Tierney, Paul
Paul Tierney is one of the best cowboys to come out of South Dakota after breaking into the sport in 1977. Tierney was born in Kearney, Nebraska in 1952 and earned a business degree in Rapid City. It didn’t take long for Tierney to make an impact in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He […]
Titterington, Indy
Born on the Fourth of July in 1912, the Yankton golfer won five state women’s amateur titles and was runner-up four times. She was the champion in 1956, ’59, ’60, ’62 and ’67 and runner-up in 1955, ’57, ’65 and ’68. The first four titles came at match play with the fifth at stroke play. […]
Tomnitz, Allen
Born July 22, 1921 in Great Bend, Kan. 1940 Great Bend HS grad. The only South Dakotan in the National Trapshooting Hall of Fame, Tomnitz grew up in Kansas, but he lived in Sioux Falls for almost 60 years. Tomnitz started shooting trap in 1945. Because of his job as a corporate pilot, he was […]
Torve, Kelvin
Kelvin Torve attended Rapid City Stevens and graduated in 1978. He lettered in basketball and football during his last two high school years. As a senior, he was first-team All-State in basketball and was also named the Rapid City High School Athlete of the Year for his outstanding football, basketball, and Post 22 baseball careers. […]
Trudeau, Joe
The 1969 Jefferson High and University of South Dakota grad starred on one of the most famous prep football teams in state history. Trudeau was a four-year, two-way starter at end on a Jefferson team that went 35-1 with a 33-game win streak under Coach Matt Mottice. As a junior, he scored 20 touchdowns and […]
Tschetter, Kris
A Sioux Falls Washington High grad, Tschetter is South Dakota’s greatest golfer of the last 50 years. She played from 1988-2012 on the LPGA Tour and now plays on the Legends Tour. The former Texas Christian University standout has almost $3 million in career earnings. She won the 1992 Northgate Computer Classic and teamed with […]
Turning Heart, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Turning Heart was one of South Dakota’s greatest distance runners in state history, a 1980 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School graduate, and a 1984 Adams State (Alamosa, CO) graduate. Turning Heart was a two-time State A cross country champion (1978-79, he had better times than AA winners) with one runner-up finish and helped CEB win […]
Tyler, A.B.
Polo is the sport of kings if you live in Europe, or the sport of cowboys if you come from Pierre, South Dakota, and belong to the Pierre Polo Team. Bud, considered by many to be Mr. Polo in South Dakota, was part of a legendary family of horsemen. Bud, his father Pop Tyler, his […]
Van Goor, Lisa
A 1980 Yankton High grad, Van Goor was the first female to be inducted into the Colorado University Athletic Hall of Fame, in 1999. The 6-foot-3 center is still the all-time leading scorer (2,067), rebounder (1,145) and shot blocker (289) in Colorado basketball history – and she did all that despite missing more than half […]
Vidal, Gene
Born April 13, 1895, in Madison. 1912 Madison HS grad. 1916 USD grad. 1918 West Point grad. He participated in the 1920 and ’24 Olympic Games. At Antwerp in 1920, he finished seventh in the decathlon. He had sprained his right wrist in a car accident just before the Olympics, and any event that required […]