All-Time Great Setter From ENMU Volleyball Team to Enter Hall of Honors on Saturday

All-Time Great Setter From ENMU Volleyball Team to Enter Hall of Honors on Saturday

Tickets can be purchased through the ENMU athletic office for $15. For more information, please contact Karen Doherty in the ENMU Department of Athletics at 575.562.2153. The event will begin on Saturday, October 15, with a "Meet-and-Greet" at 6:30 p.m., with dinner to follow at 7 p.m. The other Hall of Honors inductees will be: Michael Benton (football), Bria Galt (women's basketball), Darwin Pauley (men's basketball), Charles Bennett (support), and Rufus Smith (football). Please reserve your tickets by Tuesday, October 12.

After the nomination process, candidates are considered and voted on by the ENMU Hall of Honors Committee. The committee which selected this year's inductees was made up of the following members: Mike Maguire, Dr. Kathleen Saulter, Wayne Moore, Bill Joy, Charles Chambers, Thurman Elder, Jerry Wright, Buck Wilson, Bryan Principe, and Jeff Geiser (ex-officio).

Anyone who followed the 2004 ENMU volleyball team's trip to the NCAA tournament knew it was only a matter of time before Marjorie Houghton joined a group of her former teammates in the Hall of Honors. She was regarded as a fiery leader for ENMU from 2000-2004, and despite dealing with multiple injuries, she was regarded as one of the team's hardest workers and set virtually every assist record in the program.

A 2004 Second Team All-Lone Star Conference selection, Houghton received four Setter of the Week awards, made LSC All-Academic and was on the Commissioner's Honor Roll as a senior.

Her 5,314 career assists are nearly double the total of her closest competitor. Current head coach Sia Poyer considered her an extremely underrated blocker. As good as Houghton was on the court, she also excelled in the classroom, as she graduated with honors as a public relations major. She dished out 34 assists in ENMU's five-set NCAA regional win over Mesa State, during the 2004 season. The team also swept West Texas A&M that year.