University of North Texas Athletics
2007 Hall Of Fame Class Honored
10/27/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
DENTON, Tex. (10/27/07) More than 250 people gathered this morning at the Gateway Center as the University of North Texas inducted its 2007 Hall of Fame Class and honored the 1977 football team.
Former football coach and Hall of Fame member Hayden Fry spoke to more than 40 members of the 1977 football team that won 10 games and finished the year ranked 16th in the nation.
The North Texas Athletic Hall of Fame welcomed its 25th class as Christy Johnson (soccer), Jalie Mitchell (women’s basketball), Rosalyn Reades (women’s basketball), and Bennie Rutherford (men’s basketball) were honored.
Johnson, a four-year letterwinner, was one of the pillars during the early years of
Perhaps the greatest women’s basketball player in Mean Green history, Mitchell was named all-conference all four years at
One of the most complete players to ever suit up at North Texas, Reades was a four-year letterwinner that ended her career ranked No. 1 in assists (458) and steals (296) at
Rutherford was a first-team Gulf Coast Conference selection in 1949-50 as he scored 438 total points, the third-most in the state of
