SAN ANTONIO — With the 2024 UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Class set to be honored during Homecoming Weekend, UTSA Athletics is profiling each of the five inductees leading up to the Induction Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 18. Former women’s basketball star Monica Gibbs is featured today.
Gibbs will join Derrick Gervin (men’s basketball), Michael Rockett (baseball), Starlite Williams (women’s basketball, track & field) and Teddy Williams (men’s track & field) as the second class inducted into the UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame.
The UTSA Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on Friday, Oct. 18, at Pedrotti’s Ranch. Cocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the ceremony at 7 p.m. Tables and individual seats for the event are on sale now by visiting https://giving.utsa.edu/halloffame.
The Hall of Fame plaques will be unveiled over the weekend at the Roadrunner Athletics Center of Excellence. The group also will be honored on the field during the Homecoming Game against Florida Atlantic on Saturday at the Alamodome.
These five inductees will join the inaugural class of McKenzie Adams (volleyball/women’s basketball), Devin Brown (men’s basketball), Larry Coker (football coach), Marcus Davenport (football), Lynn Hickey (athletics director) and Tameka Roberts (track & field/women’s basketball), who all were inducted in October 2023.
Monica Gibbs
Class of 2024
Women’s Basketball (2005-09)
The first UTSA women’s basketball player to have her jersey retired, Monica Gibbs was a three-time all-conference performer and the 2009 Southland Conference Player and Defensive Player of the Year. The Stillwater, Oklahoma, native helped lead the Roadrunners to two of their most successful seasons in program history during her time in San Antonio.
In 2007-08, Gibbs was a first-team all-conference selection and the Southland Conference Tournament most Valuable Player after guiding UTSA to the tournament title and the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance during a 23-10 campaign.
The following season, Gibbs led the Roadrunners to a sweep of the Southland regular season and tournament crowns and a 24-9 record. UTSA then took No. 2-seeded Baylor to overtime in a narrow 87-82 loss in the 2009 NCAA First Round, the first time a 15-seed had taken a No. 2 to overtime in NCAA Tournament history.
Gibbs, who wore No. 33, was the first Roadrunner to surpass 1,000 points, 900 rebounds and 600 assists, finishing her career with 1,460 points, 990 rebounds and 693 assists.
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