Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Sombrilla Magazine, Spring/Summer 2015.
Flashback to 1985. Wayne Terry ’85 and Trish DeBerry were named Mr. and Ms. UTSA at the university’s inaugural homecoming ceremony. Since there was no football team during that era, the Alumni Association chose basketball season for the event. The pair were crowned on the court of the Convocation Center, where the ceremony was held at a men’s game.
Active in Lambda Chi Alpha, elected as student body president, and involved in the university program council, Terry says no one really knew what to expect with events planning. Would activities be welcome? Would people show up?
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