NDSU Athletic Hall of Fame Induction

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State University will induct seven individuals into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame and the 1988 wrestling national championship team will join the Bison Athletic Hall of Champions on Friday, Oct. 11.

The 42nd annual induction ceremony will bring the number of individuals enshrined in the Hall of Fame to 258 and the number of teams in the Hall of Champions to six.

The newest Hall of Famers are national champion pole vaulter Ryan McGlynn (1993-96); baseball pitcher and designated hitter Steve Selk (1987-89), women's basketball guard and All-America sprinter Susan Faus (1988-92), women's cross country and track and field coach Jerry Gores (1987-99), national champion wrestler Lloyd Wurm (1990-93), volleyball All-America setter Pam Stencel (1993-96) and football All-America free safety Ken Clark (1987-90).

The induction will take place at the Holiday Inn in Fargo.  Lunch will begin at 11 a.m. with the induction ceremonies to start at 11:30 a.m.

A limited number of tickets will be available from the NDSU athletic department for a cost of $25 per ticket.  Please contact Helena Johnston at (701) 231-6172 or email Helena.Johnston@ndsu.edu.

The group will also be recognized at halftime of NDSU's homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 12, against Missouri State.

Here's a look at inductees:

1988 Wrestling National Championship Team
North Dakota State University, with the lowest winning point total in nearly two decades, outdistanced host Nebraska Omaha to win the 1988 NCAA Division II national championship...The Bison advanced three wrestlers into the championship finals with Rick Goeb's victory at 126 pounds giving NDSU the necessary margin to win by 6 ¼ points...Dave Calliguri was the runner-up at 118 pounds and Matt Palmer placed second at 190 pounds for NDSU...The Bison had entries in 9 of 10 weight classes including Dan Collins (134), Jeff Ocel (142), Bourck Cashmore (150), Gene Green (158), Pat Johannes (177) and Ellis Wojciehowski (heavyweight)...Calliguri, Goeb, Johannes and Palmer went on to the Division I national tournament at Iowa State, where Palmer went 2-2 and Johannes went 3-2 to place seventh...Head coach Bucky Maughan completed his 24th season at the helm of the Bison with an 11-1 record in dual meets...NDSU edged out Omaha by five points to win its eighth North Central Conference championship, and the 1988 title was the seventh in a string of nine straight titles by Bison teams.

Ryan McGlynn, men's track and field, pole vault/multi events, 1993-96
One of the most decorated men's track and field athletes in NDSU history...Winner of the 1995-96 Albrecht Presidential Trophy as NDSU's top male student-athlete...1996 NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient...Named the 1996 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track Coaches Association...Captured the 1996 NCAA Division II indoor pole vault title, clearing a school record 17 feet, 4 ½ inches...Set the NDSU outdoor pole vault record at 17 feet, 2 ¾ inches and still holds both pole vault records...Nine-time NCAA Division II All-American, claiming six honors in the pole vault and three in the decathlon...Runner-up in both the decathlon and pole vault at the 1995 NCAA outdoor championships...Also placed fourth in the pole vault and fifth in the decathlon at the 1996 NCAA outdoor...Three-time North Central Conference indoor champion in the pole vault...21-time placewinner at the North Central Conference championships, including outdoor pole vault and decathlon titles in 1995 and a 1996 indoor pentathlon title that set the NCC record...Finished his career No. 2 on the NDSU all-time list in the decathlon and ranks fifth today...Set the NCAA Division II national record in the decathlon pole vault...Participated in the Olympic Development Program in San Diego in the summer of 1995...Two-time Academic All-NCC selection...Won a Minnesota high school state title in the pole vault at Stephen High School in 1992...Still holds Stephen's pole vault, high jump and 200m dash records...Currently manages the Red River Valley region for Winfield, a major distributor of chemical and seed products...Past president of the North Dakota Agricultural Association...Resides in Grand Forks, N.D., with his wife, Cheryl, and three children, Ellie, Owen and Liam.

