Del Ray Mounts - inductee #179
Hall of Fame Fast Fact:
Del Ray Mounts was named one of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's Top 100 Athletes in 1999 and the Amarillo Globe-News' Top 100 Sports Legends of the 20th Century in 2000. He was the third selection to the PSHOF from the Legends Committee.
Del Ray Mounts
Mounts was an all-state basketball player at Perryton, where he turned down a pair of small-college offers to walk on at Tech in 1959. When he arrived, he was one of 44 who were competing for spots on a 12-man team.
Only 5'-9 3/4", Mounts made a big impression, earning one of those coveted spots. By the time his career was finished, Mounts was a two-time All-Southwest Conference guard and was was Tech's second all-time leading scorer with 1,346 points.
By his sophomore year, the outsider sharpshooter averaged 18.9 points a game and more than earned a scholarship. Mounts led the Red Raiders to consecutive NCAA tournament appearances in 1961 and 1962, where they finished 15-8 and 18-6. He led the conference in scoring as a junior at 19.9 points a game and followed that at 16.9 as a senior.
Mounts was twice named to the "Small All-America" team by United Press International for those players under 5'-10". He was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2000, the Amarillo Globe-News named him one of the Panhandle's top 100 Sports Figures of the 20th Century.
