Five Prepare for Entrance into ISU Athletics Hall

Runner-up for Gateway Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993 ... named to the 1993 Division I Kodak All-American honorable mention team ... 1993 First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference ... 1992 First Team All-Gateway Conference ... two-time Valley Player of the Week in 1993 and two-time Gateway Player of the Week in 1992 ... led the Valley in scoring (20.8 ppg.) in 1993, which also ranked No. 20 in NCAA Division I and is the highest single-season scoring average in Redbird history ... posted 11 double-doubles during her senior season and finished with 32 for her career ... broke Beth Landes' single-game scoring record (41) with 43 points against Marquette (12/11/92), still the ISU standard ... ranks No. 6 all-time in career scoring at 1,474 points ... averaged 14.7 points per game during her ISU career ... ranks second behind Cathy Boswell in career rebounds with 801 and averaged eight boards per game in her career ... No. 3 on the career blocked shots list with 90 ... she is also No. 3 in career free throws made (303) and No. 8 in career field goal percentage (.512) ... 1993 CoSIDA All-District V Academic Team.

Illinois State's first softball all-American, earning National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Third Team All-America accolades in 1995 ... named the 1995 Missouri Valley Conference Most Valuable Player ... the right-handed pitcher collected 62 career victories, which ranks No. 2 in school history ... in 1993, she ended her sophomore season by earning a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team ... a two-time All-Valley First Team selection ... twice named to the first team all-region team ... the 1994 and 1995 Illinois State Female Athlete of the Year ... was nearly untouchable her senior campaign, after posting a 25-7 record, with her 25 wins ranking No. 2 in Redbird history for a single season ... led the conference in 1995, with 155 strikeouts en route to dominating league play with a 0.45 earned run average and 11 conference wins ... during her senior season, the Redbirds won a school-record 46 games, claimed the Valley championship, advanced to the NCAA Tournament and ranked No. 23 in the final national poll.

Three-time all-American and national runner-up in the 1997 indoor 200-meter-dash (20.95) ... 1997 Outdoor all-American with a ninth-place finish in the 100-meters (10.65) ...1995 Indoor all-American after an eighth-place finish in the 200-meters ... eight-time NCAA qualifier ... 1995 Illinois State Athletics Male Athlete of the Year ... the top sprinter in the Missouri Valley Conference during his time ... owns 11 individual league titles, including four straight outdoor 200-meter conference championships, and was part of three conference championship relay teams ... won the 1996 MVC 55-meter title with a career-best time of 6.26 ... won the indoor 200-meters at the 1996 Iowa State Classic with a season-best time of 20.98, an NCAA automatic qualifying time, which at the time was the fastest 200 clocking in the nation ... the only sprinter in school history to break the 21-second barrier in the indoor 200-meters ... owns school records in both the indoor 200-meters (20.95) and 60-meters (6.72) and the outdoor 100-meters (10.25) ... also owns Horton Field House record in indoor 200 meters (21.43) ... anchor on NCAA qualifying 4x100-meter relay team which finished with a school and MVC record-setting time of 39.77 ... also anchored 4x200-meter relay.

Played on three straight NCAA Tournament teams (1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85) ... integral part of ISU's first ever NCAA Tournament win over Alabama (49-48) in 1984 ... named second team All-MVC by the United Press International in 1985 ... was an honorable mention all-league selection by the Associated Press the same year ... a second team All-Valley honoree by both the United Press International and Associated Press in 1984 ... ranks No. 32 in career scoring at ISU with 1,068 points ... ranks No. 7 in career steals with 129 ... No. 9 in steals in a season with 48 during the 1984-85 campaign ... has scored the most career points by a Redbird in the NCAA Tournament with 49 ... twice named the Chevrolet Player of the Game on CBS' national broadcast (1983 Valley Tournament Championship vs. Tulsa and the 1984 second round NCAA Tournament loss against DePaul ... drafted in the sixth round of the 1985 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers ... nicknamed "Slick."

An emeritus professor of psychology ... retired from teaching in Dec. 2002 ... since 2003, has been a volunteer in the Karin Bone Athletics Study Center ... serves as a targeter for both the Redbird softball and women's golf teams ... also coordinates a study skills workshop ... in 2002 was presented the Herb Sanders Award for Outstanding Academic Advisement ... has also worked as an official at the ISU track and field meets since 1970 ... served as the chair of the University Athletic Council from 1972-74 and again during 1994-95 ... represented on the advisory committee for two head coach selections ... the 2006 Psychology Department's Alumnus of the Year (Full Career) award winner ... earned the Student Psychology Association's Outstanding Faculty Award in 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993 and 2001 ... presented with the 1999 Central Region Advisor of the Year Award by the Golden Key International Honour Society ... a departmental nominee for the University's Outstanding Teacher Award in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991 and 1992 ... coordinated the psychology department's honors program from 1988-2000, while also coordinating the graduate studies program from 1996-2000 ... served as a faculty sponsor for the Golden Key International Honour Society from 1995-2002 and has continued this role since 2005 ... worked as the editor of The Illinois Psychologist, a newsletter for the Illinois Psychological Association from 1972-89 ... earned his bachelor of arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis, in 1961 ... he continued with his master's from Illinois State University in 1964 and his doctorate from Northwestern University in 1966.