Raymond "Rip" Powell  (2002)

• Coached at Texarkana where he won two state track championships.
• Football and track coach at Stamps before returning to SAU as head track coach in 1963.
• After three seasons of a 3rd place and two 2nd place finishes in the AIC, his 1967 team won their first AIC championship and then repeated in 1968.
• SAU had 25 All-AIC track athletes and 13 NAIA All-American during this time and set 5 AIC Records.
• The “Rip Powell Relays” are an annual event at SAU.
• In 1999 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from SAU.