DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – After the event was postponed last year due to the pandemic, The College of St. Scholastica will finally induct its 10
th class into its Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday night in the Mitchell Auditorium.
The Saints will recognize the 2020 class Saturday night which includes the 2000 NAIA Regional Champion Baseball Team, along with a member of that squad Greg Young. Former NCAA Division III Women's Track & Field National Qualifier Jen (Houck) Zwick, former two-time NCAA Women's Cross Country National Qualifier Katelyn (Meger) Mathison, a three-time First Team All-UMAC Men's Basketball standout Derek Johnson and two-time UMAC Men's Soccer Player of the Year Toby Peter makeup this year inductees.
Due to last year's postponement a 2021 class will not be announced.
The event begins at 7 p.m. Saturday night and can also be viewed online at
https://livestream.com/accounts/14881862/events/9881581
Your 2020 Hall of Fame Class
2000 Baseball Team
The 2000 Baseball Team is the only Regional Champion in program history capturing the NAIA Region 3 Title. At the time, the team set a single-season program record with 41 victories and is still just one of two teams to reach at least 40 wins in a season. The team featured CSS Athletics Hall of Famer Justin Harriman, who was a First Team NAIA All-American, and CSS Athletics Hall of Famer Leland Swenson, who was a Second Team NAIA All-American and NAIA Region 3 Player of the Year. Chris LePine and CSS Hall of Famer Corey Kemp were named Honorable Mention All-Americans. CSS Hall of Fame Head Coach John Baggs was named the American Baseball Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the NAIA Coach of the Year. The 540 runs scored that season remains a program record.
Greg Young – Baseball – 1999-2002
Young was a two-time NAIA All-American in 2001 and 2002 and was named the NAIA Region Player of the Year in 2001. He earned NAIA All-Region accolades three times, being named First Team All-Region in 2001 and 2002 and Second Team accolades in 2000. He was also named the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002. Young continues to hold program records for career batting average (.455) and slugging percentage (.769) and is tied with a program-best 19 career triples. He ranks second in program history with 24 career home runs and 176 RBIs.
Jen (Houck) Zwick – Women's Track & Field – 2003-07
Houck was the Women's Track & Field program's first National Qualifier in 2007 when she competed at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 10,000m run. Houck placed 12
th at those championships. The three-time All-UMAC choice was a two-time Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Outdoor Champion in the 800m run and also captured the 5,000m title in 2007. Houck still holds program records in the outdoor 10k and in the indoor 1,500m. She was also a three-time All-UMAC selection in cross country.
Derek Johnson – Men's Basketball – 2003-07
Johnson is just one of two players in the Men's Basketball program's history to earn First Team All-UMAC accolades three times in his career. The 2007 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player ranks sixth in program history with 1,364 career points. Johnson is one of three players in program history to score at least 500 points in a season and holds the program's single-game scoring mark with 44 points. He holds the top two single-season marks for 3-pointers made and for 3-pointers made in a career (313).
Katelyn (Meger) Mathison – Women's Cross Country – 2008-10
Meger became the Women's Cross Country program's first runner to qualify for back-to-back NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. Meger placed 43
rd at both of those championships in 2008 and 2009. She also became the first NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country recipient of the Elite 88 Academic Award. She posted back-to-back top-10 finishes at the NCAA Central Region Championships to earn All-Region accolades and was the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Individual Cross Country Champion in 2008. Meger was a four-time UMAC track & field champion in the 5,000m, winning three outdoor titles and one indoor title.
Toby Peter – Men's Soccer – 2007-10
Peter was the first Men's Soccer player to be named the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year on multiple occasions, being named in 2007 and 2009. He is the only player in program history to be named Player of the Year in his freshman season. The four-time First Team All-UMAC choice was named the 2009 UMAC Tournament Most Valuable Player and holds the program record for game-winning goals in a season. Peter ranks 10
th in program history with 102 career points. Off the field, Peter was twice named a College Sports Information Director of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American, earning First Team honors in 2011.
