Gerry W. Beyer (left) and Michael Hatfield (right) swept the 2009 Texas Tech Professor of the Year Awards:

• Prof. Beyer was selected the 2009 Outstanding First Yirst Professor of the Year by vote of the 1L students. (He also received the 2007 Outstanding Professor of the Year Award by vote of 1L, 2L, and 3L students.)  
• Prof. Hatfield was selected the 2009 Outstanding Advanced Professor of the Year by vote of the 2L and 3L students. (He also received the award in 2008.  In 2006, Professors Beyer and Hatfield shared the Outstanding Professor of the Year as selected by the 1L, 2L, and 3L students.)