Photo courtesy of Seguin ISD Facebook page
(Seguin) – The Seguin Sports Boosters introduced the 2019 inductees to the Seguin ISD Athletics Hall of Honor during a ceremony and reception at Goldie Harris Gym and before the Matadors’ home football game against Austin-McCallum last Friday.
The 2019 inductees include Dr. Whitney Welsch Reese, Logan Johnson, Emily Cheek, and Loren Cordes.
Reese, a 1999 Seguin graduate, was a three-time All-District and 1999 District MVP soccer player for the Matadors. She went on to a collegiate soccer career at University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, where she was named the Heartland Conference Defender of the Year and received All-Conference recognition.
Johnson, SHS Class of 2007, was an All-District and All-State defensive end for the Matador football team. He helped Seguin earn three consecutive playoff berths and win the District 25-5A championship in 2006. Johnson played on Blinn College’s NJCAA national championship football team in 2009, and still holds the school record for career sacks. Johnson continues his football career at Tarleton State, where he earned All-Lone Star Conference and Division II All-America honors. A back injury ended his one-year NFL stint with the Seattle Seahawks.
Cheek is a 2008 Seguin graduate who helped spark the resurgence of the Matador volleyball program. She was named District MVP as a junior and senior, and earned All-State honors her senior year. Cheek was the driving force on the 2007 team that earned the program’s first playoff berth since 1991. She went on to play indoor and beach volleyball at the NCAA Division I level at Loyola-Marymount University.
Cordes was a contributor and officer in the Seguin Sports Booster Club for some three decades and served as part of the chain crew during football games before passing away in August of 2019. A multi-sport athlete in high school, Cordes played college basketball at Texas Lutheran from 1972-76. His son Luke was a member of Seguin’s 2006 district championship football team, and his daughter Molly was an accomplished basketball player at SHS.