Five outstanding former student-athletes, two longtime head coaches, a top ranked men’s basketball team and a collection of dominate women’s cross country and track & field teams will make up this year’s M-Club Hall of Fame class.
This year’s class features student-athletes Aaron Crowe (football), Sandy Cummings (women’s basketball), Diann Davis (volleyball), Eduardo Jarolim (men’s tennis) and Greg Teale (football). Former Bearcat coaches Richard Alsup (cross country/track) and Steve Tappmeyer (men’s basketball) will also be inductedthis fall. In addition, the 2003-04 men’s basketball team and a collection of women’s cross country (1995-97) and the indoor/outdoor track & field teams (1996 & 1997) will be officially enshrined this fall.
The Class of 2014 will be inducted into the M-Club Hall of Fame during the annual festivities on Friday, Oct. 17 in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom and will be recognized during the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 18. Tickets for the Friday evening banquet are $20 each and may be purchased by contacting Michele Steinmeyer in the athletics office at 660-562-1977. The deadline to reserve your spot at the banquet is Friday, Oct. 3.
The 2014 class will bring the total of individual inductees to 124. The M-Club Hall of Fame was established for individuals in 1980 and teams were first enshrined beginning in 1989.
Individuals
Coach Richard Alsup (1977-08) – Cross Country/Track
Coached five individual NCAA Division II National Champions
Six-time MIAA Coach of the Year (1987, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2006)
1992 MIAA Indoor Track & Field team champions
Aaron Crowe (1995-98) – Football
First team AP Little All-American (1998)
Daktronics/CoSIDA first-team All-American (1998)
Two-time Football Gazette All-American first team (1998), second team (1997)
Sandy Cummings (1986-88) – Women’s Basketball
MIAA’s all-time leader in career steals (406)
Second all-time at Northwest in career assists (598)
Ranks 14th on Northwest’s all-time scoring list (1,234)
Diann Davis (1994-97) – Volleyball
MIAA’s all-time leader in career blocks (748)
Northwest’s all-time leader in career points (2,340.5)
Northwest’s all-time leader in career kills (1,740)
Eduardo Jarolim (1994-95) – Men’s Tennis
MIAA Champion No. 1 Doubles (1995) – Singles and doubles runner-up (1994)
Ranked No. 32 in NCAA Fall Rankings (1994)
Helped team to MIAA Championship and 21-3 record in 1995
Coach Steve Tappmeyer (1989–09) – Men’s Basketball
Northwest’s all-time leader in wins – career record of 408-208
Team won seven (7) MIAA championships (three regular season titles / four tournament titles)
Ten NCAA tournament appearances (two trips to the Elite Eight)
Greg Teale (1992-96) – Football
All-MIAA first team (1996)
Sixth all-time at Northwest in career pass completions (467) & TD passes (52)
Twice threw for a school record five TD passes in one game (shares record with five other players).
Teams
1995, 1996-97, 1997-98 Women’s CC/Track
These seven teams all captured team MIAA Championships.
Only time in Northwest women’s cross country/track & field history withback-to-back MIAA championships in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track (1996-97 and 1997-98) in the same school year.
Team breakdowns
1995 Cross Country = 1st in MIAA
1996 Cross Country = 1st in MIAA, NCAA finish = 10th
1997 Indoor Track = 1st in MIAA, 5 MIAA individual titles, 4 All-Americans
1997 Outdoor Track = 1st in MIAA, 4 MIAA individual titles, 5 All-Americans
1997 Cross Country = 1st in MIAA, 2 All-Americans, NCAA finish = 5th
1998 Indoor Track = 1st in MIAA, 4 MIAA individual titles, 3 All-Americans
1998 Outdoor Track = 1st in MIAA, 4 MIAA individual titles, 3 All-Americans
2003-04 Men’s Basketball
Started season 13-0, reached a No. 1 national ranking for the first time in school history
29-5 overall record (14-1 at home), won MIAA tournament
Advanced to NCAA Division II Elite Eight (second time in school history)
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