Rosie Silbaugh Stallman (2005) - Hall of Fame - St. Cloud State University Athletics

Rosie Silbaugh Stallman

Induction:
2005
Class:
1974

Rosie Silbaugh was a pioneer in women's athletics at St. Cloud State as she was a member of some of the earliest teams to compete at the intercollegiate level. The first women's intercollegiate sport team to compete at SCSU was softball in the spring of 1969. Volleyball started competing in the fall of 1969 and basketball's first competition was held in the winter of 1971. Stallman captained the 1971 and 1973 volleyball teams. In 1973, the Huskies posted a 13-8 record and won the MWIAA State Tournament. In the four seasons that Silbaugh was a member of the volleyball team, SCSU posted a 42-27 record. She played basketball during the 1970-71 season and was a student assistant coach in the winter of 1973. Silbaugh played first base and was a starter on the softball team from 1971 to 1973. In 1973 she hit .429 for the Huskies. While a student, Silbaugh served as the student athlete representative at the MWIAA State Conferences and was the historian for the Women's Recreational Association from 1972 to 1974. Silbaugh has been a collegiate softball and volleyball coach at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Minnesota State, Mankato and Texas Wesleyan University. In addition, she has been the Athletics Director at Texas Wesleyan University and Eastern New Mexico State University. She is currently the Director of Education Outreach at the NCAA. Silbaugh is a native of Austin, Minn., and currently resides in Indianapolis, Ind.