The most recent inductees to the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor include a former track & field star and former football standout league officials announced on Thursday.
Amy Bippert-Bohensky of Angelo State University and Harvey Martin of Texas A&M-Commerce make up the 2010 class of inductees 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.
The inductees were chosen by a panel of athletic administrators throughout the league.
“Both Amy and Harvey are excellent additions to the LSC Hall of Honor,” said Stan Wagnon, LSC commissioner. “Both excelled not only as Lone Star Conference athletes, but also Amy was an Academic All-American and Harvey went on to a high-profile professional career. It’s special to see these two former greats take their rightful spots among the very best in LSC history.”
Each of the inductees will receive the LSC’s signature Hall of Honor award, a 15-inch custom-sculpted eagle figurine mounted on a cherrywood base. The awards for Bippert-Bohensky and Martin are to be presented this fall with ceremonies at each recipient’s institution.
Here’s a closer look at each of the 2010 inductees to the LSC Hall of Honor:
Amy Bippert-Bohensky, Track & Field, Angelo State: Bippert-Bohensky was a nine-time NCAA Division II All-American during her career from 1994-97 for the ASU track and field team. During the Rambelles run to a sixth-place finish at the national championships in 1997, she scored 19 of the Rambelles’ 37 points. Bippert-Bohensky became ASU’s fourth female track and field national champion claiming the title in the heptathlon. She added a second-place finish in the high jump and an eighth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles. Bippert-Bohensky left ASU as the school record holder in the heptathlon (5,268 points) and in the triple jump (42’4.25”) and had the fourth-best ever performance by a Rambelle in the high jump (5’6.5”) during her senior season.
In addition, she finished her career with six of the top 10 all-time performances in the 100-meter hurdles. After her senior season, Bippert-Bohensky was named the LSC women’s track and field athlete of the year. She earned at least one All-American certificate each of her four years as a Rambelle. She was a four-time NCAA Division II All-American in the triple jump (1994-97), earned three certificates in the heptathlon (1995-97) and earned honors twice in the 100-meter hurdles (1996-97).
Bippert-Bohensky was also recognized for her work in the classroom while at ASU. She was honored as a two-time Academic All-American earning Academic Athlete of the Year for at-large sports as a senior. After her athletic career, she collected the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, become the first ASU athlete to earn the honor. Bippert-Bohensky was inducted into the ASU Athletics Hall of Honor in 2006.
Harvey Martin, Football, Texas A&M-Commerce: Martin is one of the most recognized names in the history of A&M-C athletics. He starred at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas before beginning his collegiate football career with the Lions.
As a senior in 1972, Martin was selected as an Associated Press Little, Football News and NAIA All-American en route to leading the Lions to a national title. He went on to become a third-round selection by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1973 NFL Draft. He was a four-time Pro Bowler (1976-1979) and a four-time all-pro selection (1976, 1977, 1979, and 1982). Martin was named to the NFL All-Decade Team for the 1970’s and was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1977. In Super Bowl XII, he was named the game’s MVP along with teammate Randy White.
He was inducted into the A&M-C’s Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2007, he was selected to the LSC’s 75th Anniversary Football Team and was named the LSC Defensive Player of the Decade for the 1970’s. A&M-C hosted the inaugural Harvey Martin Classic in his honor in 2008 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. In 2009, Martin became the first A&M-C athlete to be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.