St. Cloud State University welcomed its newest group of SCSU Athletic Hall of Fame inductees an on-campus ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 5.  The 2019 inductees included Dawn Anderson, Kerry Brodt Wethington, Brooke Gentzler, Phil Herbold, Cami Selbitschka Enke, Marissa Tieszen Rustad and Ruth Nearing.
The day opened with the SCSU-Concordia St. Paul football game at 1 p.m. followed by a Hall of Fame reception in the Atwood Theatre Lobby and the Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Stewart Hall's Ritsche Auditorium.
This marked the 31st induction ceremony since the Hall of Fame was formed in 1982. This class brings the total Hall of Fame membership to 202 individuals and three teams.Â
Congratulations to the SCSU Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019!
Nominate for the St. Cloud State Athletic Hall of Fame 2019 SCSU Athletic Hall of Fame Bios:
 Dawn Anderson (Women's Basketball 1981-85):
Anderson was a four-year standout for the St. Cloud State University women's basketball team, where she earned letters all four seasons. One of the top guards in the storied history of St. Cloud State women's basketball, Anderson broke the team's single season assist record for two consecutive seasons and set the team's current mark with 227 assists during the 1984-85 campaign. She owns team career records with 705 assists and 400 career steals from 1981 to 1985. Other records of note that Anderson still owns to this day include single season steals at 166 (1983-84), single game steals with 10 against St. Catherine in 1982 and single game assists with 14 against Texas A&I in 1983. Over Anderson's tenure at SCSU, the Huskies charted a 97-25 overall record from 1981 to 1985. SCSU won three Northern Sun Conference championships in 1982, 1983 and 1984, and helped SCSU place second in the Huskies inaugural season in the always rugged North Central Conference in 1984-85. SCSU won NCAA DII North Central Region tournament titles in 1984 and 1985 and advance to the NCAA Elite 8 in those seasons. Anderson earned American Women's Sports Federation All-America honors in 1984 and 1985.
Kerry Brodt Wethington (Women's Golf 1991-95/Coach Women's Hockey 1998-02):
Kerry Brodt Wethington was a four-time national qualifier for St. Cloud State University at the Division II women's golf national championships during her college career. She earned All-America honors in women's golf in 1992 and is the first (and only) All-America award winner in the history of the SCSU women's golf program. A team captain on the golf team, Brodt Wethington is a 1995 graduate of St. Cloud State. A standout amateur hockey player, Brodt Wethington played club hockey during her time on campus and went on to coach high school hockey at St. Paul North Tartan High School prior to being named the the first head women's hockey coach at SCSU in 1998. She went on to coach the Huskies for four seasons from 1998 to 2002. In 2000-01, Brodt Wethington was named the WCHA Coach of the Year as the Huskies charted a 17-16-2, 12-10-2 WCHA record that season that included wins Minnesota, Wisconsin and Minnesota Duluth. Brodt Wethington along with her family (Jack, Marlene, Chelsey, Winny and Vic Brodt) were inducted into the Herb Brooks Foundation Youth Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017 for their long-standing commitment to the development of hockey in Minnesota.
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Current and previous SCSU Athletic Hall of Fame inducteesBrooke Gentzler (Softball 2001-04):
One of the most prolific power hitters in the history of the St. Cloud State University softball program, Brooke Gentzler set numerous team records during her collegiate career with the Huskies from 2001 to 2004. Gentzler set the team record for best batting average in a season in 2003 at .431 and still owns the career batting average mark at .391 from 2001 to 2004. Her career records at SCSU include most home runs (42), RBIs (161), total bases (453) and extra base hits (89), and she ranks second in the team records with 273 career hits. In her epic 2003 campaign, Gentzler set team season standards with 17 homers, 146 total bases and 31 extra base hits. A four-time All-NCC and a three-time All-Region selection, Gentzler was named to the NFCA All-America team in 2003. The SCSU Senior Athlete of the Year award recipient in 2004, Gentzler helped the Huskies win North Central Conference championships in 2003 and 2004 along with NCAA tournament bids in 2002, 2003 and 2004. She capped her collegiate tenure by guiding the Huskies to the NCAA DII North Central Region title and a third place finish at the NCAA Division II championships in 2004 – the Huskies' first and only appearance at the NCAA championships. An NFCA and NCC All-Academic award winner, Gentzler was drafted by the New England Riptide of the National Professional Fastpitch League in 2004 but had already committed to an internship at the Mayo Clinic. Gentzler went on to graduate from the Mayo School of Health Sciences Nuclear Medicine Program and currently works as an Operations Coordinator in Nuclear Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In 2015, Gentzler graduated with a Masters of Science in Healthcare Management degree from the Minnesota School of Business. A member of the Austin High School Athletic Hall of Fame, Gentzler has coached 12U and 16U girls fastpitch teams and has led softball hitting clinics for high school teams in the Rochester area. She is an active mentor in her community and enjoys volunteering at the Salvation Army and Boys' and Girls' Club. Gentzler currently lives just north of Rochester in Oronoco, MN and enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Phil Herbold (Wrestling 1978-83):
A major force on the mats for the St. Cloud State University wrestling team in the early 1980s, Phil Herbold is one of only nine Huskies to earn All-America status four times during their college wrestling careers. Herbold gained All-America status for the first time in 1979 with an eighth place finish at the NCAA DII championships. He went on to earn All-America status in 1981 (seventh place), 1982 (seventh place) and 1983 (fourth place). In his final season with the Huskies, Herbold helped lead SCSU to a seventh place team finish at the NCAA Division II championships. Herbold was also recognized as the team's Dean Weisman Outstanding Wrestler of the Year award recipient in 1982.
