UTSA Athletics Announces 2024 Hall of Fame Class – UTSA Athletics

SAN ANTONIO – UTSA Athletics announced its 2024 Hall of Fame class on Friday, consisting of five former student-athletes who will join the inaugural six-person class inducted in October 2023.

Derrick Gervin (men’s basketball), Monica Gibbs (women’s basketball), Michael Rockett (baseball), Starlite Williams (women’s basketball, track and field) and Teddy Williams (men’s track and field) were selected as the second class to be inducted into the Hall of Fame UTSA athletics.

The Class of 2024 will be honored the weekend of October 18-20. The UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Friday, October 18, and the group will be honored at other events this weekend, including on the field at the football game against Florida Atlantic the following day at the Alamodome.

The inaugural class included McKenzie Adams (volleyball/women’s basketball), Devin Brown (men’s basketball), Marcus Davenport (football) and Tameka Roberts (track and field/women’s basketball), as well as former football head coach Larry Coker and the former athletic director. Lynn Hickey.

Tickets for the 2024 UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will go on sale later this year. For more information, please contact the Roadrunner Athletic Fund at [email protected].

UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024

Derrick Gervin (Men’s Basketball • 1982-85)
One of only two UTSA men’s basketball players to have his jersey retired, Derrick Gervin was a two-time honorable mention All-American and became the school’s second overall pick in the NBA draft when he was selected in 1985 by the Philadelphia 76ers in the fourth round. . The younger brother of NBA legend and former San Antonio Spurs player George Gervin, he led the Roadrunners in scoring and rebounding in each of his three seasons. The first in the program to reach 1,000 points and 500 rebounds, the Detroit native finished his career with 1,691 points and 684 rebounds. The 1984 San Antonio Express-News Sportsman of the Year led UTSA to an outstanding campaign in 1983-84, as the team finished with a 20-8 record, the second-best mark in a division I independent from the NCAA this season. Gervin went on to have a long professional career, including stops with the Nets and overseas with Hapoel Gvat/Yagur, where he earned Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP honors in 1995 after an average of 27.0 points per game.

Monica Gibbs (Women’s Basketball • 2005-09)
The first UTSA women’s basketball player to have her jersey retired, Monica Gibbs was a three-time all-conference player and the 2009 Southland Conference Player and Defensive Player of the Year. A native of Stillwater, Oklahoma, she helped lead the Roadrunners to two of their most successful seasons in program history. In 2007-08, Gibbs was a first-team all-conference selection and the Southland Conference Tournament MVP after guiding UTSA to the tournament title and the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance during ‘a 23-10 campaign. The following season, she led the Roadrunners to the Southland regular season and tournament crowns. UTSA then took No. 2 seed Baylor to overtime in a close 87-82 NCAA first-round loss to close out a 24-9 record. She was the first Roadrunner to surpass 1,000 points, 900 rebounds and 600 assists, finishing her career with 1,460 points, 990 rebounds and 693 assists.

Michael Rockett (Baseball • 2006-09)
Michael Rockett was an All-American and four-time all-conference outfielder, helping guide the Roadrunners to back-to-back Southland Conference championships during his career. The Sugar Land, Texas, native began his career earning second-team all-league and Freshman All-America honors in 2006 after hitting .352, scoring 32 runs and driving in 32. As As a junior in 2008, he was named second-team All-American, Southland Player of the Year and first-team all-conference after hitting .360 with 25 doubles, five triples, 10 home runs, 68 RBIs and 60 runs scored marked. On March 1 of that year, he became the second Roadrunner to hit for the cycle, achieving the feat in the first four innings of a 16–2 victory over Sacred Heart. Also an excellent student, Rockett was a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree in 2008 and was a three-time Southland Academic All-Conference selection. Finishing his career with numerous school records under his belt, he was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB Draft and went on to play in 352 minor league games over four seasons.

Starlite Williams (Women’s Basketball • 1983-87 / Women’s Track & Field • 1985)
UTSA’s first All-American in any sport, Starlite Williams achieved that status in women’s basketball and track and field in 1985. She earned honorable mention All-America from Kodak and the American Women’s Sports Foundation after averaged 17.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game to help UTSA to an 18-10 record and an Oil Country Athletic Conference (OCAC) championship with a 9-1 mark. Later that spring, she finished eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.64 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to collect first-team All-America honors. Williams helped the Roadrunners win back-to-back OCAC titles in 1984 and 1985 and at least 18 wins in each of his four seasons, including a 21-6 record in 1983-84. The San Antonio native finished her career with 1,607 points and 281 steals – still school records – as well as 636 rebounds and 674 assists.

Teddy Williams (Men’s Athletics • 2007-10)
Teddy Williams was a four-time All-American for the athletics program and the first Roadrunner to play in the NFL despite never stepping foot on the field during his time at UTSA. A native of Tyler, Texas, he has four top-nine finishes in national competitions, including a fourth-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships. A two-time recipient of Athlete of the Year awards in Southland Conference indoor track player, outstanding indoor track player and outstanding outdoor track player, he collected nine Southland Conference gold medals in the sprints and helped lead the Roadrunners to six conference championships. Williams clocked a wind-powered 9.90 seconds in the 100m in 2009, the fastest time in any condition in school history, and still holds the school’s standards in the 55m (6.23) and 60 m (6.59) indoors. After his track and field career at UTSA, he tried out for the Dallas Cowboys’ training camp in 2010 at the Alamodome and went on to play in the NFL for nine seasons with seven different teams, including the Super Bowl 50 with the Carolina Panthers.

The UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Selection Committee is comprised of representatives from the UTSA Alumni Association Board of Directors, Letterwinners Club, Roadrunner Foundation and Advisory Committee student-athletes, as well as representatives from the university and athletics department as well as local print and electronic media.

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