Former Texas A&M University-Commerce standout Harvey Martin became the ninth individual with ties to the university selected for induction in the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor league officials announced on Thursday.

Martin along with Amy Bippert-Bohensky of Angelo State will make up the 2010 class of inductees for the LSC Hall of Honor, which recognizes outstanding individuals who have brought pride and honor to the conference through their contributions as an athlete or who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to the betterment of the conference as a coach or administrator.

“Both Harvey and Amy are excellent additions to the LSC Hall of Honor,” said Stan Wagnon, LSC commissioner. “Both excelled not only as Lone Star Conference athletes, but also Amy was an Academic All-American and Harvey went on to a high-profile professional career. It's special to see these two former greats take their rightful spots among the very best in LSC history.”

Each of the inductees will receive the LSC's signature Hall of Honor award, a 15-inch custom-sculpted eagle figurine mounted on a cherry wood base. The awards for Bippert-Bohensky and Martin are to be presented this fall with ceremonies at each recipient's institution.

Martin is one of the most recognized names in the history of A&M-Commerce athletics. He starred at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas before beginning his collegiate football career with the Lions.

As a senior in 1972, Martin was selected as an Associated Press Little, Football News and NAIA All-American en route to leading the Lions to a national title. He went on to become a third-round selection by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1973 NFL Draft. He was a four-time Pro Bowler (1976-1979) and a four-time all-pro selection (1976, 1977, 1979, and 1982). Martin was named to the NFL All-Decade Team for the 1970's and was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1977. In Super Bowl XII, he was named the game's MVP along with teammate Randy White.

He was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987 and in 2007; he was selected to the LSC's 75th Anniversary Football Team and was named the LSC Defensive Player of the Decade for the 1970's. A&M-Commerce hosted the inaugural Harvey Martin Classic in his honor in 2008 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. In 2009, Martin became the first A&M-Commerce athlete to be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.

Along with Martin members of the LSC Hall of Honor from A&M-Commerce include Delmer Brown (inducted in 2000), Dr. Bill Crabtree (inducted in 2007), Ernest Hawkins (inducted in 2004), Dr. Jesse Hawthorne (inducted in 1996), Arthur James (inducted in 2008), Sam McCord (inducted in 2006), L.I. Smith (inducted in 2005) and Wade Wilson (inducted in 2003).