SAN MARCOS, Texas – Drew Fucci, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Kevin Jurgajtis and Tyler Sibley will be inducted into the Texas State Hall of Honor as the four members of the 2023 Class, the Texas State "T" Association announced on Thursday.
Earning the highest athletic accolade for Texas State alumni, the four were voted in by the "T" Association Board of Directors.
A class of All-Americans, an NCAA champion, an Olympian and Texas State record holders, the four span across five decades of Texas Athletics. Fucci was the 1990 NCAA champion in the decathlon and an All-American along with Foster-Hylton and Sibley. Foster-Hylton, meanwhile, is the only Bobcat to be a four-time Olympian. For Jurgajtis, he was a four-time all-conference selection and three-time conference player of the year.
The 2023 Induction Ceremony and Hall of Honor Banquet will take place on Friday, November 24 in the J. Garland Warren Room at Bobcat Stadium. The four Bobcats will also be recognized during halftime of the November 25 game between Texas State and South Alabama.
To purchase tickets to the Hall of Honor Banquet, please contact the Texas State Athletics Department at 512-245-2963.
The Texas State Hall of Honor is the highest honor for athletics alumni that recognizes their accomplishments based on their collegiate career, professional career, and their impact on Bobcat Athletics.
Texas State Hall of Honor
Class of 2023
Drew Fucci (Track and Field, 1989-90)
Andrew "Drew" Fucci was the 1990 NCAA national champion in the decathlon and a two-time first team All-American in his two years with Texas State track and field.
Ranked 7th in the nation and 40th in the world by Track and Field news, Fucci emerged in 1989 as one of the most promising young decathletes in the United States. Fucci won the Southland Conference title with a score of 7,479 points and finished 3rd with 7,748 points at the NCAA Championships earning him first team All-American status. His 1989 season culminated with a gold media in the USA vs. Canada vs. Japan meet at Mt. St. Mary's College as he became the first Bobcat to win in international competition.
Fucci followed up his successful first season with the Bobcats with a historic senior season. He won the national title in the men's decathlon with a score of 7,922 points, which was a school record.
Following his collegiate career, Fucci competed internationally and won the Spanish National Championship in Barcelona in 1991 and also won the Olympic Festival decathlon in 1995. He had a personal-best decathlon score of 8,227 and was a five-time member of the Visa Decathlon team. In 1996, he set a world record with a five-man team score average of 8,121 points at the Visa cup. Fucci qualified for the Olympic trials twice in 1992 and 1996. Fucci ranked in the top-10 in the U.S. from 1989-1997 and ranked in the top-30 in the world 5 times.
Fucci graduated from Texas State in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice. He turned to coaching following his retirement from competition, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and championship-level experience. Fucci has worked with some of the top decathletes in the country, including Rice alumnus Ryan Harlan. Harlan was 2004 NCAA decathlon champion and three-time Olympic trials qualifier. He has coached nationally-ranked decathletes Wesley Bray and Scott Filip, and he coached two-time USA high jump champion Jeron Robinson and 2016 Olympian long jumper Yvonne Trevino.
Fucci is currently the multi-event and high jump coach at Houston following four years at Rice.
Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Track and Field, 1996-98)
Former Olympian Brigitte Foster-Hylton was a two-year letterwinner for the Texas State track and field team from 1996-1998. As a sprinter and hurdler, Foster-Hylton earned All-American honors after finishing third in the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100-meter hurdles and captured 6 Southland Conference individual titles. She is the only four-time Olympian in Texas State history.
Foster-Hylton began her Texas State career in 1996 after transferring from Wallace State. She had an impressive first year with the Bobcats as she won the Southland Conference's title in the 55-meter hurdles at the indoor championships. Competing for the first time in the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships, she took won the 100-meter hurdle title and finished fourth in the 200 meter dash.
After not competing in 1997 due to knee surgery, Foster-Hylton was named the 1998 Southland Conference Outstanding Track Performer of the Year and Athlete of the Year. During the indoor portion of the season, Foster-Hylton claimed the 55-meter hurdles championship with a time of 7.97, a time that is currently second-best in the Bobcats' program history. Foster-Hylton would go on to capture gold at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, and the 100-meter hurdles. She qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100-meter hurdles and was a first team All-American after finishing 3rd. Her 100-meter hurdle time of 13.13 from that season continues to hold the number three spot in the Texas State record book after holding the top spot for 25 years. Foster-Hylton scored the most points as an individual at the 1998 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships with 33 points.
At the time of her graduation, Foster-Hylton held the school records for 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 55 meter hurdles, and 100 meter hurdles. She currently still holds the 9th-fastest time in 100 meter dash; the 3rd, 6th and 9th fastest times in the 100 meter hurdles; and 2nd fastest time in the 55 meter hurdles.
Foster-Hylton graduated from Texas State with a Bachelor of Arts in speech communication and business administration in 1998. Upon graduation, Foster-Hylton began competing for Jamaica, her home country as a 100 meter hurdler. She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Olympics, making the finals twice. Foster-Hylton won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships and the bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships. Her greatest achievement came in 2009 when she became the world champion in the 100 meter hurdles. Foster-Hylton also earned the Pan-Am Games 100 meter hurdles in 2003 and at the Commonwealth Games in 2006.
