Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame
Class of 2026 Announced
The Pasadena Independent School District will be inducting six new members into their Athletics Hall of Fame at the annual induction ceremony. This year’s class includes inductees from football, basketball, track, swimming, and for the first time, journalism.
Keith Kveton, former Rice Owl (Football); Amy Williams Stewart, former Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack Track; Lionel Dotson Jr., former Miami Dolphin; Andrew Gonzalez, former HBU Husky (Basketball); Dennis Shippey, former Dobie Swim Coach; and Al Carter, former reporter and sports columnist; were selected by the Pasadena ISD Hall of Fame committee to be inducted as part of the Class of 2026. Their impactful careers, leadership and commitment to their crafts will be celebrated in a night full of stories, reconnecting and entertainment.
As a special addition, Houston icon Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, owner of Gallery Furniture will be the Master of Ceremony of the night.
Prior to the induction ceremony, a private ceremony will be held for the inductees and their guests to visit the Hall of Fame and witness where their plaques will be permanently installed.
The inductees will be formally honored at their celebratory reception on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at the Weldon 'Stoney' Phillips Field House starting 6:00 p.m. The event will be open to the public, to learn how to purchase tickets visit the Pasadena ISD Hall of Fame webpage
Photo 1: Keynote
Speaker - Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale
Pasadena ISD Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Keith Kveton
Keith Kveton, Dobie High School Class of 1977, was a standout football player who went on to letter four years at Rice University, starting three seasons at center and serving as team co-captain as a senior. He earned UPI All-Southwest Conference second-team honors in 1980 and helped lead Rice to its best record in seven years, including wins over LSU, Texas A&M, and Arkansas. After college, Kveton signed as a free agent with the Oakland Raiders, becoming the first Dobie alum to sign an NFL contract.
Amy Williams Stewart
Amy Williams Stewart, Sam Rayburn High School Class of 1995, was a standout in track and cross country, qualifying for regionals seven times and placing fifth at state in the 800 meters as a senior. She earned a scholarship to Stephen F. Austin, where she set multiple school records in distance events and earned All-Southland Conference honors. A three-time academic honoree, Stewart later qualified for the Boston Marathon in 2005 and 2006. Now a veteran coach at Hudson High School, she has led her teams to 17 district titles and 10 state appearances over two decades.
Lionel Dotson Jr.
Lionel Dotson Jr., Dobie High School Class of 2003, was a standout two-sport athlete who earned first-team all-district honors in football and basketball. A dominant defensive end, he signed with the University of Arizona, where he lettered four years and earned secondteam All-Pac-10 honors as a senior. Dotson finished his college career with 121 tackles and 10.5 sacks before moving on to the NFL where he was selected in seventh round of the NFL Draft and played for the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills over four seasons.
Andrew Gonzalez
Andrew Gonzalez, Sam Rayburn High School Class of 2007, stands as one of the most decorated basketball players in school history. A dominant scorer, he earned District MVP honors in 2007, was a FirstTeam All-District selection in 2006 and 2007 and made the All-Greater Houston Team in 2007. Gonzalez set multiple program records at Sam Rayburn, including the most points scored in a single season, the
highest points-per-game average in a season (25 ppg in 2007), and the most career points from 2005–2007.
After graduating, Gonzalez continued his career at San Jacinto College (2007–2009) before transferring to Houston Baptist University (HBU), where he became one of the top players in program history. At HBU, he earned First-Team All–Great West Conference honors in both 2010 and 2011, was named the Great West Conference Newcomer of the Year in 2010 and went on to become the Great West Conference Offensive MVP in 2011. His 2011 season was one of the best in the nation, as he finished fourth in NCAA Division I scoring with 23 points per game.
Gonzalez closed his HBU career with 1,292 points, the most ever by a two-year player in school history and earned a place on the university’s 2010–2020 All-Decade Team. His exceptional collegiate career was later recognized with his induction into the Houston Baptist University Hall of Fame.
Following college, Gonzalez played professionally with the North Dakota Wizards in the NBA Development League. Among his proudest accomplishments is his induction into the HBU Hall of Fame and his standout 2011 season, which remains one of the most memorable scoring performances in Division I basketball that year.
Dennis Shippey
Dennis Shippey served as the swimming and diving coach at Dobie from 1976 until his retirement in 2004. From 1988 until his retirement, he also served as aquatics coordinator for Pasadena ISD. Shippey produced numerous individual champion and district championship teams, earning several coach-of-the-year honors. His teams’ glory years were 1976–1984, with at least one district title each year from 1982–84. He was named an All-America swimmer by United States Masters Swimming in 2005, one of the few to be honored as an AllAmerican at the high school, collegiate, and masters levels. Shippey served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne and was a member of the Texas Senior Games Hall of Fame. The Pasadena ISD Aquatic Center is named in his honor.
Al Carter
Al Carter, South Houston High School Class of 1970, is the Hall of Fame’s first inductee in the Sports Journalism category. Carter enjoyed a distinguished three-decade career as a reporter and columnist for major newspapers including the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, and San Antonio Express-News. He earned numerous national and regional awards, including Texas Sportswriter of the Year (1985) and Oklahoma Sportswriter of the Year (1980). After retiring from journalism in 2008, Carter returned to Houston to teach and later served in Pasadena ISD’s communications
department until 2017. A graduate of the University of Texas, Carter began his writing journey at South Houston High and San Jacinto College, where he was later honored as a distinguished alumnus.
About the Pasadena ISD Athletic Hall of Fame
The annual event was created to recognize the men and women from the Pasadena ISD community who have honored their exceptional sports careers as athletes, coaches, teams, journalists, trainers or sports in general. Their overall mission is to recognize successes of the past to help set high standards for future generations.
