SAN ANTONIO — The 2026 UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Class was unveiled in August and will be inducted during Homecoming Weekend Friday-Saturday, Nov. 13-14.
The class features Leonard Byrd (men’s track & field), Ryanne DuPree (women’s track & field), Tamara Luckemeyer (volleyball), Teresa Neighbors (women’s track & field) and Jessica Rogers (softball).
The 2026 UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held Friday, Nov. 13, at Pedrotti’s Ranch. Cocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the ceremony at 7 p.m. Tables and individual seats for the event are on sale now by visiting engage.utsa.edu.
The Hall of Fame plaques will be revealed Saturday, and the group will be recognized during the football game against North Texas that day at the Alamodome.
Tamara Luckemeyer (Volleyball • 1997-2000)
A star on and off the volleyball court for UTSA from 1997 to 2000, Tamara Luckemeyer was the Southland Conference Player of the Year in 1998 and 1999 and a two-time Academic All-American. She was a four-time all-conference performer, earning first-team honors in 1998 and 1999 and second-team accolades in 1997 and 2000.
In 1999, the Katy, Texas, native helped lead the Roadrunners to a 22-7 overall record and the Southland Conference Regular Season Championship with an 18-2 mark. A year later, she helped guide UTSA to a 24-9 record and the Southland Conference Tournament title, earning tournament MVP honors and helping the program to its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
An excellent student, she was a four-time Southland Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a 1999 Academic All-American, and the 2000 Academic All-American of the Year in the university division for volleyball.
UTSA Athletics will profile each of the five members of the 2026 UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Class leading up to the Induction Ceremony.
The 2026 Class will join 15 other inductees in the UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame. The inaugural class of 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, was inducted in 2023. The 2024 class included 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). The 2025 class featured Fabiola Arriaga (women’s golf), Rudy Davalos (athletics director), Amanda Michalsky (softball) and Mark Schramek (baseball).
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