SIOUX FALLS – Six individuals with ties to the University of Sioux Falls will be inducted into the USF Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 23-24 during induction ceremonies at the McDonald's Center on the USF campus. In addition, the 2006 NAIA national football championship team will be inducted. The group of seven raises the USF Hall of Fame list to 42.

Inductees will include Luther Hippe (1983-87, men's basketball) of Chanhassen, Minn.; Nick Kortan (1999-02, football), Sioux Falls, S.D.; Dawn Morrison-Kloos (1990-1993), Montrose, S.D.; Chuck Morrell (player-1995-97,  coach, 1998-2009), Butte, Mont; Rich Greeno (1991-2004, track and field/cross country), Sioux Falls, S.D.; Lindsey Schneiderman-Smith, (2001-04, Basketball/Volleyball), Claremont, Calif. USF will also induct the 2006 National Championship Football Team, which finished 14-0 to claim the school's second national title.
 
The Hall of Fame dinner ceremony will begin with a social at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and the induction event at 7 p.m. Long-time play-by-play announcer Tom Frederick will serve as master of ceremonies. USF President Mark Benedetto will welcome attendees and inductees. USF Director of Athletics Josh Snyder will update attendees on USF Athletics and present inductees with their induction gift.
 
For those attending, induction dinner/game ticket package will be available for $40. Individuals choosing to attend only the game can purchase football game tickets for $15 for general admission and $20 for reserved. Others wishing to attend only the banquet, may purchase a ticket for $25.
 
USF Athletics Hall of Fame inductees –

?Luther Hippe – Basketball, 1983-87
Hippe, who lives in Chanhassen, Minn., with his wife, Emily, and three children, George (6) and twins Ingrid and Levi (4), serves as the Director of Operations/Team Travel with the Minnesota Vikings. Hippe attended USF from 1984-88 where he played four years of varsity basketball, amassing 1,589 points (8th all-time) and 912 rebounds (3rd all-time) while being named to the SDIC all-conference team three times. He served two years as team captain and also played two years of varsity baseball. He earned an undergraduate degree in mass communications in 1987 and a Master's degree in sports management from Minnesota State-Mankato in 1994.  A 1983 Sioux Falls Washington graduate, Hippe participated in football and basketball, earning MVP honors for the 1980-81 Warrior sophomore cage team. A deadly left-handed shooter, Hippe helped lead the 1982-83 Washington High School boys basketball team to a perfect 23-0 season as the Warriors became only the fifth team in the history of South Dakota Class 'A' basketball to go undefeated. As a senior, he averaged 17.4 ppg and 11.0 rpg as the Warriors won their first state title since 1971. Luther was named to the Sioux Interstate All-Conference Basketball Team, KCAU Major 9 All-Regional Basketball Team, South Dakota Class 'A' All-Tournament Team, Argus Leader First Five Basketball Team and South Dakota Class 'A' Basketball Team. Selected South Dakota's Mr. Basketball, he was an honorable mention selection to the 1983 National High School Boys Basketball All America Team.   

Lindsey Schneiderman-Smith, Women's Basketball/Volleyball, 2001-04
?Schneiderman-Smith, originally of Brandon, S.D., now lives in Claremont, Calif. She played basketball at Moorhead State University for one year before transferring USF where she played basketball and volleyball for the Cougars.  While at USF, she accumulated six All Conference, five All Region, two All Tournament, and an All American award.  Schneiderman-Smith was selected first team All-GPAC as an outside hitter as a junior and senior and was second team as a sophomore. A four-year starter in volleyball, she eamed NAIA Second Team All-Region IV as sophomore and junior.  On the basketball floor, she averaged 12.8 ppg, 2.0 assists and 4.6 rebounds as a junior for the USF WBB Team, which reached the NAIA Final Four in 2003. Schneiderman holds the school record for free throwing shooting at 86.4 percent (114-132) in 2003-04. Named All-GPAC first team in 2002-03, she finished with 1,188 points, which ranked ninth when she left USF.  A 2000 graduate from Brandon Valley High School, she earned eight varsity letters - four each in volleyball and basketball and was inducted into Brandon Valley's Hall of Fame in 2014.  She led BV volleyball team to third place in the state tournament, earning All-Tournament honors.  She set school records for attack percentage and kills, was named all-conference three times and earned All State twice.  After her senior season, Schneiderman-Smith was named to the South Dakota Volleyball Elite 6 Team.  On the basketball court, Lindsey helped lead her team to two state tournament appearances.  She established school records for points in a season and season scoring average during her career.  A finalist for Miss Basketball in South Dakota, Schneiderman-Smith was honored twice as an All-Tournament selection, three times as an All-Conference selection, and was twice named to the All-State Team. She and her husband, Josh Smith, have two children, Vanessa, 6; and Nathan, 4.


