NWU alumni athletes on the football field being honored.
Alumni Award Recipients

Alumni Award Recipients

Award type Award year Name Grad year Sport/Award
Alumni Achievement Award 1996 Claire E. Bender 1971
Athletics Hall of Fame 1996 William R. Carriker 1950 Football Team 1947
Athletics Hall of Fame 1996 Robert H. Merrill 1947 Football Team 1947
Athletics Hall of Fame 1996 John W. White, Jr. Former President Spirit of the Plainsman
Alumni Achievement Award 1996 John D. Kugler 1971
Athletics Hall of Fame 1996 Wayne A. Cash, Sr. 1950 Football Team 1947
Athletics Hall of Fame 1996 Frank A. Meyer 1950 Football Team 1947
Athletics Hall of Fame 1996 Richard F. Whitmore 1949 Football Team 1947
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Jack L. Lewis 1957 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 James E. Lightbody 1954 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Doreen R. Schwartz Murphy 1984 Track
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Gene A. Boeka 1975 Baseball
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Ronald E. Olson 1955 Basketball Team 1952-53
Alumni Loyalty Award 1995 Joyce M. Crawford Urbom 1951
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Donald R. Boldebuck 1955 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Harold R. Porter 1949 Football
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 William D. Buck 1956 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Charles LeRoy Seng 1957 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Jon W. Eggers 1978 Track and Field
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 LuAnn M. Soderling 1985 Track and Field
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Richard R. Gracen 1953 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Harold B. Vifquain 1916 Basketball (posthumously)
Young Alumni Achievement Award 1995 Loral L. Langemeier 1987
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 John Grayson Coach Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Marion Weary 1936 Spirit of the Plainsman
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Nancy J. Hansen Coach/Weary Center Dir. Spirit of the Plainsman
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Marian Johnson Weary 1939 Spirit of the Plainsman
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Victor E. Hoggins 1954 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Richard C. Jennings 1955 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Ronald G. Joekel 1956 Basketball Team 1952-53
Alumni Achievement Award 1995 Coleen McElwain Seng 1958
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Burl G. Kreps 1953 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Gerald L. Kroeger 1955 Basketball Team 1952-53
Athletics Hall of Fame 1995 Robert W. Leslie 1957 Basketball Team 1952-53
Medal of Honor 1995 Vance G. James 1940
Young Alumni Loyalty Award 1995 Sara Walz Palmgren (Scott) 1985
Athletics Hall of Fame 1994 Jay A. Lenstrom 1981 Baseball
Athletics Hall of Fame 1994 Sharon Stortz Reeder 1981 Basketball
Alumni Loyalty Award 1994 Kay Bowmaster Green 1967
Athletics Hall of Fame 1994 Melodie L. Creighton Whiton 1979 Basketball
Alumni Loyalty Award 1994 Todd C. Sneller 1975
Young Alumni Achievement Award 1994 L. Jay Lemons 1983
Alumni Achievement Award 1994 Alden L. Johnson 1950
Medal of Honor 1994 Tom J. Plummer 1960
Athletics Hall of Fame 1994 Larry W. Abel 1977 Baseball
Medal of Honor 1994 Verla Livers Plummer 1956
Young Alumni Loyalty Award 1994 Dwight R. Wininger 1982
Athletics Hall of Fame 1994 Milton D. Evans Retired / Staff Spirit of the Plainsman
Alumni Loyalty Award 1993 Jessie V. Yost 1969
Young Alumni Achievement Award 1993 Susan A. Carr Westcott 1980