WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME MEMBERS

Jim Adams BasketballRobert Ames Football/AlumnusJoanie Armstrong CrewLee Andersen WrestlingNola Ayres AlumnusWillis Ball FootballLiz Bishop VolleyballJen Brandolini SoftballNorm Bright TrackKerri Browitt BasketballDick Bruland FootballJon Brunaugh FootballDebbie Carter SoccerDick Carver BasketballSam Carver Coach/AdminHank Chamberlin BasketballJim Chapman WrestlingFrank Chorvat FootballSteve Chronister TennisRay Ciszek Coach/AdminAnne Cooper BasketballAl Cornett FootballRon Crowe BasketballMike Dahl BasketballNorm Dahl TrackLorne Davies AlumnusKristy Dees TrackRollie DeKoster AlumnusLori deKubber BasketballBob Diehl CoachHarold Doyal BasketballBen Dragavon SoccerAnnette Duvall SoccerGrant Dykstra BasketballDave Emery SwimmingFred Emerson FootballChuck Erickson TrackTim Feenstra GolfMike Franza BasketballJack Frazier FootballJim Freeman Cross Country/Track/CoachPaula French SoccerDan Gagnon TrackLes Galley BaseballDominic Garguile CoachHoyt Gier FootballButts Giraud FootballKen Graham AlumnusHope Grimm SoccerLynda Goodrich Coach/Admin

Cindy Gordon SoccerNorm Hash FootballAlison Haukaas SoftballWendy Hawley BasketballHerb Hearsey AdminKathy Hemion BasketballCeleste Hill Basketball Hester Hill BadmintonJack Hubbard CoachJohn Hunt TrackAllen James TrackJames Johnson BasketballCathy Johnson SoftballHoward Jones FootballJerry Joyce TrackScarlett Kanistanaux Field HockeyDevin Kemper TrackManny Kimmie BasketballMike Kirk BasketballDwayne Kirkley BasketballKim Kolody VolleyballCharles Lappenbusch Coach/Admin Peter LaBarge Soccer/FootballKarla Landis RowingFil Leanderson CoachClaudia Lindor GolfPat Locker FootballScott Lohr FootballBoyde Long Coach/AdminJim Lounsberry CoachLindsay Mann-King RowingC.W. “Bill” McDonald Admin Jo Metzger BasketballJoe Moses BasketballChris Nicholl FootballLarry Nielson Track/Cross CountryJack Nighbert BaseballCharmon Odle BasketballSean Packer GolfDick Pangallo FootballNicola Parker VolleyballJim Pearson Cross Country/TrackStan Peterson BasketballGenevie Pfueller Cross Country/TrackLorrie Post VolleyballAnna Rabel BasketballRon Radliff BasketballBruce Randall BaseballChuck Randall CoachVic Randall Football

Roger Repoz BaseballSteve Richardson FootballPaul Rudis GolfGina Sampson BasketballWalt Schilaty TrackCourtney Schneider VolleyballCarl Schuler AdminJohn Skov BaseballJoni Slagle BasketballRob Smith CoachBoyd Staggs BaseballJim Sterk FootballOrlondo Steinauer FootballBrandi Stevenson Track & FieldJacob Stevenson BasketballJarod Stevenson BasketballJason Stiles FootballScott Stokes FootballKen Swalwell TrackGerry Swan TrackScot Swanson SoccerShirley Swanson TrackWendy Taylor TrackMarilyn Thibodeau Track/Cross CountryRudy Thomas BasketballEverett “Tye” Tiland FootballRobert Tisdale Football Terry Todd CoachWilliam Tomaras AdminDon Trethewey Cross Country/TrackKatja Trygg GolfChet Ullin FootballJeff Van Kleeck Cross Country/TrackDave VanderGriend TrackTom Venable SoccerRalph Vernacchia CoachRob Visser BasketballMike Vorce TrackJudy Vose BadmintonDarrell Vreugdenhil CrewHollie Watson TrackDave Weedman FootballWendy Wefer VolleyballCraig Welty GolfGary White BasketballTom Wigg FootballJoan Williamson TrackBill Wright GolfFrank “Moose” Zurline Football

Saturday, May 18th, 1:00 p.m.Sam Carver Gymnasium

WECU Court

INDUCTIONCEREMONY

BEN DRAGAVONMen’s Soccer

LINDSAY MANN-KINGWomen’s Rowing

SEAN PACKERMen’s Golf

COURTNEY SCHNEIDERVolleyball

COURTNEYSCHNEIDERVolleyball(Libero)

