semo hall of fame bios 8/10

Laura Byrne

Byrne, a track and cross country athlete from 1986-1989, won four NCAA Division II individual titles during the 1988-89 school year when she won the cross country national championship, the indoor 1,500 and 3,000-meters and the outdoor 5,000-meters.

Pat Colon

Colon, a basketball player from 1982-1987, was the first female athlete at Southeast to have her number retired. She earned basketball All-America honors in 1984 and still stands as the leading rebounder in Otahkian history. Colon had 2,034 career points and 1,003 career rebounds.

Jayne Creek

Creek was an All-America softball player who was the first Southeast athlete to be named a CoSIDA Academic All-American. She played from 1978-1981 and also was on the volleyball team for one season.

Kenneth Dement

Dement, a football lineman from 1951-1954, was an All-American who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998. His Southeast number was retired in 1989.

Bill Giessing

Giessing, 1959-1963, ranks as the third leading scorer in Southeast basketball history who earned All-America honors in 1963. He had 1,686 career points.

Ken Iman

Iman, 1956-1959, was an outstanding lineman at Southeast who went on to a highly successful career in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams. He was the Rams MVP in 1972. Iman's Southeast number was retired in 1974.

Kenneth Knox

Knox was head football coach and athletic director at Southeast from 1952-1967. His football teams won six Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. Knox' 1955 team was undefeated and untied.

Carl Ritter

Ritter is the all-time leading scorer in Indian basketball history with 1,916 points from 1959-1963. A member of the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame, Ritter had his number retired in 1994.

Marvin Rosengarten

Rosengarten was a football player at Southeast who later served as an assistant football coach, track coach, athletic director and director of athletic development. The Marvin Rosengarten Athletic Complex on the Southeast campus is named in his honor.

John Schneider

Schneider was named to the Associated Press Little All-America football team as an end in 1955 and later served Southeast as an assistant football coach, athletic director and chairman of the department of physical education.

Abe Stuber

Stuber was football and track coach at Southeast from 1932-1946 and also served as basketball coach from 1932-1935 and from 1943-1946. His track teams won seven MIAA championships and his football teams claimed three league titles, including the 1937 team that was unbeaten and untied.

Joe Uhls

Uhls was baseball coach at Southeast from 1960-1984 with a record of 373-257-5. He also served as an assistant basketball coach in the 1960s. The baseball locker room at Houck Field House is named in Uhls' honor.

Mike Vanatta

Vanatta, track and cross country from 1981-1984, won four NCAA Division II individual national championships. He won the steeplechase title in 1982, 1983 and 1984 and claimed the cross country championship in 1984 while leading Southeast to the team title.

Mike Wood

Wood established a new NCAA record for career field goals during his senior season in 1977. Wood played in the NFL with the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Chargers. His Southeast number was retired in 1978.