Jr. Class of 1973
Arnold Garcia Jr. joined Crosswind Media and Public Relations as a senior advisor in June of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Benny Cox
Benny Cox Class of 1975
Benny Cox, sheep and goat sales manager at Producer’s Livestock Auction in San Angelo, was named president of the American Sheep Industry Association in January 2019.
Posted 2019
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Dr. Les Plagens
Dr. Les Plagens Class of 1977 & 1979
Dr. Les Plagens in July of 2015 took over the role of director of instructional support services at Texas State Technical College in Brownwood.
Posted 2015
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Drew Montgomery
Drew Montgomery Class of 1978
Drew Montgomery, who played on the Rams’ 1978 NAIA National Championship football team, was named president of the Madisonville High School Alumni Association in 2015.
Posted 2015
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Dr. Brian Shannon
Dr. Brian Shannon Class of 1979
Dr. Brian Shannon, the Charles “Tex” Thornton Professor of Law at Texas Tech University, was named a Horn Professor by the TTUS Board of Regents in March of 2015. The professorship recognizes scholarly achievement and outstanding service to Texas Tech.
Posted 2015
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Dr. Mark McFarland
Dr. Mark McFarland Class of 1980
Dr. Mark McFarland retired on Aug. 31, 2015, after 35 years with the Texas A&M University System. His final posts were Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service soil fertility specialist in College Station, Extension Service water quality coordinator, and associate head of the Soil and Crop Sciences Department at Texas A&M.
Posted 2015
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Edwin Miranda
Edwin Miranda Class of 1981
Edwin Miranda (1981) was named vice president of quality for Cytovance Biologics Inc. in January 2018. Cytovance Biologics is a leading biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer of mammalian and microbial biologics.
Posted 2018
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Linda Stephens
Linda Stephens Class of 1983, 1991 & 2001
Linda Stephens was named chief nursing officer at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital in Katy in January of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Adm. Eric Young
Adm. Eric Coy Young Class of 1984
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Eric Coy Young received his second star and assumed command of the Navy Reserve Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., in November of 2014. He had served as deputy chief of the Navy Reserves since 2012.
Posted 2015
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Martha Langston
Martha Anne Langston Class of 1986
Martha Anne Langston was honored in August of 2015 by Capital Who’s Who Branding for her distinguished accomplishments and contributions in the field of religious service. Langston is the secretary and ministry assistant at Belmore Baptist Church in San Angelo.
Posted 2015
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Mitchell Perry
Mitchell G. Perry Class of 1986
Mitchell G. Perry was elected in July of 2015 as the 2015-16 secretary of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Posted 2015
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Mike Hayworth
Mike Hayworth Class of 1987
Mike Haworth was promoted to police chief of the Pinellas Park Police Department in Florida in April of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Pam Cunningham
Pam Cunningham Class of 1987
Pam Cunninghamwas named executive vice president of Southside Bank in Tyler in September of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Ricky Peacock
Ricky Peacock Class of 1987
Ricky Peacock was named head football coach and athletic director at McCamey High School in May of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Paul Michalewicz
Paul Michalewicz Class of 1987 & 2006
Paul Michalewicz was hired in June of 2015 as the new superintendent for the Florence Independent School District.
Posted 2015
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Steven Hall
Steven Jason Hall Class of 1989
Steven Jason Hall was elected chief financial officer of Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II Inc. by the company’s board of directors in October of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Randy Penson
Randy Penson Class of 1989
Randy Pensonwas named the assistant director for global safety and risk management in the Global Education Office at Virginia Tech University in July of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Lane Porter
Lane Porter Class of 1989
Lane Porterwas named president of Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association at the organization’s 100th anniversary celebration in July of 2015 in Kerrville.
Posted 2015
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Heather Tessmer
Heather Tessmer Class of 1989
Heather Tessmer was named a 2014 Outstanding Lawyer by the San Antonio Business Journal and was honored at a ceremony in November of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Richy Womack
Richy Womack Class of 1989
Richy Womack was elected to the Board of Directors of City National Bank in Colorado City in January of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Kim Spicer
Kim Spicer Class of 1989 & 1995
Kim Spicerwas named the new assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for the Wylie Independent School District in August of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Donna King
Donna King Class of 1992
Donna King was appointed judge of the 26th Judicial District of Texas in Williamson County by Gov. Rick Perry in October of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Lucy Snyder
Lucy Snyder Class of 1992
Lucy Snyder received two Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers Association in May of 2015 at the World Horror Convention in Atlanta. The Stoker Award is the highest honor given by the HWA, and Snyder has now won four Stoker Awards for her writing.
