Kirkland, a product of Holmes High School in San Antonio, played for the Texas A&M track and field team from 1993 to 1997, and Williams, a product of Churchill High School, played for the Aggies’ volleyball team from 1992 to 1995 and the basketball team from 1993. . 94.
Kirkland is already a member of the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame, the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame, and the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame, and finished her track and field career as the most decorated woman in Texas A&M history and went on to win track and field championships. . In her professional career she won the world championship. Kirkland, who competed with head coach Ted Nelson and hurdles coach Abe Brown, was an eight-time All-American hurdler and won eight conference titles during his illustrious career, including the 100-meter race. This includes sweeping the 400 meters and being named the female performer of the year. She currently serves as Director of Athletics at Woods High School in Kirkland and Cypress in the Houston area.
Named for the SEC Legends Class of 2020, Williams is the first Aggie to letter in volleyball and basketball in the same year, leading both Lynn Hickey’s 1994 basketball team and Laurie Colberi’s volleyball team to the NCAA Tournament. He also helped lead them to the Sweet 16. After graduating, Williams went on to a successful career in athletics operations, where he currently serves as the Chief Experience Officer for the NBA’s Utah Jazz, where he oversees all diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the organization. I am conducting. Before she joined the Jazz, Williams served as chief operating officer for the College Football Playoff, and she also became the first Black woman to serve as a Division I league commissioner in the Big Sky Conference, and she spent 16 years in the Big Ten Conference. Worked. she.
Joining Kirkland and Williams in the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 were former Converse Judson High School football coach Jim Rackley and Julius Whittier, the University of Texas’ first black football letterman.
