Leticia Canales
Inducted 2019
Hometown: McAllen
High School: McAllen High School
College: Sul Ross University
Best Known for: Basketball Coaching
Canales was a starting guard for McAllen High School in 1980 and earned numerous all-district and all-Valley honors. After high school, she played basketball at Sul Ross State University, where was named all-conference twice and helped the Lobos to the Texas Intercollegiate Athletics Association championship in 1985.
Canales began her successful coaching career at McAllen Memorial High School in 1990, where she coached for five years. She then accepted a coaching position at Corpus Christi Carroll High School, where she been since 1995. Canales led the Lady Tigers to their first UIL State Tournament appearance in 1998 and followed that with a repeat trip to state in 1999. In 23 years at Carroll, she has taken the Tigers to the playoffs 20 times. She has recorded more than 600 wins as a basketball coach.
Canales was inducted into the Sul Ross University Hall of Honor in 1997.
