LSC Hall of Honor

The 2016 inductee to the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor is former Texas A&M-Kingsville football standout Dwayne Nix, league officials announced on Wednesday.

      Nix composes the 2016 class for the LSC Hall of Honor, which recognizes outstanding individuals who have brought pride and honor to the conference through their contributions as an athlete or who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to the betterment of the conference as a coach or administrator.

      Nix, who is the 13th Javelina to be enshrined, was chosen by a panel of athletic administrators throughout the league.

      “We are pleased to recognize the induction of Dwayne Nix into the LSC Hall of Honor. As a three-time All-American, Dwayne was an outstanding player on some highly successful Javelina teams. He is most deserving of this honor,” said LSC Commissioner Jay Poerner. 

      Nix will receive the LSC’s signature Hall of Honor award, a 15-inch custom-sculpted eagle figurine mounted on a cherry wood base. The award for Nix is to be presented this fall.

      Here is a closer look at the 2016 inductee to the LSC Hall of Honor:

      Dwayne Nix, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Football: Nix, from Kingsville, Texas, was a wideout for the Javelinas from 1965-68.  He was named to the Associated Press Little All-America first team in 1966, 1967 and 1968 and became the second person ever on the squad for three consecutive years.  Nix earned All-Lone Star Conference team honors twice and was named to the LSC Team of the Decade for the 1960s.  He served as a captain of the 1968 team that reached the NAIA national championship game. 

      In 1975, Nix was selected to the TAMUK 50th Anniversary Team. He played on two LSC championship squads, including the 1967 team that went 9-0 and became the school’s first undefeated and untied squad.  Nix was on the All-Texas College first team in 1966 and 1967.  At the end of his collegiate career, he held most of the Javelinas receiving records and was part of teams that compiled a 30-10 record.

      Nix was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Javelina Hall of Fame in 1979.  He served on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps including a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter gunship pilot.  After completion of his active duty and a five-year assignment in Iran with the Department of the Navy he joined the Marine Corps Reserves.  During his 23 years in the reserve, Nix was activated three times including flying helicopter transport and medivac missions in Operation Desert Storm.  He retired from the Marine Corps in 2003 as a Colonel.  Nix worked for the Department of Navy for 29 years before retiring in 2006.

      He currently resides in Virginia.  He and his wife, Sandy, have two sons and five grandchildren.  His son Andy is a Major in the Marine Corps and serving on the U.S. Pacific Command staff.


Dwayne Nix was presented his Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor award in Kingsville.  Making the presentation were teammates, left to right, James Respondek, Jim Brown, Gary Gilbert and Gene Kubelka.