Hollie L. Lepley Hall of Honor | Classes of the 20's

Hollie L. Lepley Hall of Honor | Classes of the 20's

1984-89

1990-99

2000-09

2010-21

2022-Present

2022

Travis Bader

Sport - Men's Basketball (2009-14)

Accolades:

Broke the All-time NCAA record with 504 three-pointers made
Three time All-League member
Helped Golden Grizzlies reach NCAA Tournament in 2011

Mike Brosseau

Sport - Baseball (2013-16)

Accolades:

Two-time All-Horizon League First Team
ABCA All-Mideast Region Second Team (2016)
Signed to the MLB's Tampa Bay Rays in 2019

Jodi Parker Sibert

Sport - Women's Swim and Dive (1992-95)

Accolades:

26-time All-American
Helped Oakland to three consecutive NCAA D2 Championships
Won four straight National Titles in the 400-free relay; Three straight in the 200-yard freestyle
Broke School and NCAA record for 400-free relay in 1993 (3:25.03)

Paul Rice

Coach - Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track and Field (1998-Present)

Accolades:

Has been Cross Country (later Track and Field in 2006) Coach for 22 seasons and counting
Eight Cross Country Conference Titles
Named Coach of the Year nine times

Bob Taylor

Coach - Women's Basketball (1986-1997)

Accolades:

Went 251-72 (.777) in 11 seasons as Head Coach
Team won a program record 27 games in 1989-90 season
Oakland made the NCAA Tournament six times, including the Final Four in 1990, under Taylor

Taylor (Humm) Van Dyke

Sport - Volleyball (2011-14)

Accolades:

Ranks fourth ins school history in digs (1,548)
Was first individual in program history to earn AVCA All-Region honors in 2014
Was Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year in 2014

2004-05 Men's Basketball Team

Sport - Men's Basketball (2004-05)

Accolades:

Beat top-seeded Oral Roberts in the Mid-Continent Tournament Championship game
Punched OU's ticket to NCAA Tournament for first time since joining Division I
Beat Alabama A&M in opening round of Tournament

2023

Tricia Grant

Sport - Women's Swimming and Diving (2011-15)

Accolades:

Seven-time individual conference champion
Oakland's first female diver to reach the NCAA Division I Championships
Holds one-meter and three-meter dive program records

John Nemens

Sport - Men's Cross Country/Track and Field (1992-present)

Accolades:

Earned All-GLIAC and All-Great Lakes Region honors twice as a XC runner from 1992-93
Finished XC career at Oakland with eight top ten individual finishes
Is currently in his 25th season on the Oakland Track and Field/Cross Country coaching staff

Jessica (Pike) Cataldo

Sport - Women's Basketball (2005-09)

Accolades:

Three time All-League Selection
11th in career points scored at Oakland (1,485)
Shot a single-season program record 47.4% from three in 2008-09

Ryan Rzepka

Sport - Men's Soccer (2000-04)

Accolades:

three-time Conference All-Tournament Team member
Led Oakland to NCAA Tournament appearance in 2002
Two-Time Academic All-American Honoree

Jeff VanNorman

Sport - Men's Swimming and Diving (1990-93)

Accolades:

Led Oakland to four straight GLIAC titles and four top three NCAA Championship finishes
20-time All-American
11th-most points in Oakland Swimming and Diving History

1994 Men's Soccer Team

Sport - Men's Soccer (1994)

Accolades:

NCAA Division II runners-up
Won a program-record 14 straight matches
Beat several Division I opponents during their run

2024

1993-94 Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Team

Sport - Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving (1993-94)

Accolades:

1994 NCAA Division II National Champions, with the women claiming their fifth consecutive national title and the men's team beginning a run of four straight national championships
The women finished 8-2 and won their seventh GLIAC championship in eight years, while the men went a perfect 9-0 and extended Oakland's streak to 20 consecutive conference championships
Oakland women won 12 individual events at the NCAA Championships, while the men took home six individual events and two relays

Julie Owen

Sport - Softball (2006-09)

Accolades:

Three-time All-Summit League selection
Set the program's single-season record with a .544 on-base percentage and hit .405, the fifth-highest single-season batting average in 2009
Her 55 career hit-by-pitches rank second in NCAA history as she ranks third in career hits (169) and career on-base percentage (.425)

Matt McClellan

Sport - Men's Basketball and Baseball (1995-97)

Accolades:

Two-time GLIAC Basketball Champion and made a NCAA Division II Sweet 16 appearance in 1997
First Team All-GLIAC, First Team All-District, Second Team All-Region, and All-American Honorable Mention in 1996-97 in basketball
Was the leading pitcher for the 1995 baseball team that held the lowest team ERA in program history (3.32), holds the third-lowest career ERA (3.38)
Drafted in the seventh round of the 1997 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays and went on to play seven seasons in the minor leagues, reaching Triple-A

