Tuesday, August 28, 2007

I used to love Shea Morenz...

I'm back, folks, and so is our second installment of "Whatever happened to...." Our focus this time is UT Golden Boy #1 - Shea Morenz. The dual threat quarterback/outfielder for the Horns, who after going down with a knee injury in the 1994 Texas-OU game, lost his job to the Godfather of Soul. He then left the team and signed with the Yankees after being drafted in the first round (27th overall) in the 1995 MLB Amateur draft. Morenz hit his peak in baseball in the 1998 season, reaching Triple-A in the Padres organization. He left baseball after the 1999 season, ending his career with the Padres Double-A team. It seems Morenz is back Houston these days, and working as a Regional Manager for Goldman Sachs after completing the MBA program at University of Michigan. He's quite the little joiner too - he's a member of the Governor's Business Council. Also, it seems that Morenz is a big GOP supporter. He contributed $1,000 to GWB's 2000 Presidential campaign and then donated $2,000 to his '04 re-election campaign. So far for the 2008 campaigns, Morenz has already contributed $1,000 to Mitt Romney's campaign. He apparently also snagged himself a pretty rich wife. I don't know who she is, but that's the word on the street. Seems like he's doing pretty good for himself even though that whole "pro-athlete" thing didn't work out...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Shea Morenz married Christine Robertson, UT grad and daughter of Corbin "Corby" Robertson, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Natural Resource Partners LLC and Quintana Minerals Corporation of Houston. Corby Robertson was an All-SWC and All-America linebacker for UT in the late 60's; he graduated the year before Texas went unbeaten and won back-to-back national titles in '69 and '70. You didn't see him in the NFL because it didn't pay well enough and he was no dumb jock. Also an academic All-America while at UT, Robertson went into the oil business with his father and became, according to CNN Money in 2007, the wealthiest CEO and chairman of a mid-sized, publicly traded corporation in the United States.