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Table of ContentsAzle ISD Hall of Fame

Beginnings .................................................. 3James Casey ................................................ 4Jackie Swaim DiNardo .............................. 6Derek Dorris .............................................. 8Chelsa Holder .......................................... 11Dan Mauldin ............................................ 13Stan Mauldin ............................................ 15Wayne Walton .......................................... 17

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Congratulations to the Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees!

Wayne WaltonStan MauldinDan MauldinChelsa HolderJames Casey Jackie Swaim DiNardo Derek Dorris

Putting it all together It took more than a year to get the first Hall of Fame off the ground

The first seven inductees to the Azle Athletic Hall of Fame were recognized at a ban-quet Oct. 24 at the Azle High School gym. The honorees: (l-r) Derek Dorris, Chelsa Holder (with brother Pat Holder accepting), Wayne Walton, James Casey, Jackie Swaim DiNardo, Dan Mauldin, and Stan Mauldin. Photo by Mark K. Campbell

by MArk k. CAMPbellThe final cut was seven,

the “cream of the crop.”When a committee was

formed to deliberate and de-cide upon the first class of the Azle Athletic Hall of Fame, specific individuals stood out.

In fact, while other nomi-nees certainly had worthy credentials and will get their own plaque on the wall in the future, seven former AHS athletes especially stood out to the committee.

That septet was recog-nized at a sold-out banquet at the new gym that attracted over 270 people.

The first class – which re-quired, among other essen-tials, that the nominee be an Azle High School graduate, out of AHS for at least 10 years, and be of good stand-

ing and high moral fiber that wold inspire current youth – included greats from several decades.

The committee – Scott Anderson, Dwain Bates, Laura Bynum, Mark Camp-bell, Tim Carpenter, Keith Hoover, Roddy Murr, Kinny Pack, and Sam Robinson – agreed that the inaugural class should include:

• James Casey• Jackie Swaim DiNardo• Derek Dorris• Chelsa Holder• Dan Mauldin• Stan Mauldin• Wayne WaltonAfter a catered dinner,

each honoree was intro-duced to the gathering.

Winners spoke – all saying how vital Azle was to their success.


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BY MARK K. CAMPBELLHe thanked his hometown.James Casey said Azle has

always been there for him. Including during the most pivotal moment of his life.

The former Hornet re-called how the town rallied around him when he was pulled out of Azle High School as a sophomore and discovered that his mother had been killed in a house fi re.

“I only had on what I was wearing that day,” Casey told the hundreds assembled at the inaugural Azle Athlet-ic Hall of Fame banquet.

He recalled his upbring-ing. “I grew up poor, in a terrible situation.”

After the incident, the town stepped up. “The people of Azle bought me clothes. People came out of nowhere,” he recalled.

His situation fueled his motivation. “I’m going to get out of here,” he said of his mind-set at the time that inspired his determination to succeed.

At AHS, Casey became a two-sport star.

He excelled in football as an Academic All-State quar-terback and led one of the

better Hornet squads in 2002 that was fl ying high until an injury sidelined him.

But at Azle High, it was baseball where Casey shone.

He led AHS to the post-season and his name is still in the school record books, including as the top all-time strikeout king with 240 over his career.

His prowess attracted ma-jor league scouts.

Casey was drafted by the Chicago White Sox, in the

PLEASE SEE CASEY, PAGE 5.

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James Casey told the banquet crowd that he “hit the jack-pot” by being from Azle. Photo by Mark K. Campbell


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dreams,” he said. Off to the minors he went.

Casey bumped around for several years before realiz-ing that he was unlikely to reach the bigs.

Released, he came back to Azle and began working at a local fitness center for $7 an hour. A vigorous regimen re-shaped his body into that of a juggernaut.

Always a top scholar – Casey had passed on full-ride collegiate scholarships to take his MLB shot – he considered going to presti-gious Rice and maybe play-ing football.

“I had been out of school for four years,” he recalled.

A videotape reached the right Owl coach’s hands. Seeing his exceptional phy-sique, Casey was offered a chance to play for Rice.

And he took Houston by

storm.Casey became a sensation

as “Thor” – a multi-faceted athlete who could play on both sides of the ball…and often did.

In 2007 in a game against Southern Mississippi, Casey played seven different posi-tions.

The next season, he played in all 13 Owl games and set an NCAA record for tight ends with 111 receptions for 1,329 yards and 12 TDs.

After two seasons, he took

Casey: The proanother shot at the pros – this time the NFL.

He got drafted by the Houston Texans in the fifth round, continuing his repu-tation as a determined play-er who would do whatever was needed to win.