 Cami Selbitschka Enke (Volleyball 1993-96):
An AVCA All-America award recipient in 1996 and a three-time All-North Central Conference award winner, Cami Selbitschka Enke was a driving force behind the success of the St. Cloud State University volleyball squads from 1993 to 1996. She helped the Huskies advance twice to the NCAA tournament during her time on campus, which included the historic 1995 season in which SCSU won the NCAA Division II North Central Regional and advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite 8 for the first time in team history. Selbitschka Enke still owns the team's career kills record with 1,567 and ranks among the top 10 in several career categories including service aces (9th with 136), kill attempts (2nd with 3,792), digs (6th with 1,159) and points (2nd with 1805.5). In SCSU's season record book, Selbitschka Enke still owns the team record for kills with 616 in 1996. She owns the team's single game record for kills with 32 in matches against Northern State and South Dakota State during the 1996 season and hit double digits for kills in a game 69 times during her college career (including 21 matches with 20-plus kills). Selbitschka Enke and her husband Mike have three children. Alec is 23, Hayden is 14, and Elijah is 13. She spent 10 years in a corporate role for Target and is now a volunteer in her hometown for the Rochester Ronald McDonald House and was elected a member of the Executive Board of Directors with the Ronald McDonald House.Â
Marissa Tieszen Rustad (Women's Swimming and Diving 1991-95):
A record setting member of the St. Cloud State University women's swimming and diving team, Tieszen Rustad gained multiple All-America and All-North Central Conference honors during her collegiate career. In 1992, Tieszen Rustad earned All-America status in the 50 freestyle (7th place) along with All-America awards as part of the 200 medley relay (fifth place) and the 200 free relay (6thplace). She added a second All-America award in the 50 freestyle (16th place) in 1993 along with the 200 free relay in 10th place. In 1994, Tieszen Rustad gained All-America relay honors in the 200 medley (4th place) and the 400 medley relay (9th place) and charted a 7th place All-America finish in the 50 freestyle. To finish her sterling college tenure, Tieszen Rustad claimed her fourth All-America award in the 50 freestyle (11th place) and also added a 12th place All-America finish in the 100 freestyle. She finished her career with a seventh place finish in the 200 free relay, which was her 11th All-America performance at SCSU. She also won North Central Conference titles in the 50 freestyle in 1992 and 1994. Tieszen Rustad served as a team captain, was named a team MVP and gained national All-Academic honors at SCSU.  She is currently working at two small start-up companies, managing the day to day operations. A resident of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Tieszen Rustad and her husband have two children.
 Dr. Ruth Nearing, PhD. (Coach – Women's Swimming and Diving 1970-80, Track and Field 1972-74):
One of the early leaders of women's intercollegiate athletics at St. Cloud State University, Dr. Ruth Nearing, PhD., started the women's swimming and diving program at the University in 1970. She served as a HPERSS professor (Developmental/Adapted Physical Education) at St. Cloud State University for four decades and served as the Huskies' swimming and diving coach from 1970-81, synchronized swimming advisor from 1970-80 and as the women's track and field coach from 1972-74. Under the direction of Nearing, the SCSU women's swimming and diving teams, SCSU won an MWIAA championship in 1972 and in 1980, Jane Baltes was the first woman to earn All-America status for the Huskies. The recipient of the Marie Berg Award in 2019 from the Minnesota Coalition of Women in Athletic Leadership, Nearing graduated from East Stroudsburg State College and later earned her master's degree in health and physical education from East Stroudsburg. She received her Ph.D. in physical education from Texas Women's University and worked as Elizabethtown College before joining the faculty at SCSU in 1970. A recognized national leader in the area of adapted aquatics, Nearing received her AAHPERD Aquatic Council credential in Adapted Aquatics in 1993 and was named to the AAHPERD Aquatic Council Faculty in Adapted Aquatics in 1995. An active volunteer with the American Red Cross throughout her life, Nearing has received numerous awards from that organization and in 1991, the American Red Cross, Central Minnesota Red Cross Chapter established the Ruth J. Nearing Award for Excellence in Aquatic Instruction, which recognizes individuals who excel in the teaching aquatics in the Central Minnesota chapter.
