Tickets can be purchased through the ENMU athletic office for $15. For more information, please contact Karen Doherty in the ENMU Department of Athletics at 575.562.2153. The event will begin on Saturday, October 15, with a "Meet-and-Greet" at 6:30 p.m., with dinner to follow at 7 p.m. The other Hall of Honors inductees will be: Michael Benton (football), Bria Galt (women's basketball), Marjorie Houghton (volleyball), Rufus Smith (football), and Charles Bennett (support). Please reserve your tickets by Tuesday, October 12.

After the nomination process, candidates are considered and voted on by the ENMU Hall of Honors Committee. The committee which selected this year's inductees was made up of the following members: Mike Maguire, Dr. Kathleen Saulter, Wayne Moore, Bill Joy, Charles Chambers, Thurman Elder, Jerry Wright, Buck Wilson, Bryan Principe, and Jeff Geiser (ex-officio).

Darwin Pauley was a key component in the turnaround of the men's basketball program in the late 1980's. He arrived in Portales for the 1987-88 season and picked up Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and First Team All-LSC accolades. After a four-win first season, Pauley became one of the cornerstones and team captains of a team that would win 50 games over the next three seasons. A four-time All-LSC selection, Pauley is still the eighth-leading scorer in team history, and with 1,444 points, just one of 20 players to reach the millennium mark. In addition to his exploits on the hardwood, he was known as a model student and president of ENMU's NAACP chapter in 1990-91. Known as a leader both on and off the court, he was a member of the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps. Pauley also enjoyed serving the community and was a tutor at Portales High School.