The newest inductees to the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor include a former coach, the league's first full-time commissioner and a long-time coach and administrator league officials announced on Tuesday.

      Dr. Bill Crabtree of East Texas State (now Texas A&M-Commerce), former commissioner Fred Jacoby and Dr. Don "Doc" Parham of Southeastern Oklahoma make up the 2007 class of inductees for the LSC Hall of Honor, which recognizes outstanding individuals who have brought pride and honor to the conference through their contributions as an athlete or who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to the betterment of the conference as a coach or administrator.

      The inductees were chosen by a panel of athletic administrators throughout the league.

      "This is a special class of inductees," said Stan Wagnon, LSC commissioner. "Dr. Crabtree's tennis teams were dominant during a time when LSC tennis was in the national spotlight, and Southeastern's programs enjoyed instant success with Doc Parham leading them into the Lone Star and Division II."

      "Obviously, it means a great deal for me personally to see Fred being honored," Wagnon said of his former boss' induction. "He has meant so much to so many people in college athletics over the years, and I consider the Lone Star Conference lucky to have been a part of his legacy."

      Each of the inductees will receive the LSC's signature Hall of Honor award, a 15-inch custom-sculpted eagle figurine mounted on a cherrywood base. The awards for Crabtree and Parham are to be presented this fall with ceremonies at each recipient's institution, while Jacoby will be honored in Dallas.

      Here's a closer look at each of the 2007 inductees to the LSC Hall of Honor:

Dr. Bill Crabtree

      Dr. Bill Crabtree, Coach, East Texas State:  Crabtree served as the tennis coach at East Texas State from 1960-1978. Over those 19 years, he coached the Lions to 12 Lone Star Conference titles and had eight All-American tennis players. In 1972 and 1978, he led the Lions to National Tennis Championship titles. He was inducted into the Lions Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982 and most recently in 2007, the tennis courts on the campus were re-named in his honor.

      Fred Jacoby, Commissioner, Lone Star Conference:  The first full-time commissioner of the Lone Star Conference, Jacoby retired in June 2006 after guiding the NCAA Division II conference for 12 years.

      Jacoby's tenure with the LSC started after his retirement as commissioner of the Southwest Conference (SWC) in 1993. He assumed the position of Commissioner for the LSC in 1994 and became commissioner of the NCAA Division III American Southwest Conference in 1996, holding both posts simultaneously until retiring from both in June.

      During his tenure, Jacoby led the LSC in active expansion of its membership. The league, which admitted its first non-Texas member in 1984, grew to 17 members in four states before settling into its current membership of 15 institutions in three states -- New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

      Jacoby first became well known in this region while serving as commissioner of the Southwest Conference from 1982 to his retirement from the conference in 1993. During his tenure at the SWC, Jacoby witnessed 42 of the Conference's 62 national championships in 13 different sports.

      Jacoby has more than 50 years of experience in full-time coaching and collegiate athletics administration. His career included 10 years on the high school coaching level, eight years as an assistant football coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and 37 years as a college commissioner beginning as the first commissioner of the Wisconsin State University Conference (1966-71). He served as commissioner for the Mid-American Conference (1971-82) and the Southwest Conference (1982-93).

      Jacoby was presented the NACDA NIT/Athletics Director Award at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention in June 2002. The award recognized Jacoby's extensive work in collegiate athletics at the institutional, conference and national levels.

      The Logan, Ohio, native served as Chair of the National Letter of Intent Program for the longest tenure in its history - 22 years from 1973-95. Jacoby is past president of the Collegiate Commissioners Association, Chair of NCAA committees on Membership Structure, Postgraduate Scholarship, Research, and Championship Standards. In past years, he also served on the Length of Season, Officiating and Junior College Relations committees and was Secretary-Treasurer of the College Football Association.

Dr. Don "Doc" Parham

      Dr. Don "Doc" Parham, Coach/Administrator, Southeastern Oklahoma:  Parham retired from his 45-year career at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in February of 2004 with 34 of those years spent in the capacity of Director of Athletics.

      Dr. Parham set the standard of success as an administrator, faculty member and as the architect for the tradition-rich Southeastern baseball program.

      After a short stint at Southern Arkansas University, Parham returned to Southeastern as a Professor of Health and Physical Education in 1959. In addition to his faculty duties, he served as Chair of the Department of Heath, Physical Education and Recreation from 1967-96; baseball coach from 1965-1980 and as Athletic Director from 1970 to 2004.

      As a baseball coach, Parham compiled a 532-162 (.768) career record, along with nine conference championships, seven NAIA district titles and three area championships. He led the Savages to three trips to the NAIA World Series, falling in the 1977 national championship game.

      As athletic director, Dr. Parham led Southeastern in its transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II status in 1998. In six years, SOSU athletics earned 14 Lone Star Conference North Division championships, seven overall LSC championships and 12 trips to NCAA postseason play. The 2000 baseball team earned the school's lone national championship, while the 2002 women's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division II national finals.

      Parham has been enshrined in the Atoka High School Hall of Fame, the Eastern Oklahoma State College Hall of Fame (1995), the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame (1985) and the NAIA Hall of Fame (1989). In addition, his baseball jersey (No. 5) was retired by SOSU in 1982.