Andy Wagstaff

Sport - Men's Soccer (1991-94)

Accolades:

Named a NSCAA Athletic All-American in 1992 and earned a spot on the 1994 Umbro All-Midwest College Select Team
Helped Oakland reach the Division II Semifinals in 1991, the Final Four in 1992 and the Division II Championship game in 1994
Played professionally indoors for the Detroit Rockers and the Detroit Neon

Hilton Woods

Sport - Men's Swimming and Diving (1989-92)

Accolades:

Seven-time NCAA Division II individual champion
Three-time NCAA Division II Swimmer of the Year and All-American status
Won bronze in the 50-meter freestyle at the 1987 Pan American Games and represented the Netherlands Antilles at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Samantha Condon

Sport - Volleyball (2014-17)

Accolades:

Led Oakland to its first-ever Horizon League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance, earning Tournament MVP and All-Tournament honors
Three-time All-League selection
Ranks first in career block assists (404) and second in total career blocks (432)

2025

Bethany (Watterworth) Codrean

Sport - Women's Basketball (2009-14)

Accolades:

Four-time All-Conference selection
Finished her career sixth in program history with 1,908 points, third in free throws made (407)
Named to the Summit League All-Newcomer Team in 2010 and earned four conference academic honor roll selections

Derick Nelson

Sport - Men's Basketball (2005-08, 2009-10)

Accolades:

Earned 2010 Summit League Tournament MVP, while assisting Oakland in winning two league championships and making two NCAA Tournament appearances
Three-time All-Summit League selection
2010 Mid-Major Defensive All-American and CollegeInsider.com All-Defensive Team

Jake Kneen

Sport - Men's Golf (2014-18)

Accolades:

Two-time Horizon League Player of the Year
Three-time All-Horizon League selection
Third-best career scoring average in program history (74.28)

Mitch Hildebrandt

Sport - Men's Soccer (2008-11)

Accolades:

Two-time First Team All-Summit League and Summit League Defensive Player of the Year in 2009
Three-time Summit League champion
Recorded 249 career saves, ranking fifth in program history

Serena SanCartier

Sport - Women's Soccer and Women's Track and Field (2010-14)

Accolades:

Strong two-sport standout earning First Team All-Summit League honors in both soccer and track and field
Four-time Horizon League hurdles champion and set the program's outdoor 100m hurdles record (13.55)
Helped soccer reach two NCAA Tournaments and scored the game-winning goal in the 2012 Summit League Championship

2002 Softball Team

Sport - Softball (2002)

Accolades:

Captured first Summit League Championship and earned the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in the Division I era
Earned first NCAA Tournament victory by defeating Canisius, 3-1
Single-season records with 654 assists and 1,268 putouts, while finishing with 26 wins

2026

Dana (Kennedy) Abbassee

Sport - Women's Swimming and Diving (1988-91)

Accolades:

Two-time NCAA Division II National Champion
GLIAC 50-Free Champion (1989)
Three-time GLIAC All-Conference & four-time DII All-American

Sarah Buckland

Sport - Women's Soccer (2000-03)

Accolades:

Holds records for career saves (514), career shutouts (30), and career minutes in goal (7,078)
Two-time Summit League Second-Team, Summit League First Team (2003), and Summit League Tournament MVP (2002)
Set Oakland's single-season shutout record (10) in 2001

Jessica (Granger) Rowe

Sport - Softball (2007-09)

Accolades:

Two-time Summit League All-League and Summit League All-Tournament Team (2007)
Second all-time in wins (48), complete games (75), shutouts (14), strikeouts (510), and innings pitched (626)
Set Oakland's single-game record with 15 strikeouts and owns the program's single-season innings-pitched record with 251 in 2007

Anne (Hafeli) Hetzel

Sport - Women's Basketball (2002-06)

Accolades:

Two-time All-Summit League selection
Earned 2006 Summit League Tournament MVP honors, while clinching the championship and an NCAA Tournament berth
Ranks second all-time in career 3-pointers made (235) and free-throw percentage (.852)

Lou Vulovich

Sport - Men's Soccer (1981-82)

Accolades:

Oakland's first men's soccer All-American: 1982 Division II First Team All-America honors
Named a 1982 NCSAA/USC All-Region selection and selected to participate in the 1982 Senior Bowl
Anchored an Oakland defense that recorded 13 shutouts in 1982, helping lead the Golden Grizzlies to the Division II Final Four; Oakland went 28-8-5 during his two seasons.

2001-02 Women's Basketball Team

Sport - Women's Basketball (2001-02)

Accolades:

Earned the 2002 Summit League Tournament Championship as the No. 2 seed, earning Oakland's first NCAA Tournament appearance in the Division I era
12 of the team's 17 wins over the season came by 10+ points
Set a program record with a .780 single-season free-throw percentage, earned an APR Award for ranking among the top 10% nationally, and produced three All-Summit League selections

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