While playing in the NFL, he completed a remarkable triple-major at Rice in eco-nomics, sports management, and managerial studies, fin-ishing with a shining GPA of 3.84.

When Casey became a free agent, the young man who once literally had towns-folk purchase him clothes to wear signed a $14.6 million contract with the Philadel-phia Eagles.

From there, he moved on to the Denver Broncos in 2015.

At that stop, he noted how

fortunate he has been. “I looked around and I was

sitting next to Peyton Man-ning,” he said.

Casey told the crowd the secret to success: “Con-sistently do what others won’t.”

That extra work and in-vested time took him to

heights few dared dream.James Casey scaled the

ladder of success after start-ing out on the lowest pos-sible rung.

And he thanked his hometown for being part of his rise.

“I hit the jackpot being from Azle,” Casey said.

Casey passes as a Hornet.

The Philadelphia Eagles signed Casey to a $14.6 million contract in 2013.

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n CASEY, FROM PAGE 4.


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BY MARK K. CAMPBELLWhen Jackie Swaim Di-

Nardo was still just Jackie Swaim in Azle, Texas, she was a phenomenal athlete at AHS.

As great as she was, she really im-pressed when she reached the University of Texas at Austin.

Hall of Fame Coach Jody Conradt recalled re-cruiting Di-Nardo out of McLellan Ju-nior College. Conradt was just getting the Lady Horn program going and DiNardo made a huge impact.

“She’s the best offensive player I’ve ever seen,” Con-radt told the crowd. “She be-came the foundation for the

program.”After a stunning career as

a Lady Hornet where she played volleyball and earned several MVP hoops honors while averaging 32 points per game as an All-State se-

Inspired to excel, leadnior in 1976, DiNardo was excited to discover she could continue her career in Waco at McLellan.

The crowd chuckled at her story of arriving at the junior college and being sur-prised that she had to actually at-tend class-es.

“I was only there to play bas-k e t b a l l , ” she said.

Eventual-ly, she found herself in Aus-tin with a stern taskmaster in Conradt.

Once, the coach told the injured DiNardo to get off the court if she couldn’t practice. DiNardo stayed, despite the pain.

“Coach Conradt told me I was going to be a role model,” DiNardo recalled. “She made me who I am today; she was who I wanted to be like.”

Conradt remem-bered DiNardo missing a season because of a torn ACL.

“She had such determina-tion and will in adversity,” the UT coach said. “I have such personal admiration

for her.”Despite playing just two

seasons in Austin, DiNardo remains in the top 20 among all-time scorers at UT.

She was the team MVP and an All-American.

In 2005, DiNardo was inducted into the Texas Women’s Athletic Hall of Fame, UT’s highest sport-ing honor.

From being a Lady Long-horn, DiNardo continued her hoops career,

She became a member of the United States team that won the gold medal in Puer-to Rico in the Pan-American Games.

From 1979-81, DiNardo played women’s profession-al basketball, fi rst with St.

PLEASE SEE DINARDO, PAGE 5.

“She made me who I am today.

Jackie Swaim DiNardoOn Coach Jody Conradt

During her speech, Jackie Swaim DiNardo thanked for-mer coaches and her late husband. Photo by Mark K. Campbell

nior in 1976, DiNardo was excited to discover she could continue her career in Waco

The crowd chuckled at her story of arriving at the junior college and being sur-prised that she had to actually at-tend class-

for her.”Despite playing just two

seasons in Austin, DiNardo remains in the top 20 among all-time scorers at UT.

She was the team MVP and an All-American.

In 2005, DiNardo was inducted into the Texas Women’s Athletic Hall of Fame, UT’s highest sport-ing honor.

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DiNardo said, “It gave me the opportunity to dream.”

She lauded the influ-ence of Conradt as she em-barked on her own coach-ing career.

And what a career it has been.

After serving as an assis-tant at Baylor in 1982-83, she headed to Connecticut and has remained at Dan-bury for over three de-cades.

Entering her 33rd season leading the Hatters, DiNar-do has led teen-agers to great athletic heights, winning several state champion-ships.

So far, her Hatters have piled up 460 victories, and have been to the state tourna-ment 27 out of 28 years.

DiNardo was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s

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n DINARDO, FROM PAGE 6.

Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 and is also in the

Danbury High School Hall of Fame.

D i N a r d o credited her late husband for always en-couraging her.

“He would say, ‘A glass is always half full,’” she said.

Her success has been showcased with her instal-lation into multiple Halls

of Fame and Azle is yet an-other.

A storied career continues – one that began decades ago in Azle, a town she still speaks of fondly.

“I’ve never forgotten where I came from,” she said.

Retired University of Texas women’s basketball coach Jody Conradt said Jackie Swaim DiNardo was the foundation for the Lady Longhorn program. Photo by Mark K. Campbell

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Derek Dorris

BY MARK K. CAMPBELL“God gave him athletic

ability.”That’s how former Azle

High School Coach Don O s t e r m a n n i n t r o d u c e d Derek Dorris to the banquet crowd.

Also crucial to his excel-ling in sports was the fact that Dorris’ big brother Dev-on – himself a standout as a Hornet – was always the bar-setter.

“It was easy to go to prac-

Excelling at every leveltice, because I wanted to show up my big brother,” Dorris said.

That God-given athletic ability served Dorris well as

a Hornet and beyond.

He earned m u l t i p l e awards in bas-ketball, track, and football.

He regularly won multiple

gold medals at track meets and still holds the Region I record in the 110-meter hur-dles.

At AHS, his hurdling, high

jump, and triple jump marks have yet to be surpassed.

In the 110 hurdling races, he owns bronze medals from the Texas state meet and from the Golden West Invi-tational, a national event.

When Dorris, a graduate of the Class of 1997, stepped on the gridiron, he seldom got off it; he was a standout receiver, a stellar defensive back, and kicked as well.

Named an All-State de-fensive back twice, Dor-ris played in the Oil Bowl and the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game, both invitational contests.

He signed a scholarship to play at Texas Tech where his football accolades grew.

As a receiver, Dorris was a four-year letterman.

In 1999, he landed on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, and he was the Red Raider Receiver of the Year in 2000.

Along the way, he set a new TT record with four receiving touchdowns in a single game.

Along the way, Dorris said it was coaches that helped him get better.

“Coaches have been a big part of my life,” he said. “They showed me what to do and taught me everything I know.”

Aside from Ostermann, Dorris said he learned much from Tech’s Spike Dykes then Mike Leach.

“I’ve seen some great coaches,” he said.

PLEASE SEE DORRIS, PAGE 9.

Derek Dorris told the crowd about his journey from Azle High School to the NY Giants. Photo by Mark K. Campbell

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The crowds he played be-fore grew. Dorris recalled standing on the field before sizeable crowds in Azle then being wowed by the tens of thousands in Lubbock.

Dorris’ success at Texas Tech caught the eye of the NFL. A pair of teams – the New Orleans Saints and New York Giants – showed

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BY MARK K. CAMPBELL“She had the best jump

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She also got involved in every facet of school, in-cluding becoming head cheerleader.

But it was on the court, presenter Kay Moshier said, where Holder was a true leader.

Holder’s teammate on those exceptional early Lady Hornet squads, Moshier said she had the tough task of try-ing to guard Holder during practices.

“I never saw anyone – male or female – so talent-ed,” Moshier said. “She was a natural leader.”

Holder played basketball for Azle for four years and was the AHS captain for two.

That Azle girls squad – known as the Hornettes in the 1960s – won district ti-tles as well as bi-district in 1963 and 1964.

Holder averaged a remark-able 33 points per game and

She ‘bled Azle green’still holds the Azle single game record of 56 points more than half a century later.

She was also a volley-ball and tennis standout.

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PLEASE SEE CHELSA PAGE 12

Kay Moshier (right) and Pat Holder, who accepted on be-half of his sister, embrace after Moshier’s introductory comments. Photo by Mark K. Campbell


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embarrassing when your sis-ter could out-run you.

Pat said he never missed one of his sister’s games.

Especially memorable, he recalled, was watching her calmly nail a pair of free throws with five seconds left to win a playoff game against Burleson.

After her athletic career ended, Holder continued to be a mainstay in Azle.

An educator for 36 years,

would say. “It doesn’t have to be pretty whether it’s ten-nis or volleyball.”

Moshier remembered that Holder was an all-out ath-lete. “She had just one gear: Fast and do all you can do.”

Aside from being a cheer-leader and superior athletes, Holder was class vice-presi-dent in ‘63 and ‘64.

She was also the boys bas-ketball Sweetheart in ‘63.

Chelsa’s younger brother Pat Holder accepted the honor for his sister.

He can vouch for her ath-letic prowess, he said.

“Imagine being her little brother,” Pat said. “We’d play basketball all the time, and she never let me win.”

He joked that it was a bit

Holder: The ‘best’she was a member of the AISD for 27 years and al-ways drew praise for her work ethic.

Moshier said Holder was an administrator who worked with teachers.

Holder started her lo-cal career as a fourth grade teacher at Eagle Heights El-ementary.

Next came a stop as assis-tant principal at Azle Junior High before she became the “Rock” school’s principal in 2005. For the 1988-89 school year, Holder was the Educator of the Year.

“She was passionate about schools and community,” said Moshier.

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A star on and off the fi elBY MARK K. CAMPBELL

No Azle graduate can reach the heights achieved by Dan Mauldin, Class of 1961, on the football fi eld and in the classroom.

Today, Mauldin is a re-spected Doctor of Math-ematics at the University of North Texas.

Back in 1960, the numbers Mauldin was focused on were on the gridiron.

And he was a superstar there, too.

As a senior in 1960, Mauldin was All-District on both sides of the ball; that ‘60 team won district, a rare feat by any Hornet team for

decades.Roddy Murr, a teammate

and Mauldin’s introducer, said, “I guess you’d call Dan the Big Man on Campus.”

Yet even greater football feats awaited him.

At the University of Tex-as, Mauldin played for the Longhorns from 1962-65, including being a member of the 1963 National Cham-pionship team.

An Academic All-Amer-ican, he also earned All-Southwest Conference kudos for his play as a de-fensive end.

Playing for UT, Mauldin was a starter in a pair of classic Longhorn victories: against Roger Staubach and Navy in the 1964 Cotton Bowl and over Joe Namath and Alabama in the 1965 Or-ange Bowl.

For all his exceptional

football skill, Mauldin was far more talented in the classroom.

He got his bachelor in mathematics in 1966, his

masters the next year, then a PhD in 1969 – all from UT.

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“I guess you’d call Dan the Big Man on Campus.

Roddy MurrRecalling the persona of inductee Dan Mauldin

PLEASE SEE D. MAULDIN PAGE 14.

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part of Azle High School that caught his eye when he returned to AHS for the in-duction ceremony and was given a tour of some newly built and improved areas.

“The people of Azle are to be commended for their commitment to these facili-ties,” he said.

Mauldin harkened back to the days when nice facilities were nowhere to be found in Azle.

“We played on grass fields that were full of goat heads,” he recalled.

M a u l d i n said the arriv-al of Coach Don Hood – who was set to induct him but was too ill to attend – turned things around athletically in Azle.

“We kept doing things un-til they became automatic,” Mauldin recalled.

He said he remembered being scolded by a teacher when he didn’t perform at

his expected level in an English class.

“I was told, ‘You can do better,’ and I didn’t forget that,” he told the crowd.

At the University of Tex-as, Mauldin learned life-long lessons from legend-ary Longhorn coach Darrell Royal – lessons about team-work and success.

“You’ve got to reach down for that last bit,” Mauldin said about competition.

“Seasons are hard and races are long, but keep the

horses go-ing in the same direc-tion.”

A f t e r leaving UT, M a u l d i n headed for the Uni-versity of Florida in G a i n e s -ville.

E i g h t years later,

he was off to the University of North Texas starting in 1977.

He was made a full profes-sor there in 1979, a Regents professor in 1988, and a pro-fessor Emeritus in 2011.

Along with way, Mauldin has authored more than 150 scholarly papers.

He’s also the co-author of Graph Directed Markov Systems: The Geometry and Dynamics of Limit Sets.

He and a cohort solved a math problem that had sty-mied everyone for 50 years.

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He has logged stints as a consultant for the Los Ala-

mos National Laboratory (1981-82) and for the U.S. Navy (1986-94).

Today, he serves as a con-sultant for the Institute for Defense Analysis.

All those accolades and honors can be traced back to what he learned on the ath-letic field, Mauldin said.

“This would not be pos-sible without coaches,” he said.

He added, “I am honored to be here with these fantas-tic athletes.”

Roddy Murr standing in for Coach Don Hood, introduced Dan Mauldin at the banquet. Photo by Mark K. Campbell

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Before he graduated from Azle in 1967, Mauldin had performed admirably as a Hornet.

He ran track for four years, but his destiny was in football.

Playing both ways as a fullback and linebacker, Mauldin was a tri-captain of the 1966 Hornets with fel-low inductee Wayne Wal-ton and Lee Harris.

M a u l d i n won acco-lades for his efforts on the gridiron, including an H o n o r a b l e Mention All-State Line-backer nod as a senior.

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launched M a u l d -in into his own

coaching career, fueled by a love of football he built as a young boy.

“He learned from the best,” said Arthur Johnson who introduced Mauldin to the Hall of Fame crowd.