Courtney Schneider averaged a school-best 7.0 digs per game during her four-year career at WWU, breaking--make that crushing--the NCAA II national record by nearly one dig per game. She fi nished third nationally among NCAA II career dig leaders with a GNAC and school record of 2,695.Schneider twice led the nation in digs per game, having a NCAA record of 7.74 as a senior. She set a NCAA II tournament match record with 44 digs and established league and school marks with 50.Schneider was a unanimous GNAC all-star in each of her four years (2004 to 2007), helping the Vikings to an overall 80-28 record. She led the league in digs all four seasons, fi nishing with a league and school record of 851 as a senior.It was numbers like those that led to Schneider receiving WWU’s Co-Female Athlete of the Decade award for 2000 to 2009 and reaching the fi rst round of the NCAA Woman of the Year balloting in 2008.Schneider was a fi rst-team American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American in 2007 on a WWU team that reached the title match at the NCAA II National Tournament. She was a third-team AVCA All-American in 2006 and received honorable mention in 2005.Schneider also was a fi rst-team Daktronics All-American in 2006 and second-team in 2007.Schneider, a three-time West Region all-star, both AVCA and Daktronics, was GNAC Player of the Year and NCAA II Elite Eight All-Tournament in 2007. Off the court that same year, Schneider earned second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.On May 7, 2008, Schneider threw the ceremonial fi rst pitch at a Seattle Mariners’ game.“Th is is such a well-deserved honor for Courtney,” said her WWU coach Diane Flick-Williams. “She was such a game changer in a position that is not known for being described as such. It is not often that a libero is the conference Player of the Year, but Courtney was just that good. Th e volleyball program went to new heights specifi cally because Courtney was the anchor to our defense. She was a special player who made uncommon plays look common, and the toughest digs look routine. Th e best part is that all of her physical greatness was inside an outstanding person who was deeply rooted in solid morals and values. Courtney is a Hall of Famer in every sense of the word.”Following her playing career, Schneider, a four-year letter winner for the Vikings, was an assistant at NCAA I Idaho in 2008 and a graduate assistant at Western in 2009. Currently, she is beginning her third year as head coach at Foothill High School in Sacramento, California.A graduate of Snohomish High School, Schneider received Class 4A all-State honorable mention in volleyball as a senior. She was a fi rst-team Everett Herald all-Area and all-Western Conference pick, and competed in the Washington State Volleyball Coaches Association East-West all-star series. As team captain and MVP, Schneider helped the Panthers reach the state quarterfi nals and go undefeated in winning a league title. She also was fi rst-team all-league as a junior on a team that reached the state quarterfi nals.As a high school freshman, Schneider attended Mount Whitney High School in Visalia, California, earning fi rst-team league all-star recognition as a midfi elder in soccer.In addition to coaching, the 32-year-old Schneider works at the Liberty Towers Church and Community Impact Center in Sacramento, which provides programs and activities to engage marginalized people in the community and help bring about positive change. Specifi cally, she is the offi ce administrator and assistant youth/children’s director for Liberty Towers.“Th ere are no words to describe what my time at Western meant to me,” said Schneider. “All the countless hours of training, the grind of competition, the victories, the championships, the tears of joy, the tears of pain, and all the many, many amazing memories one can only dream of having, are what they are because of the amazing individuals I had the privilege to experience it all with. I am beyond blessed and forever grateful to have been a Viking.”

SEANPACKERMen’s Golf(No. 1)

Sean Packer was the WWU Male Athlete of the Year for 2007-08, tying for third place at the NCAA II National Tournament that spring, the second-highest fi nish in school history and just one stroke behind the co-leaders with a 72-hole total of 1-under par 279. Packer earned third-team Golf Coaches Association of America All-America honors in 2008, helping the Vikings place eighth at nationals, second at regionals and fi rst in the GNAC with a 72.3 scoring average.At nationals in 2008, Packer recorded three rounds of par or better. One shot off the lead with four holes to play and the leaders in the clubhouse, he gave himself two good birdie chances to tie or win.In 2006-07, Packer was the team captain and led Western in scoring average at 73.9, and he earned GCAA All-America honorable mention in 2005-06 by tying for 35th at nationals.Twice a GCAA Cleveland All-America Scholar in 2006-07 and 2007-08 and a GCAA West Region all-star in 2006-07 and 2007-08, Packer was a three-time GNAC all-star and academic all-star from 2005 to 2008.A four-year letter winner, Packer graduated from Western with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing.“Sean was a tremendous player for us, and has continued his fi ne play as one of the elite amateurs in the Pacifi c Northwest,” said his WWU coach Steve Card. “I am extremely proud that he is being honored with this induction into the WWU Athletics Hall of Fame. In 20 years of coaching the Viking men’s golf team, I don’t recall a player as committed to his team, the Viking program, and this school than Sean. He is a devoted Viking.”Packer graduated from Auburn-Riverside High School in 2003, after leading the Ravens to the Class 4A state title in 2002 and three South Puget Sound League North Division crowns from 2001 to 2003.Packer advanced to the U.S. Open Sectional in 2011 and has qualifi ed for four USGA national golf championships: the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links, the 2012 U.S. Washington State Team and the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur.Th e 34-year-old Packer had runner-up fi nishes at the Seattle Amateur in 2006 and 2007, while winning the Fort Lewis Amateur in 2010 and 2017. At his childhood course of Sumner Meadows Golf Links, he fi red a 10-under par 62 in 2007, the course record. Packer is a three-time Tacoma City Amateur champion with victories in 2004, 2010 and 2014. Packer placed fi rst at the 2012 Washington State Champion of Champions with a competitive course record 66 in overcoming an 11-stroke fi nal-round defi cit.Six times Packer has represented the Pacifi c Northwest’s top amateur golfers in the Hudson Cup matches, an annual event pitting the region’s best amateurs and top golf professionals against one another. In 2011, playing in the fi nal match of the event, he sank the clinching putt for the Amateur team resulting in that squad’s fi rst victory in 33 years over the Professional team. In 2014, Packer received the Charles Congdon Award as the standout player on the Amateur team.Packer has been a federal government employee for nearly 10 years with Social Security, currently serving as a claims specialist. He and wife Amanda (formerly Amick) have two children, son Brady, 2, and daughter Marlena, 6 months.“I dreamed of being a college student-athlete from as early as I can remember,” said Packer. “Even with all those built-up expectations, Western exceeded my dreams in every way. Everything about my time at WWU is so memorable: from competing on the golf course, to the classroom, to the beauty of Whatcom County.”

