Athletic Hall of Fame

The Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony was held September 22nd 2007.  To be eligible for consideration in the future, an athlete must have completed his/her final year of play ten or more years before he/she will be considered. Particular attention is paid to the number of All-Conference, All-District/Region, and All-American honors in a particular sport. Please forward your nomination(s) and rationale for consideration by the Hall of Fame Selection Committee to Mark Durham (m_durham@umwestern.edu) or Wally Feldt (w_feldt@umwestern.edu).

Following is a list of previous inductees:

Basketball:

• 1981, Shy Callahan, '34, Emory Rouse, '36, Jess Wetzel, '38, George Aitken, '42, Dale Tash, '50, Walt Anderson, '51, Bob Howard, '52, John McMahon, '52, Casey Keltz, '56, Ray Scott, '58, Gary Cooper, '59, George Nelson, '60, Ken Jenkins, '52, Maier Miller, '62, Jerry Selvig, '62, Coach Bill Straugh
• 1982, Dale Aitken, '42, Ernie Good, '42, Allen Weeks, '51, Dick Pitman, '57, Cecil Warren, '62
• 1983, Bernard McGinley, '37, Larry Anderson, '57, Gary Warhank, '69, Clay Robinson, '69
• 1984, Mike McQuirk, '62, Gary Jacobson, '70
• 1985, Bob Mcleod, '57, Jim Jenkins, '58
• 1986, Dick McGuire, '53, Godfrey Saunders, '75
• 1987, Ben Harrison, '51, Wendell Griffin, '70, Sheri Horsfall, '73
• 1988, Bonnie Morrow Cook, '73, Karen Nielsen DeBoer, '74
• 1989, Doug Watson, '73, Ron White, '78
• 1990, Dennis Gibson, '75, Kathy Klick Tash, '80, Rona McOmber Hoehne, '78
• 1992, Joanne Slifka Motta, '82
• 1993, Dan Connors, '53, Ellen Nash, '81, Mark Winans, '73, Ron Williams, '80
• 1994, Craig Renius, '83
• 1995, Jim Stott, '83, Mike Geer, '87
• 1996, Chanelle Cooper, '86, Cindy Farmer, '85
• 1998, Cary Finberg, '88
• 2000, Charles Hall, '72
• 2001, Mark Durham, '88
• 2002, John Sullivan, '91, Bobette Sand Ferris, '91
• 2003, Kevin Engellant, '91
• 2005, Krista Wickens, '95

• 1989, Shawn Davis, '63
• 1991, Marvin "Buz" Cowdrey, '62
• 1995, Donna Fouts Waylett, '73
• 1997, Brad Gleason, '86
• 2001, Tim Garrison
• 2002, Jesse Peterson, '92
• 2004, Jess Martin

• 1989, Mary C. Curtis, '74
• 1992, Kama Lee Carroll, '80
• 1998, Cindy Bennett, '86
• 2000, Patty Weed Franklin
• 2001, Jenny Reynolds Peterson
• 2006, Cori Amos Chapman '96

• 1985, Dave Hartman, '74
• 1986, Mick Davis, '76, Mickey Corr, '75
• 1987, Larry Chambers, '77
• 1988, Michael "Hawk" Hawkins, '78
• 2000, Troy Humphrey
• 2001, Troy Lake, '91
• 2002, Mick Cheff, '92
• 2003, T.R. Williams, '93
• 2004, Shawn Fossen
• 2005, Paul Pownall, '96; T.J. Nelson, Coach 1987-1996
• 2006, Rich Vasquez

• 1992, John "Bun" Wenger, '51

• 1982, Wilford Poppie, '32, Don Wheat, '42, Joe Fey, '51, Ted Kato, '55, Glen Harper, '61, Ben Goldie, '61, Joe Morstein, '62, Roger Talbot, '64, Dale Combs, '66, Bob Crawford, '70, Bil Posivio, '70, John Thatcher, '71, Ron Lehnerz, '72, Charles Lucero, '72
• 1983, Ed Durkin, '52, Ron Kenison, '58, Mike Murphy, '61, Ed Mattix, '52, Jim Netz, '64
• 1984, Jack Dunlap, '60, Jack Gillespie, '63, Larry Veis, '66, Jim Lodge, '70, Bill Donahue, '72
• 1985, Bill Jackson, '59, Bert Deglow, '62, Dick Maroney, '65
• 1986, Mitch Makris, '62, Dick Doyle, '65, Brad Vining, '75, Richard Hucke, '76
• 1987, Bud Shuman, '63, Mick Delaney, '65, Lynn Stonelake, '71, Dennis Renning, '72, Elmer Musgrave, '78
• 1988, Coach George "Sam" McCormick, Al Fidler, '50, Mike "Whitey" Dryden, '76
• 1989, Wayne Christenson, '65, Carl W. Henderson, '69
• 1990, Jim Clairmont, '68, Dave Dearcorn, '71, Steve Poole, '69, Wayde Davis, '79
• 1991, Ron Nau, '73, Jim Oriet, '79
• 1992, Norman Jacobson, '52, Rik Rewarts, '79
• 1993, Dinny Bennett, '82
• 1994, Scott Bockman, '82
• 1995, Jim Miller, '61, Pat Delger, '63
• 1996, Scott Kerr, '82, Harvey McDonald, '80
• 1997, Tom Hoover, '71, John Love, '86, Mitch Maki, '86
• 1998, Jim Graham, '78, Mike Maroney, '81
• 2000, Mike Charlton, '68
• 2001, Guy Melby, '86
• 2002, J.P. Gallagher, '92
• 2003, Scott Evans, '92, Corey Bolton, '93
• 2004, Mike Cutler, '94, Manny Garza, '94, Dan Olson, '94
• 2005, Bobby Beers, '96, Chris Schoenen, '93
• 2006, Rich Ferris, '96, Jason Truman, '97
• 2007, 1994 Football Team, Ed Ferris, Dick Ferris

• 1983, Don Campbell, '70
• 1984, Mike Griffin, '68
• 1985, Bill Connors, '59
• 1986, Bob McChesney, '70
• 1987, Darrel Torgrimson, '68
• 1988, Jim "Sly" Sullivan, '57
• 1990, Chuck Johns, '66
• 1992, Jim Corr, '54
• 1993, Fraser MacDonald, '58
• 1995, Hal Wetzsteon, '59

• 1982, Larry McClung, '64
• 1984, Charley Merrifield, '55
• 1985, Courtney Taylor, '71
• 1986, Frank Kibbee, '56
• 1987, John McMahon, '52
• 1988, Bill Bennet, '52
• 1990, Kelly Flynn, '77
• 1994, Mel Rice, '73, Terry Souhrada, '73
• 1996, Kolene Brown, '83, Don Youngquist, '69, Gary Youngquist, '68

• 1992, Claude "Skip" Ankeny, '54

• 1997, Dave Kendall

• 1981, Hobert Sneed
• 1984, Ray M. Lynch
• 1987, Carl Davis
• 1988, Dr. James E. Short
• 1989, Evelyn Stauffer
• 1993, Chuck Stauffer
• 1994, George Lots
• 1996, Jon Yeager
• 1997, Dona Wallace
• 1998, Bill & Virginia Straugh
• 2000, Rick Olsen
• 2007, Rich Meine