KNOX-LOMBARD
ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Induction Ceremony Friday, October 23, 2026 Reception — 7:00 p.m. Presentations — 7:30 p.m. Lincoln & Skylight Rooms Seymour Union Knox College Galesburg, Illinois
Past Inductees 1987 – Inaugural Inductees 1999 Deborah S. DeGraff ’80 Ralph Albro 1923 Kathleen Hansen ’91 Allan P. Christiansen ’40 Steve Laudel ’79 Willard “Bill” Dean 1919 Kurt Pearson ’80 Adolph “Ziggy” Hamblin 1920 Kjeld Sorensen ’75 Roy L. “Rody” Lamb L1925 Florence Merdian 1920 2000 William H. Colby ’77 Marcia Millon Cornett ’78 Derrick J. Freeman ’87 William Senn ’26 Lloy Brodnicki Johnston ’94 Evar Swanson L1924 Michael E. Pankey ’89 Dean Trevor ’26 Theodore Paul Wright ’15
2013 1956 Football Team 1957-1958 Basketball Team Victor Garcia ’03 Al Reilly, football coach 1968-1976 Jim Smith ’78
1988 Raymond Charles ’41 F. DeForest Hitchcock ’30 John Lewis ’34
2015 1973 Men’s Soccer Team Elizabeth Grana ’06 Al Partin, Coach Chuck Porter ’52 Jaran Rutledge ’08
1989 Rollin C. Huggins Sr. ’26 Harlan Knosher, Faculty Kenneth Lundeen ’51
2001 Evelyn Bielefeldt, Faculty Karen S. Harris ’73 James R. Pogue ’48 Richard L. Schiele ’87 Theodore Sidney Wright Jr. ’72
2002 Archery Teams ’56-’58 Kristin A. Garrison ’96 1990 Reuben W. Brockmueller L1925 Ann M. Kapoun ’88 Theodore J. Fleming ’55 Randall M. Oberembt ’76 T. Lloyd Pool ’28 Herbert Priestley, Faculty 1991 Cleaveland F. Bridgman ’68 Richard Goff ’37 Alice Wolfram Smith ’25 Murray S. Smith ’25 1992 Robert J. Anderson ’54 Charles J. Bednar ’29 Bertram W. Bennett 1920 Paul Block ’31 Frank Whiteside L1927 1993 Gerald “Jerry” Lemon ’43 Catherine McDevitt ’79 Bob Prout ’73 Rick M. Truttman ’76 Dave Woodward ’77 1994 Linda Brands Fredrick ’87 Armondo P. Lopez ’58 Michael J. Morin ’60 Russell E. Petrick ’41 Robert J. Proebstring ’59 1995 Robert C. Gunther ’38 Debbie L. Jack ’90 Robert J. “Sam” Malley ’47 Maynard “Pat” O’Brien L1931 James K. Stowell ’58 1996 David Gardner ’85 William Heerde ’42 Charles H. Hosutt III ’55 Daniel J. Roberts ’42 Harold C. Turner, Faculty 1997 George D. Donaldson ’36 Othmar T. “Topper” Steinman ’70 Russell “Bucky” Swise ’42 Henry S. Taylor ’30 Glenn H. Weyhrich ’62 1998 Thomas Lyman Crabbe 1922 Norman E. Hillner ’79 Todd R. Monken ’89 Robert J. Monroe ’88 Christopher J. Vogel ’90
2003 William H. Boyd ’61 Otis Cowan Jr. ’64 Tiffany L. Felde ’98 Evan W. Massey ’74 C.J. Tylka ’97 2004 Sam T. Galovich ’37 C. Timothy Heimann ’70 Harry C. “Cliff” Heller ’42 Paul E. Madsen ’68 Gary A. Pokorn ’75 Dwight C. “Red” Selmon ’44 Gary L. Wollitz ’75
2014 Steve Baumgartner ’77 Bill Graning ’60 Kevin Megli ’07 Drew Sherman ’00
2016 1902 Football Team Shasta L. Rouch Birkey ’96 K. Bradley Routon ’68 Randell E. Strickland ’90 2017 1978 Men’s Soccer Team Frank Adams, Coach Kyle Anderson ’93 Dave Ladner ’69 2018 George Bahorich ’50 Amy Beuschlein ’89 Jim Davis ’06 Steve Walton ’74 2019 1986 Baseball Team Sam Barry, Coach Matt Hayden ’98 Tremier Johnson ’91
