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George
Fox will
dole out honors |
The university will induct the Hall of Fame
class of 2004 in January |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic sports editor
E-mail Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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The
George Fox University Hall of Fame Class of 2004 will be inducted Jan. 30
For the first time ever, homecoming weekend will be the setting for induction
ceremonies for the George Fox University Sports Hall of Fame. The class of 2004 will be
inducted Jan. 30.
Larry Craven
A multi-sport star, Craven excelled at football, basketball, baseball and
track & field for the Bruins from 1965-1969. He played on both sides of the football,
starting at lineman or tight end on offense and linebacker on defense. Craven also was the
team’s place-kicker. He led the team in tackles and was a first team All-Oregon
Collegiate Conference selection at linebacker in his sophomore, junior and senior years.
In basketball, Craven was a first team all-conference selection in both 1968
and 1969, scoring 952 career points. Craven participated in track and field for two
seasons, throwing the shot and discus and running on relay teams. He played two seasons on
the baseball team as a pitcher and as a third baseman, as well.
Tim Hagen
Hagen fashioned a stellar high jump career in 1988 to 1990 after transferring
to George Fox at the beginning of his sophomore year. He was a three-time NAIA District 2
high jump champion and set the district high jump record in the process. At the NAIA
national championships, he placed eighth in 1989 and third in 1990, earning All-America
honors for each of those finishes.
Hagen was a 1990 NAIA All-American in indoor track with a fifth place finish.
He is one of a few athletes in small college history to surpass seven feet in the high
jump with a jump of 7-feet, 0.5-inches in 1990, which is still the Bruin record.
Charlotte Krebs
During Krebs’ athletic career from 1968 to 1972, she was a Bruin
team leader in volleyball, basketball and tennis. She served as team captain and won the
most valuable player award in volleyball in each of her last three seasons. She was a
three-year starter and the leading rebounder each of her final three years of basketball.
As one of the top tennis players in the area, she earned all-star status in 1969,
1970 and 1971 at the Northwest District meet at the University of Washington, where the
competition included 21 schools from five states at all levels. In 1971, Krebs finished
second at the event, winning a semifinal match against the University of Washington’s
No. 1 player before losing in the final match to the No. 1 player from Washington State
University.
Jeff Nelson
Nelson was a record-setting goalkeeper for the soccer team from 1991-1994.
During his career, Nelson left his name all over the Bruin record books. He holds team
records for lowest goals-against average in a season (0.71 in 1993) and a career (0.92).
Nelson also holds the record by a goalkeeper for the most shutouts in a season (14 in
1993) and a career (34).
As a senior, he was the team’s most valuable player. A three-time NAIA
All-District 2 and All-Area/Region selection, Nelson was named the NAIA national
goalkeeper of the year in 1994. He was an NAIA third team all-American in 1993 and an NAIA
second team and NSCAA/Umbro first team all-American in 1994.
Nelson played professionally for the Cascade Surge, and now serves as an
assistant coach for the Bruins.
Julie Cyrus Rising
A distance runner, Cyrus Rising led several Bruin cross country and track and
field teams to new heights. Running No. 2 in 1991 and No. 1 in 1992 and 1993, she led the
Bruins to consecutive fifth, second and 11 place finishes in the NAIA national
cross country meets.
Cyrus Rising set the school record for the 5,000-meter run at 17
minutes, 13.6 seconds in 1993. In 1992, she was an NAIA all-American with a sixth place
finish in the indoor 1,000-yard run. She earned NAIA All-American outdoor status by
finishing second nationally in both the 3,000 and the 5,000 in 1993.
Cyrus Rising was fourth nationally in the 3,000 in 1994. She was named an NAIA
academic All-American as a senior. Cyrus Rising holds school records in the 1,500
(4:36.24) and the 3,000 (9:46.30) and second in the 5,000 (17:01.87).
Byron Shenk
Shenk’s tenure as the first George Fox women’s soccer coach began
in 1991 and continued on for the next 11 seasons. Beginning with a roster comprised almost
exclusively of freshmen, the 1991 team won the first match in team history and continued
to compete successfully throughout that season and into the NAIA District 2 playoffs, the
first of three-straight postseason appearances.
The 1992 team distinguished itself by gaining an NAIA Top 20 spot after
upsetting No. 1-ranked and defending national champion Pacific Lutheran University. In
1998, Shenk’s team posted the best season in the team’s history with a 15-4-2
record and a streak of 14 matches in a row without a loss, while finishing second in the
Northwest Conference. The 1998 team also advanced to the NAIA west regional and ultimately
finished its season as the NAIA’s No. 10-ranked team in the nation.
Shenk retired from coaching at the end of the 2001 season with a 96-87-11
record at George Fox and a career mark of 200-200-37 in 32 years.
Tim Weaver
Since 1978, Weaver has served as a volunteer starter at all Bruin home track
and field meets. He began his track career at George Fox in 1973 as a record setting
hurdler and relay competitor prior to a career-ending injury during his junior year.
Weaver has sacrificed his time to benefit the George Fox track and field
programs on numerous spring Saturdays for 25 years. He currently assists GFU track coach
Wes Cook in training new volunteers to help with the program.
1980 men’s track team
The 1980 men’s track team became only the fourth George Fox squad to win
a NAIA District 2 championship. The team went undefeated against NAIA competition during
the season, losing only to Division I teams Oregon State University and the University of
Portland.
The Bruins won the district by 21 points, won more events than any other
team, scored in 18 events, and had more than one athlete place in 11 different events. The
team set three records and sent four athletes to the NAIA national championships.
Team members were: Rich Allen (head coach), Monte Anders, Nolan Bosley-Smith,
Jim Bright, Tony Carson, Scott Celley, Rob Cloud, John Cole, Steve Curtis, Rick Frisk,
Brent Heydel, Larry Holbrook, Charlie Keeran, Roger Miller, Bruce Oberst, Tim Olds,
Wendell Otto, Keith Pearson, Bob Quiring, Kelly Reynolds, Mark Reynolds, Tim Rochholz, Tim
Sherman, Steve Stuart, Duane Swafford, Tom Van Winkle, Dave Wilkinson and Jack Winter.
Tickets for the Hall of Fame dinner are $20 for adults and $12 for children
12-and-under. For more information or to order tickets, call the athletics department at
503-554-2910. |
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From Dec. 27,
2003, Newberg Graphic
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