Hall of Fame
The Bronc basketball team that captured the 1963 NAIA National Championship will become the first team to be inducted into the UTPA Athletics Hall of Fame. That season, the Broncs finished with a 26-6 record and were ranked 12th in the nation heading into the post-season tournament. The Broncs won 17 of their final 19 games of the season, including a 73-62 victory over Western Carolina in the national title game. The Broncs were led by some of the greatest players in program history that season in Luke Jackson, Mitchell Edwards, Jim McGurk, Paul Friddle and Marty Urand and were coached by the legendary Sam Williams.
