GAT Life Members
2022 TONY WALKER: San Angelo. As a high school and collegiate athlete Tony pursued the sports of soccer and track and intended to pursue those sports as a Coach. At Texas A&M, he was required to take a class in: The Teaching of Gymnastics with instructor Ernie Kirkham. Ernie encouraged him to apply to a local gymnastics club owned by GAT Life Members Nikki and Patrick Yaeger to sharpen his skills in a new sport. The Yaegers sparked an interest in competitive gymnastics and the fun of gymnastics through their Gymnastics Club and the Summer Texas Gymnastics Camps. In the Spring of 1985, Texas A&M hosted the 1985 Texas High School Gymnastics State Championships in G. Rollie White Coliseum and it was then that he learned that Texas High Schools offered the competitive sport of Gymnastics. In 1986 for his Student Teaching assignment, he was assigned to Annette Reynolds, Gymnastics Coach and PE Partners/Physical Education instructor at Richardson High School where he was surrounded by the other district Gymnastics Coaches, Denise Coates, Greg Larimer and Sam Siedel. In 1987 this then soccer/track athlete ended up at San Angelo Central High School with GAT Life Member and Coach, James R. White and became the first Girl’s head coach where he still is today. Tony has completed 36 years as the Program Director and Head Coach at San Angelo Central High School. Since his arrival in 1987, Tony’s teams have achieved 25 District Titles, 25 Regional Titles, 12 State Titles, and 1 National Title, and currently holds the Team Scoring Record for girls along with 7 individual State Record Holders and 32 individual State Champions. He has been named Region 3 Coach of the Year 8 times, State Coach of the Year 9 times, and Girls National Team Coach twice. Most recently in 2014, he was selected as Teacher of the Year for the San Angelo Independent School District. San Angelo’s program not only supports high school gymnastics but as a part of the program, gymnasts learn to teach in the Community Education Program where athletes have gone on to become club and high school coaches, club owners, national team coaches, program directors, and judges. He is grateful to the many coaches and administrators that showed support and influenced him along the way. He couldn’t have had success in his career without the love and support of his family, wife Sherrie and sons Cameron and Braden, and daughter Addison along with his coaching brother Kern Arrott. Elected in 2022.
Full List Of Life Members:
Juergen Achtermann - Elected 2019
Ginger Arons - San Angelo, TX - Elected 1988
Jamille "Jay" Ashmore - Plano TX - Elected 1979
Nadeane Barber (Deceased, 1982) - Refugio, TX - Elected 1974
Gerald Bartosh - Houston, TX - Elected 1991
John Basel - 2018
Tammy Biggs – Elected 2006
Beau Biron Houston, TX - beau@birongym.com - Elected 1987
Billy Booth - Dallas TX - Elected 1998
Dr. Edsel Buchanan - Omaha NB - Elected 1981
Diane Callison - Elected 2015
Nard Cazzell (Deceased, 1999) - Amarillo TX - Elected 1971
Dr. William Cornelius - Denton TX - Elected 1995
Robert Cowan - Carmel IN - Elected 1984
Bee Crenshaw (Deceased, 2018) - Elgin TX - Elected 1987
Dr. W.A. "Bill" Crenshaw (Deceased, 1996) - Elgin TX - Elected 1968
Scott Crouse – Elected 2008
Jim Culhane - Elected 2021
Ralph Dykeman (Deceased, 1986) - Amarillo TX - Elected 1969
Gil Elsass - Austin TX - Elected 1999
Tim Erwin – Elected 2005
Pat Ethredge – Elected 2005
Bob Finch - Spring TX - Elected 1989
JT Flectcher - Elected 2021
Bill Foster – Elected 2006
Beth Gardner - Elected 2014
Lester "Griff" Griffin (Deceased, 1977) - Dallas TX - Elected 1970
Brandy Haney - Round Rock TX 2002
Jeanette Hawkins iDeceased, 2017) - McAllen TX - Elected 1977
Fillmore "Fill" Hendrix (Deceased, 2021) - Austin TX - Elected 1980
Walter Hosek (Deceased, 2004) - Dallas TX - Elected 1972
Avis Tieber Jamieson - Carrollton TX - Elected 1989
Cheryl Jarrett - Round Rock TX - Elected 1996
Jim “Jimbo” Jarrett - Round Rock TX 2001
James Jeffers (Deceased, 2020) - Elected 2016
Frank Kudlac – Elected 2011
Gregg Larimer – Elected 2007
Rudy Magdaleno (Deceased, 2001) - Alvin TX - Elected 1997
Bettye Martin - Parker TX - Elected 1986
Kevin Mazeika – Elected 2011
Lawrence "Larry" McDonough (Deceased, 2015) - Elected 2015
Jim McKinney - Abilene, TX - Elected 1992
Emil J Milan (Deceased, 2016) - Hurst TX - Elected 1976
Jerry Milan - Fort Worth TX - Elected 1976
Rome Milan - Elected 2009
Martha Mitchell - Odessa TX - Elected 1990
Hideo "Mizo" Mizoguchi - Elected 2017
Kevin Muenz – Elected 2008
Dr. Garland O'Quinn - El Paso TX - Elected 1983
Michael "Mike" Osborn (Deceased, 2009) - Abilene, TX - Elected 1995
Ralph Reeves (Deceased, 2010) - Richardson TX - Elected 1981
Cori Rizo – Elected 2013
Bob Sanderson - Abilene, TX - Elected 1998
Brian Schenk (Deceased, 2015) - Austin TX - Elected 1978
Dr. Darlene Schmidt - San Marcos TX - Elected 1982
Mark Sherman – Elected 2012
E. A. "Pop" Snapp (Deceased, 1981) - Houston, TX - Elected 1973
Lorna Spellman – Elected 2010
Alan Streeter – (Deceased, 2005) Elected 2007 (posthumously)
Sandy Streeter - Dallas TX - Elected 1993
Charles Teas (Deceased, 2022) - Corpus Christi TX - Elected 1994
Annette Robert Thomas - Elected 2015
Jack Tillinghast Kanab UT - Elected 1990
Jodie Trncak – Elected 2010
William "Bill" Valentine - Terlingua TX - Elected 1985
Todd Vesely – Elected 2009
Tony Walker - Elected 2022
James White (Deceased, 1997) - Bedford TX - Elected 1985
Debbie Williams - Bedford TX 2003
Mark Williams (Deceased, 2009) - Bedford TX 2004
Bill Willis - Dallas TX - Elected 1980
Marcus Yancey - Pflugerville TX 2000
Nikki Yeager LaBelle - FL - Elected 1991
Patrick "Pat" Yeager (Deceased, 1994) - Naples FL - Elected 1975
Ben Zickefoose - Abilene, TX - Elected 1988