Wall of Fame

WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

1953 MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM

Graceland University recognizes these players for their accomplishments with the 1953 Iowa State Championship basketball squad. Inducted October 11, 2003.

Players: Tom Cochran, Max Ridings, J. Irvin Maymon, Jim Nelson, Gordon Cease Second Row: Russell Hampton, Don Ferguson, Vernon L. "Ben" Peterson, Kenneth Stiegel, Carl Ashbaugh Third Row: Donald Glenn, R. L. Coberly, James Carpenter, James Cook, Bob Colyer

Coaches: Head Coach Richard Carter and Assistant Coach Harry Dennis

1975 FOOTBALL TEAM

Graceland University recognizes the 1975 Yellowjacket football team for competing in the Mineral Water Bowl. Inducted October 15, 2005.

Players: Bill Applegate, Dave Bagby, Kerzent Barnes, Kirk Beye, Rick Braby, Al Butler, Jon Caruso, Don Clayton, Bill Clinefleter, Tim Cole, Rick Collins, Paul Davis, Tenny Dewey, Dave Drummond, Dave Dunbar, Randy Fenimore, Terry Ford, Jeff Freeman, Alphie Fulton, Rod Gall, Chris Gibson, Craig Graybill, Dave Graybill, Steve Gribbons, Dave Hamilton, Dale Hardin, Doug Harms, Pat Henry, Don Hickman, Sonny Hicks, Erwin Houser, Dan Hughes, David Klaus, Lee Koonce, Gene Larche, Steve Litten, Mark Martin, Alex Martin, John Martin, Kevin Mason Ed Mc Curdy, Bill McDonald, John Mead, John Meyer, Gary Musgrave, Terry Noble, Ross Novinger, Mike O'Brien, Daryl Ollinger, Nick Ollinger, Ben Peterson, Bob Piepergerdes, Mark Presler, Jim Reynolds, Kevin Rhode, Charles Ripley, Dave Rittman, Tom Robinson, Al Roche, Stan Rupe, Tony Simmons, Craig Smith, Connie Spinks, Pat Spradlin, Don Strah, Mark Studer, Doug Tharp, Jeff Thrutchley, Rusty Tinajero, Bruce Troch, Jeff Trujillo, Rod Waller.

Coaches: Bill Dudek, Tim Nowlin, Gary Collins, Kevin Morris

1986 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM

Graceland University recognizes the 1986 Yellowjacket volleyball team for competing in the National Championships.

Players: Teresa Brestel, Dee Cole, Kathy Rall, Jennifer Rankin Kathy (Schmitz) Montgomery, Valarie Gima, Julie (Wendt) Carver Jennie (Howard) Joyce, Holly Ward, Jean Ann Ford, Robin Fitzgerald

Coach: Stew McDole

1962 MEN'S TRACK TEAM

Graceland University recognizes the 1962 Men's Track Team for winning the Graceland Relays and having a number of national meet qualifiers.

Athletes: Ronald J Howdyshell, Stephen Bankson, Steven Davidson, William Morain, Richard Harrop, William Dudek, Dan Hanton, Charles Reed, James Gargano, Gary O'Daniels, Stephen W Green, Harold Barger, Bruce Beck, Gerald Winholtz, Kenneth Johnston, Steve Tucker, William Robinson, Ronald Carter, Woodrow Wilson, Jack Renard, Thadd Koonce, Samuel Keck, Charles Simmons, Richard Harrington III, David Collins, Bill Faunce and Gary Collins

Coaches: LD Weldon and Jerry Hampton

1963 WRESTLING TEAM

Graceland University recognizes the 1963 wrestling team that had an outstanding season, headed by national qualifiers Gary Collins and Gary Sage. Also, the Jackets won the conference, were ranked nationally and had numerous other outstanding wrestlers on the team.

Athletes: Edward Mattox, Gary Sage, Gary Collins, Stephon Weldon, David Benson, Ronald Green, Ronald Cole, Lester Wade, John Harder, Richard Sheehy, Darwin Pardoe, Stephen Boswell, Gary Etchison, Marvin Beadnall, Ronald Ruhlman, Stanley (Bud) Hayes, Frank Mussell, Daniel Dahlman, Dennis Fields, Joseph Verive, David Tickemeyer, Alan Bell, Glenn Brush.

Coaches: Jerry Hampton, Harry Larche

2004 WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM

Graceland University recognizes these players and coaches for their accomplishment on the 2004 Yellowjacket women's soccer final four team.

Players: Sabine Schwittay, Misako Inaba, Amanda Sundell, Jocelyn Jentsch, Samantha Clark, Chelsea Woodger, Luisa DiBiagio, Maria Prieto, Reily Madigan, Zulema Martinez, Lara Guscott, Nav Boparai, Calea Bourne, Nicole Cummins, Meghan Dunagan, Heidi Beckstrom, Maniesha Munro, Whitney Danner, Julia Prohaska, Tara Stavlic, Erin Creson, Katrina Sumsion

Coaches: Head Coach: Kevin Sherry, Asst. Coach: Fred Wagenaar
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1998 MEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM

Graceland University recognizes these players and coaches for their accomplishments on the 1998 men's volleyball national championship team.

