Six sports represented in the 2023 Hall of Fame class

WACO, Texas World Series champion Max Muncy and longtime men’s basketball analyst Pat Nunley highlight the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023, which includes eight former student-athletes from six different sports.

Joining Muncy (baseball) and Nunley (men’s basketball) in the latest class are JD Walton and Ken Quesenberry (football), Tiffany Townsend and Sandy Forsythe Massey (women’s track and field), Denes Lukacs (men’s tennis) and Stan. Curry (men’s track and field).

Former tennis letter winner George Chandler will also be recognized as the latest addition to the “B” Association Wall of Honor.

The 2023 Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on Friday, November 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Cashion Building Ballroom on the campus of Baylor University. Tickets are $50 per person, and table sponsorships are also available in the Green ($600) and Gold ($800) levels and can be purchased by contacting the “B” Association at 254-710-3045 or by email [email protected].

Established in 1960, the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame recognizes and honors individuals whose participation and contributions have enriched and strengthened the university’s athletics program. Student-athletes must wait 10 years after completing their eligibility before being inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Since the inaugural class of 1960, which included coach Floyd “Uncle Jim” Crow and baseball player Ted Lyons, 265 honorees have been elected or already enshrined in the Hall of Fame, with Chandler becoming the 32nd.^n.dthe addition of the wall of honor. Hall of Fame and Wall of Honor recipients will also be honored on the field at McLane Stadium during the Baylor-Houston football game on Saturday, Nov. 4.

A two-time All-Conference champion in the high jump, Curry broke a conference record that had stood for 12 years by clearing 6-11 at the 1968 outdoor meet. He is still 10th in his career^thon Baylor’s all-time hitting list, just behind 2022 Hall of Famer Gary Kafer (7-0).

Curry went 6-10 or better 20 times, including four 6-11 or better. He also won the Drake Relays high jump title in 1968 and the Texas Relays championship in 1969. He won the US Track & Field Federation championship in 1968 and also competed in the US Olympic Games that year in Lake Tahoe.

When Baylor moved from the AIAW to the NCAA in 1982, legendary coach Clyde Hart signed Sandy Forsythe to the first women’s track and field scholarship. More than deserving of the distinction, she set school records in the 1,500 (4:16.82) and 5,000 meters (16:15.50) and still holds the program record in the 3,000 (9:22.44).

Named Baylor’s Outstanding Female Athlete in 1986, Forsythe Massey was also the school’s first female athlete to qualify for the NCAA Championships, qualifying in the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 that year. Nearly 40 years later, he still ranks in the top 10 all-time on the performer list in three events.

A three-time individual All-American (2008-10), Lukacs contributed to six Big 12 championships and helped the Bears reach at least the NCAA quarterfinals each year. She ranks No. 2 in career singles wins (135) and single-season wins (47, 2007-08) and is one of seven Baylor 200 players (combined singles and doubles wins).

The Hungary native had top-15 finishes in 2008, 2009 and 2010, including a second season in 2010 in which she won 47 matches, reached the NCAA singles quarterfinals and was named the ITA Regional Player to Watch and Big 12 Tournament Most Valuable Player. Excellent player. In NCAA tournament play, he had an 8-0 record in singles play.

Muncy earned Freshman All-America honors in 2010 after hitting .300 with a program freshman record 11 home runs and 53 RBI. A two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection (2011-12), he helped the Bears win the Big 12 regular season title and reach the NCAA Super Regionals in 2012. He hit .322 with a career-best seven homers. 56 RBIs.

A native of Texas, Keller finished her BU career with a .315 batting average, 27 homers, 40 doubles, six triples and 153 RBIs. Drafted by Oakland in the fifth round in 2012, Muncy is a two-time all-star and won the World Series in 2020 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Nunley, a four-year basketball letterman (1977-81), played alongside two of the greatest players in program history in Vinnie Johnson and Terry Teagle. As a junior, he averaged a career-high 12.3 points and shot 88.7% from the free throw line, which still ranks No. 2 all-time.

During his freshman year at Baylor, he stepped right into broadcast duties as a color analyst with legendary Hall of Famer Frank Fallon. A career highlighted by the Bears’ 2021 national championship win over Gonzaga, which he called the “Voice of the Bears” John Morris, Nunley just finished at 41.^Sta season that is the second-longest tenure by anyone currently calling Big 12 basketball.

Quesenberry, nicknamed “Quiz,” was a three-year starter at safety and an All-Southwest Conference selection for the “Miracle on the Brazos” champions in 1974. He was also named Defensive Player of the Year with 12 tackles and an interception. from the 1975 Cotton Bowl.

“Quiz” was named to the 1970s All-Decade Team at both Baylor and the Cotton Bowl, and also won the Baylor Golden Helmet Award as the team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player in 1973 and the Bobby Jones Memorial Leadership Award as a senior. Concluding his college career, he played in the 1975 Blue-Gray All-Star game.

With a program-record 17 All-America honors (12 individual, five relay), Townsend has nearly twice as many as any other Baylor women’s track and field student-athlete. As a senior in 2011, he finished third in the 200 at the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Championships and also reached the podium in the indoor 60m (6^th) and outdoors 100 meters (8^th).

Named Baylor’s 25-25 and co-Athlete of the Decade (2010-19), Townsend still holds the school record in the indoor 60-meter dash (7.23) and multiple top-10 finishes in the 60 and 200 indoors and outdoors. 100, 200 and 4×100 relay.

Walton was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press as a senior in 2009 and was also a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s top college center. After transferring from Arizona State to Texas, Allen started 36 straight games under center for the Bears, pacing Robert Griffin III, Jay Finley and others for 2,349 yards in 2008.

Graduating with a degree in speech communications in December 2009, Walton played in the 2010 Senior Bowl and was also invited to the East-West Shrine Game and the NFL Combine. A third-round draft pick by Denver, he started 52 of the 56 games he played in six seasons with the Broncos, Washington Redskins, New York Giants and San Diego Chargers.

The “B” Association Wall of Honor recognizes annually Baylor letterwinners and graduates whose distinguished achievements in public or private life since graduation have brought positive public recognition, credit and honor to Baylor and the athletics department.

Chandler, who came to Baylor on a tennis scholarship and earned team MVP honors in 1960, graduated from Baylor Law School in 1962 and developed a reputation as one of the nation’s most sought-after trial lawyers and speakers. He began his career in a personal injury firm in Corpus Christi and opened his own law firm in 1971 in Lufkin.

More than 50 years later, Chandler, Mathis & Zivley specializes in personal injury and commercial litigation for plaintiffs. “I was motivated to work as a lawyer where he would have a voice against larger organizations with large resources,” Chandler said. The son of school teachers and the grandson of sawmill workers, he wanted “to see people we could help and change things and make their lives better.”

Chandler was recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Texas for 10 consecutive years (2003-2012), and was named Baylor Lawyer of the Year in 2009 and a Texas Legal Legend five years later by the state Litigation Division. Texas Bar. In 2015, George and his wife Martha (BA, ’61) received the Legacy Award for exceptional service and philanthropy to Baylor or its mission as a Christian university.

2023 Baylor Hall of Fame & Wall of Honor

George Chandler MTEN* 1958-60
Stan Curry TF 1967-69
Sandy Forsythe Massey TF 1982-86
Denes Lukacs MTEN2006-10
Max Muncy BSB 2010-12
Pat Nunley MBB 1977-81 (Public Broadcaster 1982-2023)
Ken “Quiz” Quesenberry FB 1973-75
Tiffany Townsend TF 2008-11
JD Walton FB 2007-09
* Wall of honor