Eight inducted to SCSU hall of fame

Eight more athletes and coaches received the honor of being inducted into the SCSU athletic hall of fame Saturday.

The induction takes place every two years and the 2009 class increased the total number of hall of fame members to 163.

Inducted were former coaches Diane Heydt, former men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach and Larry Sundby former tennis standout and longtime women’s tennis head coach.

Athletes inducted were women’s basketball player Brenda Meyer Corrow, Michelle Nelson Lebow who ran cross-country and track, Nate Toedter former wrestler, Sheri Mandell Carlson former volleyball player, Jeff Saterdalen former hockey star and Dustin DeRosier a National Champion pole-vaulter.

“Out of all the achievements that I’ve done, this is my proudest one,” DeRosier said.

Which is saying something considering the four-time All-American won a National title in the indoor track and field competition in 1997.

He set the national record and was one ESPN and the Midwest sports network (now Fox sports North).

“I remember being a freshmen and I would walk into the hall of fame and look at the athletes inducted and I always wanted to be one of them,” DeRosier said.

“So I kind of kept that in my mind that I wanted to be there and it was kind of small dream, and a dream come true from that standpoint.”

Diane Heydt was the former swimming and diving coach before current coach Jeff Hegle took over. In her final year the women took fifth at the NCAA championships, the highest ever finish for the program.

During her years as coach, every school record was broken and some still stand today.

Larry Sundby has been involved in SCSU tennis for 50 years, ever since he graduated nearby St. Cloud Tech. He started all four years at SCSU and was captain his senior season.

He then coached both men’s and women’s high school and collegiate tennis intermittently for the next 45 plus years. He is currently an assistant coach at SCSU.

Sheri Mandell Carlson was a former SCSU volleyball star. She played from 1986-89 and still is the current record holder for blocks and block assists in a season.

“I feel honored to be inducted with all the others they have accomplished some great things, and its fun to come back and be recognized for what you did in college,” Carlson said.

The Huskies were ranked as high as 12 nationally in Carlson’s career and advanced to the NCAA regional tournament in 1988.

“I think just being associated through the university with the volleyball team, being able to represent the university on the volleyball team,” Carlson said.

Standing out for the Huskies in the late 1980s was hockey player Jeff Saterdalen.

Saterdalen holds SCSU career records in points, assists and power play goals. He was one of the first players to play with SCSU as they began playing in both Division I and the WCHA.

Brenda Meyer Corrow played basketball at SCSU from 1992-96.

During her time she landed her self in the top ten of ten categories in SCSU history. She was also the first women’s basketball player to we win a conference MVP award.

Although being a division II wrestler at SCSU, Nate Toedter was allowed to wrestle in the Division I national tournament due to his skill on the season in 1989.

He finished eighth his third All-American honor. He was a captain in his junior and senior campaigns and was SCSU wrestler of the year for three straight seasons.

Michelle Nelson Lebow, was touted as the greatest distance runner in SCSU history at the football game. She still holds six records at SCSU despite running track and cross-country from 1988-92.

Except for the NCAA tournament, she placed either first or second in every event she ran in1991.

The ceremony took place Saturday morning and the inductees were also honored at halftime of the football game.

“Coming here and just going through the whole program, you really grow a lot, mature a lot and experience a lot and it really helps set you up for adulthood,” DeRosier said.