ISU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016 announced

Posted on July 12, 2016

*Illinois State University athletics will induct three new members into its Hall of Fame on Oct. 8. (WJBC file photo)*

By WJBC Staff

NORMAL – The 2016 Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame class was officially announced Monday, as Jared Dufault (baseball), a career .346 hitter and two-time All-MVC First-Team selection; Krystal Featherston (diving), the only three-time MVC Diver of the Year and a four-time All-MVC First-Team selection; and Lori Vogel McPike (softball), a two-time All-Gateway Conference First-Team selection, will each become members of the Redbird Hall of Fame.

In addition to the 2016 Hall of Fame class, Neal MacDonald, a longtime member of the ISU official statistics crew, will be honored with the Campbell “Stretch” Miller Award. The award is named for Campbell Miller, a former Redbird student-athlete who went on to broadcast Illinois State games in the 1940s, before joining the St. Louis Cardinals broadcasting team. The award celebrates the contributions of those whose main services were not playing or coaching at Illinois State, but were important to the athletic program’s success.

The honorees will be officially introduced during the Hall of Fame banquet at 8 a.m., Oct. 8, in the Brown Ballroom at the Bone Student Center on the Illinois State University campus. The class will also be recognized during the Homecoming Parade and at halftime of the Illinois State-Youngstown State football game later that day. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Reservations for the Hall of Fame ceremony are $25 per person and can be purchased through the ISU Athletics Department. To order tickets for the event or for more information, please call Beth Harding at (309) 438-3636.

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