KNOX-LOMBARD ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
Induction Ceremony
Friday, October 10, 2025
Reception — 7:00 p.m. Presentations — 7:30 p.m.
Lincoln & Skylight Rooms
Seymour Union
Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois
1987 – Inaugural Inductees
Ralph Albro 1923
Allan P. Christiansen ’40
Willard “Bill” Dean 1919
Adolph “Ziggy” Hamblin 1920
Roy L. “Rody” Lamb L1925
Florence Merdian 1920
Marcia Millon Cornett ’78
William Senn ’26
Evar Swanson L1924
Dean Trevor ’26
1988 Raymond Charles ’41
F. DeForest Hitchcock ’30
John Lewis ’34
1989
Rollin C. Huggins Sr. ’26
Harlan Knosher, Faculty
Kenneth Lundeen ’51
1990 Reuben W. Brockmueller L1925
Theodore J. Fleming ’55
T. Lloyd Pool ’28
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
Past Inductees
1999 Deborah S. DeGraff ’80
Kathleen Hansen ’91
Steve Laudel ’79
Kurt Pearson ’80
Kjeld Sorensen ’75
2000 William H. Colby ’77
Derrick J. Freeman ’87
Lloy Brodnicki Johnston ’94
Michael E. Pankey ’89
Theodore Paul Wright ’15
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
Ann M. Kapoun ’88
Randall M. Oberembt ’76
Herbert Priestley, Faculty
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
2005 1974-75 Men’s Basketball Team
Joshua S. Fourdyce ’99
Brooke A. McKinney ’99
Michael A. Muro ’77
2006
Charles J. Gibbs ’50
Michael L. Johnson ’84
Jorge Prats, Faculty
Paul S. Shimotake ’85
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
2013 1956 Football Team 1957-1958 Basketball Team
Victor Garcia ’03
Al Reilly, football coach 1968-1976
Jim Smith ’78
2014 Steve Baumgartner ’77
Bill Graning ’60
Kevin Megli ’07
Drew Sherman ’00
2015 1973 Men’s Soccer Team
Elizabeth Grana ’06
Al Partin, Coach
Chuck Porter ’52
Jaran Rutledge ’08
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
2020 Mary Whiteside Groll ’92
Joe Metzka ’96
Derek Mortensen ’14
Michael Smith ’96
2021 1921 Lombard Football Team
Junichiro “Jun” Adachi ’81
Annette Andresen O’Donnelly ’82
Tighe Burke ’09
Brian Glashagel ’94
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
Program
Welcome
Jim Davis ’06
Opening
Justin Newell Vice President and Director of Athletics
Introduction of New Members – 2025
Jason Maclin ’07
Becky Mowers Nelson ’04
1975-76 Swimming and Diving Team
Vernice Mendrek
Closing
Jim Davis ’06
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.
2025 Hall of Fame Selection Committee
Brayden Bathgate ’23
Alyssa Anderson ’18
Norm Hillner ’79
Rick Bender
Justin Newell
Maliah Blakemore
Larry Welch