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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Longtime baseball coach and educator Hector Salinas |
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received well-deserved recognition when he was inducted into the |
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Texas A&M University--Kingsville Javelina Athletic Hall of Fame in |
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February 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Salinas was instrumental in creating the Texas |
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A&M--Kingsville baseball program, and he was named the team's first |
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head coach in 1993; his ball clubs had a winning record in each of |
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the six seasons he was at the helm, and his teams claimed two Lone |
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Star Conference championships; the first came in 1995, the same |
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year he was named LSC Coach of the Year, and his players won the |
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title again in 1998 and became the first Javelina team to go to the |
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NCAA Division II playoffs; skilled at developing young talent, he |
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guided 25 first team All-Conference players, 6 LSC Players of the |
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Year, and 2 NCAA Division II All-Americans during his tenure at the |
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university; and |
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WHEREAS, The success Coach Salinas enjoyed with the Javelinas |
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was built on his extensive baseball experience; a superb athlete in |
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his own right, he played for Corpus Christi High School and then |
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became an All-American at The University of Texas--Pan American; he |
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began his career in education in 1968 at Tom Browne Middle School in |
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Corpus Christi and went on to teach classes and coach baseball at |
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Miller High School, Moody High School, Texas Southmost College, and |
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Laredo Junior College before joining Texas A&M |
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University--Kingsville; and |
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WHEREAS, After concluding his service with the Javelinas, he |
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spent seven years as the head coach at Texas A&M University--Corpus |
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Christi and was once again responsible for building a program from |
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the ground up, just as he had done at Laredo Junior College and |
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Texas A&M--Kingsville; he now teaches at Richard Milburn Academy in |
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Corpus Christi and is assistant secretary of the board of trustees |
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of the Corpus Christi Independent School District; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed coach has received numerous awards for |
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his contributions to Texas athletics; he was inducted into the Leo |
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Najo Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, the Moody High School Hall of Fame |
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in 2000, and the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame in 2010; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Coach Salinas enjoys the love |
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and support of his wife, Thelma Salinas; the couple raised five |
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children, Hilda, Orlando, Trey, Paula, and Brenda, and over the |
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years, their family has grown to include nine grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Hector Salinas has helped countless athletes to |
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succeed both on and off the ball field, and his outstanding work at |
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Texas A&M--Kingsville has ensured that generations of young men |
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will benefit from the valuable lessons they can learn as members of |
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the Javelina baseball program; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Hector Salinas on his induction |
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into the Texas A&M University--Kingsville Javelina Athletic Hall of |
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Fame and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Salinas as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |