KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The MIAA announced the names of the Hall of Fame Class for 2019. The class consists of 10 student-athletes and one coach. Below are bios of each inductee for this year’s class
The Hall of Fame induction will be at the MIAA Awards Ceremony presented by Husch Blackwell, on Monday, June 3, 2019, in the Truman Forum Auditorium at the Kansas City Public Library – Plaza Branch, 4801 Main Street in Kansas City, Mo.
MIAA Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Inductees
Erin Alewine – Central Missouri
Women’s Track and Field Student-Athlete (2010-2014)
Alewine was a two-time national champion and 12-time All-American for the Jennies. She earned her national titles during the 2013 and 2014 seasons in the pentathlon then All-American accolades in the pentathlon, heptathlon, high jump, and long jump. Alewine was a three-time MIAA Champion and 11-time All-MIAA performer. In 2014, she was the USTFCCCA Central Region Field Athlete of the Year. Academically, Alewine was the 2013 and 2014 USTFCCCA Indoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was a four-time recipient of the USTFCCCA All-Academic, MIAA Scholar-Athlete, and MIAA Academic Honor Roll awards.
Clarence “Gene” Iba – Pittsburg State
Men’s Basketball Coach (1996-2010)
Gene Iba led the resurgence of the Pittsburg State men’s basketball program during a decorated 15-year tenure as the Gorillas head coach (1996-2010). He led the Gorillas to the school’s first NCAA National Tournament appearance in 1997 – reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 – and five overall berths in the national tournament (1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2007). Iba also led the Gorillas to their first MIAA regular season title and to a No. 1 national ranking in 1999, earning MIAA Coach of the Year honor that year. His squads compiled 72 victories in a three-year span between 1997 and 1999, the best three-year win total in program history. In all, Iba compiled a 261-172 (.603) record at PSU and amassed a 487-374 (.566) overall record including coaching stints at Houston Baptist (1978-85) and Baylor (1986-92).
Bill Jolly – Missouri S&T
Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete (1989-93)
Jolly finished his playing career with the Miners’ as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,920 points, which currently still stands, and ranks sixth on the MIAA’s all-time list. He was named to the NABC and Division II Bulletin All-America team following the 1992-93 season when he led the MIAA in scoring with an average of 22.4 points per game. Jolly led UMR in scoring in each of his last three seasons – where he was an All-MIAA selection in each of them as well as an all-region pick in the last two. He averaged 22.5 points as a junior and 18.6 points a game in his sophomore year. In the Miner history books, he ranks first in career three-pointers (286) and free-throws made (514); his 605 points scored as a senior is the second-most in school history. In addition, Jolly’s 560 career field goals rank fifth, 251 assists are sixth and 122 steals are eighth on the school’s all-time list. In the final three seasons of his UMR career, he averaged 21.1 points per game and scored 30 or more points on 10 occasions.
Jenni (Miller) Croy – Pittsburg State
Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete (1994-97)
Jenni (Miller) Croy completed a decorated four-year basketball career with 364 3-point field goals – the second-highest total in the history of the NCAA women’s game at the time. Her average of 3.28 3-pointers per game, 364 in 111 career games, stood as the best average of any four-year player in the history of the women’s game at the time. Miller garnered honorable mention NCAA Division II All-America honors from DII Bulletin as a senior in 1997, when she averaged 17.8 points per game. She finished her collegiate career as a four-time All-MIAA performer, earning first-team All-MIAA honors as a senior in 1997. Miller also eclipsed the PSU scoring record during her senior season, finishing her career with 1,809 points (16.3 ppg). She helped the Gorilla capture an MIAA regular season title in 1996 and make two appearances in the NCAA Division II National Tournament in 1995 and 1997. Following her senior season in 1997, she was selected as one of eight competitors in the 1997 NCAA Women’s National 3-Point Shootout in Indianapolis.
Nikki Olberding-Greenwalt – Washburn
Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete (1994-98)
Olberding-Greenwalt finished her career as a 1998 All-American after scoring 498 points as a senior. Her career points total of 1,811 was third on Washburn’s all-time chart after averaging 16.2 points per game for her career, which she started 107 of 112 games. She was also a three-time, First-Team All-MIAA selection. Olberding-Greenwalt is second on the all-time Washburn chart with 384 free throws made and percentage (.831). Her .876 free throw percentage as a senior is the best mark in school history as she hit 141 of 161 including a then-MIAA record of 36 straight. Olberding-Greenwalt was also a two-time All-MIAA Academic team member. As a freshman, she was named the MIAA’s Newcomer of the Year. As a senior, she was the winner of the MIAA’s Ken B. Jones Award for the outstanding women’s student-athlete of the year.