DRAGAVON, MANN-KING, PACKER AND SCHNEIDER MAKE UP 2019 CLASSFoursome played huge roles for Vikings

during fi rst decade of 2000s

Four former student-athletes, all of whom played huge roles for the Vikings during their highly successful decade of 2000 to 2009, make up the Class of 2019 inductees into the Western Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame.

The incoming quartet includes men’s soccer goalkeeper Ben Dragavon, a four-time all-conference selection; women’s rower Lindsay Mann-King, who played a part in seven consecutive national titles; men’s golfer Sean Packer, who tied for third at nationals in 2008, and volleyball libero Courtney Schneider, who crushed the NCAA Division II record for career digs per game.

“We are so proud to induct these four outstanding Vikings into our hall of fame,” said WWU Director of Athletics Steve Card. “Today’s student athletes stand on the shoulders of all of our hall of famers, and these four are no exception. They are all more than deserving of this prestigious honor.”

The foursome brings the hall’s membership to 149 over the 117-year history of athletics at Western.

The induction ceremony is part of WWU Alumni Weekend.

The inaugural WWU hall of fame ceremony, which had seven inductees, was held in 1968 at halftime of a Viking men’s basketball game.

Last night (May 17), the inductees were recognized at the WWU Alumni Association Awards Celebration.

The induction ceremony is the 44th for WWU, whose hall of fame is the second oldest among Pacifi c Northwest colleges and universities.

BENDRAGAVONMen’s Soccer(Goalkeeper)

Ben Dragavon was a four-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star as a goalkeeper during his career at Western from 2002 to 2005, twice being a fi rst-team selection. Th e GNAC Freshman of the Year in 2002, he started and earned letters in each of those four seasons. Dragavon, who set numerous WWU game and season records, completed his Viking career as the program leader in shutouts with 18 and third in goals against average at 1.38. He graduated from Western in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science.“Ben was the right player at the right time for our program,” said his WWU coach Travis Connell. “He was his best when faced with a challenge. Th roughout his career, he had a knack for rising to the occasion. In his fi rst season, he earned a starting spot and was the conference freshman of the year. As his career developed he became a leader who pulled his teammates together and inspired them to be their best with his work ethic in training and clutch performances in big games.”As a freshman in 2002 at WWU, Dragavon propelled the Vikings to a 15-4-1 record, their best in 12 years, and fi rst place in the GNAC with a perfect 4-0-0 record, their fi rst league title in 14 seasons. He had a 0.83 GAA and seven shutouts.As a junior in 2004, Dragavon had a 0.90 GAA and six shutouts for the 13-7-0 Vikings.Dragavon went on to play professional soccer for the Seattle Sounders from 2005-2008, seeing action in four games in 2007 as they won the United Soccer League First Division championship and the USL First Division Commissioner’s Cup.In 2009, the Sounders moved up to Major League Soccer (MLS) status and Dragavon played for them that year as a member of the MLS-Wide Reserve Goalkeeper Pool.Early that season, Dragavon was called up by Seattle to provide back-up for starter Kasey Keller while regular reserve keeper Chris Eylander was out injured. Dragavon made his MLS debut for Seattle on April 11, 2009, in a game against the Kansas City Wizards, when Keller was sent off for handling outside the penalty area.In 2010, Dragavon signed on with the USL Austin Aztecs, but a preseason injury ended his playing career.Dragavon competed for the Skagit Rapids of the Pacifi c Coast Soccer League from 2002 to 2004, being named a league all-star in both 2003 and 2004. During the winter of 2007-08, he played indoor soccer with the Seattle Wolves FC of the Premier Arena Soccer League. Dragavon also competed in indoor soccer with the Tacoma Stars and Seattle Wolves of the PASL.Following his playing career, Dragavon was an assistant coach for the Seattle Sounders FC U-23 team, Sounders 2 and Sounders FC Academy; the U.S. Women’s National Team (2016 to 2017), and the WWU men’s and women’s squads in 2012. He also was a Goalkeeper and strength conditioning coach for the Seattle Reign professional women’s team from 2013 to 2016 and full-time assistant from 2017 to 2018, working with Hope Solo, goalkeeper of the U.S. Women’s National Team that won the World Cup and Olympic Gold. In addition, Dragavon was a biomechanics consultant for professional athletes in Major League Baseball, National Football League, Major League Soccer, U.S. Soccer, U.S. Skiing, U.S. Olympians, Women’s National Basketball Association and National Women’s Soccer League.Dragavon was a 2018 inductee into the Monroe (Wash.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2001, he helped the Bearcats win district and state titles, the fi rst state championship for any MHS sport since 1953. During that run, Dragavon won three playoff matches in shootouts after going into overtime. During that same year, he led his Premier Club Team, the Cascade Avalanche, to a state championship by winning shootouts in both the semi-fi nal and title matches. His club team went on to represent the State of Washington in the Region 6 Championship at Albuquerque, New Mexico.Currently, the 35-year-old Dragavon operates a private goalkeeper’s academy, working with professional and collegiate goalkeepers. At the athletic training institute in Bellevue, he works with professional sports teams and athletes from all over the world. Also keeping him busy is his continued consultant work with the Seattle Sounders.“I am so thankful for my time at Western,” said Dragavon. “Th e relationships cultivated as a member of the men’s soccer team have helped shape my life in more ways than I could have imagined. Some of my teammates have become lifelong friends, some have become business associates, and others have maintained relationships in various ways. It really became a family network that still exists and thrives to this day. It is an absolute credit to the institution and the culture created by Coach Connell and Coach (Greg) Brisbon.”

