Air Force Athletics was inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday at Cheyenne Mountain Resort.
The class included former swim coach Casey Converse, recently deceased former track and field coach Ralph Lindemann, men’s swimmer All-American Chris Knaught, hockey All-American Jack Lamreux, and All-American football player Bo Morgan, and consists of multiple oars. -Sarah Neubauer Her American Winner in Women’s Track and Field.
Converse is the winningest swim coach in Academy history, with a record of 305-202-2 in 29 years as a men’s and women’s coach. He led the women’s program to consecutive national championships in his 1995 and his 1996. America has been honored a total of 178 times. The Air Force held 13 individual championships and his four relay national championships during his tenure. The Falcons have his 12 swimmers win conference titles and Division 1 levels. Genevieve Miller was the first female swimmer in her academy to score at her 2016 NCAA Division I Championship. Converse coached both teams from 1988 until she retired in 1997, and coached the women’s program from 1997 until she retired in 2017.
Lindemann was in his 33rd season as head coach of Air Force Athletics this season before he died in March. Under his leadership, the Air Force’s men’s track and field team became the most awarded intercollegiate program in the Academy’s history. The Air Force has won his title with his 10 Mountain West teams, and in 42 championship meetings he has finished in the top three of the conference 35 times. Since his arrival at the Academy, the track and field team has combined his Western Athletic Conference 31 titles (27 individual events, 4 relays) and Mountain West 178 titles (161 individual events, 17 relays). Lindemann’s coached teams include Curry Calhoun, who won his fifth Division II title in his career, Dana Pounds, who won back-to-back titles in the javelin, and Mahalanoris, who became the Academy’s first female DI. has produced three of his NCAA champions. Running event champion with 2021 title in 3000m steeplechase. Buoyed by 12 top-3 finishes and 15 top-5 appearances, Lindemann has seen his NCAA track-and-field championships see him win 89 national awards. I was. He has won the Conference Coach of the Year award 17 times and the United States Track and Field Coaches Association’s Mountain Area Coach of the Year award 7 times.
A 2007 Academy graduate, Knaute holds school records in four events (Free 200, Free 500, Free 1650, IM 400) and conference record holders in two events (Free 500, IM 400). is a person. He won his two-time All-American, nine-time Mountain West Champion, and two-time Mountain West Swimmer of the Year award. Knaute won the Outstanding Athletic Achievement award in 2006 and the Athletic Excellence award in 2007, in which he won two of the Academy’s top six athletic awards, plus four times with the team. The only player with the most value. He won his Mountain West Senior Recognition Award in 2007. He was later named to the 10th Anniversary Team. Knaute also participated in the 2005 US World Championship Trials and he also participated in the 2008 Olympic Trials.
A 2011 Academy graduate, Lamoureux was named to the 2009 All-America First Team and was one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award for the nation’s top player. Lamreux led the nation with 33 goals, helping the Falcons to a program-high 28 wins and a trip to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. He scored the winning goal in his game of Atlantic Hockey his championship, giving the Air Force his first NCAA Tournament victory over his No. 3 Michigan. Lamoureux was named to his team every tournament in his NCAA East and his region, becoming the first Falcon to win his award in ice hockey’s prestigious senior class for excellence in the classroom, ice and community. rice field. He was also the Air Force’s Most Valuable Player in 2009 and he was in 2011.
A 1997 Academy graduate, Morgan earned third-team All-American honors in 1996 and became the first player in NCAA history to record consecutive seasons with 1,000 yards rushing and passing. . He won his 1996 Western He Athletic He Conference Offensive He Player of the Year award and was named the nation’s top quarterback as a finalist for the Davey O’Brien Award. He still holds the school record for career touchdowns with 42, finishing 10th in Heisman Trophy voting in 1996, the third-highest in Falcon history. Helped participate in joint WAC championships. This is the second in program history.
Neubauer, a 2010 Academy graduate, won three U.S. Championship honors, won honors in shot put and discus in 2009, and is the only woman to win multiple U.S. Championship honors in the same event in the same year. is. -Mountain She’s West She’s been champion one time, All-Conference she’s been named 12 times. In 2010, Neubauer was awarded the United States Track and Field and Cross Country She Coaches Regional Outdoor Female Athlete of the Year award. She won her three team Most Valuable Player awards and was the team’s captain twice. Neubauer holds all four class records in the shot put, junior and senior records in the hammer, and junior records in the discus.