Foster-Hylton has received many honors throughout her career. She was named by the RJR Gleaner Foundation, which recognizes excellence in sports, as the Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year in 2002, 2003, and 2009. She was named the 2009 Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence, presented by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education Fund CHASE. She has been recognized and awarded by the University of Technology, Jamaica, whose campus serves as the home base for the MVP Club, for her contribution to the development of sports at the University.
Kevin Jurgajtis (Football, 1974-77)
Kevin Jurgajtis was a four-year letterwinner for the Texas State football team from 1974-1977. This outstanding running back started in 40 consecutive games and was named to the Lone Star All-Conference team in all four years and was chosen as the conference's Offensive Player of the Year in 1974, 1976 and 1977. He was named "Choo Choo" because of his low-slung, train-like running style.
In 1974, as a freshman, he was named to the Lone Star Conference Second team after finishing the season leading the team in both rushing yards with 726 and rushing touchdowns with nine. Jurgajtis was the runner-up for the Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year award.
Jurgajtis' sophomore season saw him start in every game and rush for 733 yards to once again lead the team. He was named Lone Star Conference Honorable Mention that year.
During the 1976 season, the junior running back paced team in rushing yards for the third year in a row with 877 yards. He also scored 11 touchdowns. His season culminated with a Lone Star Conference Second Team recognition.
Jurgajtis, elected team captain during his senior season, continued to lead the Bobcats in rushing yards with 869. He was named to the Lone Star Conference Second Team and Lone Star Conference All-Academic First Team. Jurgajtis was also honored with the J.C. Kellam Award, which is given to the most outstanding senior football player on the team.
Over his prolific career, Jurgajtis rushed for 3,205 yards, which ranks second in the Bobcat record book. Through the 2022 season, Jurgajtis continued to rank third in rushing attempts (634), fourth in rushing yards per game (82.2), fifth in all-purpose yards (3,781), fifth in rushing touchdowns (25), sixth in all-purpose yards per game (96.9), and ninth in touchdowns scored (28).
Jurgajtis graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1978. He began teaching and coaching right out of college before turning to the oil and gas field working as a gas measurements supervisor for Pioneer Natural Resources and Enterprise Products until 2021. He is currently the CEO of TRAK Ranch, a breeder of Axis deer.
Tyler Sibley (Baseball, 2009-12)
Tyler Sibley was a four-time Texas State baseball letterwinner from 2009 to 2012. At the time of his induction, Sibley still holds eight Texas State career records including hits (282), total bases (407) and runs scored (219).
Sibley was a three-year team captain and part of the winningest four-year period in Texas State baseball history where the team won three Southland conference championships and made two NCAA regional appearances.
As a freshman, Sibley started 55 games in the outfield and closed out the season with a .359 batting average, 10 home runs and 84 hits. The newcomer set a single-season and Southland Conference record with 77 runs scored and was 14-of-18 in stolen bases. He was named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, Baseball American Freshman All-American Second Team, and All-Southland Conference Second Team.
Despite an injury in Sibley's sophomore season, he started 43 of 47 games and played both second base and outfield. He hit .304 with a .406 on-base percentage. Sibley was one of the toughest Bobcats to strike out, finishing the season with just 10 strikeouts in 203 plate appearances. He was named to the Southland Conference All-Tournament Team.
To begin the 2011 season, Sibley had a 30-game hitting streak dating back to the last five games of the 2010 campaign and set a Texas State record for career runs scored during the season. Sibley hit for .340 from the top of the lineup with 62 runs scored, 37 RBIs, 6 home runs and 20 stolen bases. He earned the Southland Conference Baseball Student Athlete of the Year award and was named to the All-Southland First Team, Southland Conference All-Tournament Team and ABCA All-South Central Region First Team.
While he was named all-conference twice for his achievements on the field, Sibley also earned several academic honors throughout his career. He was named to the Southland Conference All-Academic First Team three times, CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team, and CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team. As a student, he was an active member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Alpha Lambda, and a leader in the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Following his junior season, Sibley was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2011 MLB Draft. Sibley decided to come back to Texas State to finish his degree and help the baseball team make a postseason run. Sibley went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting in 2012 and a Master's in Accounting in 2013.
Sibley has remained active with Texas State Athletics by serving as a Texas State Athletics "T" Association Board of Directors member, including serving as president.
Sibley initiated the Texas State Bobcat Ballpark renovation project with a donation of $1 million leadoff gift in 2023. With this gift, Sibley became the youngest member in Texas State University history to join the Texas State Heroes, a distinguished group of individuals, companies and foundations that have donated $1 million or more to Texas State University.
In addition to the gift, in 2017 Sibley established the Tyler M. Sibley Endowed Scholarship in Student-Athlete Excellence which awards an annual scholarship to a Texas State baseball student-athlete in the McCoy College of Business majoring in accounting, finance or economics while earning a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
