India, May 4 -- Few people exemplified better than Courtney our aspirations for excellence in our student athletes on and off the field.,wrote President David Leebron in a message breaking the news to Rice trustees. Courtney was widely known and extremely well liked and respected. This is a great loss to our community, and I know all of us were very much looking forward to working with him on the board.Hall reported to Rice for his first training camp in 1985, weeks shy of his 17th birthday. Despite measuring only 6 feet 1inch and weighing a slight 220 pounds, he took over as the Owls starting center in a matter of weeks, making his debut against the University of Miami at Rice Stadium. He remained the starting center over the next four s...