Frank Arnold

Frank Arnold was head high school football coach for 13 seasons before becoming athletic director of Judson ISD in 1984.  He led the Judson Rockets to their first Class 5A state championship in 1983.  Arnold retired in 2005, ending his 41 year career as a teacher, coach and administrator.  Arnold graduated from Texas Lutheran College where he was a four year football and baseball letterman.  He has been inducted into the Texas High School Athletic Directors Hall of Honor, the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor and was named Texas Athletic Director of the Year in 1995.

Glenn Blackwood

Glenn Blackwood is a 1975 Churchill High School graduate and standout defensive back at Texas who played 10 years for the Miami Dolphins.  Blackwood started in two Super Bowls and was the Dolphin’s team captain during his pro career.  His brother Lyle also played in the NFL, and they were teammates from 1981 through 1986 with the Dolphins. On a Monday night game against Buffalo in 1981, Glenn at strong safety and Lyle at free safety ganged up to put some major hits on the Bills’ players, prompting a Miami sportswriter to dub them "The Bruise Brothers." The moniker stuck.  Lyle Blackwood was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

Joe Cortez

Joseph “Joe” Cortez coached the Central Catholic High School basketball team for 36 years.  Cortez went 823-443 in 40 seasons -- he coached four years at Peacock Military Academy before moving to Central Catholic in 1960 -- and his victory total ranks No. 1 in San Antonio high school basketball history.  Central Catholic was 791-404 under Cortez, winning 10 Texas Catholic Interscholastic League championships and city crowns in 1967 and 1975.  He was inducted into the Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.  Cortez was an all-state basketball player at Central Catholic before going on to play at Texas.

Bill Greehey

Bill Greehey has been an integral part of the San Antonio sports scene, and he is being honored for his leadership, time and financial support. He led the effort to keep the San Antonio Spurs in the Alamo City by helping to form a local ownership group to buy the franchise; saved the PGA Tour Valero Texas Open from moving by committing to the title sponsorship; enabled the establishment of the San Antonio Sports Foundation (now San Antonio Sports) by providing financial, fundraising and political support, as well as providing offices and administrative support at no cost for over a decade; provided leadership and fundraising support to build the Alamodome and St. Mary’s University Athletics and Convocation Center, which was subsequently named in his honor; and provided primary financial support to the Inner City Games for 5,000 young athletes, the Valero Go!Kids Challenge™, a fitness program for 160,000 San Antonio area elementary school students, and the lead gift to provide a new facility for the First Tee of San Antonio, which teaches life skills and core values for children through golf.

Vanessa Richey Said

Vanessa Richey Said won gold medals at the U.S. Modern Pentathlon National Championships in 1993 and 1994, the U.S. Olympic Festival in ’93 and ‘94, and the Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships in ’93 and ‘94.  She was a state champion in swimming while attending Lackland AFB High School in 1982, as well as at Churchill High School when the swim team won a state championship her senior year (’84).  She was also a member of the University of Texas swim team that won four NCAA championships.    Her honors included being named U.S. Modern Pentathlon Athlete of the Year in 1993 and 1994 and the Women’s Sports Foundation’ s Up and Coming Athlete of the Year award in 1991. She is a member of the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame.