Schutz named to Hall of Fame

Odessa Principal Ken Schutz has been named to the athletics Hall of Fame at Pierce College in Steilacoom, where he coached women’s basketball from 1989 - 1993.

Schutz arrived at Pierce with no experience coaching at the college level, and in his first year improved the Raiders from the worst program in the NWAACC (Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges) into a team that placed third in the West, finishing at 21-7. He was selected as Western Division Coach of the Year for 1990, an honor he reprised in 1993, his final year at Pierce.

Over the four years he coached at Pierce, his te...