Jessica Selby-Tallman – Missouri Southern
Women’s Track and Field Student-Athlete (2004-09)
The most decorated female thrower in MSSU history, Selby-Tallman was an eight-time NCAA Division II All-American and finished her career with a National Championship in the hammer throw in 2008. She was also a two-time national runner-up in the shot put. Selby-Tallman dominated the MIAA in the throws, winning four outdoor MIAA shot put titles, four indoor MIAA titles, three MIAA hammer throw titles, and one weight throw championship. She was a three-time MSSU Female Athlete of the Year winner and holds the school record for the outdoor shot put, as well as the hammer throw. Selby-Tallman also owns the facility records for the indoor and outdoor shot put. She was the USTFCCCA National Outdoor Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2008 and was a two-time Academic All-American. In her career, Selby-Tallman was an 11-time MIAA Champion, a two-time Academic All-American, the 2008 MIAA Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, 2008 Ken B. Jones Finalist and earned multiple MIAA Academic Honors.
Melissa Stevens – Emporia State
Softball Student-Athlete (2003-06)
Stevens is the MIAA’s career leader in wins (103) and strikeouts (1,034). She is also the only pitcher in the association’s history with 100 wins and holds the ESU school record with a 0.89 ERA which ranks ninth in MIAA history In 2006, Stevens was an NFCA First-Team All-American and the MIAA Pitcher of the Year with 328 strikeouts. That season she also led ESU to a national runner-up finish in the NCAA Division II World Series with a record of 62-7 an MIAA record. Stevens was named Third-Team NFCA All-American as a junior in 2005 and was a three-time First-Team All-MIAA selection in 2006, 2005, 2004 along with being the 2003 MIAA Freshman of the Year. She was two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2005 and 2006, a three-time NFCA National Scholar-Athlete, an MIAA Scholar-Athlete, and an MIAA Academic Honor Roll member.
Michelle (Stueve) Corpening – Emporia State
Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete (2004-08)
Stueve is the all-time leading scorer in MIAA Women’s Basketball history with 2,403 career points and currently ranks fourth in MIAA history with 1,040 rebounds. She is the only Lady Hornet and just one of three MIAA players all-time with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Stueve was a three-time WBCA First-Team All-American and was the 2008 MIAA MVP. She ranks second and sixth in single-season scoring in MIAA history with 777 points as a sophomore and 674 points as a senior and is the only player to appear in the top ten twice. Stueve led the Lady Hornets to NCAA Tournament each of her four years and advanced to 2006 NCAA Division II Elite Eight. Academically, she was a 2008 CoSIDA Academic All-American, three-time CoSIDA All-District selection, four-time MIAA Scholar-Athlete, and MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
Bob Sundell – Northwest Missouri
Men’s Basketball and Track and Field Student-Athlete (1986-89)
In Men’s Basketball, Sundell was a three-time All-MIAA selection with First-Team honors in 1989. In his career, he scored 1,082 points and grabbed 574 rebounds. In career rankings in Bearcat history, he is tied for seventh in total rebounds, blocks (43) and blocks per game (0.5). For season rankings, Sundell is third in field goal percentage (60.3) and tied for eighth in blocking average (0.9 blocks per game). During his track and field career, he ranks first in the outdoor high jump with a mark of 7’5” and is tied for fifth in the indoor high jump at 6’10.25”. Sundell was a three-time outdoor All-American(1987-89), one-time indoor All-American (1987) and one-time First-Team Academic All-American (1989). He also owns seven of the top-10 high jump marks in Northwest history and competed in the 1988 U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials.
Brent Vogel – Central Missouri
Men’s Track and Field Student-Athlete (2009-2013)
Vogel was a two-time national champion for the Mules with a gold medal in the Heptathlon (2013) and Decathlon (2011). His score of 5,760 in the heptathlon was, at the time, an NCAA record. He was also an eight-time All-American with three distinctions each in the heptathlon and decathlon and two in the 4×400 meter relay. Vogel still holds the UCM record in the heptathlon and ranks second in the decathlon with 7,462 points. He was an eight-time MIAA Champion and was the 2013 USTFCCCA Indoor National Field Athlete of the Year. In 2013, Vogel was the NCAA Division II Track and Field/Cross Country Capital One Academic All-American of the Year. He was twice named the USTFCCCA Indoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2011 and 2013) and was the 2011 USTFCCA Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Vogel earned four USTFCCCA All-Academic Awards and was the 2013 MIAA Ken B. Jones Winner.
Legacy Inductee
O.K. “Dimp” Evans – William Jewell
Football/Baseball/Tennis/
O.K. Evans was one of only two WJC athletes to letter in five sports in a single year (1918-19). These sports included: football, basketball, baseball, track and tennis. He was the conference singles champion in tennis twice and the doubles champion (with partner Myers Mayberry) once. He played halfback in football and was the Cardinals leading scorer in basketball. He led the conference championship baseball team in batting average in 1920 with a .490 average.
Full bios will be available online following their induction into the MIAA Hall of Fame at the June 3 event.