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MVC HALL OF FAME AUGUST 13, 2019 MVC Hall of Fame Contact: Mike Kern, Associate Commissioner Cell: 314.435.4779 • Email: [email protected] 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 www.mvc-sports.com SIX SELECTED FOR MVC ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME The Missouri Valley Conference will honor its past LARRY HUMES, EVANSVILLE (1963-66) when the league conducts its annual Hall of Fame induc- Larry Humes left the University of Evansville as the tion ceremony in St. Louis on Friday, March 6, 2020. leading scorer in program history with 2,236 points and The 23rd MVC Hall of Fame class features a two-sport he currently ranks third on that list, despite not playing in (/football) student-athlete in Mike Prior (Illinois an era with the three- line. State); a baseball student-athlete in Bill Mueller (Mis- Humes finished his UE career in 1966, leading the souri State); a four-time NCAA track & field pole vault team to an overall mark of 73-12, three NCAA Tournament champion in Kylie Hutson (Indiana State); coaching leg- appearances and two National Championships. He was a ends Richard “Itchy” Jones (Southern Illinois baseball) member of the best team in school history, the 1964-65 and (Kansas ) and basketball star NCAA Championship squad, which went a perfect 29-0 Larry Humes (Evansville). with wins over Iowa, Northwestern, Massachusetts and The league will conduct its annual Hall of Fame cere- Notre Dame. mony as part the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Following the 1965 season, Humes earned Sport- Men’s Basketball Championship next March 5-8. The ing News Honorable Mention All-America honors, which spanned over all divisions of . Addition- March 6 festivities will begin with an 8:00 a.m. break- ally, he earned First-Team All-America honors (UPI and AP) fast, followed by the induction ceremony at 8:30 a.m. for the College Division in 1965 and 1966, and he was Tickets to the 2020 Hall of Fame event – scheduled to an honorable mention pick by the AP in 1964. He also be held at Stifel Theatre (formerly known as the Peabody earned First-Team All-Indiana Collegiate Conference plau- Opera House), which is adjacent to Enterprise dits in 1965 and 1966; and Humes was an NABC All-Dis- (formerly known as Scottrade Center) – can be obtained trict 3rd Team selection in 1965 and 2nd Team in 1966. by calling the league office at (314) 444-4300. Tickets Humes was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall are available on a first-come, first-served basis. of Fame in 1991, and he was Indiana’s Mr. Basketball in The 2020 State Farm MVC Tournament marks a mile- 1962 while going 97-5 in high school, earning Most Valu- stone for the league as it will celebrate 30-straight years able Player honors of the ICC in all three seasons. in St. Louis. With 30-straight years at the same neutral He was drafted by the Bulls in the third round site, Arch Madness is the second-longest neutral site of the NBA Draft and went on to a successful teaching tenured collegiate tourney in the nation (following only and coaching career following his college career, and the Big East in New York City). currently lives in Indianapolis, Ind. His jersey No. 50 has “The Missouri Valley Conference has always been rec- been retired. ognized for the great success of its athletics programs, with a rich history that dates back more than a century,” KYLIE HUTSON INDIANA STATE (2006-10) said Commissioner Doug Elgin. “Our MVC Hall of Fame Hutson is one of the most decorated track & field has provided us with an opportunity to honor the stu- athletes in Missouri Valley Conference history. She was dent-athletes, coaches, administrators and contributors a four-time NCAA National Pole Vault Champion (Indoor & who have played important roles in the Conference and Outdoor 2009, 2010) and five-time All American (2008, in intercollegiate athletics. 