Rich Greeno, Track and Field/Cross Country, 1991-2004 
?Born near Amherst, S.D., Greeno is an iconic figure in South Dakota track and field.  Greeno was track and cross country coach at the University of Sioux Falls from 1991-2004. At USF, his teams won conference cross country championships four times and six times he was named coach of the year. A1946 Langford High School graduate, Greeno, who won a S.D. 440-yard individual title in 1946, earned an undergraduate degree from Northern State in 1950.  A cross country and boys track coaching legend at Lincoln High in Sioux Falls, Greeno, who coaching career spanned six decades, was at Sioux Falls Lincoln from 1968-90. While at LHS, the Patriots won 11 state cross country titles, including all but one in the 1970s, and the track team won eight state titles, including all but one from 1969-76. Six times in each sport his teams finished second at state. His teams put together win streaks of 87 cross country duals and 52 track duals. Greeno, who began coaching in 1950 at Philip, also coached from 1954-68 at Yankton, where he was athletic director and track and cross country coach. Greeno's record includes 36 conference titles, 31 regional titles and 19 state titles in cross country and track, 76 relay or individual state champions and 13 individual cross country gold medal winners. Greeno was named to the National High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and later selected to the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. He was named national high school track coach of the year in 1974 and national cross country coach of the year in 1990. Rich and his late wife, Rosemary, have a son Mark Greeno, and daughter, LuAnn Murren, along with four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Nick Kortan, Football, 1999-02
?Kortan, originally of Tabor and now living in Sioux Falls, S.D., ranks as one of the program's all-time great running backs. Kortan is now the chief financial officer and V.P. of Corporate Operations at SDN Communications. While at USF, Kortan, who was named NAIA Player of the Year in 2002, rushed 762 times for 4,331 yards and 63 total TDs as USF was 36-11 during his time as a Cougar. He led USF to the title game in 2001 in a 12-2 season and was on the 12-1 2002 team that reached the NAIA semifinals. His TDs, carries and yardage totals all rank third all-time at USF. As a senior, he rushed for 1,606 yards and 21 TDs. Kortan also had 16 receptions for 205 yards and TD in 2002. In 2001, he had 259 carries for 1,678 yards and 22 TDs with 14 catches for 529 yards and six TDs. Named an NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete, Kortan was a two-time All-GPAC first-team selection, named first-team NAIA All-American in 2002 and honorable mention All-American in 2001. He was named the GPAC Player of the Year in 2002 and selected two-time all-conference selection in 2001 and 2002. Kortan, a 2003 graduate of USF in professional accountancy and business administration, obtained his Certified Public Accounting (CPA) license after graduation and he worked in public accounting at Eide Bailly for nine years before taking his current role. He is on the board of directors for the Special Olympics of South Dakota and Junior Achievement. Kortan married 2006 USF grad Chelsey Nelson, a PA at Sanford Health. They have two boys.

Chuck Morrell, 1995-97, 1997-2009, Football
?Morrell, who is the director of athletics and head football coach at Montana Tech, played and coached for the USF Cougars from 1995-2009. Morrell, originally of Springfield, S.D., played strong safety for USF from 1995-97, registering 13 interceptions for 113 yards, a total that ranked eighth at USF when he finished his eligibility. Morrell, who finished with 170.5 career tackles, started for the 1996 team that won the school's first ever national championship (NAIA). In that season, he actually scored the team's first TD when he had a 65-yard interception return in a 58-6 season-opening win over Concordia College. In total Morrell finished with 63 tackles, a team-high six interceptions, 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery. As a senior, he earned a spot on the NAIA All-American Honorable Mention team, finishing with 82 tackles, four interceptions, two sacks, five TFLs and a fumble recovery. He earned the Burger King Scholar Athlete Award and was an NAIA Academic All-America. Morrell twice earned All-SDIC honors, including first team in 1997. After graduation, he served as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for USF as the Cougars played in five NAIA national championship games, winning three titles (2006, 2008, 2009).  From 2006-2009, the Cougars were the most dominant program in the NAIA, with a record of 56-1 and their only loss in that span was in the 2007 national title game. Morrell directed one of the elite defenses of all-time at the NAIA level when USF allowed just 83 points in 14 games or 5.9 ppg in 2008. The Cougars led the nation by holding opponent to 109.1 ypg in total defense, a total which still ranks 11th all-time in NAIA today. The defense held opponents to 343 yards rushing total in 14 games.  Coach Morrell, who produced 44 All-Conference and 11 All-American defensive players at Sioux Falls, has released numerous DVDs on his "uptempo 3-4 defense."  Morrell has guided the Oredigger football program for six years with a 25-29 overall record. Named Frontier Conference Coach of the Year in 2015, he guided the Orediggers to a 10-2 overall record and a second Frontier Conference Championship and automatic post season appearance. A year ago Montana Tech rose to No. 5 in the final regular season poll, the highest ranking since 1997. The Orediggers hosted their first post season game since 1997 and earned their first post season victory since 2005 defeating No. 18 Dickinson State 44-10. The Orediggers defeated perennial power Carroll College twice in 2015, a first since 1999, He lives in Butte with his wife Jen, and two daughters, Selene and Aleia.  
 
