East Texas A&M University Athletics

Meritorious Service

Wade began his journalism career at East Texas State, where he was the editor of The East Texas before graduating in 1950 with a degree in speech and journalism. After working for the Abilene Reporter for three years, he joined The Dallas Morning News. Wade was a frequent supporter of Lion Athletics in his writing and also provided an endowment for the Lion golf program.

While at The News, Wade earned more than 50 national, regional and state writing awards, including the Lone Star Conference Sportswriter of the Year and the Northern Texas PGA Media Award four times. He retired from The Dallas Morning News in 1994. He was inducted into the Lion Hall of Fame in 1999 and was posthumously inducted into the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Hall of Fame in 2017.