Don Ausmus
Inducted 2013
High School: McAllen High School
College: The University of Texas at Austin
Best Known for: Track and Field, Bodybuilding
Ausmus played football and competed in track and field for the McAllen High School, where he graduated in 1971. He captured the Class 4A (now 6A) state championship in the shot put 62 feet, 0.5 inches his senior season. He lettered at the University of Texas in 1972 and 1973.
Ausmus then concentrated on bodybuilding where he enjoyed a successful career competing on the national circuit between 1977 and 1982. He was 1977 Mr. Texas AAU, 2nd; 1978 Mr. Texas 1st and Mr. America, AAU, Medium, 11th; 1981 Mr. America, AAU, Heavyweight, 3rd; Junior Mr. America, AAU Heavyweight, 3rd; 1982 Junior Nationals, NPC, Heavyweight, 3rd.
Back in the Valley at the end of his bodybuilding career, Ausmus also enjoyed a 26-year stint as a Division I High School Football Official and a member of the RGV Chapter of the Texas Association of Sports Officials.
In 2000, Ausmus was selected to the Freedom Newspapers All-Millennium RGV Track and Field Team.
