PORTALES, N.M.  – The New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame elected Steve Loy and Michael Sinclair into this year's class.

Originally from Albuquerque, Loy was the team captain for the 1972 and 1973 Greyhound football teams, graduating from ENMU in 1974.

After college, Loy began a successful career as a collegiate golf coach (Arkansas/Arizona State). Since 1992, he has served as the president of Gaylord Sports Management, Lagardere Unlimited, and SportFive (presently the largest golf sports agency in the world, operating in 41 countries on five continents).

Loy has been inducted into several halls of fame over the course of his career, including the ENMU Athletics Hall of Honor, Scottsdale Community College Hall of Fame, NJCAA Coaches Hall of Fame, NCAA Coaches Hall of Fame, Arizona State and University of Arkansas Hall of Fame, and the Sandia High School Hall of Fame.

 "New Mexico will always be my home, and Sandia High School and ENMU gave me all the opportunities as a player to earn this honor," said Loy on the honor. "I want to sincerely thank all the fellow members and the NM Sports Hall of Fame board for this honor on behalf of my high school and college athletic programs, all the great coaches and players associated with me, and my entire family."

Michael Sinclair, originally from Galveston, Texas, came to ENMU and became an all-LSC all-decade player, earning consecutive first-team all-LSC selections in 1989 and 1990 and was named the LSC defensive lineman of the year as a senior in 1990 as well as being named to the 1990 Associated Press all-american team for Division II. He concluded his ENMU career with 279 tackles, 45 tackles for a loss, and 30 sacks.

Drafted in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL Draft, Sinclair went on to a stellar career with the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles, registering 353 tackles, 73.5 QB sacks, nine fumble recoveries, and two touchdowns over his 11-year NFL career.

Sinclair is a member of the ENMU Hall of Honors.

"It is with esteemed pleasure and humbleness that I feel elated, extremely grateful, and honored to be selected as one of the inductees for the 2025 Class of The New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame," said Sinclair. "Words could never express how I feel to have been nominated, voted on, and selected for this prestigious honor.  As a college student and former National Football League player, I dreamed of such honors.  I worked tirelessly in my football career, college and professional, to always give it my best, show others what hard work can exemplify, and most of all, bring continued honor to the game of football, especially as a student having attended my prestigious alma mater, Eastern New Mexico University. Not only do I exude happiness for this honor, but my family does also. There is immeasurable joy in the Sinclair home."

Steve Loy and Michael Sinclair will be introduced as members of the 2024 Hall of Fame class at a press conference on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 9 a.m. at the PIT on the University of New Mexico campus. They will also be recognized during the New Mexico Bowl, which kicks off at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 28.

Steve Loy and Michael Sinclair will be inducted into the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame on June 29, 2025, at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information on the ceremony, visit www.nmshof.org.

For more information on Eastern New Mexico University Athletics and its long history of success, visit www.GoEasternAthletics.com.