TCU's Jamie Dixon Voted Into Southwest Conference Hall of Fame

Jamie Dixon

Former TCU basketball star and current TCU men's basketball head coach Jamie Dixon has been voted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame by the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.  

Dixon has been the head coach of the Horned Frogs men's basketball team for the past nine seasons. He played for TCU from 1983-87.

Under head coach Jim Killingsworth, Dixon led the Horned Frogs to Southwest Conference (SWC) titles as a junior and a senior. He earned All-SWC honors in 1987 and was an All-SWC Academic honoree. He led the SWC in assists as a senior and earned TCU's Dutch Meyer Scholar-Athlete Award. Dixon's 353 career assists rank ninth all-time at TCU.

In Dixon's senior year he averaged 12.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists. He led TCU to the second round of the 1987 NCAA Tournament, which was the Frogs' first appearance in 16 years and first win in the tournament in 19 years. 

Here is the 2025 SWC Class:

U.S. Reed: University of Arkansas Basketball
Jay Jeffrey: Baylor University Football
Neal Jeffrey- Baylor University Football
Margaret Kitchen Redfearn: University of Houston Tennis
Wendy Wood: Rice University Tennis
Ryan Berube: Southern Methodist University Swimming
Kirk Dressendorfer: University of Texas Baseball
John Thornton: Texas A&M University Football
Jamie Dixon: Texas Christian University Basketball
Lloyd Hill: Texas Tech University Football 

TCU Beach Volleyball Team Wins 2025 National Championship

The second-seeded TCU beach volleyball team won its first national championship by beating fourth-seeded LMU (Loyola Marymount University) 3-2 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Sunday, May 4. The match was televised nationally by ESPN.

With the victory, TCU improved to 32-5 for the season and 7-6 all-time in the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship. It was the Frogs first' victory over LMU this season, after two earlier losses in the season.

Olympians Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno clinched the match for TCU.  After taking a year off and coming back to Fort Worth, the duo won a three-set thriller at the No. 1 spot, 18-21, 21-15, 15-6.  The two never lost a dual match in the four years they had been to NCAA Tournament. 

TCU completes its historic season on a 12-match winning streak.

This was TCU's first appearance in the NCAA Beach Volleyball NCAA Finals. The Frogs earned the berth with wins over seventh-seeded Texas and sixth-seeded Cal Poly on Saturday, May 3.

With their win over the Longhorns, the Horned Frogs stretched their lead in the all-time series to 4-0, and they improved to 42-0 all-time against teams from the Lone Star State.