Midwestern State’s Doug Elder and West Texas A&M’s Kendra (Morgan) Potts were selected as the 2026 inductees to the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor, league officials announced on Thursday (Aug. 13).
 
Elder and Potts mark the 65th and 66th inductees into the LSC Hall of Honor, which distinguishes 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.
 
Elder was the men’s soccer head coach at MSU, while Potts was a volleyball student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach at WT.
 
“These are two outstanding honorees,” LSC Commissioner Jay Poerner said. “Doug ended his coaching career as an all-time LSC great, with a winning percentage that ranks as one the best in NCAA soccer history. His impact on the sport of soccer and former student-athletes is unmatched. Kendra’s success as both an LSC volleyball student-athlete and head coach are unrivaled. She followed up a legendary playing career at WT with an even more prolific coaching stint, capping things off with a national championship in 2022.”
 
Elder is the second individual from MSU to be enshrined by the LSC, joining football star Dominic Rhodes (2021). Potts is the fifth person from WT to go into the LSC Hall of Honor, joining football stars Sergio Castillo (2025) and Dustin Vaughan (2023) and fellow volleyball standouts Sarah Butler Carthel (2008) and Julie Myatt O’Dell (2005).
 
Elder and Potts were chosen by a panel of athletic administrators throughout the league. Both inductees will receive the LSC’s signature glass Hall of Honor award.
 
Here is a closer look at the 2026 LSC Hall of Honor inductees:


Doug Elder, Midwestern State, Men’s Soccer Head Coach:
 
Elder closed his prodigious career as the winningest head coach in the storied history of MSU men's soccer. He ended his career as the 12th winningest coach in NCAA soccer history (all divisions) with an .800 winning percentage. That ranks second all-time in NCAA Division II. Elder’s 274 wins are the 30th most in D2 history.
 
The lore of the MSU men's soccer program grew during the Elder era with winning seasons in each of his 18 seasons at the helm. The Mustangs made postseason bids a near annual rite of passage, making the championship field 13 times while advancing to the national quarterfinals on six occasions and to the Final Four in 2007 and 2010. That's to say nothing of the nine Southwest Soccer/Lone Star/Heartland Conference titles gained under Elder's tutelage.
 
A 1985 alum of MSU, Elder posted a 274-56-31 mark after taking the reins of the Mustangs’ soccer program in 2000. On Sept. 10, 2015, he surpassed former mentor Howard Patterson to become the winningest coach in program history with win No. 222 following an 8-1 victory over Southern Nazarene (Okla.) at Stang Park.
 
Elder earned LSC Coach of the Year honors four times (2022, 2009, 2010 and 2011), Southwest Soccer Conference Coach of the Year honors four-straight years from 2005-08 and Heartland Conference Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2017. He also collected his seventh NSCAA Region Coach of the Year plaque in 2017 after previously gaining the honor in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011.
 
Elder’s players have claimed 27 All-America honors including National Soccer Coaches Association of America /United Soccer Coaches awardees Josh Hill (2002), Daniel Woolard (2006), Brandon Swartzendruber (2006), Ahmad Ihmeidan (2007-08), Allen Thomson (2009), Ryan Spence (2010-11), Albert Rodriguez (2015), Flavio Guzman (2015-16), Christian Okeke (2016), Pierre Bocquet (2017) and Scott Doney (2017).

Elder is married to Leann. He has a son, Alex, daughter, Sarah, and step-daughters Lauren and Abby.


Kendra (Morgan) Potts, West Texas A&M, Volleyball Student-Athlete/Assistant Coach/Head Coach:
 
Potts had a standout playing career for WT volleyball, finishing as a three-time All-American and the LSC’s all-time assists leader. She was also named to the LSC’s 75th Anniversary Team. In her senior campaign in 2003, Potts earn LSC Offensive Player of the Year and Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame Volleyball Player of the Year accolades.
 
Over her four-year playing career, the Lady Buffs went 129-16 overall, including 39-1 in league action with four NCAA tournament appearances and a pair of regional championships (2000 and 2003). She finished her career as just the 12th person in NCAA Division II history to reach 6,000 career assists.
 
In four seasons as an assistant coach for WT, the Lady Buffs went 131-27 (.829) and 42-3 (.933) in conference play. Potts then spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi while also founding the Corpus Christi Force Volleyball Club. She returned to her alma mater in December of 2018 as the 15th head coach in WT history.
 
Potts went 124-24 (.839) in five seasons leading WT. She developed eight All-Americans, went 14-3 in NCAA Division II tournament matches and won her final three LSC tournaments. The Lady Buffs claimed the program's fourth NCAA Division II national championship in 2022, followed by a trip to the national finals in 2023. She was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Coach of the Year in 2022.
 
Potts, who was inducted into the WT Hall of Champions in 2014, is currently the volleyball head coach at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz. She led the Lopes to the Western Athletic Conference Championship match in her first year.
 
Potts and her husband, Jim, have three children: Ella, Easton and Elizabeth.