DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The College of St. Scholastica Athletics Department will induct its ninth Hall of Fame Class Friday evening in the Benedictine Commons of the Science Center on campus.
The 2019 class includes a multitude of All-Americans in former men's hockey standout Scott Curwin, volleyball's Penny Rivard, baseball's Corey Kemp and softball's Erica Bond Kozacek. Also being inducted will be the 2004 NAIA Regional Champion softball team.
Scott Curwin will be the sixth former men's hockey player inducted, while Penny Rivard will be the fourth former volleyball player inducted. Erica Bond Kozacek and Corey Kemp will be fifth individuals elected from their sports, respectively. The 2004 softball team will be the ninth team elected to the St. Scholastica Athletics Hall of Fame.
The social hour begins at 6 p.m., while the dinner and program starts at 7 p.m. all in the Benedictine Commons.
2019 INDUCTEES
Penny Rivard – Volleyball – 1982-85
Rivard was a two-time National Little College Athletic Association (NLCAA) First Team All-American in 1985 and 1986. Rivard was part of the 1983 and 1984 NLCAA National Championship teams. Rivard is already part of the CSS Athletics Hall of Fame as the 1984 team was inducted in 2015. She was named to the NLCAA All-Tournament team in 1985 and was described by Hall of Fame Head Coach Paul Stein as the "best middle hitter I ever coached".
Scott Curwin – Men's Hockey – 1982-86
Curwin was a two-time American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) All-American for the Saints in 1984-85 and 1985-86. The two-time All-NCHA choice ranks second in program history in career points (175) and is tied for second all-time with an 87 career goals. Curwin holds the program record for career power-play goals (32), as well as, power-play goals in a season (18). He was named the team's Most Valuable Player for the 1984-85 season and the team's Rookie of the Year in 1982-83.
Corey Kemp – Baseball – 1998-2001
Kemp was a two-time honorable mention NAIA All-American in 2000 and 2001. He was named the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference's (UMAC) Pitcher of the Year those two seasons and was a three-time First Team All-UMAC selection (1998, 2000 and 2001). He was named to the 1999 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team. He was twice-named the team's Most-Outstanding Pitcher, which the award is now named after him. Kemp still holds program records for career wins (29) and career strikeouts (258).
Erica Kozacek – Softball – 2006-07 
Kozacek was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Third Team All-American in 2006 as she was part of squad that made its first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. The two-time NFCA First Team All-Region selection holds the program record for slugging percentage in a career (.880), slugging percentage in a season (.932) and is the only player in program history to hit at least 10 home runs in a season multiple times.
2004 Softball Team
The 2004 softball team is the only team in program history to win a NAIA Regional Championship. In its only NAIA National Tournament appearance the squad won its first game, only to be a eliminated by a pair of one-run losses that followed, one of which in a program record 13 innings. The team featured First Team NAIA All-American and CSS Hall of Famer Laura Heise and four NFCA First Team All-Region selections in Heise, Kristi Erickson, Missy Erickson and Jen Vancura. UMAC Coach of the Year Jen Walter led the team to a program record 40 wins as well as a program-best winning percentage (.833).
