James Hall from Fort Worth Trimble Tech played for the Yellow Jackets in 1976-77 and 1977-78 after transferring from Cooke County Junior College to play for HPU Coach Bob Derryberry. Despite playing only two seasons, the 6-4 forward was one of HPU’s most impactful basketball players. In the 1977-1978 season, he was a consensus first team All-American, Lone Star Conference Most Valuable Player in a unanimous coaches’ vote, first team NAIA District 4 and named to the LSC all-tournament team. He averaged 27.3 points and 9 rebounds that season. Hall finished 17th on the all-time HPU scoring list with 1,324 points. He is in the Top 10 in HPU history in field goals made with 561, tied for the most field goals made in a season with 346 in 1977-78 and third in HPU history with 815 points in one season. One of his most memorable feats was a steal of an inbounds pass and layup with one second remaining to defeat Sam Houston State 67-66 in the final LSC regular season game in 1978.