The Double T Association’s Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor will be adding some new members to their ranks this fall.

Former Texas Tech athletes Herschel Ramsey, Johnny Grimes, Lisa Clark, Marcus Coleman, and Montae Reagor will be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame, while Tech’s inaugural, or first, Masked Rider, Joe Kirk Fulton will be inducted into the Hall of Honor.

The athletic letterwinners organization at Tech, the Double T Association, selected the new members by vote and will also facilitate the induction festivities during the Tech-University of Texas football weekend, according to a press release by the Double T Association’s Mike Gustafson.

There will be a banquet on Friday, Sept. 17, at the Merket Alumni Center. The next day, the inductees will be honored on the field before the kickoff of the Tech-Texas game.

The anticipation for the Sept. 17 and 18 weekend is already growing, Reagor said.

“I can’t wait for the day so it will be official,” he said. “I am very proud to be associated with Texas Tech University. My heart bleeds red and black.

Reagor — one of the three former Red Raider football players being inducted alongside Ramsey and Coleman — said he was “initially shocked” when he was selected.

“It was a wave of emotions and excitement,” Reagor said. “My eyes kind of watered because that’s something to be proud of. It’s something to be grateful for — to be thought to be among the best to ever play the game at Texas Tech. To be in that class is a great honor.”

During his time at Tech from 1995 to 1998, Reagor was a two-time All-American and has also been named to the All-Time Texas Tech football team. He enjoyed a nine-year career in the NFL before retiring in 2007.

Coleman also played in the NFL after garnering All-American honors at Tech, as well as being selected to the All-Time Tech team. He played 11 seasons before retiring in 2006.

Ramsey was the first Red Raider football player to be named an All-American in 1935 and was also named All-Border Conference in 1936 and 1937.

Former Red Raider baseball standout Johnny Grimes will also be inducted after his success at the university. He was named the Southwest Conference (SWC) Player of the Year in 1984 and was selected to the All-American team. Grimes said he was thrilled when he heard that he was selected.

“It’s one of those where you pinch yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming,” Grimes said. “I played with a lot of great players and there have been a lot of great players in all sports since and before then. For me to be included with a lot of those guys was just really a humbling thing for me.”

Clark will be inducted after a stellar career for the Lady Raider volleyball team from 1987 to 1990. During her tenure at Tech, she was named to the SWC All Decade volleyball team. As a senior, she led the Lady Raiders to a 30-3 record and the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament.

All of the Athletic Hall Fame inductees “earned entry through outstanding athletic performances,” according to the Double T Association press release. Grimes said being evaluated strictly for on-the-field performance versus monetary contribution is important.

“It makes it more credible to recognize people who don’t contribute as much or any,” Grimes said. “It is a criteria based on your athletic contribution. Primarily, I think people think of that as what you accomplished on the field.”

The Hall of Honor follows the same guidelines. According to the press release, the Hall of Honor “will reward those who make significant non-financial contributions to Tech athletics.”

There’s no denying that Fulton did that during his time as the Masked Rider at Tech. Fulton said that he was asked by then-head football coach Dewitt Weaver to be the university’s first ever mascot at the team’s 1954 bowl game.

“He said, ‘We need a Red Raider,’ and asked me if I’d do it at the Gator Bowl, which I did,” Fulton said. “I certainly had no idea when I did it that it would become the tradition that it has. It was a great experience being the Masked Rider. I have a lot of fond memories of it.”

Whether being inducted into the Hall of Honor or the Athletic Hall of Fame, the honorees that were selected have undoubtedly left their stamp on the university.