SAN ANTONIO — The 2024 UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on Friday, Oct. 18, at Pedrotti’s Ranch. Tables and individual seats for the event are on sale now by visiting https://giving.utsa.edu/halloffame.
The 2024 UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Class features Derrick Gervin (men’s basketball), Monica Gibbs (women’s basketball), Michael Rockett (baseball), Starlite Williams (women’s basketball, track & field) and Teddy Williams (men’s track & field).
UTSA Athletics will celebrate the 2024 Hall of Fame Class the weekend of Oct. 18-20, beginning with the Induction Ceremony on Friday night. Cocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the ceremony at 7 p.m.
The group will be honored at other events that weekend, including on the field during the football game against Florida Atlantic on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Alamodome.
This is the second class to be inducted, and these five legendary Roadrunners will join the inaugural class of six in the UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame. The inaugural class included McKenzie Adams (volleyball/women’s basketball), Devin Brown (men’s basketball), Marcus Davenport (football) and Tameka Roberts (track & field/women’s basketball), as well as former head football coach Larry Coker and former athletics director Lynn Hickey.
For more information about the UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, please contact the Roadrunner Athletic Fund at raf@utsa.edu.
UTSA Athletics 2024 Hall of Fame Class
Derrick Gervin (Men’s Basketball • 1982-85)
The second UTSA men’s basketball player to have his jersey retired, Derrick Gervin was the school’s second-ever NBA Draft pick 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 Roadrunner to reach 1,000 points and 500 rebounds, he finished his career with 1,691 points and 684 boards. The San Antonio Express-News 1984 Sportsman of the Year led UTSA to a breakout campaign in 1983-84, as the team finished with a 20-8 record, the second-best mark by an NCAA Division I Independent that season. Gervin, a two-time honorable mention All-American, went on to a lengthy professional career including stops with the Nets and overseas with Hapoel Gvat/Yagur, where he earned 1995 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.
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 performer and the 2009 Southland Conference Player and Defensive Player of the Year, helping 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-seeded Baylor to overtime in a narrow 87-82 loss in the NCAA First Round 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)
An All-American and four-time all-conference outfielder, Michael Rockett helped guide UTSA to back-to-back Southland Conference Championships during his career. He earned second-team all-league and Freshman All-America accolades in 2006 after batting .352, scoring 32 runs and driving in 32. As a junior in 2008, he was named a 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. On March 1 of that year, he became the second Roadrunner to hit for the cycle, performing that feat over the first four innings of a 16-2 victory over Sacred Heart. Rockett was a 2008 Academic All-District honoree and a three-time Southland Academic All-Conference selection. He was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB Draft and went on to play in the minor leagues for four seasons.
Starlite Williams (Women’s Basketball • 1983-87 / Women’s Track & Field • 1985)
The first Roadrunner to earn first-team All-America honors in any sport, Starlite Williams accomplished that feat by finishing eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.64 meters at the 1985 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Earlier that year on the court, she garnered Kodak and American Women’s Sports Foundation Honorable Mention All-America honors after averaging 17.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game to help the women's basketball team to an 18-10 record and an Oil Country Athletic Conference (OCAC) Championship with a 9-1 mark. Williams played a key role in UTSA’s back-to-back OCAC Championships in 1984 and 1985, helping the Roadrunners win at least 18 games in each of her four seasons, including a 21-6 record in 1983-84. The San Antonio native finished her career with 1,607 points and 281 steals to go with 636 rebounds and 674 assists.
Teddy Williams (Men’s Track & Field • 2007-10)
A four-time All-American in track & field and the first Roadrunner to play in the NFL despite never setting foot on the gridiron during his time at UTSA, Teddy Williams finished in the top nine at national meets four times, including a fourth-place showing in the 60 meters at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships. A two-time Southland Conference Indoor Athlete of the Year and four-time Outstanding Track Performer, he collected nine gold medals in the sprints and helped lead the Roadrunners to six league titles. Williams clocked a wind-aided time of 9.90 seconds in the 100m in 2009 and finished his career as the school record holder in the indoor 55m (6.23) and 60m (6.59). He earned a tryout at the 2010 Dallas Cowboys Training Camp and then went on to play in the NFL for nine seasons with seven different teams, including in Super Bowl 50 with the Panthers.
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