The third member of this year's Hall of Honor class is Tim Staskus, who played for the Bobcat football team from 1980-83. He lettered all four years at Texas State and was a member of the school's two NCAA Division II national championship teams.
A graduate of Bellaire High School in Houston, Staskus was a two-time Kodak and Associated Press All-American, and chosen All-Lone Star Conference First Team honors in both 1982 and 1983 as a linebacker, and named to the LSC All-Academic Team twice. He also earned Texas State's J.C. Kellam award, which is given to the team's outstanding senior player in 1983, and named the school's defensive Player-of-the-Year in 1982. He also earned the Erwin 50 Yards Award and the Lone Star Conference Award for top defensive and outstanding lineman.
After earning a bachelor's degree in psychology, Staskus was a salesman with Brown Distributing in San Marcos, and worked with several prominent companies such as Labatt USA, InBev USA, and Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Recently, Anheuser-Busch appointed him as a senior accounts manager.
He received the Texas State Department of Geography's Distinguished Service award in 1996 and 2004, the Department of Geography's Distinguished Alumni award in 2004 and the College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumni award in 2008. He also is a member of the College of Liberal Arts Development Advisory Board.
Staskus has served in charity events for the Children's Miracle Network, Muscular Dystrophy, United Way, and United Cerebral Palsy. He also was the 2005 group director in the United Nations' Sian Kaan World Heritage Site Beach Clean Up project.
Staskus and his two siblings established an endowed scholarship in the Geology department in memory of their father, Phillip A. Staskus, with Tim donating over $20,000 to the endowment. He and his wife, Lynn, have been married for eight years and currently reside in Chandler, Ariz.
