Hall of Honor

Bill Arnold ’66 was a member of the Jesuit Track & Field Team in the Shot Put. As a senior he set school record for Shot Put – 51’11” which stood until 2008 making it the longest held athletic record in school history. It was broken David King ’08 with a toss of 54’6”. As a junior, Arnold 2nd in Shot Put in District and 3rd in State. As a senior, was the District and State Champion and was All-State. Arnold earned his Bachelor degree and his Masters in Accounting from University of Houston. He was a certified public accountant and managed his own public accounting firm until his death in 1996.

Scott Lester ’81 was one of the best and most competitive athletes at Jesuit and a noted leader on and off the field. He was a three-time letterman and starter in football, basketball and track & field for the Crusaders. He was the quarterback of the 1979 and 1980 Football state championship teams and was a Captain of the 1980 team. He was twice selected All-District and All-State in football and was also an All-Greater Houston selection as a senior. He was one of the only quarterbacks that Head Coach Tommy Nolen trusted their opinion on play calling. He was also two-time All-District selection in basketball.

The 2008 Football Team posted a 9-2 record, 7-0 in district, and was the first District UIL-5A Football Champion with numerous All-District players as well as All-Academic selections and record holders. Two players went on to play at Miami of Ohio, one at Oklahoma, one at Rice, and one at Texas State plus numerous others who played football at various universities as well as other sports.

Tim Frazier ’09 was selected the District 17-5A Player of the Year as a junior. His senior season he led Jesuit to a perfect 36-0 record and a berth in the State semifinals where they suffered their only loss That season he averaged 15.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 3.6 steals per game. He went on to play at Penn State where he finished his career in seventh place (now 10th) in career scoring with 1,543) points. He was the scoring leader on the 2012 Penn State t with 602 points and went on to become on the second BIG-10 player with over 1,000 career points, 600 assists and 500 rebounds. While at Penn State he broke school record for career assists with 641, which is also the fifth-most career assists of any active Division I player (641). He also earned Academic All-BIG-10 honors three times.