Volunteer of the Year

Bill Joy

Bill Joy started his years at ENMU in 1966 as the Head Athletic Trainer and Equipment Manager. He and his wife, Marilyn, have enjoyed their years in Portales and being involved with ENMU athletics. Bill also spent years teaching physical education classes to ENMU students while he continued to be the Head Athletic Trainer until his retirement in 1991.

Bill has been an active member of Bench Club since the beginning as well as the former rodeo sponsor/coach for three years. Many ENMU sports fan will know Bill as the guy with the loud air horn at the football games. He purchased the Bangkok Taxi Horn in New Deli, India in 1960.

Bill was in the Navy for four years assigned to the military air transport service crew as an electrician. After the Navy, he went to college at Humboldt State University in California to earn his B.S. in Physical Education. Later, Bill earned his masters at ENMU in 1973.

As a volunteer, Bill has helped prepare the beef with Buck Wilson for over 28 years for the annual ENMU Foundation Burying of the Beef. Bill provides the metal box he built to cook the beef and collects the mesquite wood for the pit before hand. Buck and Bill use their magic hands to prepare and season the beef before lowering it in the ground to cook for 24 hours. Those who attend know that this is the best beef anywhere and return to enjoy the event every year.

Bill has served on the Roosevelt County Fair Pioneer Board for the last five years. He and his wife Marilyn have a daughter, Lori Roberts, and two grandsons, Tyler Roberts and Kodi Joy. They live in Portales on their three acres with their two horses Poco and Wayno. Bill loves to play golf (every day if possible) and he attends all the high school and university games.

Recently Bill and Marilyn established the Myrtle Joy Sports Medicine Scholarship in memory of his mother.

If you are interested in volunteering, please call 888.291.5524.