2005 1974-75 Men’s Basketball Team Joshua S. Fourdyce ’99 Brooke A. McKinney ’99 Michael A. Muro ’77
2020 Mary Whiteside Groll ’92 Joe Metzka ’96 Derek Mortensen ’14 Michael Smith ’96
2006 Charles J. Gibbs ’50 Michael L. Johnson ’84 Jorge Prats, Faculty Paul S. Shimotake ’85
2021 1921 Lombard Football Team Junichiro “Jun” Adachi ’81 Annette Andresen O’Donnelly ’82 Tighe Burke ’09 Brian Glashagel ’94
2007 1959 Basketball Team James H. Brown ’86 J. Charles Janes ’55 Lisa S. Williamson ’86 2008 Beth E. Conant ’02 William L. Fuerst ’69 Megan N. Owens ’01 Russell W. Schwem ’54 2009 1919 Football Team Anthony R. Balthazor ’03 Thomas A. MacMillan ’81 David C. Schoenwetter ’98 2010 Mark C. Junk ’91 John H. Liston ’58 Thomas F. Neagle ’04 Steven B. Varick ’76 2011 William R. Jenkins ’55 Francis J. Paradise ’77 Ryan Stuffelbeam ’98 David L. Wood ’72 2012 1976 Football Team Seth Kopf ’04 Mark McIntosh ’72 John Frederick McLean, football coach 1901-1902
2022 2016 Women’s Soccer Team Lane Bridgford 1920 Keith “Mack” Foster ’06 Nathaniel Logie ’16 Dorothy “DJ” Ambrogi Todt ’05 2023 Leslie Combs ’94 Charles Edemba ’16 Jodi Marver ’15 Kris Nelson ’98 Jane Stangl ’90-97 Drake Sykes ’17 2024 Mike Hendrick ’13 Paul Bennett ’08 James Fennema ’73 Ted Boecker ’70 1987-88 Women’s Basketball Team 2025 Jason Maclin ’07 Becky Mowers Nelson ’04 1975-76 Swimming and Diving Team Vernice Mendrek 1987-88 Women’s Basketball Team
Program
Welcome and Opening Justin Newell Vice President and Director of Athletics
Introduction of New Members – 2026 Chris Bejbl ’86 (posthumously) Presented by Justin Newell Sonia Hibberd Kesselring ’00 Presented by Jason Kesselring Jon Ripperger ’86 Presented by Mark Crawley ’88 1970 Football Team Presented by Justin Newell
Closing Justin Newell
The Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall of Fame The Hall of Fame inaugurated its first 10 members at a banquet held October 9, 1987. Since its inception, the selection of new members each year is conducted before Commencement. Honorees are then inducted each year at a banquet held during the fall. The Hall of Fame is named after Allan P. Christiansen, noted athlete, former Knox director of admissions, and an inaugural inductee to the Hall of Fame. It is prominently housed in the Allan P. Christiansen Gallery on the main floor of the Memorial Gymnasium-Fieldhouse complex on the Knox campus. Here, in this central space, are honored the legendary “greats” of both Knox and Lombard— those women and men who have made the most outstanding contributions to athletics at the two colleges.
2026 Hall of Fame Selection Committee Alyssa Anderson ’18 Norm Hillner ’79 Tom Crabtree ’72 Paul Shimotake ’85 Justin Newell Maliah Blakemore Larry Welch