A Camp Longhorn veteran, Wally Pryor is being inducted into the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame at a luncheon April 10th on the TCU campus. More information can be found at www.tsdhof.org Wally grew up next door to Pat and Tex when they lived in Austin and helped with the construction of their home at Inks Lake that Pat still lives in today. He was a camper and a counselor in the 40's and is the man behind those famous CLH road signs. He was a swim bay director and started the CLH "Wawa PoPo" tournaments that we still have today. Wally is also famous for naming our bathrooms, Libraries. He is the son of the long time Inks Lake Girls camp director Mary Pryor to which Mary's cabin is named. His grandsons, Larsen (camper) and Jensen Dempsey (counselor), attend Indian Springs 2nd term.

Wally Pryor: An Austin native, Pryor is a pioneer of water polo in Texas. He was a standout swimmer and All-American water polo player for Tex Robertson's Longhorn teams from 1948-1950 and produced and directed the famous Aqua Carnivals of the 50's. After serving in the U.S. Army, he returned to Austin to coach the Austin Aquatic Club. As a genius in marketing, Pryor organized the Texas Open Swimming Championship and helped to establish TAGS. He served 35 years as president of the Working Exes for Texas Swimming - the organization that convinced UT to build the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. He was a waterfront director at Camp Longhorn. Pryor was long known as the "Voice of the Longhorns" as announcer for all UT sports from 1953-2002 and he served the Austin community for many years as a television producer and popular emcee for charity events and fund raisers.