Priest Holmes, Football
	Jim Ehrler, Baseball

AUSTIN, Texas -- Seven new members will be inducted into the UT Men's Longhorn Hall of Honor during ceremonies surrounding the Texas-Texas Tech football game on November 10. Kansas City Chiefs' All-Pro running back Priest Holmes and the first man to ever pitch a no-hitter in the College World Series, Jim Ehrler, highlight the class.

Holmes (1992-96) and Ehrler (1949-50) are joined by baseball's Calvin Murray (1990-92), basketball's Lance Blanks (1989-90), football's Randy McEachern
(1977-78) and Charlie Talbert (1961-63) and track and field's Hollis Gainey (1957-59).

Blanks, Holmes, McEachern and Murray were selected by a panel of 50 Longhorn lettermen from a current-era athlete ballot that included 16 representatives from all men's sports. Ehrler, Gainey and Talbert were chosen by the Hall of Honor Vintage Committee, which surveys those athletes who completed their careers at least 40 years ago.

The four new current era inductees were the top vote getters in a ballot that included former baseball players Ron Gardenhire and John Langerhans; basketball player Terrence Rencher; football players Raul Allegre, Mike Baab, Alfred Jackson and Herkie Walls; golfers Brandel Chamblee and Brad Elder; swimmer Chris Jacobs; tennis player Steve Bryan; and track runner Robert Primeaux.

Randy McEachern, Football
Calvin Murray, Baseball
Lance Blanks (center), Men's Basketball

Blanks, a two-year starter at shooting guard, helped lead the Longhorns to the 1990 NCAA "Elite Eight" after transferring to Texas from Virginia. He became part of the famed "BMW" Longhorn backcourt that included Blanks, Travis Mays and Joey Wright. In his two seasons at Texas, he helped the Longhorns post a 49-18 mark. Blanks left Texas as the eighth-leading scorer in school history with 1,322 points, the highest total by a two-year player in school history. He concluded his career as the all-time leader in steals (198), and his career scoring average (20.0 ppg) still ranks fourth in school history.

Ehrler pitched on the Longhorns' first NCAA baseball championship team in 1949 and helped them repeat in 1950. He was the winning pitcher in each of the championship games and pitched the first no-hitter in College World Series history, striking out 14 batters and blanking Tufts, 7-0, in 1950.

Gainey, who helped the Longhorns to conference championships in 1957, '58 and '59, earned All-America honors in the 100-yard dash in 1957 and was a part of the world-record-setting 440-yard and 880-yard relay teams. He led the Longhorns to a Penn Relays' gold in the 440-yard relay in 1957, just one week after helping Texas become the first team to run the 440-yard relay under 40 seconds (39.9) at the Kansas Relays. He also was a member of conference champion 440-yard relay teams in 1957 and '59 and finished sixth in both the 100-yard and 200-yard dash at the 1957 NCAA Championships.

	Hollis Gainey, Men's Track and Field
	Charlie Talbert (center), Football

Holmes, who is currently in the midst of a comeback with the Chiefs after taking a season off due to injury, rushed for 1,276 yards and 20 TDs during his four years as a Longhorn. His career was highlighted by a 120-yard, three-TD performance in helping Texas upset No. 3 Nebraska, 37-27, in the inaugural Big 12 Championship in 1996. Holmes also was named Most Valuable Player of the 1994 Sun Bowl, which saw Texas defeat No. 19 North Carolina, 35-31, after rushing for 161 yards and four TDs.

McEachern started 17 games, winning 13, at quarterback for the Longhorns over two seasons. He completed 85-of-185 attempts for 1,564 yards and 15 TDs, while rushing for 348 yards and five TDs during his career. He became a Texas folk hero when he came off the bench as the third string quarterback to lead the 1977 Longhorns to a victory over No. 2 Oklahoma, 13-6, and on to a No. 1 ranking at the end of the regular season. McEachern also matched a 62-year old record when he threw four TD passes to defeat No. 12 Texas A&M, 57-28, during the '77 season.

Murray, a first-round draft choice of the Cleveland Indians in 1989, elected to come to Texas, where he finished his three-year career as a first team All-American in 1992. For his career, Murray batted .311 with eight home runs and 14 triples, while scoring 197 runs and stealing 139 bases, a Southwest Conference record. He went on to represent the U.S in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and was selected with the seventh pick in the first round of the '92 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants. He went on to play 13 years of professional baseball, including five years in the major leagues with the Giants, the Texas Rangers and the Chicago Cubs.

Talbert was a two-way starter at end and receiver during his three years as a Longhorn. He posted 25 receptions for 335 yards and a TD during his career and was the leading receiver on Texas' first National Championship team in 1963. He is the third member of the Talbert family, joining brothers Don and Diron, to be inducted.

The group of seven will be honored at a banquet on Friday, November 9 and enshrined at ceremonies during the Texas-Texas Tech game on Saturday, November 10.

Tickets to the dinner are available through the T-Association office (512-471-6864).