DeKALB, Ill. - Northern Illinois University Intercollegiate Athletics will enshrine one team and four individuals into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, October 17 as part of the Huskies' gala 102nd Homecoming weekend.

The formal induction ceremonies will once again take place at the Duke Ellington Ballroom in NIU's Leslie Holmes Student Center on campus, Northern Illinois associate vice president and director of athletics Jeff Compher announced.

NIU's 2008 induction class---the 27th overall since the inception of the Huskie Athletics Hall of Fame and the 30th anniversary of the charter HOF group in 1978---features the 1972 baseball team, plus individuals Jeremy Goeden (wrestling in 1996-98), Tammy Hinchee (basketball in 1986-90), Anne Mucci (Iwinski) (soccer in 1995-98), and Larry Satchwell (track & field in 1974-75).

"Heartiest congratulations to our newest Hall of Fame inductees," said Compher. "While I may be, so to speak, the new guy on the block, I certainly understand the significance of such an honor. The team and individual accomplishments of these inductees are awe-inspiring. Not only is such Hall of Fame recognition well-deserved, but their stories provide great examples for our current Northern Illinois student-athletes. I look forward to meeting our old and new Hall of Fame inductees. From my understanding, our induction banquet has a great Cardinal and Black history and flavor."

As in the past, the Friday evening NIU Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Banquet precedes the 102nd Homecoming Game on Saturday (October 18) against Mid-American Conference rival University of Toledo at 3 p.m. (CDT) on Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium. In addition, the new Northern Illinois Hall of Famers will be honored on the field at halftime of the NIU-UT contest.

Fans, friends, Northern Illinois alumni, and the general public are invited to attend the HOF induction on Friday night. The festive Cardinal and Black evening begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m. (CDT), followed by dinner at 7 p.m., and the induction program at 8 p.m. If you RSVP by Friday (October 3), induction banquet tickets cost $40 apiece for the buffet dinner. After that date, the cost for the banquet is $50. Table sponsorships---seating eight individuals---are available for $500 apiece. For further information on the banquet or to RSVP, please contact Matt Mattmiller in NIU Athletics Development via telephone (AC 815-753-5510) or via e-mail .

For the 23rd consecutive year, Bill Baker---the voice of Northern Illinois football and basketball on the Huskie Radio Network since 1980---will serve as banquet emcee.

As per tradition, many past NIU Hall of Fame inductees will attend the ceremony and be introduced. Expected to attend this year's banquet will be T. C. Dantzler, a two-sport NIU standout in football and wrestling who qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling at age 37. Dantzler was inducted in 2004.

This year's Athletics Hall of Fame Selection Committee included NIU Sports Information Director Emeritus Mike Korcek as chair, plus Cliff Bottigliero, Bill Finucane, Andrea Hein, Donna Martin, Dave Mason, Chuck Morgan, Don Shields, and Donald Whiteside. Finucane, Korcek, Martin, and Whiteside are previous Northern Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame inductees.

The Northern Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame originated in 1978 with the charter induction class. After a five-year hiatus, the HOF has enshrined a class on an annual basis since 1983. The NIU women's athletics Hall of Fame started in 1986 and the two halls were integrated in 1988. Including the the 2008 inductees, the current Northern Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame roster includes 179 individuals and 14 teams.

The process for the 2009 induction class begins next spring. To nominate deserving individuals (student-athletes, coaches, administrators, etc.) or teams for future NIU Athletics Hall of Fame consideration, please contact Korcek via telephone (AC 815-753-9559), via mail (SID Emeritus, Convocation Center, NIU, 1525 West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115), or via e-mail .

Northern Illinois University's 2008 Athletics Hall of Fame inductees:

JEREMY GOEDEN (Pronunciation: GAY-den), Wrestling (1996-98) / Grand Rapids, MN --- Authored Northern Illinois history as mat program's first Division I repeat All-America and initial wrestling Academic All-America. Earned back-to-back All-America honors by placing eighth at 190 pounds in NCAA Championships as junior (1997) and seventh at 190 as senior (1998). Became first Huskie mat All-America since Mark Tiffany (1975). Named First-Team National Wrestling Coaches Association and Second-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America with 3.65 cumulative gpa as management major in final campaign. Captured 43 of 50 career bouts with seven wins via fall (1996-98). Won two straight MAC 190-pound titles (first NIU back-to-back Mid-Am champ since John Major at 177 in 1985 & 1986). Posted 32-3-4 won-lost-pin record, notched 16-match winning streak, and led team in scoring (81 points) for head coach Dave Grant as senior. Took 190 titles at Wisconsin-Stevens Point and St. Louis opens, selected Outstanding Performer in UW-SP meet, plus reached semis of Midlands Tournament prior to knee injury (1997-98). Posted 4-2 mark as No. 6 seed at NCAA (1998). Became first NIU 30-match winner since Nate Allison (31 in 1986-87). Finished with 11-4-3 won-lost-pin standard as junior. Upset No. 1 seed for first MAC crown and went 4-3 in NCAA (1997). Two-time team MVP, First-Team MAC All-Academic, and CoSIDA District Four All-Academic. Transferred from Minnesota. Won two "M" mat letters and played frosh football. Placed fourth at Big Ten at 190 (1995). Two-sport All-Stater at Grand Rapids High. Took state Class AA 189 title with 40-1 record as senior (1992-93). Posted 102-8 career mark. Lettered in wrestling, football, and track. All-State RB/LB.

