Sul Ross Hall of Honor

H.L. Kokernot

  • Sport Oustanding Booster
  • Induction Year 1986

Biography

  • "Mr. Baseball" of the Southwest
  • Supporter of Sul Ross athletics for over half a century
  • Built the finest baseball facility west of the Misssissippi in 1947
  • Named Outstanding  Sponsor of Baseball in the United States in 1960 by the National Baseball Congress
  • Helped put too many students through college to count
  • Put Sul Ross and Alpine on the map through his support of athletics