2012 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees Kathy Kinasz, Steve Zott, Dave Bertie and Jason Valenzuela.
• Zach Myers was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Player of the Year, and coach Cale Wassermann was selected NSCAA National Coach of the Year. The team was also the GLIAC regular season and tournament champions. • Women’s soccer’s Charley Porter was selected as an AllAmerican and First Team All-GLIAC. • The women’s basketball team qualified for the GLIAC post-season for the first time since 2006-2007. Emily Wendling was the only underclassman named to the AllGLIAC First Team. • Men’s basketball player Chris Webb was named First Team All-GLIAC, All-Defensive Team. • Women’s Indoor Track and Field placed fourth at the GLIAC championship. The players broke five SVSU team records. • Men’s Indoor Track and Field’s Tyler Grob finished fourth in the heptathlon to earn All-American status and set a new school record. In all, 12 student-athletes earned All-American accolades. Three student-athletes were named GLIAC Player or Athlete of the Year. Four varsity programs competed in NCAA Championships, and men’s soccer competed in the national championship game.
Hall of Fame – The 2012 Hall of Fame induction dinner took
place on Sept. 14, 2012. Honorees included: • Kathy Kinasz, softball player from 1989 to 1992, was one of the most dominant pitchers in Cardinal softball history and holder of 12 records, including career pitching appearances (135), starts (119), victories (88), innings pitched (793.2) and complete games (88). • Steve Zott was the football quarterback from 1976 to 1979 who led the Cardinals in 1979 to their first playoff appearance in school history, earned NAIA All-American Honorable Mention and Team MVP in his senior year, was selected First Team All-GLIAC and was a two-time recipient of the Golden Helmet Award, given to the football player with the highest GPA. • Dave Bertie, head athletic trainer from 1980 to 1996, was also the individual who designed the SVSU athletic training room and developed policies and procedures still in place. • Jason Valenzuela, a baseball player in 2001 and 2002, was All-American in 2000, the Cardinal career leader in batting average (.410) and a key factor during the team’s back-to-back GLIAC championships.
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