Posted 2015
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Del Van Cox
Del Van Cox Class of 1992
Del Van Cox was promoted to head football coach and athletic director at Abilene High School in March of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Juan Villarreal
Juan Villarreal Class of 1992
Juan Villarrealwas named the principal of Gunn Junior High School in Arlington in December of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Rikke Black
Rikke Black Class of 1993
Rikke Black was named the new principal at the San Angelo Central High School Freshman Campus in April 2019.
Posted 2019
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Tracy Meador
Tracy Meador Class of 1993
Tracy Meadorwas named principal of McNeil Elementary School in McKinney in December of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Joseph Gillespie
Joseph Gillespie Class of 1994
Joseph Gillespie was promoted to the position of defensive coordinator for the University of Tulsa Hurricanes football team in January 2019.
Posted 2019
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Mike Jinks
Mike Jinks Class of 1995
Mike Jinks was hired as the running backs coach at the University of Southern California (USC) in December 2018.
Posted 2019
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Leslie Cope
Leslie Cope Class of 1995
Leslie Cope was elected to the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank in Mason in March of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Stephanie Howard
Stephanie Howard Class of 1995
Stephanie Howard was named deputy superintendent of the Ector County Independent School District in Odessa, Texas, in the fall of 2018.
Posted 2019
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Marty Gibbs
Marty Gibbs Class of 1996
Marty Gibbs was named the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service district extension administrator for District 7 in September of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Richard Minzenmayer
Richard “Rick” Minzenmayer Class of 1996
Richard “Rick” Minzenmayer retired in April of 2015 after 30 years with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Posted 2015
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Jeff Hamilton
Jeff D. Hamilton Class of 1996 & 1998
Jeff D. Hamilton was hired as the new head football coach and athletic director at Bandera High School in May of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Rosa Avendaño
Rosa Avendaño Class of 1996 & 2004
Rosa Avendaño was named the new principal at Keyes Elementary School in the Irving Independent School District in June of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Katharine Eagan
Katharine Eagan Class of 1997
Katharine Eagan was named chief executive officer of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) in Tampa, Fla., by the company’s board of directors in November of 2014. In August of 2015, she was nominated for the U.S. White House “Champion of Change” program as an innovator in transportation for the future.
Posted 2015
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Gregory Conaway
Gregory Conaway Class of 1998
Gregory Conaway was named vice president and chief accounting officer at Carizzo Oil & Gas Inc. in Houston in September of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Rebecca Cline
Rebecca Cline Class of 1998 & 2006
Rebecca Cline was named the new principal at Lincoln Middle School in the San Angelo Independent School District in July of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Farrah Gomez
Farrah Gomez Class of 1999
Farrah Gomez was named assistant superintendent of human resources and professional learning for the San Angelo Independent School District in April 2019.
Posted 2019
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Dana Cooper
Dana Cooper Class of 2000
Dana Cooper, an associate professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State University, was featured in the documentary “Million Dollar Princesses” on the Smithsonian Channel that aired in January of 2015. She was also named to Nerdwallet.com’s list of “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire” for 2015 in March.
Posted 2015
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Dr. Mark Boyle
Dr. Mark Boyle Class of 2000
Dr. Mark Boylewas named medical director of First Choice Emergency Room’s Houston-Jones Road facility in Houston in October of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Dr. Quentin Wright
Dr. Quentin Wright Class of 2000
Dr. Quentin Wright was named founding president of Lone Star College-Houston North in May 2019. He assumed his duties in June 2019 for the new institution that opened this fall as the seventh college in the Lone Star College System.
Posted 2019
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Chad Ellis
Chad Ellis Class of 2001
Chad Ellis was selected as the Society for Range Management’s 2015 Young Range Professional Award at the society’s annual meeting in February of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Sterlin Gilbert
Sterlin Gilbert Class of 2002
Sterlin Gilbert was named the new head football coach at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., in December 2018.
