University of Houston Athletics
UH Athletic Administrator Set To Join ACU Hall of Fame
Feb. 13, 2002
University of Houston Associate Athletics Director Claudia Schleyer is one of five former Abilene Christian University greats who will be inducted into the ACU Sports Hall of Fame this weekend during the 16th annual Hall of Fame luncheon in the McGlothlin Campus Center on the ACU campus. Schleyer is the only ACU basketball player to be named first team all-America.
Joining Schleyer in the Class of 2001-02 are her former coach, Burl McCoy of Merkel, Texas, former men's basketball standouts Ronnie Hearne of Cisco, Texas, and Bill Johnson of Amarillo, and former all-America football star Chuck Sitton, who died in 1981.
With the addition of these five members of the class of 2001-02, the ACU Sports Hall of Fame will now include 91 men and women.
Schleyer, a three-time first team all-America selection, is still the greatest scorer in ACU women's basketball history. Fifteen years after her playing career ended, she is still the school's all-time leading scorer (2,770 points) and its third all-time leading rebounder (1,086 rebounds).
When her career ended after the 1985-86 season, she was the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division II women's basketball history, a distinction she held until being eclipsed in 1991. She has been both an assistant women's basketball coach and administrator at UH for the past four seasons.
Her career bio follows:
CLAUDIA SCHLEYER (Women's Basketball, 1982-86) - The leading scorer in ACU women's basketball history (2,770 points), and second-leading scorer in NCAA Division II history, a record she held from 1986-1991. Scored 30 points or more in 31 of 114 career games (27 percent of her games, or once every 3.7 games), including a career-high 44 points in a Jan. 20, 1986, win over Texas A&M-Kingsville. She is also the school's third-leading rebounder all time (1,086 rebounds, 9.5 rebounds per game). Inducted into the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor in 1998. Led ACU to four Lone Star Conference championships - losing just six LSC games in those four seasons - and three LSC post-season tournament championships. Three-time first team all-America, three-time first team all-district and four-time first team all-Lone Star Conference. Three-time LSC Most Valuable Player. Three-time academic all-conference, first team academic all-America in 1985-86, and three time LSC post-season tournament Most Valuable Player. LSC Freshman of the Year in 1982-83. Still holds LSC records for scoring average in a season (27.5 ppg in 1985-86), most points (2,770), most field goal attempts (2,006) and most field goals made (1,074). Winner of NCAA post graduate scholarship in 1986. Winner of prestigious Olympia award from the U.S. Olympic committee, an award that recognizes and rewards amateur athletes who combine skill on the court and excellence in academics with a commitment to their sport. Finalist for NCAA Division II Player of the Year as a sophomore and senior, and for College Woman of the Year as a senior.