TAMMY HINCHEE, Basketball (1986-90) / Cuba --- Best female rebounder in Northern Illinois history. Graduated No. 1 in NIU career boards (1,099), No. 2 in career blocked shots (200), No. 3 in career scoring (1,921 points), No. 3 in career FGs (783), and No. 6 in career FTs (351). Averaged 19.7 ppg. and 10.4 rbpg. "double-double" as starter on 26-5 Hall of Fame quintet that won North Star Conference regular-season and postseason tourney titles, plus went two rounds into NCAA and finished No. 17 in final AP poll as senior for coach Jane Albright. Named team co-MVP, three-time NSC Player of Week, First-Team All-NSC, First-Team USBWA All-District Four, and preseason Honorable Mention Women's Basketball News All-America in final year. Ranked No. 27 in NCAA field goal pct. (.570 in 1989-90) and No. 3 in NCAA shot rejections (84 in 1988-89). Tied NCAA and school single-game records with FTs (22) and FTAs (24) and blocked seven shots vs. Marquette as junior. Two-time NSC Player of Week and First-Team All-NSC pick (1988-89). Produced 99 twin-digit scoring games in 116 career appearances---34 in 20s and seven in 30s (1986-90). Scored career-high 35 points vs. DePaul and San Diego State (1989-90). Set Huskie records for game consecutive FTs (17) vs. Marquette (1988-89), season rebounds (322 in 1989-90), career rebounds (1,099), season blocked shots (84), season pt.-rb. "double-doubles" (16 in 1989-90), career pt.-rb. "double-doubles" (50), and career twin-digit rebound games (55). Established NIU scoring marks for postseason (31 pts. vs. Akron in 1989 NSC) and NCAA (28 vs. Purdue in 1990) tourneys. Named Third-Team WBN Frosh All-America. Played pro ball overseas. Two-time All-Stater at CHS with 2,344 career points and 52-pt. game.

ANNE MUCCI (Pronunciation: MOO-chee) (IWINSKI), Soccer (1995-98), Naperville (Central) --- Ranks among all-time Top 40 NCAA Division I career scorers such as Mia Hamm (North Carolina), Kristine Killy (North Carolina), Tiffany Milbrett (Portland), Abby Wambach (Florida), and Danielle Fotopoulos (SMU / Florida). Starred at Northern Illinois when Huskies won back-to-back MAC regular season and tourney titles, plus produced combined 26-15-1 record (1997-98). Generated many NIU program "firsts"---initial (1) four-time all-league performer, (2) Academic All-America, (3) All-America, and (4) Academic All-America / All-America "double." Named First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America and NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-America with 3.83 cumulative gpa as senior. Selected Honorable Mention SoccerBuzz All-America, pus First-Team All-Region (1998). Tallied 15 goals and 11 assists on 14-7-0 unit (9-1-0 in Mid-Am) for head coach Frank Horvat. Tabbed MAC Player of Year, First-Team All-MAC, MAC All-Academic, and All-MAC Tournament (1998). Scored both goals (and match-winner at 141 minute mark) in 2-1 victory vs. host Ohio in Mid-Am tourney finale (11-8-98). Set up tying goal in 2-1 triumph vs. Bowling Green in MAC semis (11-6-98). Hit OT winner in 3-2 success vs. Iowa (10-25-98). Named NIU Outstanding Female Senior Athlete of Year. Collected 11 goals and 18 assists on 12-8-1 (6-1-0 in MAC) unit as junior. Voted All-MAC, MAC All-Academic, All-MAC tourney, and Third-Team All-Region (1997). Selected Second-Team All-MCC and All-MCC tourney as soph. Made MCC All-Newcomer squad as frosh. Set NIU career marks in goals (43), assists (43), and points (129). Posted four career hat tricks. All-Stater with 50 career goals at NCHS.

