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Eight individuals and one team comprise the Indiana Wesleyan University Athletics Hall of Honor Class of 2018. The second class to the Hall of Honor will be inducted on Feb. 3 prior to the basketball doubleheader vs. Huntington (Ind.).
The following individuals are the eight athletes voted into the Hall of Honor Class of 2018:
The team induction for the 2018 class is the 2000 volleyball team.
The Hall of Honor Induction Banquet will be Feb. 3 in the Barnes Student Center on campus. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. for the breakfast buffet and the program follows at 10 a.m. Cost is $20 per adult, $12 for children (6-12 years old), and children 5 and under are free. Check iwuwildcats.com for a future announcement on how to purchase banquet tickets.
Below is a brief write-up on each inductee.
Terry Porter
Terry Porter has been a part of IWU Athletics since the inception of intercollegiate sports in 1968. He has been head coach for women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s tennis, and women’s tennis and was on staff with baseball and men’s basketball. Porter has a career record of 658-160 (.804) as a tennis coach and a 181-114 (.614) record as the women’s basketball coach. He was named NAIA Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year in 2004, was named MCC/Crossroads League Coach of the Year 23 times, advanced to 15 NAIA National Championships and won four NCCAA National Championships.
Rebekah Reichard
Rebekah Reichard played for Indiana Wesleyan volleyball during the 2005-2008 seasons. The outside hitter is one of the most decorated Wildcats in team history as she holds six program records. Reichard is the most prolific attacker to don a Wildcat uniform with program record for Kills in a Match (28), Kills in a Season (723) and Kills in a Career (2,289). Reichard built a four-year record of 112-49 at Indiana Wesleyan with two MCC championships, four MCC Tournament championships, and the program’s first NAIA National Championship appearance.
Durand ‘Speedy’ Walker
Durand ‘Speedy’ Walker attended Marion College from 1978-1982 and left his mark on the men’s basketball record book. Walker is second all-time with 2,409 career points and is first with 946 career assists. His 725 points during the 1982 season (23.4 points) is the most in program history and he owns steals records for single game (12), season (129) and career (422). Walker was just the second player in school history to be named NAIA All-American when he was voted to the Third Team in 1982.
Liz Zoeller (Malmen)
Liz Malmen helped the IWU women’s soccer program rise to new heights during her tenure as a Wildcat for the 1998-2001 seasons. She scored 124 career goals, amassed 58 assists, and accumulated 306 points in 83 career matches. Prior to Malmen’s time at Indiana Wesleyan, the program had one MCC championship. The Wildcats won the MCC title all four years with Malmen, which was the start of 10 straight championships and 12 in 13 years. She was named NAIA All-American in 2000 and 2001 and is the first female from Indiana Wesleyan to be named NAIA All-American two-times in a team sport.
Josh Foss, Josh Miller, David Slabaugh and Jason Wenzel (4x800-Meter Relay Team)
Josh Foss, Josh Miller, David Slabaugh, and Jason Wenzel won the 2008 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championship in the 4x800-Meter Relay. The quartet ran a time of 7:33.53 to edge Oklahoma Baptist by 0.31 seconds and the time remains an IWU program record. Indiana Wesleyan has won seven track and field national championships but the win in the 4x800-Relay is the only track title.
2000 Volleyball Team
Indiana Wesleyan won the 2000 NCCAA National Championship and finished the historic season with a 43-4 record. The team set program records with 43 wins, a 26-match win streak, and reached No. 11 in the NAIA Coaches’ Poll – the best in program history at that time. The 2000 season was a culmination of the rise of the program that managed just seven wins four seasons earlier. The season launched the program into national prominence and in the 17 years since the historic season Indiana Wesleyan has seven trips to the NAIA National Championship, 8 league championships and 13 league tournament championships.
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