LINDSAYMANN-KINGWomen’s Rowing(No. 7 Seat)

Lindsay Mann-King was part of seven straight national championships in women’s rowing at Western, an unprecedented event in NCAA I and II rowing. Mann-King won three titles as a rower in the varsity eight shell and four as an assistant coach.Located in the No.7 seat, Mann-King helped the Vikings to NCAA II championships from 2005 to 2007. Th e three consecutive championships were a fi rst for any of the three NCAA rowing divisions at that time. She was a fi rst-team Collegiate Coaches Rowing Association Pocock All-American in each of those campaigns, and is one of just nine Vikings in any sport to earn All-America honors three times.As the 2007 team captain, Mann-King threw out the ceremonial fi rst pitch at a Seattle Mariners game when the Vikings were honored on June 4, 2007. Th e WWU co-Female Athlete of the Year for 2006-07, she also was featured in the Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd for the issue of June 25, 2007.In all, Mann-King made four straight national appearances as an athlete, WWU placing third at nationals during her freshman season in 2004 after leading for most of the grand fi nal at nationals.A four-year letter winner, Mann-King was a student assistant coach in 2008 and the Vikings’ top assistant from 2009 to 2012 as they extended their string of national titles to seven, winning in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 before fi nishing second in 2012.“I remember her being one of the toughest women we’ve had on the team,” said WWU coach John Fuchs. “She was always very fi t and ready to train. We knew early during her fi rst year that she needed to be in the varsity eight, and she was all four years. She was a great leader and well respected. She turned into a good coach, too. She brought that fi re into her coaching that few have.”A 2007 graduate of WWU, Mann-King earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science. She co-founded the Whatcom Rowing Association and was program director for three years (2010-12).Th e 35-year-old Mann-King is now in her seventh year as the wellness coordinator and ergonomics specialist at BP Cherry Point Refi nery. She also was a forestry technician and wildland fi re fi ghter for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for eight years from 2002 to 2010.A 2002 graduate of Colville (Wash.) High School, Mann-King attended Seattle University for one year (2002-03) before transferring to Western.At Colville High in 2001-02, Mann-King was the Julie Hall Arts Memorial award winner for outstanding achievement in the arts, as well as the school’s Arts Leadership and Principals Leadership award winner. She lettered one year in volleyball and won outstanding achievement awards in biology, English, ceramics and photography.Mann-King was a Haran Irish Dancer from elementary school until the end of high school, and a USAVB club volleyball player during junior and senior high school.Mann-King is married to Matthew Dykema. Th ey have one child, daughter Ada Dykema, 1.“Th ough I did not realize it at the time, my rowing experience at WWU created a road map for how I would be able to fi nd success and happiness in my life forever,” said Mann-King. “Today, I still fi nd that when I regularly surround myself with my loved ones, make daily exercise a priority and structure my life in an organized fashion, I am my best self.“When I was rowing at WWU, we were guided by the ‘Four Rules.’ Take care of your relationships, your health, your education and your athleticism and the successful, focused rowing will fall into place. Th is philosophy, along with John Fuchs’ laid back, humorous and insightful coaching style has transcended that time and bubbles up today in my work as a movement coach and health educator.”