Players: Tim Wallace, Mike Ducey, Mike Dauernheim, Nate Coonce, Andy Puck, Jerry Taniguchi, Bo Frank, Dan Clark, Sean Pittman, Darren Clemons, Josh Ivans, Jeff Morgan, Chad McDole, Brett Talcott, Scott Dowis, Mike Stowell

Coaches: Head Coach: Stu Sherman, Asst. Coaches: Chuck Fredricks and Rod Schall

1979 Men's Volleyball Team

The '79 team captured their third NAIA national men's volleyball title after settling for second place the previous two seasons. In the semifinals, they defeated Earlham College 15-5, 15-6, 12-15, 15-6 to reach the cham­pionship, where they upended the two-time defending champion, George Williams College, in four sets 16-14, 15-10, 10-15 and 15-9. Over the entire tournament, Graceland outscored their opponents 215-150.

Head coach Rod Schall was named coach of the year and led his team to a 34-7 record, including going 5-0 in the national tourna­ment. Junior Rob Kaleikau earned all-tourna­ment team honors on the national stage and was named MVP. In addition, Pete Smart was named to the all-tournament team.

Players: Pete Smart, Brian Tubbesing, Ed Kaleikau,Rob Kaleikau, Tim Hattey, Steve Hedrick, Jim Huffman, Ken Crangle, Kurt Hausheer, Mark Kistler, Steve Yates, Dan Dempsey, Tom McFadden

Coaches: Rod Schall

1960 Men’s Cross Country Team

Graceland University recognizes the 1960 men's cross country team for winning the Missouri College Athletic Union Conference Championship and earning a second-place finish in the NAIA national meet.

Athletes: Bruce Beck, Earl Dietrick, Dick Harrington, Elbert Harrington, Chuck Madden

Coach: LD Weldon

2005 Conference Championship & Wheat Bowl Football Team

The Yellowjackets embarked on the 2005 season following a highly encouraging 2004 campaign that produced an 8-2 record, secured a No. 19 ranking in the NAIA’s final national poll, and earned a tie for the runner-up spot in the prestigious Heart of America Athletic Conference.

With high aspirations for the 2005 season, Graceland opened with a preseason appearance in the 11th Annual Wheat Bowl held in Great Bend, Kansas, its first bowl appearance since 1975. The Yellowjackets faced off against #28 Southern Nazarene (Bethany, Okla.) and defeated the Crimson Storm 24-20. Graceland entered Wheat Bowl participation as the first team to be selected from the state of Iowa.  

Graceland spent the entire 2005 season ranked among the top 25 in the country with a final ranking of 11th. On November 12, 2005, the Yellowjackets beat Mid-America Nazarene 37-16 to claim a share of their first Heart of America Conference title since 1975. The win also propelled them into the NAIA Championships for the first time ever.

The Yellowjackets finished the remarkable season with a 9-3 record. Coach Welch remarked, “The basis in which our program exists is that ‘you get out of life exactly what you put in.ʼ It is great to see these young guys taking so much team pride in where we have been and where we are going.”

Athletes: Anthony Ferguson, Geary Davenport, Andre Jone, Clayton Braddock, Roshe Hepburn, Donva Louder, Eric Boatwright, Pat McShane, Brent Delong, James Thomas, Charles Hawkins, Nick Rainey, Julius Strong, Marc Bickhem, Tyson Smith, Andy Cecil, Marcus Nolan, Chad Everett, Brandon Charles, Shane Raymond, Nicholas Supplee, David Herrera, Robert Summers, Demetrius Cox, Darrin Minor, Kengen Jones, Michael Harmon, Teon Black, Jordan Hatch, Josh Tiano, Wayne Waldon, Danny Laguna, Armond Wair, Cedric Taylor, Pedro Cunningham, Cedric Oliver, Arthur Southward, Marlon Ransom, Tony Ingram, Eliott Clemens, Cain Casarez, Jay Hightower, Donald Clark, Randall Blakley, Robert Moore, Earl Arispe, Joey Elliott, Isaac Martinez, Michael Stephens, Chris Dean-Crawford, Milton T homas, Justin Blocker, Manuel Espinoza, Sean Sharky, Ryan Hefta, Ryan Nicholas, Kalen Thomas, Jason Gates, Demetrius Rudd, Robert Pentek, Vernon Williams, Justin Villanueva, Martin Ciccolini, Nathan Bennett , Randy Conner, Mike Price, Joe Caron, Cameron Godfrey, Jerell Hayden, Chris Endicott, Craig Hidy, Raphael Murphy, Scotty McCants, Sam Della-Vedova, Dantrell Allen, Chad Needham, Rufus Williams, Eric Cernas, Jason Gunter, Michael Williams, Dustin Hill, Bernard Green, Adam Lyons, Justin Nave, James Blake, Aaron Vickery, Tim Rucker, Kevin Wright, Nathan Carter, Tim Butts, William Cruz, Nathan Mabry, Louis O'Brien III, Jaime Ruiz, Damian Conrad-Davis, Drew Melton, Ben Brummit, Aaron Luebbe, Cedric Carmel, Layton Squire, Ivory Scott, Carlos Cavanaugh, Daniel Ciccolini, Bryan Tinker, Bryan Williams, Adam Perry, Anthony Perez, Michael, Giltner, Lawan Ahmed, Clayton, Hines, Daniel Burns, Ron Strozyk, Tyler Palmer, Michael Stuart, Ian Morton, Rahim Martin, Mike McDaniel, Justin Rogers, Mike Pena, Dominique Randle El, Chris Clegg         

Coaches: Cris Welch, Opie Butler, Joe Hugget, Bill Mosel, Trevor Whiting, Dewey Clark, Kenny Ray, Alan Dykens, Adam Clark, Ray Dykens, Troy Rider, Miguel Peredes, and Bill Dudek.

Equ Man. - Tony, and Kevin Thomas