2009, 2010) while competing for Indiana State. “The individuals we will be honoring in the Class of She earned Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Most 2020 have brought significant honor to themselves, their Valuable Field Athlete (2009, 2010) and MVC Outdoor institutions and to the Conference. We are truly humbled Most Valuable Field Athlete (2008, 2009) and was also to have this opportunity to salute them for their achieve- a three-time Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete ments.” (2008, 2009, 2010). Hutson was also a 7-time All-Mis- souri Valley Conference performer, earning outdoor honors in 2007, 2008 and 2009, while earning all-MVC honors at the indoor meet all four seasons (2007, 2008, 2009, and MVC HALL OF FAME CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT AUGUST 13, 2019

2010). Hutson is the only MVC women’s pole vaulter to On the playing field, Jones was the Salukis’ baseball win as many as three outdoor titles (2007, 2008, 2009) MVP in 1957 and earned All-Interstate Intercollegiate and she’s also the only pole vaulter in MVC history to earn Athletic Conference honors three times as a second four-straight titles at the MVC indoor meet. baseman. Following a professional playing career in the She holds Indiana State school records in the outdoor Baltimore Orioles minor league system, Jones began his pole vault (14-09.50 – 2010) and indoor pole vault (14- coaching career as head basketball at Jacksonville 09.00 – 2010). Hutson also holds MVC Championship High School in 1961. meet records in both the outdoor and indoor events, and Following his 21-year stint at SIU, Jones continued his is also the league’s all-time record-holder in the pole vault, coaching career at Illinois. In 2000, he led the Fighting indoors and outdoors. She also holds the Marks Field Illini to a Big Ten Tournament title and an automatic bid to pole vault record (15-05.00 – 2013). the NCAA Regionals. While Jones’ finest season at Illinois Hutson was the Great Lakes Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year (2010 indoor & outdoor) and was the was in 1998, when he led the Fighting Illini to a 42-21 re- USATF Outdoor Pole Vault Champion in 2011. She tied cord and their first regular season Big Ten Championship for seventh at the Olympic Trials in 2012 and placed 14th in 35 years. in the pole vault at the World Outdoor Championship in A native and long-time resident of Herrin, Ill., Jones 2011. She also competed in the Olympic Trials in 2008, graduated from Southern Illinois in 1960, lettering in both 2012 and 2016, and she participated in the pole vault at baseball and basketball. He earned his bachelor of sci- the World Outdoor Championships in 2013. ence degree in physical education in 1961 and master’s Hutson was Inducted into the Indiana State Athletics degree in physical education in 1965 from SIU. Hall of Fame in 2018. He is a member of the Southern Illinois University, Illinois High School Association Baseball, Illinois High School As- RICHARD “ITCHY” JONES, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS sociation Basketball, Jacksonville High School, Herrin High Jones coached 39 years at the collegiate level at Mac- School and MacMurray College Athletic Hall of Fames. Murray (1966-68), Southern Illinois (1970-90) and Illinois The $4 million stadium renovation of Abe Martin Field (1991-2005), and he is one of college baseball’s top-20 honored Jones as it re-opened for the 2014 season as all-time winningest coaches, currently at 18th all-time with Abe Martin Field at Richard “Itchy” Jones Stadium. SIU, a 1,242-752-6 record. which also hosts the MVC Baseball Championship in May, An American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame will retire Jones’ baseball number (1) this coming spring. inductee, Jones created a baseball dynasty in 21 years as head coach at his alma mater, Southern Illinois, leading SIU BILL MUELLER, MISSOURI STATE (1990-93) into the national spotlight, guiding the Salukis to a 738- Mueller was a four-year starter in baseball at Missouri 345-5 record, including 10 NCAA Tournament appearances State and was the Missouri Valley Conference Player of and three trips to the NCAA College . the Year in 1993. That year he also received first-team In 1971, his second year at SIU, Jones led Salukis to All-Missouri