BENDRAGAVONMen’s Soccer(Goalkeeper)

Ben Dragavon was a four-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star as a goalkeeper during his career at Western from 2002 to 2005, twice being a fi rst-team selection. Th e GNAC Freshman of the Year in 2002, he started and earned letters in each of those four seasons. Dragavon, who set numerous WWU game and season records, completed his Viking career as the program leader in shutouts with 18 and third in goals against average at 1.38. He graduated from Western in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science.“Ben was the right player at the right time for our program,” said his WWU coach Travis Connell. “He was his best when faced with a challenge. Th roughout his career, he had a knack for rising to the occasion. In his fi rst season, he earned a starting spot and was the conference freshman of the year. As his career developed he became a leader who pulled his teammates together and inspired them to be their best with his work ethic in training and clutch performances in big games.”As a freshman in 2002 at WWU, Dragavon propelled the Vikings to a 15-4-1 record, their best in 12 years, and fi rst place in the GNAC with a perfect 4-0-0 record, their fi rst league title in 14 seasons. He had a 0.83 GAA and seven shutouts.As a junior in 2004, Dragavon had a 0.90 GAA and six shutouts for the 13-7-0 Vikings.Dragavon went on to play professional soccer for the Seattle Sounders from 2005-2008, seeing action in four games in 2007 as they won the United Soccer League First Division championship and the USL First Division Commissioner’s Cup.In 2009, the Sounders moved up to Major League Soccer (MLS) status and Dragavon played for them that year as a member of the MLS-Wide Reserve Goalkeeper Pool.Early that season, Dragavon was called up by Seattle to provide back-up for starter Kasey Keller while regular reserve keeper Chris Eylander was out injured. Dragavon made his MLS debut for Seattle on April 11, 2009, in a game against the Kansas City Wizards, when Keller was sent off for handling outside the penalty area.In 2010, Dragavon signed on with the USL Austin Aztecs, but a preseason injury ended his playing career.Dragavon competed for the Skagit Rapids of the Pacifi c Coast Soccer League from 2002 to 2004, being named a league all-star in both 2003 and 2004. During the winter of 2007-08, he played indoor soccer with the Seattle Wolves FC of the Premier Arena Soccer League. Dragavon also competed in indoor soccer with the Tacoma Stars and Seattle Wolves of the PASL.Following his playing career, Dragavon was an assistant coach for the Seattle Sounders FC U-23 team, Sounders 2 and Sounders FC Academy; the U.S. Women’s National Team (2016 to 2017), and the WWU men’s and women’s squads in 2012. He also was a Goalkeeper and strength conditioning coach for the Seattle Reign professional women’s team from 2013 to 2016 and full-time assistant from 2017 to 2018, working with Hope Solo, goalkeeper of the U.S. Women’s National Team that won the World Cup and Olympic Gold. In addition, Dragavon was a biomechanics consultant for professional athletes in Major League Baseball, National Football League, Major League Soccer, U.S. Soccer, U.S. Skiing, U.S. Olympians, Women’s National Basketball Association and National Women’s Soccer League.Dragavon was a 2018 inductee into the Monroe (Wash.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2001, he helped the Bearcats win district and state titles, the fi rst state championship for any MHS sport since 1953. During that run, Dragavon won three playoff matches in shootouts after going into overtime. During that same year, he led his Premier Club Team, the Cascade Avalanche, to a state championship by winning shootouts in both the semi-fi nal and title matches. His club team went on to represent the State of Washington in the Region 6 Championship at Albuquerque, New Mexico.Currently, the 35-year-old Dragavon operates a private goalkeeper’s academy, working with professional and collegiate goalkeepers. At the athletic training institute in Bellevue, he works with professional sports teams and athletes from all over the world. Also keeping him busy is his continued consultant work with the Seattle Sounders.“I am so thankful for my time at Western,” said Dragavon. “Th e relationships cultivated as a member of the men’s soccer team have helped shape my life in more ways than I could have imagined. Some of my teammates have become lifelong friends, some have become business associates, and others have maintained relationships in various ways. It really became a family network that still exists and thrives to this day. It is an absolute credit to the institution and the culture created by Coach Connell and Coach (Greg) Brisbon.”

LINDSAYMANN-KINGWomen’s Rowing(No. 7 Seat)

