Texas Tech University

Distinguished Alumnus Award

The Distinguished Alumni Award, awarded annually, is awarded to a graduate of the Texas Tech Huckabee College of Architecture whose career and professional life have brought distinction on the College and whose career as an architect is held in high esteem by peers and the general public. Nominations may be made by an individual, firm or organization with knowledge of the Nominee's qualifications, in the following categories:

  • Distinguished Architectural Practice
  • Distinguished Community or Public Service
  • Distinguished Achievement in Architecture Education or Professionally Related Fields
  • Distinguished Alumni Spirit

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2023 Distinguished Alumnus

Lance Evans '04

Since his graduation from the Huckabee College of Architecture in 2004, Lance Evans, RA, has focused his professional career solely on the design of sports and entertainment venues. He is an acknowledged firm-wide leader in sports and entertainment design at HKS, Inc., Los Angeles, where his resume includes many recognizable and celebrated projects, such as AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Dodger Stadium renovations, and Hollywood Park's YouTube Theatre in California. He was the lead designer for U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. In 2021, SoFi Stadium was awarded the UNESCO Prix Versailles World Prize for Architecture and Design in the Sports category. Sports venues designed under Lance's leadership have hosted two Super Bowls, the NCAA Final Four, the College Football National Championship, and are soon to host the World Cup and Summer Olympics.

2023 Distinguished Alumnus Lance Evans, class of 2004

Past Recipients

  • 2022 Nick Deaver, AIA '81
  • 2021 Michael S. Molina, AIA '91
  • 2020 Jim C. Kollaer, FAIA, LEED AP '69
  • 2019 Barry Hand, AIA, LEED AP BD+C '90
  • 2018 Doug Moss '90
  • 2017 Daniel S. Hart, AIA '90
  • 2016 Michael G. Imber '86
  • 2015 Regent Christopher Huckabee '91
  • 2014 Mark T. Wellen, FAIA '77
  • 2013 Thomas D. Curtis, AIA '80
  • 2012 James B. "Jim" Boggs, AIA, '62
  • 2011 Leslie L. Shepherd, AIA, '83
  • 2010 Noel Barrick, AIA, '72
  • 2009 David R. Messersmith, FAIA, '73
  • 2008 Morris Brown, AIA, '69
  • 2007 F. Reg Narmour, '63
  • 2006 W. Mark Gunderson, AIA, '79
  • 2005 Rodney C. Hill, AIA, '62
  • 2004 David M. Farrell, AIA, '79
  • 2003 J. Michael Brendle, FAIA, '78
  • 2002 Bill D. Smith, FAIA, '63
  • 2001 Terrance J. Brown, FAIA, '69
  • 2000 Ronald P. Bertone, FAIA, '70
  • 1999 Robert A. Fielden, FAIA, '63
  • 1998 Larry D. Self, FAIA, '68
  • 1997 Charles F. Harper, FAIA, '55
  • 1996 Stephen R. Souter, FAIA, '71
  • 1995 Walter L. Winters, '60
  • 1994 James R. Morter, FAIA, 68
  • 1993 Richard B. Ferrier, FAIA, '68
  • 1992 Jim C. Doche, FAIA, '65
  • 1991 J. Carlos Jones, '54
  • 1990 Bob G. Fillpot, FAIA, '67
  • 1989 James E. Atcheson
  • 1988 D. Keith Downing, '59
  • 1987 A. Dudley Thompson, '54
  • 1986 Alan R. Sumner, FAIA, '65
  • 1985 Robert H. LeMond, FAIA, '60
  • 1984 Paul Stevenson Oles, FAIA, '60
  • 1983 Richard W. Payne, FAIA, '60
  • 1982 Robert C. Messersmith, Sr., AIA, '52