Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that Tulane has announced five new members and a team to their Athletic Hall of Fame.
The class comprises Sue Bower (Golf Coach), Devon Breaux (Football & Track), Tea Juric (Volleyball & Beach Volleyball), Nathan Southard (Baseball), Leslie Vorphal (Basketball), and the 2008-09 Women’s Golf Team.
The induction ceremony will take place on September 12, with the class honored the following day during Tulane’s home game against Duke.
Sue Bower: Women’s Golf Coach 1992-2005 & Administrator 2005-16. Spending 24 years with Tulane, Bower resurrected the Women’s Golf program from the dead. She coached the team to back-to-back Conference USA Titles (2004 and 2005) and five NCAA playoff appearances.
Devon Breaux: Men’s Track & Field/Football 2012-16. Breaux was a three-time Regional Qualifier in the Long Jump (2012, 2014, and 2015) and finished 19th in the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships. On the gridiron, Breaux caught 41 passes for 625 Yards and five Touchdowns.
Tea Juric, Volleyball/Beach Volleyball 2013-17. From Croatia, Juric was the 2013 Conference USA Freshman of the Year and is in the top ten all-time for Tulane in six categories. In Beach Volleyball, Juric has a career record of 103-43.
Nathan Southard, Baseball, 2003-06. Southard was part of the last Green Wave squad to make the College World Series (2005), and had a lifetime Batting Average of .321 with 29 Home Runs.
Leslie Vopahl, Women’s Basketball, 2013-17. Vophal scored 1,255 Points for Tulane and had 558 Assists, which is third in school history. She also won the American Athletic Conference’s Most Improved Player Award in 2016.
2008-09 Women’s Golf Team. The team won two tournaments, finished second in two more, and was 20th in that year’s National Championship.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame.
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