Steve Selk, baseball, pitcher/designated hitter, 1987-89
Left-handed pitcher and left-handed designated hitter who is the only two-time batting champion on record in North Central Conference history... All-NCC in 1988 and 1989, and shared the NCC's Most Valuable Pitcher honors in 1989...Hit .542 in league play his junior year and .441 his senior year...His .483 career batting average in NCC play is second best in conference history...Set NDSU records for batting average in a season (.444) and a career (.377) and still ranks third in both categories...Also graduated as NDSU's record holder in career on base percentage (.471) and was third in innings pitched (181.2) and strikeouts (161)...Graduate of Morris (Minn.) High School, where he was the school's senior athlete of the year...Spent one year at Minnesota-Morris before transferring to NDSU and became the ace of the Bison staff as a sophomore in 1987, leading the team in starts (11), innings (60) and strikeouts (51)...Earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from NDSU in 1989 and was a general store manager at Kmart for 19 years managing in 10 stores...He spent four years as a professional recruiter specializing in the gas and oil service industry, and currently is an inventory manager for Dish Network in the Rocky Mountain region...Resides in Denver with his wife Melinda, sons Jacob, Andrew and Bryce, daughter Kayla, stepsons Aaron and Adam, daughter-in-law Alaina, and granddaughter Charley.

Susan Faus, women's basketball/track and field, guard/sprinter, 1988-92
Dual-sport standout in women's basketball and track and field at North Dakota State from 1988-93...Played in all 33 games for the 1991 NCAA women's basketball championship team and started all 33 games for the 1992 NCAA runner-up squad...Four-time Division II All-American in track...Ran on the 1991 NCAA outdoor All-America 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams and also placed seventh in the 400m dash, helping NDSU to a seventh-place team finish at the national meet...Ran on the third-place 1992 NCAA outdoor 4x400m relay team...1991 North Central Conference outdoor 400m dash champion...Also ran legs on the 1991 league champion 4x100m and 4x400m relays...Bison won NCC outdoor team titles in 1991 and 1992...Ended her career as NDSU record holder in the outdoor 400m (55.90), outdoor 4x400m relay and indoor 600m...All-NCC honorable mention selection in basketball in 1992...Ranks No. 7 all-time at NDSU in free throw shooting at 78.8 percent and is seventh in offensive rebounds with 322...Also ranked among the NDSU top-10 in career assists...Over her four-year basketball career, NDSU posted a record of 108-18...Minnesota high school state champion in the 400m and 4x400m relay in 1987 for Rocori High School...Holds Rocori school records in the 200m and 400m...Two-time conference Most Valuable Player in basketball, scoring over 1,000 points in her high school career...Inducted into the Rocori High School Athletic Hall of Fame...Currently serves as the assistant director of parks and recreation for the city of Edina, Minn., after working at the YMCA in Lexington, Ky., and the Twin Cities for 12 years.

Jerry Gores, women's cross country/track and field head coach, 1987-99
Led North Dakota State to 18 North Central Conference championships as head women's track and field and cross country coach from 1987-99...Received 12 NCC Coach of the Year awards and six NCAA Division II Central Region Coach of the Year awards...Coached 49 athletes to 195 All-American honors during his career at NDSU, including 22 All-America relay teams...Honored as the 1999 National Indoor Coach of the Year...Led NDSU to 20 top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Division II Championships...Guided teams to four top-four finishes at national meets...In 1995 and 1996, his teams were ranked first nationally in the indoor national dual meet rankings...NDSU finished in the top 10 as a team at the NCAA Indoor Championships for nine consecutive years from 1991-99, including a third-place finish in 1995 and fourth-place finishes in 1996 and 1999...From 1991-96, NDSU won 12 straight NCC team titles between indoor and outdoor track & field...Coached 65 individual NCC champions...In 1991, he led the Bison women's cross country squad to a fourth-place finish at the national meet...Coached U.S. Olympic Trials participants Edie Boyer, Kris Ihle, Julie Shorter, along with Lisa Kresky and Jane Loskot at the Canadian Trials...Made coaching stops at Northern Arizona (1984-85) and Minot State (1985-87) prior to starting at NDSU in 1987...Founded the NDSU Archery Club in 1991...Awarded Lecturer of the Year by the university...Built a successful career as an executive pharmaceutical sales representative at Eli Lilly and Company in Fargo following his coaching career, being named National Sales Representative of the Year in 2005...A 1974 graduate of Cando (N.D.) High School, Gores lives in Fargo with his wife of 13 years, Gail...He has one stepson, Max Erdle and two sons, Grant and John Gores.