Air Force Academy Athletics Hall of Fame Class
2007
Alonzo Babers, Class of 1983, Athletics, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist, 1983 U.S. Championships
Bob Becker, Class of 1959Men’s Basketball, 1959 Helms All-American
john croonAthletics Administration, Athletics Director, 1975-91
Chad Hennings, Class of 1988soccer, winner of the 1987 Consensus Football All-American and Outland Trophy
Michelle Johnson, Class of 1981Women’s Basketball, 1995 CoSIDA Academic All-American
Brock Strom, Class of 1959Football, 1958 Consensus All-American
2009
Jim BowmanAthletic Management, Former Coach and Administrator, 1958-2007
Callie Calhoun (Molloy), Class of 1991Track/Cross Country, Multi-All American and National Champion
Dee Dowis, Class of 1990soccer, 1989 Heisman Trophy finalist
Ernie Jennings, Class of 1971football, 1970 consensus football all-american
Terry Isaacson, class of 1964wrestling/soccer, wrestling 3-time All-American
Ben Martincoach, head football coach, 1958-77
2011
Jim Convoy Athletic Administration, Chief Athletic Trainer, 1955-98
Gail Conway (Gray), Class of 1984, Track, two-time national champion
Chuck Delitch, Class of 1977ice hockey, the highest scorer in school history
Bob Niemann, Class of 1970, Swimming, 2-time All-American
Scott Thomas, Class of 1986Football, 1985 Consensus All-American
2013
Karen Burton (Leader), Class of 1984Swim, 16-time NCAA Division II All-American
Fisher DeberryCoach, Head Football Coach, 1984-06, Most wins in school history
Parker Hinman, class of 1964Basketball, Football, Baseball, Track and Academy’s First 4 Sports Letterman
Eric Mack, Class of 1996track, 6-time conference champion, 3-time All-American
Patti Martinez (Gillette), Class of 1983Swimmer, NCAA Division II Individual National Champion six times
Carlton McDonald, Class of 1993Football, 1992 Consensus All-American, Soap Award runner-up
2015
Maya Anderson, Class of 1997Swim, NCAA Division II All-American 12 times
Raymond Dudley, Class of 1990, Men’s Basketball, the record holder for the most points in program history
Jean Miranda Coach, men’s golf, most winning coaches in program history
Dana Pounds, Class of 2004, Two-time national champion in track and javelin
Bob Spearcoach, men’s basketball, and led the program to two NCAA tournaments, the most wins in program history
Bert Weiss, Class of 1986Football, Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Davy O’Brien Award runner-up
1958 football teamRecorded only 9 wins, 0 losses, 2 draws and undefeated season in the history of the program, and won the right to participate in the Cotton Bowl.
2017
Rich Gugat Coach, men’s tennis, with 730 dual-match wins, is the most winning coach in Academy history in any sport
Paul Aratacoaches, men’s and women’s swimming, led the program to a combined 301-15-1 record
Mike Thiessen, class of 2001Baseball/Football, 2-Time Baseball All-American, Football Conference Player of the Year
Jim Murphy, Class of 1965athletics, school’s first NCAA champion, won 5,000 meters in 1964
Seth Kelsey, class of 2003fencing, 3-time Olympic team member, 2003 NCAA Champion in Epee
Don Henderson, Class of 1968Wrestling, the program’s only NCAA champion, won the 145-pound title in 1967
Rick McAllister, 1975 classSwimming and Diving, 1974 NCAA One-Meter Diving Champion, 4-time All-American
1995-96 Women’s Swimming/Diving Teamwon back-to-back NCAA championships in 1994-95 and 1995-96
2019
Wayne Bowmancoach, wrestling, 183 wins in 27 seasons, the most winning coach in program history
Delavane Diaz, Class of 2004, Volleyball, Rhodes Scholar, 2004 USAFA Female Athlete of the Year
Chris Gizzi, Class of 1997football, 1997 All-American, two-time WAC Defensive Player of the Year
Eric Ehn, Class of 2008Hockey, program’s first All-American and Hobby Hat-Trick finalist
Gregg Popovich, class of 1970basketball, five-time NBA champion with the San Antonio Spurs.
1985 football teamschool-record 12 wins, WAC champions, reached 4th in national polls
2021
Otis Jones, Class of 1995men’s basketball, first three-time First Team All-Conference winner, and 2000-point scorer.
Terry Maki, Class of 1987Football, All-American First Team in Football, and two NCAA Qualifiers in Wrestling.
Robin Orth, Class of 1996Rifle, was named an All-American eight times and the team’s Most Valuable Player three times.
Laura Simmons-Bergstrom, class of 1994Women’s Tennis, 1991 NCAA National Singles Champion.
Randy Spetman, Class of 1976Athletics Administration, Director of Athletics from 1996 to 2003.
2004 Men’s Basketball Team2004 Mountain West champions, the first NCAA tournament in the program in 42 years.
2022
casey conversecoach, swimmer, led Air Force to back-to-back NCAA titles in women’s swimming in 1995-96
Ralph LindemannCoach, Athletics, 10-time MW Champion, coached 178 MW Champions.
Class of 2007 Chris Knautemen’s swimmer, two-time All-American and nine-time Mountain West champion.
Jacques Lamoureux, Class of 2011Hockey, All-American First Team, and Hobie Baker Award finalist.
Bo Morgan, Class of 1997Football, the first player in NCAA history to have consecutive 1,000-1,000 seasons.
Sarah Neubauer, Class of 2010Women’s Athletics, 3-time All-American, 4-time MW Champion.
