ALLISON ABENDSCHEIN was a four-year letter winner at midfielder for the women’s soccer team from 2013-2016. The Magnolia, Texas, native helped lead the Huskies to conference tournament titles and the program’s first two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2014 and was MVP of the conference tournament in 2016.
ANDREW GONZALEZ played his final two seasons as a guard/forward with the Huskies’ men’s basketball program from 2009-11. The Pasadena, Texas, native ranks 14th all-time with 1,292 points and ranks third with 20.9 points per game. He averaged 22.9 points per game in 2010-11, which ranked sixth nationally. Gonzalez was a First-Team All-Great West Conference selection in 2009-10 and 2010-11 and was named the GWC Newcomer of the Year for the 2009-10 campaign.
ANNA STRICKLAND was a three-year letter winner at center for the HCU women’s basketball team from 2013-16. The Woodlands, Texas, native led the nation in rebounding with 14.2 per game in 2015-16 and earned All-Southland Conference Second Team honors. Strickland was a two-time SLC All-Defensive Team pick, a two-time Academic All-Conference selection and was named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll all three seasons. Her 31 rebounds in her final game set the all-time Southland Conference record and were the most rebounds in a single game in NCAA Division I during the 2015-16 season.
The 1986 4×800-meter relay of CHARLIE FOREMAN, Magness Fyhr, Sam Shimfessel and Alfredo Lahuerta ran a world-leading mark of 7:22.19 on February 16, 1986, at the Florida Open. Their average legs of 1:50.5 are what current HCU head track and field coach Theresa Fuqua described as “lightning in a bottle.” The mark qualified them for the NCAA Indoor Championships, where they finished fifth, but were disqualified for incidental contact during the race. The mark stood up as the world-leading mark through the end of the 1986 season and was second-fastest 4×800-meter relay ever run by a collegiate squad (Arkansas in 1983).
STEVEN KEY, an HCU alum, is the longest-tenured assistant coach in NCAA Division I basketball, entering his 29th season coaching and his 32nd overall at the school. The Savannah, Georgia, native helped lead the Huskies to 10 NAIA National Tournament appearances, nine conference titles and the nation’s No. 1 ranking in 2003. In addition to his basketball duties, he served as the sports information director until 2008, building the department’s first official website, which would go on to win several awards.