Lloyd Wurm, wrestling, 1990-93
North Central Conference and NCAA national champion at 134 pounds as a junior in 1992...Three-year starter for the Bison...Finished 21-1 in his championship junior season and went 50-12 in his career...Two-time All-American...Won 23 matches (23-6) as a sophomore and placed fourth in the nation...Came to NDSU from Maple Lake (Minn.) High School where he was a five-time state tournament placewinner including a state title in 1986...Won 171 matches in his prep career and was a two-time Greco-Roman Junior Nationals All-American...Graduated from NDSU in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in physical education, earned a master's degree in education from St. Mary's University in 1988, and his administrative licensure from St. Mary's in 2000...Recently celebrated his 20th year teaching in the Stillwater (Minn.) school district and is an assistant coach with the Stillwater High School wrestling team...Resides in Hudson, Wis., with his wife, Jill, and daughter, Lindsey...Oldest daughter, Cassie, attends NDSU and is a member of the women's golf team.

Pam Stencel, volleyball, setter, 1993-96
Two-time AVCA Division II All-American and ASICS/Volleyball All-American, earning first-team honors in 1995 and 1996...Two-time AVCA All-Region...Two-time NCAA Regional all-tournament team...Four-time All-North Central Conference selection...1993 NCC Freshman of the Year...AVCA Division II National Player of the Week in 1995...Four-time NCC Player of the Week...Four-year starter, who overcame reconstructive knee surgery after her freshman year...Just the 12th NCAA Division II setter to surpass 5,000 career assists...Her NDSU records of 5,408 assists and 11.86 assists per set still stand...Graduated third in digs (1,214) and remains 10th in digs and ninth in service aces (117)...Held the four-set school record of 70 assists for two year, and twice had 73 assists in five-set matches during career... NDSU won the 1993 North Central Conference regular season championship and advanced to three NCAA regionals in her four seasons...Graduated from Marshall (Minn.) High School, where she was a three-year starter...Earned Class 2A all-state tournament honors after a 1992 runner-up finish...Earned a bachelor's degree in child development and family science from NDSU in 1999...Currently in her 10th year as assistant volleyball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and has worked for 12 seasons at Scheels All Sports  as a sport shoe manager before moving into shipping and receiving...Also runs a volleyball camp business and coaches for the Eau Claire Air club volleyball team...Resides in Eau Claire, Wis., with her son, Avery, and daughters Ashlynn and Addison.

Ken Clark, football, free safety, 1987-90
Free safety who was the first defensive back in school history to lead the Bison in tackles, and he did it his junior and senior years...First team All-America by the Football Gazette in 1990...First team All-North Central Conference and Academic All-NCC in 1990...Made 26 tackles against Nebraska Omaha in 1989, a school record that stood until last year...Two-year starter on the Bison defense...Finished with 288 career tackles in regular season play and 384 including 10 playoff games...His 135 tackles as a junior in 1989 was the sixth largest total in school history...Captain of the 1990 NCAA championship team and part of NCAA title teams in 1986 and 1988...Made 10 tackles in the 1990 title victory...Was a walk-on to the Bison program in 1986 out of Bismarck (N.D.) Century High School...Earned a bachelor's degree in biology from NDSU in 1991...Coached high school teams in the Twin Cities area for seven years...Currently owns and manages his own commercial and residential real estate business...Resides in Fargo with his four daughters, Faith, Anna, Jordan and Sarah.