Windell Dobson (2023) - Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame

Windell Dobson

Induction:
2023
Class:
1994

Was an All-American as part of the 4x100-meter relay team in his first year in 1991 with a 39.60 time, still the third-best time ever for a UL team in that event … Won five individual conference titles and two more in relay competition during three-year career despite missing all of his junior outdoor season in 1992 with an injury … Six-time all-conference selection and helped lead Cajuns to six straight team titles, sweeping the indoor and outdoor titles in all three of his seasons in 1991 (American South), 1992 and 1993 (Sun Belt) … Never competed on a USL team that finished lower than first in conference competition … Named to Sun Belt Conference’s 30-year anniversary all-time track and field team in 2006, more than a dozen years after his final competition and one of only five Cajun track athletes so honored … Thirty years later, still ranks in the top five in four different events in Cajun history -- fourth-best 200-meter time (20.67) and fifth-best long jump (25-2) individually, and second-best sprint medley relay time (3:16.86) and third-best 4x100-meter relay time (39.60) … Won three events in the American South outdoor championships in first year in 1991, winning the long jump (25-1 ¼), the 200-meter dash (20.72) and on the 4x100-meter relay (39.64), after winning the ASC long jump title indoors earlier that year … Missed the entire 1992 season injured, but came back to win Sun Belt Conference outdoor titles in both the 200-meter (20.67) and the 4x100-meter relay (40.13) as a senior … Also won the Sun Belt 200-meter title indoors (21.47) in 1992 before missing the outdoor season, along with earning all-Sun Belt honors in the 200-meter and long jump in that indoor season … Earned All-Sun Belt honors in the 100-meter, the 200-meter and the 4x100-meter relay in his final outdoor season in 1993.