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GHS Counselor, Catherine Just, named to TAMU-Commerce Athletic Hall of Fame

GREENVILLE, TEX.—Greenville High School junior class counselor, Catherine Just, was inducted into the Texas A&M University-Commerce (TAMU-C) Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 4^th, for women’s soccer. She is the first single-person to be inducted for soccer.The Hall of Fame ceremony was held in the Rayburn Student Center at TAMU-C, where Just was honored with a commemorative trophy and gave an acceptance speech.

Just was a member of the first women's soccer team at TAMU-C in 1995 and is a 1998 graduate. She was a four-year letter winner for the Lions and was named to the Lone Star Conference's First Team All-Conference in 1996, 1997 and 1998 as a goalkeeper. She still ranks in ten different all-time career categories in the Lion record book including first in saves per game at 5.36. She is second all-time in saves with 316, and her 32 career wins is third all-time. Her 6.62 saves per game average still stands as the best single-season mark.

Just was also an Academic All-Conference performer in the classroom all four years with the Lions. During her sophomore year, she received the Lib Huggins Outstanding Female Athlete award, given to the female athlete from any sport that exemplified excellence in their sport, leadership, and in the classroom. She also received the MVP award her junior and senior years.

Her induction was based on the criteria that “the nominee must be a person of such integrity, character and sportsmanship that the A&M-Commerce family will be inspired by the recognition”, according to the TAMU-C Athletic Association. Her accomplishments on the field and in the classroom are what earned her spot in the TAMU-C Athletic Hall of Fame.

Just receives her award and poses with Head Women's Soccer Coach, Neal Piper.