MINNEAPOLIS — Three national champion wrestlers lead the nine-member induction class for the 53rd Augsburg University Athletic Hall of Fame.
Former Auggie standouts Ben Bauer, Josh Cagle, and Nik Lewandowski are among the group, which will be formally inducted during Homecoming week on Thursday, Oct. 15 at Hoversten Chapel in the Foss Center.
MINNEAPOLIS — Three wrestling standouts will be honored when Augsburg University inducts its 2025 Athletic Hall of Fame class Oct. 2.
Former coach Jeff Swenson, who built Augsburg into a Division III wrestling powerhouse, will receive the Legend of Augsburg Athletics Award. Two-time All-American Jesse Bakalyar and three-time All-American John Pena will be inducted as members of the 52nd Hall of Fame class.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Three-time All-American wrestler Ryan King will be inducted into the Augustana Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class, the university announced.
King, who competed from 2003-2006, placed third, fourth and fifth at the NCAA Division II national tournament during his final three seasons with the Vikings.
Augustana Athletics Names Nine as Part of 2024 Hall of Fame Class
Augustana Vice President for Athletics Josh Morton is pleased to announce the Augustana Athletics 2024 Hall of Fame Class. The ceremony will take place on Sept. 20 in 5 Oaks in Sioux Falls. The following day, the Augustana football team will host Northern State, where the inductees will be honored at halftime.
Tickets to the 54th Hall of Fame Banquet will be available soon.
The nine inductees are John Anderson (men’s basketball), Craig Bosch (football), Ty Copsey (wrestling), Alex Feeney (women’s basketball), Lori Fossum (volleyball), Katie Jesperson (women’s tennis), Becky Mancuso (softball), Cam McCaffrey (men’s basketball), and Tony Viger (baseball).
2024 Cobber Athletics Hall of Fame Class Announced
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Concordia Athletic Director Rachel Bergeson announced that six former student-athletes, which includes one long-time coach, will be inducted into the Cobber Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.
Doug Perry ’65 was a 2-sport athlete during his student-athlete days at Concordia. He was a member of the 1964 Cobber football team that won the MIAC title and claimed the NAIA National Co-Championship and was also a 4-year member of the Cobber track & field squad where he was one of the team’s co-captains in 1965. After graduating from Concordia, Doug returned to the athletic department and became a fixture in the athletic department for almost 30 years. Doug’s long-time tenure as a coach at Concordia included being an assistant coach for the football program for 27 years as well as head coach for the men’s and women’s track field teams and head coach of the wrestling squad. He coached numerous All-Americans, MIAC champions and All-Conference award winners during his time at Concordia.
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Terry Haws might not have ended up at Saint John’s University in the first place were it not for a rule change and an illicit cigarette.
It was the fall of 1966 and Haws was the athletic director and head football and wrestling coach at St. Cloud Cathedral High School. The previous spring, the school had elected to make a change to its disciplinary policy, increasing the punishment for being caught smoking from a three-day suspension to expulsion.
It was a move Haws – who had also been the boys guidance counselor at Cathedral – strongly opposed.
“His argument was that some kid was going to make a dumb mistake and it was going to cost them a full year of school,” recalls his son Pat, a student at Cathedral at the time. “He thought it was way too harsh.” Continue reading at gojohnnies.com →
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Lou Adderley had played some tennis prior to arriving at Saint John’s University as a freshman from The Bahamas in 1951.
He hadn’t wrestled at all.
But Adderley managed to master both sports during his time in Collegeville, going on to win conference championships in each over the course of his collegiate career.
“I was always so impressed with his work ethic,” recalls Patrick Wangen ’58, a tennis teammate during Adderley’s senior season in 1955 when he was not only a star player, but the team’s head coach. Continue reading at gojohnnies.com →
A 1991 graduate of Simley High School, Wade etched his legacy with multiple state championships in wrestling while showcasing exemplary prowess in football and tennis. His post-school accolades include national dance titles, renowned ballet intensives, and a profound impact as an educator and entrepreneur in Inver Grove Heights. Wade’s multifaceted success in arts and athletics rightly earns him a revered spot in the Simley Hall of Fame.
Wade Short appeared on the popular show Dance Fever in 1983. In 1984 he competed on Star Search, a national TV talent show.
After that, he continued to succeed in dance, football, tennis, and wrestling, where he earned multiple state championships and was a part of three Simley High School state championship wrestling teams.
Because of these accomplishments, Short will be inducted into the Simley Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony at halftime of the Simley football game Friday, September 1, when the defending state champion Spartans host Winona High School at 7 p.m. Continue reading at medium.com/@krumriematt →
Wrestler Paul Carlson among the inductees
FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State University will induct seven individuals and one team into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 29. This year’s honorees will comprise the 51st annual class to be inducted.
The 2023 inductees are 16-time All-American track & field sprinter Tamara Brudy, national champion wrestler Paul Carlson, national champion softball center fielder Jess (Christensen) Hodgson, six-time track All-American and football team captain Jared Essler, three-time All-NCC and All-Region volleyball middle hitter Jeni (Jost) Gunderson, two-time NCC Track & Field Championships MVP Lisa Kresky-Griffin, All-American football receiver Tim Strehlow, and the 1983 national champion Bison football team.
The event will be held on campus in the Nodak Insurance Basketball Performance Center at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex. Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. with the induction ceremony to start at noon.
Wrestler Lou Adderley and Coach Terry Haws among the inductees
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Ten individuals and one team will be inducted into Saint John’s University’s J-Club Hall of Honor on Saturday, Oct. 14, as part of Homecoming festivities.
The dinner and enshrinement ceremony begins with a social at 4:30 p.m. followed by the dinner and program at 5:15 p.m. in Guild Hall (Old Gym) following the Johnnies’ Homecoming football game against Carleton in Clemens Stadium.