2023 FJSA Hall of Honor Announcement
The Former Journalism Students Association of Texas A&M is proud to announce the 2023 inductees to its Hall of Honor: Loren Steffy ‘86, John P. Lopez ‘84 and the late Kathryn Greenwade ‘88.
The Hall of Honor recognizes Aggie journalists for outstanding careers in the media, as well as those whose journalism education at Texas A&M led them to great heights in other fields. This year’s inductees were nominated by FJSA members and past Hall of Honor recipients, and selected through a vote by the FJSA Board of Directors.
The awardees will be celebrated at Texas A&M at a reception on Friday March 3, 2023.
Loren Steffy ‘86
Loren Steffy ‘86
Loren Steffy has been a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly since 2013. In 2020, he founded Stoney Creek Publishing Group, an independent publisher that focuses on Texas narratives. He is also an executive producer for Rational Middle Media and a managing director for 30 Point Strategies, where he heads the 30 Point Press publishing imprint.
Steffy is the author of five nonfiction books: Deconstructed: An Insider’s View of Illegal Immigration and the Building Trades (with Stan Marek), The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens (with Chrysta Castañeda), George P. Mitchell: Fracking, Sustainability, and an Unorthodox Quest to Save the Planet, The Man Who Thought Like a Ship, and Drowning in Oil: BP and the Reckless Pursuit of Profit. His first novel, The Big Empty, was published in May 2021.
He is the writer and producer of the six-episode narrative podcast Putin’s Oil Heist, and was co-host of the award winning Trial of the Century podcast with Tom Fox in 2021.
Steffy is the former business columnist for the Houston Chronicle and previously was the Texas bureau chief and a senior writer for Bloomberg News. His award-winning writing has been published in newspapers and other publications worldwide. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Texas A&M University. If he’s not writing or reading, he’s probably working on cars or puttering (yes, he has reached the age of puttering) around his property in Wimberley, where he lives with his wife, three dogs and an ungrateful cat.
John P. Lopez ‘84
John P. Lopez ‘84
John Lopez has been covering sports for more than 38-years – the last 33 in Houston.
He has been a nationally recognized broadcaster, sports columnist, author and podcaster, earning numerous state and national awards, including a Pulitzer Prize nomination. The first of five books he has authored – the story of 1996 Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug – is in production as a worldwide feature release, directed by Olivia Wilde.
John currently co-hosts a daily radio show on Sports Radio 610. He also hosts one of the most downloaded saltwater fishing podcasts in the United States.
Previously, John wrote a daily column for the Houston Chronicle, covering events around the globe. John has appeared on The Today Show, ESPN SportsCenter, Dateline NBC, CNN Sports at Night, CBS This Morning, ESPN’s Outside The Lines and numerous national television and radio programs.
John has covered multiple national and world events, including Super Bowls, NCAA championships, NCAA Final Fours, NBA Finals, World Series, along with seven Olympic Games and four World Cups.
He has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1999 and a Heisman Trophy voter since 1985.
Kathryn Greenwade ‘88 (Posthumous award)
Kathryn Greenwade ‘88
Kathryn Greenwade was Vice President for Communications and Human Resources at The Association of Former Students. She passed away on February 10, 2022.
Greenwade led The Association’s communications and web teams, Campus Programs including the Aggie Ring Program, advocacy and legislative affairs, and human resources.
Before coming to The Association, Greenwade led the former student career services program in the Texas A&M Career Center and worked in the fields of marketing and training in Dallas.
She was a third-generation Aggie, earning her bachelor of science degree in journalism in 1988. She was honored in 2000 as a Fish Camp namesake and served her community as a member of the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity Bryan-College Station.
Greenwade held the Professional in Human Resources certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute since 2000.
She also served Texas A&M for 13 years as an academic mentor to Company C-2 in the Corps of Cadets, where she was twice named outstanding academic mentor.