Valley Conference honors and ABCA All-Region within one game of the national championship, finishing laurels. second at the CWS. In 1974 and 1977, Jones guided SIU In his collegiate career, Mueller led Missouri State in to the CWS once again, as the Salukis placed third both hits, batting average, runs scored and stolen bases three times. times and paced the Bears in at-bats and triples twice. In his 16 MVC seasons, he led the Salukis to the He graduated as Missouri State’s -season record league’s best-regular-season record seven times and also holder for runs, hits, singles and walks and had career won five MVC Tournament titles. In 1990, Jones’ 21st and marks for runs (234), hits (289), total bases (398), walks final season at SIU, he led the Salu-kis to a 49-14 record, (154) and stolen bases (65). He was selected to play for the USA National Team and advanced to the NCAA Regionals as a No. 2 seed; and SIU participated in the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1991 and after came within one game of clinching another CWS berth. his collegiate career he was drafted and signed by the San Jones was Named the NCAA Division I Diamond Base- Francisco Giants in 1993, he made his Major League de- ball Coach of the Year in 1990 and also earned two other but in 1996. Mueller played with the Giants through the national coach of the year honors -- Adirondack National 2000 season, was traded to the in 2001, Coach of the Year in 1971 and The Sporting News Coach traded to San Francisco late in the 2002 season, and of the Year in 1978. signed as a free agent with in 2003 and During his tenure, Jones coached 18 major league play- led the in hitting that year. ers, including former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb and Steve Finley. MVC HALL OF FAME CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT AUGUST 13, 2019

Through his first six full Major League seasons, he had He currently works for the Indianapolis Colts as the a career batting average of .286, and on July 29, 2003 in Youth Football Commissioner in the Marketing/Community Texas, he became the first player in Major League history Relations department. to home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game (and he remains the only player to have PHOG ALLEN, KANSAS accomplished that feat.) In 2004, he was a starter for the Phog Allen is the first Veteran’s Committee selection to World Series champion Boston Red Sox. the MVC Hall of Fame (and also the first from the Universi- Mueller received a Missouri State University Outstand- ty of Kansas). In his 39 seasons at the helm of the Kan- ing Young Alumni Award in 2000 and was Inducted into sas Jayhawks men’s basketball program, his teams won the Missouri State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. 24 conference championships and three national titles. After finishing his on-field career, Mueller worked as a The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized coach and assistant General Manager for the Chicago Allen’s 1921–22 and 1922–23 Kansas teams as national Cubs and , 2007-2014, and he champions. Allen also served as the head football coach became assistant hitting coach for St. Louis Cardinals, at Kansas for one season in 1920. Allen was inducted 2015, and was the Cardinals’ first base coach in 2016, into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with and returned to his position as assistant hitting coach in the inaugural class of 1959. The home basketball arena 2017, although he is no longer with the Cardinals. at the University of Kansas, Allen Fieldhouse, was named in his honor when it opened in 1955. MIKE PRIOR, ILLINOIS STATE (1981-85) Kansas competed in what was then known as the Prior was a four-year letterwinner in football and lettered Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association for 21 three years in baseball at Illinois State from 1981-85. His seasons (1907-28) and he was basketball coach for 11 of football number (15) is just one of three retired by ISU. those years. While in the league, he earned two national A three-time Division I-AA (now FCS) All-American defen- titles (1922, 1923) and eight league titles. His .792 win- sive back and a three-time first-team All-Missouri Valley ning percentage in conference play (126-33) ranks second Football Conference defensive back, Prior holds the ISU all-time in MVC history. While in the conference, Allen career record for interceptions (23) and is tied for second won .793 percent of all basketball games (169-44) – that with three interceptions in a game. He also ranks sec- ranks third-best all-time in league history. ond in the ISU record books with three career punt return touchdowns. Prior finished his collegiate career as the all-time leader ALL-TIME INDUCTEES PER in punt return yards (906 yards) and punt return yards in a season (436), and he still ranks first in career punt return LEAGUE INSTITUTION, SPORT yards and second in a season. He also is first in the ISU record books with eight punt returns in a single game Institutions Inductees Sports Inductees Bradley 14 Men’s Basketball* 45 against Drake on Sept. 29, 1984. Prior recorded eight 2 Women’s Basketball 9 **Creighton 8 Baseball* 10 interceptions in two separate seasons while earning the Drake 12 Track & Field 13 team MVP honor in both 1982 and 1984. Evansville 7 Football* 5 Illinois State 14 Wrestling 2 He is just the third player in ISU history to be drafted Indiana State 10 Volleyball 4 by two professional sport leagues (baseball and football) Kansas 1 Men’s Soccer 3 Louisville 3 Women’s Soccer 2 as he was selected in the seventh round of the NFL Draft Loyola 1 Gymnastics 2 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and selected in the fourth Memphis 1 Men’s Golf 1 Missouri State 12 Softball 1 round of the MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. MVC 3 N/A 29 Prior had a long 13-year NFL career (Tampa Bay, India- Northern Iowa 5 Total 125* Oklahoma State 2 napolis, Green Bay), which is decorated with 35 intercep- **Saint Louis 3 *Bob Gibson honored for both **Southern Illinois 15 men’s basketball and baseball; tions, 691 tackles, 7 forced fumbles and a Super Bowl Tulsa 1 Mike Prior honored for both baseball and football. ring. He participated in two Super Bowls with the Green **Wichita State 13 Bay Packers, winning a Super Bowl in 1997. Total 127 In baseball, Prior is Illinois State’s all-time leading hitter ** honored for both Creighton and Saint at .388 and holds the career record for slugging percent- Louis University; Dr. Don age. He was named MVP of the 1984 baseball season. Beggs honored for both SIU and Wichita State Prior was Inducted into the Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame in 1991 and was inducted into the Chicagoland Hall of Fame in 2008. He received the Contribution to Amateur Football Award presented by the National Football Foundation in 2014. MVC HALL OF FAME (1997-2020)

Name Institution Year Category *Joe Allen Bradley 2011 Hall of Fame Indiana State 1997 Hall of Fame Johnny Torres Creighton 2011 Hall of Fame Bradley 1997 Hall of Fame Steve Largent Tulsa 2011 Hall of Fame * Oklahoma State 1997 Coach Linwood Sexton Wichita State 2011 Hall of Fame St. Louis University 1997 Hall of Fame Iradge Ahrabi-Fard Northern Iowa 2011 Coach Cincinnati 1997 Hall of Fame Indiana State 2011 Institutional Great Dave Stallworth Wichita State 1997 Hall of Fame Louisville 1997 Hall of Fame * Missouri State 2012 Coach Paul Morrison Drake 1997 Morrison Award Paul Silas Creighton 2012 Institutional Great Joey Woody Northern Iowa 2012 Hall of Fame Oklahoma State 1998 Hall of Fame Connie Price-Smith Southern Illinois 2012 Institutional Great Bradley 1998 Hall of Fame Louisville 2012 Coach Xavier McDaniel Wichita State 1998 Hall of Fame Fred Schmalz Evansville 2012 Lifetime Achievement Kenneth Shaw Illinois State 1998 Lifetime Achievement Doug Collins Illinois State 1998 Institutional Great Darren Dreifort Wichita State 2013 Hall of Fame Dr. Lee Bevilacqua Creighton 1998 Morrison Award Krissy Meek-Engelbrecht Evansville 2013 Hall of Fame Molly O’Brien Northern Iowa 2013 Hall of Fame Antione Carr Wichita State 1999 Hall of Fame Bob Portman Creighton 2013 Institutional Great Wichita State 1999 Hall of Fame Jim