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Cy-Fair honors volleyball coaching legend Mary Arnold
Cy-Fair coaching legend Mary Arnold is greeted by Buddy Bobcat, the Cy-Fair High School mascot, upon entering the school Tuesday prior to Cy-Fair’s volleyball game against Cypress Ranch. Arnold was honored for her contributions to the volleyball programs at Rural High School No. 5, Cypress High School and Cypress-Fairbanks High School from 1939-1959. |
Oct. 19, 2011— Cy-Fair High School honored longtime teacher, coach and administrator Mary Arnold prior to the volleyball team’s home game against Cypress Ranch High School on Tuesday night.
Arnold Middle School’s 97-year-old namesake, Mary Arnold, was honored for her contributions to the volleyball programs at Rural High School No. 5, Cypress High School and Cypress-Fairbanks High School from 1939-1959.
During her time at the schools, Arnold accumulated more than 400 career volleyball coaching wins and more than 50 regular season invitational volleyball tournament championships. Cy-Fair won three state championships—in 1955, 1958 and 1959—and was a state finalist in 1957 under her guidance.
Cy-Fair volleyball coach Donna Benotti presents Mary Arnold with a commemorative plaque during a ceremony in her honor on Tuesday at Cy-Fair High School. |
Joined by several of her former volleyball players, Mary Arnold responds to a standing ovation from the crowd at Cy-Fair High School on Tuesday. |
A display outside of the Cy-Fair gymnasium pays homage to a pair of state championships Arnold led Cypress-Fairbanks High School to in 1955 and 1958. |
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