AUSTIN, Texas—Concordia University Texas is proud to announce that two former athletes and one administrator will be inducted into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at the second annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony. A sunset reception for the Athletic Hall of Fame inductees will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the ceremony at 6:30 p.m. at The OASIS on Lake Travis.
The new inductees are Kenneth “KB” DeBord (class of 2002, basketball player); Lisa Hintz (class of 1988, volleyball and basketball player); and Linda Lowery, who served as the athletic director, volleyball coach, and men’s and women’s golf coach at various times between 1980 and 2008.
“We are proud to have such exceptional athletes representing Concordia and we look forward to enshrining them into the Athletic Hall of Fame,” Dan Huntley, Athletic Director, Concordia University Texas, said.
Those interested in attending the ceremony should RSVP to Dan Huntley by Friday, Jan. 21 at daniel.huntley@concordia.edu or 512-313-4501. The cost to attend is $25 per person.
Kenneth “KB” DeBord ’02
Kenneth “KB” DeBord is the most prolific scorer in the history of the men’s basketball program, compiling 2,121 points from 1998-2002. He averaged 13.2 points pergame as a freshman, 23.8 as a sophomore, 26.2 as a junior and 24.6 as a senior.
DeBord setAmerican Southwest Conference records by netting 53 points, including 20 field goals, versus McMurry University on Jan. 18, 2001. He sits at the top of five all-time categories at Concordia for career points (2,121), rebounds (762),field goals made (797), free throws made (401) and free throw attempts (601). In addition, DeBord’s 26.2 points per game during his junior campaign is the best offensive season by any player in school history.
DeBord, who is listed on 15 top-10 career lists, was a three-time All-ASC First Team selection. He earned Heartland Conference Freshman of the Year laurelsfollowing the 1998-99 season. He was also named to the D3hoops.com All-America Second Team as a senior.
Lisa Hintz ‘88
Lisa Hintz is arguably the most decorated two-sport women’s athlete in Concordia’s history. She was a four-year letter-winner in volleyball and basketball from 1984-1988.
An outside hitter in volleyball, Hintz is listed on 11 top-10 all-time lists. She holds school records for service aces (175), digs (2,514) and digs per set (5.93) while ranking second in solo blocks (118), third in total blocks (325) and third in block assists (207). Hintz, who served as a team captain and garnered all-district honors, is also the owner of single-season program standards for digs (736) and digs per set (7.36). She ranked among the top-10 nationally in both categories for multiple years.
Even though the three-point shot was not introduced until her senior year, Hintz remains the women’s basketball program’s second all-time leading scorer with 2,023 points. The guard, who owned the school’s scoring record at the time of her graduation, averaged 14.5 points per game as a freshman, 25.4 as a sophomore, 19.8 as a junior and 19.3 as a senior. Hintz was named the institution’s first female All-American in any sport for her efforts during the 1985-86 season in which she led the country in scoring for most of the yearbefore finishing the season ranked second nationally.
Linda Lowery
Linda Lowery has held various positions of leadership at Concordia University Texas and is being honored for nearly 30 years of service to the institution. Since her arrival in 1980, she has served as the University’s head volleyball coach (1980-1998), athletic director (1982-2008) and head men’s and women’s golf coach (1998-2008). In addition, she was an assistant and associate professor in the kinesiology department before being granted professor emeritus status in January 2008.
Lowery began her career as a successful high school volleyball and basketball coach before moving to the collegiate ranks as the head volleyball coach at The University of Texas at Austin, where she compiled a 65-34 ledger over two seasons. After her stint with the Longhorns, Lowery piloted the Concordia volleyball program for 18 years before retiring after the 1998 season. A three-time District IV Coach of the Year, Lowery mentored three All-America players and 14 student-athletes who were all-district (NAIA) selections.
As the University’s athletic director for 26 years, Lowery transitioned the Concordia athletic department from the NAIA to the NCAA in 1998 by adding seven additional intercollegiate teams—men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, and softball. She was named the NAIA Female Athletic Administrator of the Year in 1992 and was the recipient of the James Keller Sportsmanship, Leadership and Integrity Award in 2008.