LARRY SATCHWELL, Track & Field (1974-75), Bloomington --- Gained international prominence in first and only season for first-year Northern Illinois coach Gordon Scoles (1974-75). Qualified for NCAA Division I Championship finals twice (indoor & outdoor meets) as senior. Produced program's best NCAA D-I finish in track by placing fourth in 35-lb. weight throw indoors (NIU-record 65-2 1/2) and became school's second Division I track All-America (March, 1975). Improved distances with "new" three-turn technique. Won 35-lb. weight throw five times---Chicagoland Invitational (59-7), Western Michigan Relays (56-2), Illinois Intercollegiate (54-2 1/4), Central Collegiate (55-7), and MAC Invitational (62-1). Captured outdoor titles in hammer throw at prestigious Drake Relays (192-5), Eastern Illinois Relays (193-8), Illinois Intercollegiate (NIU-record 204-7), MAC (200-3), and Central Collegiate (194-1). Capped senior campaign by placing third at USTFF nationals (190-3) and 12th at NCAA (191-9) (1975). Ranked No. 8 in world in 35-lb. weight (65-2 1/2) and No. 16 in hammer (204-7) by Track and Field News (1975). Transferred from Western Illinois when Scoles moved to NIU. Captured Drake Relays (173-10) title and placed fifth at NCAA College Division meet as WIU hammer entry (1973). Competed for UCTC (1976-78). Rated No. 5 in U. S. with career best 212-5 hammer throw (1978). Competed in first National Sports Festival (1978). Qualified for U. S. Olympic Team camp (1976, 1980). Participated in Scottish Highland Games (1978-2008). Set world record in 16-lb. Sheaf Toss four times. Pictured in People magazine with actor Charlton Heston in NYC demonstration of Caber toss (1988). National award-winning educator. Four-sport BHS athlete.

THE 1972 NORTHERN ILLINOIS BASEBALL TEAM --- Coached by "interim" skipper Wayne Franke (subbing for head coach Dave Mason who was on academic leave to work on his doctorate), this Huskie nine made Northern Illinois history by clinching the program's first Division I NCAA tourney bid in any sport and gaining national exposure on several levels. Based on a 24-6 regular season, winning the Midwestern Conference title, and taking two out of three games at defending NCAA Regional champion and College World Series national runner-up Southern Illinois, NIU gained an at-large NCAA bid at the District Four Regional hosted by Bowling Green State. Northern Illinois ranked among the major-college leaders in many team and individual NCAA statistics---finishing No. 3 in team batting average (.318). Among the Top 20 hitting clubs in the country, NIU led that elite group with a .484 slugging pct. Individually, junior OF Bob Jackson ranked 9th in NCAA hitting (.426) and senior 3B Tom Wittum rated 13th in slugging (.693). Wittum was also named the program's first baseball CoSIDA Academic All-America that spring. At the NCAA Regional, Jackson made the 11-man all-tourney team and finished 2nd in hitting (.429) with Wittum 4th (.375). A league-leading six Huskies garnered First-Team All-Midwestern Conference honors---Jackson and Wittum (both All-MC repeats from 1971), plus 1B-OF Bruce Meredith, OF Lindle Dailey, P Lee Hansen, and P Bob Mestek. With an 8-3 spring trip, a two-game sweep of Big Ten Wisconsin, and a 10-2 league record, the Huskies tied the school single-season victory total (24 in 1971). In the NCAA, NIU lost to host BGSU (2-0) and Regional kingpin Iowa (8-1).

The 1972 Northern Illinois baseball lettermen: Student Mgr. Mike Baar (Des Plaines / Maine West), OF Lindle Dailey (Genoa / Genoa-Kingston), SS Bruce Frase (Arlington Heights / Hersey), 1B Andy Hannigan (Chicago / Burbank-St. Laurence), P Lee Hansen (Springfield / Mt. Carroll), P Randy Hlad (Hammond, IN / Morton), OF Bob Jackson (Harvey / Thornton), P Bryan Jacobs (Lincolnwood / Skokie Niles West), 2B Randy Kersten (Naperville / Central), P Gary Lathrum (Indianola, IA), SS Jim Lidwin (Milwaukee, WI / Notre Dame), P Terry Lorenz (Lincolnwood / Skokie Niles West), 1B-OF Bruce Meredith (Milwaukee, WI / North), P Bob Mestek (LaGrange / Riverside-Brookfield), OF Brian Moore (Waterloo, IA / East), OF Tim Moore (Waterloo, IA / East), C Ralph Radtke (Waukegan), C Bob Taylor (LaGrange / Lyons Twp.), P Burt Von Hoff (Batavia), P Gary Wagner (Niles / Park Ridge Maine East), 3B Tom Wittum (Round Lake), OF Jim Yagen (Maple Park / Kaneland). Interim Coach: Wayne Franke. Head Coach: Dave Mason. Assistant Coach: Ken Anderson.

For further information, please contact Mike Korcek, SID Emeritus (AC 815-753-9559)

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