Inducted were Dale Jacobs, a three-time starter in basketball and
two-time SDIC all conference player in 1978 and 1979; Ronda Morgan
Koepsell, a four-year starter in women’s basketball and two-time
player-of-the-year; Chris Lounsbery, a four-year starter in football
and SDIC Most Valuable Player in 1991; and Joe Kramer, head football
coach at Wesleyan from 1984 until 1998.
Dale
Jacobs [top
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Jacobs, who delayed his graduation from Wesleyan until 1992, played on the
1977 and 1979 conference championship men’s basketball teams and helped
to lead the 1979 team to the NAIA national tournament. He scored 1,259 career
points, which is 24th on the all time list.
Ronda
Morgan Koepsell [top
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Koepsell, who graduated from Wesleyan in 1995, leads women’s basketball
records in career field goals and career rebounds, is second in career free
throws and second in career blocks and career points. She was named all-conference
first team all fours years of college and was named Player-of-the-Year in
1993 and 1994. She was the first DWU women’s basketball player to be
named an All-American.
Chris
Lounsbery [top
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Lounsbery graduated from Wesleyan in 1992 and was a four-year offensive guard
on the Tiger football team. He is one of two DWU football players ever to
be selected to the All-American first team, 1991. He was named SDIC Most
Valuable Player in 1991 and selected all-conference first team in 1990 and
1991. In addition, he was NAIA All- District 12 first team in 1990 and 1991.
Joe
Kramer [top
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Kramer was head football coach at Wesleyan from 1984 through 1998, which
is the longest tenure of any football coach in the history of the university.
He had the most wins of any Wesleyan football coach with 70, and tied Bud
Dougherty’s record of five conference championships. His 1992 team
went 10-0 in regular season and was the first team to be undefeated since
1901.
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