TU Athletic Hall of Fame Rewind

TULSA, Okla. –– The culmination of Hall of Fame Weekend was the induction of the 36^th Athletic Hall of Fame Class at The University of Tulsa on Saturday, April 26, at the Lorton Performance Center on the TU campus.

This year's group of inductees included an Elite Eight team, an icon in the golf world, a three-time all-conference honoree, a C-USA Tournament MVP, the schools all-time passing and touchdown leader and a former two-time Athletic Director.

The NCAA Elite Eight Basketball Team, Conference USA Football Offensive Player of the Year Paul Smith, two-time all-conference women's basketball player Taleya Mayberry, softball All-American Jill Barrett, longtime golf coach Bill Brogden and former TU football athlete and Director of Athletics Rick Dickson.

This year's Hall of Fame Honor Team is the 1999-2000 NCAA Elite Eight Men's Basketball Team, coach by Bill Self.

The 2000 Golden Hurricane recorded a school-best 32-5 record and placed first in the regular season of the Western Athletic Conference with a 12-2 mark. Tulsa advanced the furthest in the NCAA Tournament of any team in school history with an Elite 8 appearance.

1999-2000 MEN'S BASKETBALL INDUCTION VIDEO
1999-2000 MEN'S BASKETBALL ELITE EIGHT SPEECH (BILL SELF)

A two-time all-conference selection, Paul Smith (2003-07) completed his career as the school's all-time passing leader (10,936 yards), passing TD leader (83) and total offense leader (11,602). The local product of Owasso High School led Tulsa to wins in the 2005 AutoZone Liberty Bowl, 2006 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl and the 2007 GMAC Bowl. Smith had 15 career 300-yard passing games and threw for over 400 yards three times with a career-best of 454 yards against BYU his senior season.

PAUL SMITH INDUCTION VIDEO
PAUL SMITH SPEECH

Taleya Mayberry (Women's Basketball, 2009-13) played her high school basketball at local Booker T. Washington High School before coming to Tulsa. The four-year letterwinner played and started all 114 games of her Golden Hurricane career. Mayberry became the eighth player in school history to score over 1,000 career points, ending with 1,742 points. She concluded her career ranked second for field goals made (596) and assists (377), third in three-point field goals made (159) and steals (269), fourth in free throws made (391), sixth in points per game (15.2) and 10^th for games played (114).

TALEYA MAYBERRY INDUCTION VIDEO
TALEYA MAYBERRY SPEECH

A three-time all-region and all-Conference USA first-team performer, Jill Barrett (Softball, 2011-14) started all 238 career games. She played her first three years at third base before moving to shortstop for her senior season. As a senior, Barrett was a Top 25 Finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, while setting school records for batting average (.461), on-base percentage (.510), hits (101), runs scored (59), and at bats (219). She finished the 2014 season ranked second nationally for hits and batting average.

JILL BARRETT INDUCTION VIDEO
JILL BARRETT SPEECH

Bill Brogden (Men's Golf Coach, 1986-2016) was an icon in the collegiate golf world, coaching for 47 years while leading Tulsa in 30 of those seasons. Brogden led Tulsa to 10 conference championships, including seven Missouri Valley Conference titles, two Western Athletic Conference championships and one Conference USA crown. He coached 12 All-America golfers and had 29 Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Scholar Athlete award winners.

BILL BRODGEN INDUCTION VIDEO
BILL BRODGEN SPEECH

The Ben Henneke Golden Legacy Award recipient Rick Dickson (Director of Athletics, 1990-94; 2020-24) played collegiate football for the Golden Hurricane in the 1970s and spent two different stints as the school's director of athletics. Dickson was named the Tulsa Director of Athletics in 1990 and during his first tour of duty galvanized the city of Tulsa in support of Golden Hurricane athletics. Football season attendance spiked and surpassed an all-time high attendance average of 31,000 fans in 1991, while, after hiring Tubby Smith, basketball attendance grew by more than 2,000 and reached a season average high of 7,300 in 1993-94

RICK DICKSON INDUCTION VIDEO
RICK DICKSON SPEECH

TU Athletic Hall of Fame Rewind

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