Posted 2019
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Justin Carrigan
Justin Carrigan Class of 2002
Justin Carrigan was named the first-ever head football coach at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa in January of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Delia Cullins
Delia Cullins Class of 2002
Delia Cullins was promoted in February of 2015 to assistant vice president of operations at TexasBank in Brownwood.
Posted 2015
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Matthew Gutierrez
Matthew Gutierrez Class of 2002
Dr. Matthew Gutierrez was hired as the new superintendent of the Seguin Independent School District near San Antonio in July 2017.
Posted 2017
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Dr. Jason Skelton
Dr. Jason Skelton Class of 2002
Dr. Jason Skeltonwas named the new principal at San Angelo’s Holiman Elementary School in July of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Angela Taylor
Angela Taylor Class of 2003
Angela Taylor (2003) joined the CBS North Carolina (WNCN-Raleigh) team as an evening news anchor in March 2018.
Posted 2018
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Whitney Bownds
Whitney Bownds Class of 2003
Whitney Bowndswas promoted to loan officer at the Commercial Bank in Mason in January of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Kayla Davidson
Kayla Davidson Class of 2004
Kayla Davidsonpublished a children’s book titled “The Ride” through Virtuous Books for Kids in February of 2015. She is also the author of “Daddy’s Little Squirrel.”
Posted 2015
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Kirk Byrd
Kirk Byrd Class of 2004
Kirk Byrd was named the new head coach and athletic director at Crane High School in April of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Zach Ramirez
Zach Ramirez Class of 2005 & 2011
Zach Ramirezin July of 2015 was named the new principal at Goliad Elementary School in the San Angelo Independent School District.
Posted 2015
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Kyle Youngblood
Kyle Youngblood Class of 2006
Kyle Youngblood was hired as the Texas AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent for Throckmorton County in December of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Aaryn Valenzuela
Aaryn Valenzuela Class of 2006
Aaryn Valenzuela joined the news team at WALB-TV in Albany, Ga., as a weekend anchor and reporter in August of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Cory Robinson
Cory Robinson Class of 2007
Cory Robinson was promoted to curator of history at San Angelo’s Fort Concho National Historic Landmark in August of 2015. He has been at Fort Concho for 13 years.
Posted 2015
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Megan Hastings
Megan Hastings Class of 2007
Megan Hastings was recognized with a 2016 Impact Award: Four for the Future by the Auto Care Association in September 2016. The award honors four aftermarket professionals age 40 or younger who have made remarkable contributions within the auto care industry. Hastings is the digital marketing and training manager for Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance Inc.
Posted 2017
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Fred Dietz
Fred Dietz Class of 2008
Fred Dietz was hired as the new head football coach and athletic director at Coahoma High School in July of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Dr. Joshua McGinty
Dr. Joshua McGinty Class of 2009
Dr. Joshua McGinty was named the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist for South Texas in September of 2014.
Posted 2015
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Lindsay Carr
Lindsay Carr Class of 2009 & 2011
Lindsay Carr was named the new principal at Belaire Elementary School in the San Angelo Independent School District in July 2016.
Posted 2016
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Kaycee Taylor
Kaycee Taylor Class of 2011
Kaycee Taylor (2011), a former All-American softball player at ASU, was hired as assistant softball coach at Pittsburg State University in October 2017.
Posted 2018
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Michael Wilkinson
Michael Wilkinson Class of 2011
Michael Wilkinson was promoted to director of student life and services at the University of Houston-Victoria in August of 2015.
Posted 2015
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Justin McGriff
Justin McGriff Class of 2011
Justin McGriffwas hired in March of 2015 as the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s new agriculture and natural resources agent for Fisher County.
Posted 2015
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Daniel Chavez
Daniel Chavez Class of 2013
Daniel Chavez was hired as a senior vice president for the McKinney (Texas) Economic Development Corp. in May 2019. For the past four years, he had been a vice president for business development with the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation.
Posted 2019
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Darius Flowers
Darius Flowers Class of 2015
Darius Flowers was named the new principal at San Angelo’s Bowie Elementary School in June 2019. He previously served as assistant principal at San Angelo Lake View High School.
Posted 2019
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Emily Yanez
Emily Yanez Class of 2015
Emily Yanezwas hired by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in June of 2015 as the county family and consumer sciences agent for Glasscock County.
Posted 2015