Lindsay Mann-King was part of seven straight national championships in women’s rowing at Western, an unprecedented event in NCAA I and II rowing. Mann-King won three titles as a rower in the varsity eight shell and four as an assistant coach.Located in the No.7 seat, Mann-King helped the Vikings to NCAA II championships from 2005 to 2007. Th e three consecutive championships were a fi rst for any of the three NCAA rowing divisions at that time. She was a fi rst-team Collegiate Coaches Rowing Association Pocock All-American in each of those campaigns, and is one of just nine Vikings in any sport to earn All-America honors three times.As the 2007 team captain, Mann-King threw out the ceremonial fi rst pitch at a Seattle Mariners game when the Vikings were honored on June 4, 2007. Th e WWU co-Female Athlete of the Year for 2006-07, she also was featured in the Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd for the issue of June 25, 2007.In all, Mann-King made four straight national appearances as an athlete, WWU placing third at nationals during her freshman season in 2004 after leading for most of the grand fi nal at nationals.A four-year letter winner, Mann-King was a student assistant coach in 2008 and the Vikings’ top assistant from 2009 to 2012 as they extended their string of national titles to seven, winning in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 before fi nishing second in 2012.“I remember her being one of the toughest women we’ve had on the team,” said WWU coach John Fuchs. “She was always very fi t and ready to train. We knew early during her fi rst year that she needed to be in the varsity eight, and she was all four years. She was a great leader and well respected. She turned into a good coach, too. She brought that fi re into her coaching that few have.”A 2007 graduate of WWU, Mann-King earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science. She co-founded the Whatcom Rowing Association and was program director for three years (2010-12).Th e 35-year-old Mann-King is now in her seventh year as the wellness coordinator and ergonomics specialist at BP Cherry Point Refi nery. She also was a forestry technician and wildland fi re fi ghter for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for eight years from 2002 to 2010.A 2002 graduate of Colville (Wash.) High School, Mann-King attended Seattle University for one year (2002-03) before transferring to Western.At Colville High in 2001-02, Mann-King was the Julie Hall Arts Memorial award winner for outstanding achievement in the arts, as well as the school’s Arts Leadership and Principals Leadership award winner. She lettered one year in volleyball and won outstanding achievement awards in biology, English, ceramics and photography.Mann-King was a Haran Irish Dancer from elementary school until the end of high school, and a USAVB club volleyball player during junior and senior high school.Mann-King is married to Matthew Dykema. Th ey have one child, daughter Ada Dykema, 1.“Th ough I did not realize it at the time, my rowing experience at WWU created a road map for how I would be able to fi nd success and happiness in my life forever,” said Mann-King. “Today, I still fi nd that when I regularly surround myself with my loved ones, make daily exercise a priority and structure my life in an organized fashion, I am my best self.“When I was rowing at WWU, we were guided by the ‘Four Rules.’ Take care of your relationships, your health, your education and your athleticism and the successful, focused rowing will fall into place. Th is philosophy, along with John Fuchs’ laid back, humorous and insightful coaching style has transcended that time and bubbles up today in my work as a movement coach and health educator.”

SEANPACKERMen’s Golf(No. 1)

Sean Packer was the WWU Male Athlete of the Year for 2007-08, tying for third place at the NCAA II National Tournament that spring, the second-highest fi nish in school history and just one stroke behind the co-leaders with a 72-hole total of 1-under par 279. Packer earned third-team Golf Coaches Association of America All-America honors in 2008, helping the Vikings place eighth at nationals, second at regionals and fi rst in the GNAC with a 72.3 scoring average.At nationals in 2008, Packer recorded three rounds of par or better. One shot off the lead with four holes to play and the leaders in the clubhouse, he gave himself two good birdie chances to tie or win.In 2006-07, Packer was the team captain and led Western in scoring average at 73.9, and he earned GCAA All-America honorable mention in 2005-06 by tying for 35th at nationals.Twice a GCAA Cleveland All-America Scholar in 2006-07 and 2007-08 and a GCAA West Region all-star in 2006-07 and 2007-08, Packer was a three-time GNAC all-star and academic all-star from 2005 to 2008.A four-year letter winner, Packer graduated from Western with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing.“Sean was a tremendous player for us, and has continued his fi ne play as one of the elite amateurs in the Pacifi c Northwest,” said his WWU coach Steve Card. “I am extremely proud that he is being honored with this induction into the WWU Athletics Hall of Fame. In 20 years of coaching the Viking men’s golf team, I don’t recall a player as committed to his team, the Viking program, and this school than Sean. He is a devoted Viking.”Packer graduated from Auburn-Riverside High School in 2003, after leading the Ravens to the Class 4A state title in 2002 and three South Puget Sound League North Division crowns from 2001 to 2003.Packer advanced to the U.S. Open Sectional in 2011 and has qualifi ed for four USGA national golf championships: the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links, the 2012 U.S. Washington State Team and the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur.Th e 34-year-old Packer had runner-up fi nishes at the Seattle Amateur in 2006 and 2007, while winning the Fort Lewis Amateur in 2010 and 2017. At his childhood course of Sumner Meadows Golf Links, he fi red a 10-under par 62 in 2007, the course record. Packer is a three-time Tacoma City Amateur champion with victories in 2004, 2010 and 2014. Packer placed fi rst at the 2012 Washington State Champion of Champions with a competitive course record 66 in overcoming an 11-stroke fi nal-round defi cit.Six times Packer has represented the Pacifi c Northwest’s top amateur golfers in the Hudson Cup matches, an annual event pitting the region’s best amateurs and top golf professionals against one another. In 2011, playing in the fi nal match of the event, he sank the clinching putt for the Amateur team resulting in that squad’s fi rst victory in 33 years over the Professional team. In 2014, Packer received the Charles Congdon Award as the standout player on the Amateur team.Packer has been a federal government employee for nearly 10 years with Social Security, currently serving as a claims specialist. He and wife Amanda (formerly Amick) have two children, son Brady, 2, and daughter Marlena, 6 months.“I dreamed of being a college student-athlete from as early as I can remember,” said Packer. “Even with all those built-up expectations, Western exceeded my dreams in every way. Everything about my time at WWU is so memorable: from competing on the golf course, to the classroom, to the beauty of Whatcom County.”