Dawn Morrison-Kloos, Women's Basketball, 1990-94

Originally of Montrose, S.D., Dawn Morrison Kloos finished her career with 1,391 points, 5^th all-time in USF Women's ?basketball history.  Currently, she works in the accounting department at Bancorp in Sioux Falls. At USF, she set a school record with 42 points in a game in 1992, which is tied with Janice Ball for the best mark in a program's history. As a senior in 1993-94, Morrison averaged 14.1 ppg and 8.1 rebounds as USF finished 13-14. In her career, she hit 553-of-1,385 field goals (39.9 percent), 270-of-440 free throws for 61.3 percent. She accumulated 680 rebounds, 211 assists and 166 steals. In her final three seasons from 1991-94, she had 414 (sophomore, 1991-92), 390 (junior, 1992-93, 1) and 379 (senior, 1993-94) points, averaging double digits in points each year.  At Montrose High School, she was named to the SD All-State Team.  She and her husband Jake Kloos, are graduates of USF. She earned an elementary education degree in 1995.
 

2006 National Championship Football Team
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Directed by head coach Kalen DeBoer, now the offensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan, the Cougars finished 14-0 with the school's second ever national NAIA championship. The 2006 championship team becomes the second USF team to earn Hall of Fame induction, joining in the 1996 Football Championship Team, which was inducted in 2006.

The Cougars, which finished 10-0 in the Great Plains Conference and 8-0 at home, rolled up a 541-to-102 point differential in rolling to the title. USF defeated previously unbeaten and top-ranked  St. Francis, 23-19, in the NAIA championship game at Savannah, Tenn. Earlier in the playoffs, #2 USF defeated Jamestown (N.D.), 48-10, in the first round; Morningside College (Iowa), 37-7, in the quarterfinals; and Missouri Valley, 25-18 in the semifinals. In the title game, the Cougars broke from a 13-13 time with 10 third quarter points, including a one-yard TD run by Mike Dvoracek, as they defeated St. Francis, which also had "Cougars" as the team nickname. USF also had a 89-yard kickoff return for a TD by Trey Erickson while quarterback Chad Cavender connected with Dusty Hovorka, a four-time 1,000-yard receiver and All-American, on a 37-yard TD pass. 

Cavender (246-358-3,,674 yards, 38 TDs, 6 int.) was named the NAIA National Player of the Year and first-team All-American as he directed an offense that generated 435.9 yards per game while allowing just 188.3 yards per game to opponents. In total, USF had four All-Americans, including Dvoracek (274-1,374-18 TDs), WR Trey Erickson (51 rec., 635 yards, 933 return yards, 6 total TDs, two on special teams) and WR Dusty Hovorka (76 receptions, 1,304 yards, 19 TDs – tied school record), who is now USF's offensive coordinator.  The team also had six honorable mention All-Americans including offensive lineman Zach Campbell, tight end Josiah Fenceroy (50 receptions, 804 yards, 8 TDs), defensive back Jason Glasco (45T, 2 TFLs, 6 int., FR, 2 FF), defensive lineman Letarius Lee (31.5T, 10 TFLs, 7 sacks, int.) and linebackers Dan DeJong (56.6T, 10.5 TFLs, 5 sacks, int., 3 FF) and Adam Paulson (63T, 16.5 TFLs, 9 sacks, int., four FR, FF). In total, 17 USF players were selected all-league with eight named first team, four to second team and five honorable mention.