Mauldin was a joy to play ball with, Johnson recalled.

“He was an excellent team-mate. You could tell right off the bat – his morals, attitude, the way he carried himself.

“He was respected.”Mauldin recalled grow-

ing up in Lakeside – at 403 Paint Brush Road – and how he could not wait to become a Hornet.

He reminisced about his mother giving him $2 before a junior high game.

Mauldin would head to the Red Top Cafe where he not only got plenty to eat, but had enough left over to lis-ten to Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” on the jukebox.

“Then I was ready to play!” he said.

PLEASE SEE S. MAULDIN, PAGE 16.

Thanking God for his success, Stan Mauldin recalled his days as a youth in Azle. Photo by Mark K. Campbell


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Mauldin said he remem-bered being in sixth grade and approaching Azle with the football lights shining brightly.

“It made me excited, moti-vated me,” he recalled.

Through the years – from Azle to the University of Texas to Alabama – Mauld-in said football taught him some solid life traits.

“Teamwork, fair play, and sportsmanship – that’s what I learned,” he said.

Mauldin today is a coach himself.

Beginning in 1975 and running through 2004, he was a head or assistant coach

S.Mauldin: A coaching life n S. MAULDIN, FROM PAGE 15 at several schools.

He coached in Klein and was the head coach and ath-letic director at high schools in Elgin, Bellville, Alvin, and Austin.

After a stint as a princi-pal and assistant principal at Georgetown, Mauldin is helping the football squad at

Hyde Park High School in Austin.

Johnson lauded the life of his friend Mauldin: “He lived a life that is an exam-ple to others.”

Mauldin said he was “hon-ored and extremely proud” to be part of the inaugural Hall of Fame class.

Stan Mauldin was not only a standout football player but a class president, too.


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Azle ISD Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees!

Wayne Walton

From AHS to the NFLBY MARK K. CAMPBELL

“Work equals results,” Hall of Fame inductee Wayne Walton told the ban-quet crowd.

He should know.Walton went from the

grassy gridiron of Azle to the trench-es of N e w Y o r k , p l a y i n g profession-al football, the pinnacle of the game.

I n t r o d u c -ing Walton, Pat Holder said his friend was “the best natural athlete I ever s a w . He was a great competitor with a will to win.”

That competitive spirit

was alive in Azle.Walton lettered twice in

basketball – making All-District twice.

B u t he especially ex-celled in track and football.

A throw-er, one of Wa l t o n ’s m i g h t y d i s c u s heaves sailed 1 7 9 feet i n

1967. That mighty

hurl stood as the state record for 10 years

and is still the Azle High School mark 48 years later.

As a football Hornet, Wal-ton was a captain and earned All-District honors as a ju-nior and senior.

In 1967, his fi nal AHS season, Walton was an All-State linebacker.

He took off for Abilene Christian where he was named All-Southland Con-ference and earned All-American honors.

His exploits were so im-pressive at ACU that he was enshrined in the school’s Hall of Fame in 1992-93, named to the 1960’s ACU All-Decade Team, and was picked as part of the All-Century Team in 2005.

After ACU, the profes-sional ranks came calling.

Walton began his NFL ca-reer as an offensive lineman for the New York Giants in 1971.

He was selected as the 44th player in the draft that year.

Walton would spend more seasons in the same role as a Kansas City Chief, through 1974.

Teamwork is the key to success, said Walton who is currently the President of Richmark Properties, Inc. and a licensed real estate broker and CPM.

“Teamwork is better. When you struggle and when you celebrate, it’s bet-

PLEASE SEE WALTON PAGE 18Wayne Walton’s 1967 discus throw – once the longest in Texas – is still the Azle record. Photo by Mark K. Campbell


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Work hard to succeedWalton:ter with teammates,”he said.

“Work equals results; how bad do you want to win?” Walton told the crowd.

Knowing how to handle adversity is essential.

“If you get knocked down, get back up,” he said.

He said he looks back on his Azle years fondly – es-

n WALTON, FROM PAGE 17.

pecially since he spied a “beautiful brown-haired” sophomore on the AHS campus.

He married Cindy, citing her

“Work equals results.

Wayne WaltonHall of Fame inductee

as his “inspiration” for all he does.

Like other in-ductees, Walton said he was im-pressed with the new facilities in the district.

T h a n k i n g Christ, he said he was “blessed to be included with this group.”


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AISD Athletic Director Scott Anderson (right) congratu-lates Wayne Walton at the banquet. Photo by Mark K. Campbell


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