Class of 2014
MIKE GRANTHAM (1981-84)
Versatile four-year letter winner for the football program played offensive line at both the guard and tackle … Named First-Team All-American by the Associated Press in 1983 and 1984… Also earned First-Team All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana honors as a senior in 1984… Teams he played for posted a combined win total of 28 games… The 1982 team, in its first season in the Southland Conference, finished in second place and the 1983 squad claimed a share of the SLC crown with a 5-1 league mark.
ROGER MANN (1965-68)
Won eight Gulf States Conference titles including three in the 120-yard hurdles, three as a member of the 400m relay team, one in the 330-yard hurdles and one in the 400m hurdles… Three-time NAIA All-American… Set the GSC record in the 120-yard hurdles at 13.7 seconds and the 400m relay at 40.3 seconds… Placed second in the NAIA National College Championships in the 120-yard hurdles and tied for the fifth-fastest time in the world in the 120-yard hurdles at 13.4 seconds… holds the school record in the 330-yard hurdles at 36.6 seconds… competed in the 1968 Olympic trials… named co-captain his senior year… His team finished second in the Gulf States Conference all three years he was there... Coached by the legendary Bob Groseclose.
STEPFRET WILLIAMS (1992-95)
Holds career records in receiving yards (3,177) and touchdown receptions (33). Named first team all-conference in 1993 (Southland), 1994 (1-A Independent) and 1995 (1-A Independent). Minden product finished four-year career with 16 100-yard receiving games, including six during the 1994 season. Tallied 264 receiving yards against Nevada in 1995, a record that still stands. Also holds five other spots in the top-50 all-time receiving games. Third-round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys in 1995.