DRAGAVON, MANN-KING, PACKER AND SCHNEIDER MAKE UP 2019 CLASSFoursome played huge roles for Vikings

during fi rst decade of 2000s

Four former student-athletes, all of whom played huge roles for the Vikings during their highly successful decade of 2000 to 2009, make up the Class of 2019 inductees into the Western Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame.

The incoming quartet includes men’s soccer goalkeeper Ben Dragavon, a four-time all-conference selection; women’s rower Lindsay Mann-King, who played a part in seven consecutive national titles; men’s golfer Sean Packer, who tied for third at nationals in 2008, and volleyball libero Courtney Schneider, who crushed the NCAA Division II record for career digs per game.

“We are so proud to induct these four outstanding Vikings into our hall of fame,” said WWU Director of Athletics Steve Card. “Today’s student athletes stand on the shoulders of all of our hall of famers, and these four are no exception. They are all more than deserving of this prestigious honor.”

The foursome brings the hall’s membership to 149 over the 117-year history of athletics at Western.

The induction ceremony is part of WWU Alumni Weekend.

The inaugural WWU hall of fame ceremony, which had seven inductees, was held in 1968 at halftime of a Viking men’s basketball game.

Last night (May 17), the inductees were recognized at the WWU Alumni Association Awards Celebration.

The induction ceremony is the 44th for WWU, whose hall of fame is the second oldest among Pacifi c Northwest colleges and universities.

COURTNEYSCHNEIDERVolleyball(Libero)

Courtney Schneider averaged a school-best 7.0 digs per game during her four-year career at WWU, breaking--make that crushing--the NCAA II national record by nearly one dig per game. She fi nished third nationally among NCAA II career dig leaders with a GNAC and school record of 2,695.Schneider twice led the nation in digs per game, having a NCAA record of 7.74 as a senior. She set a NCAA II tournament match record with 44 digs and established league and school marks with 50.Schneider was a unanimous GNAC all-star in each of her four years (2004 to 2007), helping the Vikings to an overall 80-28 record. She led the league in digs all four seasons, fi nishing with a league and school record of 851 as a senior.It was numbers like those that led to Schneider receiving WWU’s Co-Female Athlete of the Decade award for 2000 to 2009 and reaching the fi rst round of the NCAA Woman of the Year balloting in 2008.Schneider was a fi rst-team American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American in 2007 on a WWU team that reached the title match at the NCAA II National Tournament. She was a third-team AVCA All-American in 2006 and received honorable mention in 2005.Schneider also was a fi rst-team Daktronics All-American in 2006 and second-team in 2007.Schneider, a three-time West Region all-star, both AVCA and Daktronics, was GNAC Player of the Year and NCAA II Elite Eight All-Tournament in 2007. Off the court that same year, Schneider earned second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.On May 7, 2008, Schneider threw the ceremonial fi rst pitch at a Seattle Mariners’ game.“Th is is such a well-deserved honor for Courtney,” said her WWU coach Diane Flick-Williams. “She was such a game changer in a position that is not known for being described as such. It is not often that a libero is the conference Player of the Year, but Courtney was just that good. Th e volleyball program went to new heights specifi cally because Courtney was the anchor to our defense. She was a special player who made uncommon plays look common, and the toughest digs look routine. Th e best part is that all of her physical greatness was inside an outstanding person who was deeply rooted in solid morals and values. Courtney is a Hall of Famer in every sense of the word.”Following her playing career, Schneider, a four-year letter winner for the Vikings, was an assistant at NCAA I Idaho in 2008 and a graduate assistant at Western in 2009. Currently, she is beginning her third year as head coach at Foothill High School in Sacramento, California.A graduate of Snohomish High School, Schneider received Class 4A all-State honorable mention in volleyball as a senior. She was a fi rst-team Everett Herald all-Area and all-Western Conference pick, and competed in the Washington State Volleyball Coaches Association East-West all-star series. As team captain and MVP, Schneider helped the Panthers reach the state quarterfi nals and go undefeated in winning a league title. She also was fi rst-team all-league as a junior on a team that reached the state quarterfi nals.As a high school freshman, Schneider attended Mount Whitney High School in Visalia, California, earning fi rst-team league all-star recognition as a midfi elder in soccer.In addition to coaching, the 32-year-old Schneider works at the Liberty Towers Church and Community Impact Center in Sacramento, which provides programs and activities to engage marginalized people in the community and help bring about positive change. Specifi cally, she is the offi ce administrator and assistant youth/children’s director for Liberty Towers.“Th ere are no words to describe what my time at Western meant to me,” said Schneider. “All the countless hours of training, the grind of competition, the victories, the championships, the tears of joy, the tears of pain, and all the many, many amazing memories one can only dream of having, are what they are because of the amazing individuals I had the privilege to experience it all with. I am beyond blessed and forever grateful to have been a Viking.”

WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME MEMBERS

Jim Adams BasketballRobert Ames Football/AlumnusJoanie Armstrong CrewLee Andersen WrestlingNola Ayres AlumnusWillis Ball FootballLiz Bishop VolleyballJen Brandolini SoftballNorm Bright TrackKerri Browitt BasketballDick Bruland FootballJon Brunaugh FootballDebbie Carter SoccerDick Carver BasketballSam Carver Coach/AdminHank Chamberlin BasketballJim Chapman WrestlingFrank Chorvat FootballSteve Chronister TennisRay Ciszek Coach/AdminAnne Cooper BasketballAl Cornett FootballRon Crowe BasketballMike Dahl BasketballNorm Dahl TrackLorne Davies AlumnusKristy Dees TrackRollie DeKoster AlumnusLori deKubber BasketballBob Diehl CoachHarold Doyal BasketballBen Dragavon SoccerAnnette Duvall SoccerGrant Dykstra BasketballDave Emery SwimmingFred Emerson FootballChuck Erickson TrackTim Feenstra GolfMike Franza BasketballJack Frazier FootballJim Freeman Cross Country/Track/CoachPaula French SoccerDan Gagnon TrackLes Galley BaseballDominic Garguile CoachHoyt Gier FootballButts Giraud FootballKen Graham AlumnusHope Grimm SoccerLynda Goodrich Coach/Admin

Cindy Gordon SoccerNorm Hash FootballAlison Haukaas SoftballWendy Hawley BasketballHerb Hearsey AdminKathy Hemion BasketballCeleste Hill Basketball Hester Hill BadmintonJack Hubbard CoachJohn Hunt TrackAllen James TrackJames Johnson BasketballCathy Johnson SoftballHoward Jones FootballJerry Joyce TrackScarlett Kanistanaux Field HockeyDevin Kemper TrackManny Kimmie BasketballMike Kirk BasketballDwayne Kirkley BasketballKim Kolody VolleyballCharles Lappenbusch Coach/Admin Peter LaBarge Soccer/FootballKarla Landis RowingFil Leanderson CoachClaudia Lindor GolfPat Locker FootballScott Lohr FootballBoyde Long Coach/AdminJim Lounsberry CoachLindsay Mann-King RowingC.W. “Bill” McDonald Admin Jo Metzger BasketballJoe Moses BasketballChris Nicholl FootballLarry Nielson Track/Cross CountryJack Nighbert BaseballCharmon Odle BasketballSean Packer GolfDick Pangallo FootballNicola Parker VolleyballJim Pearson Cross Country/TrackStan Peterson BasketballGenevie Pfueller Cross Country/TrackLorrie Post VolleyballAnna Rabel BasketballRon Radliff BasketballBruce Randall BaseballChuck Randall CoachVic Randall Football

Roger Repoz BaseballSteve Richardson FootballPaul Rudis GolfGina Sampson BasketballWalt Schilaty TrackCourtney Schneider VolleyballCarl Schuler AdminJohn Skov BaseballJoni Slagle BasketballRob Smith CoachBoyd Staggs BaseballJim Sterk FootballOrlondo Steinauer FootballBrandi Stevenson Track & FieldJacob Stevenson BasketballJarod Stevenson BasketballJason Stiles FootballScott Stokes FootballKen Swalwell TrackGerry Swan TrackScot Swanson SoccerShirley Swanson TrackWendy Taylor TrackMarilyn Thibodeau Track/Cross CountryRudy Thomas BasketballEverett “Tye” Tiland FootballRobert Tisdale Football Terry Todd CoachWilliam Tomaras AdminDon Trethewey Cross Country/TrackKatja Trygg GolfChet Ullin FootballJeff Van Kleeck Cross Country/TrackDave VanderGriend TrackTom Venable SoccerRalph Vernacchia CoachRob Visser BasketballMike Vorce TrackJudy Vose BadmintonDarrell Vreugdenhil CrewHollie Watson TrackDave Weedman FootballWendy Wefer VolleyballCraig Welty GolfGary White BasketballTom Wigg FootballJoan Williamson TrackBill Wright GolfFrank “Moose” Zurline Football

Saturday, May 18th, 1:00 p.m.Sam Carver Gymnasium

WECU Court

INDUCTIONCEREMONY

BEN DRAGAVONMen’s Soccer

LINDSAY MANN-KINGWomen’s Rowing

SEAN PACKERMen’s Golf

COURTNEY SCHNEIDERVolleyball