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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Pamela Raetz Benoit ’95

Sport: Swimming
Titles: Three NCC titles
Achievements: 1994 NCAA Division II Swimming Championships – breaststroke: third in 100 and 200; medley relays: fourth in 100, ninth in 400
School records: 100 and 200 breaststroke, 200 and 400-medley relays
Current residence: Rice
Career: Special education teacher, St. Cloud School District
Comment: 11-time All American and competed in the NCAA Division II swimming championships each of her four years of competition.

Karen Scott ’85

Sport: Tennis
Titles: Two individual and two doubles state titles and regional singles and doubles championships
Team titles: Three conference championship teams
School records: Best career won/loss percentage (83%), best career singles winning percentage (87%), best career doubles winning percentage (80%), best single-season winning percentage in singles (94%)
Current residence: Bloomington
Career: Sixth grade reading teacher at Valley Middle School
Comment: Probably the most dominant women’s tennis player in St. Cloud State history.

Grant Nelson ’63

Sport: Wrestling
Titles: Conference (two), national (one)
Team titles: conference; third place at national NAIA
School records: Five
Current residence: Prescott, Wis.
Career: Retired after long career at West Publishing
Comment: In 1962, Grant won a conference title at 147 pounds with a 17-2 record that included pins of each of his opponents at the conference meet. Still very supportive and involved in the Husky wrestling program.

Bob Wolff ’62

Sports: Football and basketball
Team titles: Three conference titles, one district title in basketball
Member: St. Cloud State team in the 1962 National NAIA Tournament
Honors: All-conference in basketball
Current residence: Hackensack
Career: Taught at the St. Cloud State Laboratory School; was head tennis coach in 1967 and 1968 when the team won conference titles; Holt, Rinehart and Winston Publishing Co.
Comment: Bob was a member of the 1959 undefeated freshman basketball team.

Judi McDonald Larkin ’85

Sport: Tennis
Titles: Individual state and regional championships, state doubles title
Honors: NCC Academic At-Large Team, 1985
Team titles: Three conference championship teams
School records: Won 77 career doubles matches
Current residence: St. Cloud
Career: Since 2000, she has been the head men’s and women’s golf coach at St. Cloud State
Comment: Judi and doubles partner Karen Scott were the first St. Cloud State women’s tennis players to compete in an NCAA championship.

Jack Conley ’43

Sport: Basketball, baseball
Titles: Three-time all conference player, basketball
Team titles: Led the Husky basketball team to the National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament in 1944
Honors: Member, Minnesota State High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame / Deceased
Career: Teacher, coach and athletic director at three Minnesota high schools
Comment: Jack also ran track for St. Cloud State.

Jim Stanek ’51

Sport: Head Husky baseball coach 1968-78
Team titles: Five conference titles and led team to third place in the 1969 National NAIA Tournament
Current residence: St. Cloud
Career: Retired from baseball coaching in 1978 and continued as an assistant and later associate professor in the physical education department until 1991
Comment: Jim’s overall record was 187-114-4 and his 1971 team placed third in the regional tournament.

Distinguished Service Award
Jeff Passolt ’81

A well-known media personality, Passolt has emceed numerous events for St. Cloud State, including the annual Sportacular.

Career: News anchor at FOX 9 TV, Twin Cities
Awards: Three Emmys for Best News Anchor
Sport: Hockey, 1977-81
Recognition: 136 career points, 11th on the St. Cloud State all-time scoring chart
Current residence: Plymouth
Comment: As a student-athlete at St. Cloud State, Jeff got his first taste of television when he took TV production classes.