Bain MVC 2013 Lifetime Achievement Melody Howard Missouri State 1999 Hall of Fame Nancy Stefani Drake 2013 Morrison Award Holli Hyche Indiana State 1999 Hall of Fame Glen McCullough Bradley 1999 Morrison Award Chris Bucknam Northern Iowa 2014 Hall of Fame Gavin Glinton Bradley 2014 Hall of Fame Cleo Littleton Wichita State 2000 Hall of Fame Steve Finley Southern Illinois 2014 Hall of Fame Dick Boushka St. Louis University 2000 Hall of Fame Dr. Linda Herman Illinois State 2014 Lifetime Achievement * Drake 2000 Coach *Bob King Indiana State 2014 Institutional Great Southern Illinois 2000 Institutional Great Marty Perline Wichita State 2014 Morrison Award John Q. Hammons Missouri State 2000 Lifetime Achievement Roger Counsil Indiana State 2015 Institutional Great Memphis 2001 Hall of Fame Linda Dollar Missouri State 2015 Coach * Wichita State 2001 Coach Southern Illinois 2015 Hall of Fame Wanda Ford Drake 2001 Institutional Great Joe Mitch MVC 2015 Lifetime Achievement Jim Hart Southern Illinois 2001 Institutional Great Bradley 2015 Hall of Fame D.A. Weibring Illinois State 2015 Institutional Great *Johnny BrIght Drake 2003 Hall of Fame Lew Hartzog Southern Illinois 2003 Coach *Dave Bergman Illinois State 2016 Institutional Great Cathy Boswell Illinois State 2003 Institutional Great Sue Daggett Miller Illinois State 2016 Hall of Fame Bruce Baumgartner Indiana State 2003 Institutional Great Loyola 2016 Institutional Great Will Robinson Illinois State 2003 Lifetime Achievement Mick Lyon Evansville 2016 Coach Paul Unruh Bradley 2004 Hall of Fame Bradley 2016 Hall of Fame Bob Ehrhart Drake 2004 Hall of Fame Bill Thomas Missouri State 2016 Lifetime Achievement Dr. Harold Bardo Southern Illinois 2016 Morrison Award *Arad McCutchan Evansville 2004 Lifetime Achievement John Sanders MVC 2004 Morrison Award Dr. Don Beggs Wichita State/SIU 2017 Morrison Award Wichita State 2005 Hall of Fame *Dr. Donald Boydston Southern Illinois 2017 Lifetime Achievement Chuck Orsborn Bradley 2005 Hall of Fame *Charlotte Lewis Illinois State 2017 Institutional Great Bob Gibson Creighton 2005 Institutional Great Marcus Pollard Bradley 2017 Hall of Fame Dr. Charlotte West Southern Illinois 2005 Lifetime Achievement Wichita State 2017 Hall of Fame Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Missouri State 2017 Lifetime Achievement Mitchell Anderson Bradley 2006 Hall of Fame Carole Baumgarten Drake 2006 Institutional Great Southern Illinois 2018 Hall of Fame Duane Klueh Indiana State 2006 Lifetime Achievement Christian Goy Illinois State 2018 Hall of Fame Roland Banks Wichita State 2006 Morrison Award Mary Ellen Hill-Schupbach Bradley 2018 Hall of Fame Lois Patton Evansville 2018 Institutional Great Jackie Stiles Missouri State 2007 Hall of Fame Bill Rowe Missouri State 2018 Lifetime Achievement

Dani Tyler Drake 2018 Hall of Fame Creighton 2008 Hall of Fame Kevin Little Drake 2008 Hall of Fame Kristi Cirone Illinois State 2019 Hall of Fame * Cincinnati 2008 Coach *John McNichols Indiana State 2019 Coach *A.J. Robertson Bradley 2008 Institutional Great Dolph Pulliam Drake 2019 Hall of Fame Jim Byers Evansville 2008 Lifetime Achievement *Bill Smith UNI 2019 Institutional Great Jill Hutchison Illinois State 2008 Lifetime Achievement Bradley 2019 Morrison Award Mark Stillwell Missouri State 2008 Morrison Award Kent Williams Southern Illinois 2019 Hall of Fame

Junior Bridgeman Louisville 2009 Hall of Fame *Phog Allen Kansas 2020 Veteran’s Committee John Coughlin Illinois State 2009 Coach Larry Humes Evansville 2020 Institutional Great *Eddie Hickey Creighton/St. Louis 2009 Coach Kylie Hutson Indiana State 2020 Hall of Fame Lorri Bauman Drake 2009 Institutional Great Richard “Itchy” Jones Southern Illinois 2020 Lifetime Achievement Indiana State 2009 Lifetime Achievement Bill Mueller Missouri State 2020 Hall of Fame *John L. Griffith Drake 2009 Lifetime Achievement Mike Prior Illinois State 2020 Hall of Fame Jimmy Wright Missouri State 2009 Morrison Award

Cheryl Burnett Missouri State 2010 Coach *Posthumous Induction Southern Illinois 2010 Coach Creighton 2010 Hall of Fame Fred Huff Southern Illinois 2010 Morrison Award