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About The Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame

In the United States, there are Sports Halls of Fame that honor professional and amateur athletes in football, basketball, track, tennis, baseball and other sports. There are also ethnic halls of fame that recognize outstanding athletes from different groups including Italian, Jewish, Irish and blacks to name a few. But, there was not a single sports hall of fame that would recognize, honor and salute the outstanding accomplishments/achievements and contributions of our Latino/Hispanic Sports Heritage not only from the United States but also those who came to this country from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Central and South America and from the vast talent from the Caribbean Islands. The Latin-American International Sports Hall of Fame/Salon de Ia Fama Latinoamericano del Deporte was organized in Laredo, Texas in 1974. At first it was to celebrate, honor and promote local and regional individuals who had excelled at their particular sport but soon it opened the doors to include National and International Professional Athletes. It also recognizes as Sportsman of the Year individuals who continue to preserve and enhance our Latino culture, values and educational opportunities for our youth and who contribute to the betterment of the City of Laredo and South Texas. There have been since its inception an equal recognition of women athletes inductees. It was important to find role models for our youth and the organizers wanted to include all ages, regardless of sex in their programs. The Latin Hall was also created to promote economic development and stimulate business activity in downtown Laredo when local businesses are contracted to provide services to our inductees, their families and guests who visit Laredo during the annual 3-day welcome reception, media luncheon and induction banquet celebration weekend. Through the years. (1975-2014), and with limited amount of funds the organization has, had the opportunity to help the youth of our community with scholarships and other youth activity fundraisers. Plans are to have a Latin Sports International Hall of Fame Museum (downtown) (soon) which will be a first for the United States and to provide clinics (free of charge) to instruct our youth in different sports.

Mission

The Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 1975 to recognize individuals with good and proper standing in the community, high morals and values and who have excelled in sports and/or have contributed to the promotion of sports and goodwill in the Latino community.


Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame

47th Annual Induction Banquet

Dr. Alfredo Trevino

For Dr. Alfredo Trevino, challenge and adventure have led his interests in both tennis and medicine, which he sought specifically for the test of his own skills and capabilities. At a very young age, teachers,

Family and friends knew that medicine was his career goal and it carried on to his alma mater at Martin High School in Laredo, Texas where he took on the challenges found in the popular sport of tennis. He found tennis to be fun and it also opened up many valuable opportunities of which he took advantage to the fullest. In the field of medicine, Trevino aimed to be a general practitioner, however, he learned early on that he preferred to pursue ophthalmology. Perhaps, because of his younger years when his car mechanic father taught him, becoming an ophthalmologist was the natural course to follow. Today, he stands assured that he made the right choices and continues his practice in the hometown that offered him so many opportunities for service and success.

Along with his Air Force military service, Trevino went on to obtain many honors from such organizations as Doctors Hospital, Rotary Club and the National Tennis League. Among his most notable honors is that of becoming the first Hispanic President of the United States Tennis Association – Texas (2011-2012). His community service is unyielding providing great opportunities to such organizations as Laredo Boys and Girls Club, St. Augustine High School, Laredo Border Olympics and Laredo Tennis Association. For his Latino community of Laredo and Webb County, Dr. Trevino remains directly involved with any team, school or service group seeking to provide as many scholarships to students as possible in an effort to keep the momentum of desiring to obtain an education. Hope and dedication is offered from both ends of the funding spectrum as providers see hope of their investment and recipients see the dedication required for success.

Dr. Trevino, from the onset, helped pave the road for future Latinos in the field of tennis when in the beginning of his young tennis career there were few teammates representing Hispanics. Although he did not personally experience any harsh or direct discrimination for being Hispanic, he did see the need to promote the sport among the Latino community whenever possible. Dr. Trevino’s advise for the future generations of Latinos is that one must be prepared. Mental preparation, as with any sport, is one that requires specific types of training and you can only find the type of training you need through an educational institution. Therefore, one must take any opportunity given, both big and small, to journey their way through to a future that is set to take on the new leaders and we must all strive to be among those leaders.