Brad Barker Inducted:1979Sport:Golf
A standout golfer for four years at Illinois State ... team captain in 1973 and 1974 ... represented Illinois State at the 1974 NCAA Men's Golf Championships in San Diego Read More [+]
Bob Basarich Inducted:1979Sport:Golf
ISU golf team captain in 1958 ... owned a 496-99 (83.4 percent) varsity basketball coaching record at Lockport Central High School with 16 conference titles, 16 regional championships Read More [+]
Paul Carther Inducted:1979Sport:Football, Track & Field
Starting defensive tackle and co-captain in football and former shot put record holder in track at Illinois State ... won the Fred Cleland Award in 1972 ... helped hold Western Illinois without a touchdown for the first time in 42 gamesRead More [+]
Joan Clark-Fowler Inducted:1979Sport:Bowling, Field Hockey, Softball, Speedball, Swimming & Diving, Volleyball, Basketball, Tennis
Eight-sport letterwinner ... played in the Chicago Professional Women's Softball League, and has had a rich involvement in sports as coach at Metropolis High School. Read More [+]
Rex Darling Inducted:1979Sport:Tennis
A 1939 ISU graduate ... head tennis coach at Eastern Illinois from 1945-74 with numerous titles ... also coached basketball and football ... tennis coach of the 1967 Pan-American Games trials Read More [+]
George Egofske Inducted:1979Sport:Football, Wrestling
Lettered in football and wrestling ... head coach at Trinity High School from 1956-57, winning an Inercity Title in 1956 ... named assistant football coach at Rich East High School in 1958 and served as head coach from 1960-1964 Read More [+]
Larry Hallaert Inducted:1979Sport:Baseball
Co-captain of the 1969 national championship baseball team ... an outfielder who compiled a three-season batting average of .328 Read More [+]
Vince Jones Inducted:1979Sport:Track & Field
Jones won an All-American honor in the 200-meter dash at the 1979 NCAA meet ... holds the school record of 33.9 seconds in the retired 300-meter dash Read More [+]
Helen "Susie" Knierim Inducted:1979Sport:Educator, Multi-sport athlete
1966-67 Fulbright Scholar at University of Baghdad ... coached at Lake Forest High School and in college at Hanover, UW-Whitewater and Slippery Rock Read More [+]
George Matthews Inducted:1979Sport:Baseball
1939 baseball co-captain ... picked for U.S. College All-America squad at second base ... starting guard on the IIAC championship basketball team during the 1938-39 season Read More [+]
Angie Mizera Inducted:1989Sport:Volleyball
Three-year letterwinner as a setter ... helped the Redbirds to a three-year record of 136-40, including state and regional championships in 1977 and an eighth place finish in the AIAW national tournament Read More [+]
Richard Schertz Inducted:1979Sport:Football
Third member of his family to play football at Illinois State ... three-year starter at defensive end Read More [+]
Lori Schutt Inducted:1979Sport:Track & Field
1965 ISU graduate ... won more than 200 track awards Read More [+]
Phebe Scott Inducted:1979Sport:Department Head, National Leader in Women's Sports
A national leader in the early promotion of women's sports ... head of Illinois State women's physical education from 1966-73 Read More [+]
John Snyder Inducted:1979Sport:Cross Country, Track & Field
A 1958 graduate who lettered in cross country and track ... had 29-year record of 423-350 as basketball coach at Bloomington Central Catholic, with 12 regional titles, including eight-consecutive Read More [+]
Dave Trayser Inducted:1979Sport:Baseball
Four-year letterwinner ... catcher on the 1969 NCAA College Division national championship baseball team ... captain in 1970 Read More [+]
Elvira "Tiny" Vidano Inducted:1979Sport:High School Coach
Lettered in eight sports at ISU ... taught and coached at Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children's School in Normal, 1946-48, also supervising ISU student-teachers Read More [+]
Margie Wright Inducted:1979Sport:Softball, Basketball Four-year basketball and softball letterwinner and a three-year letterwinner in field hockey ... pitched professional softball for 34 years, with three seasons in the Women's Professional Softball League and 30 years in the ASA Major Women's Division Read More [+]
