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1 3 t h a n n u a l > H a l l o f F a m e In October, Tif fin University held its 13th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in the Gillmor Center. The event, attended by nearly 400 Dragon suppor ters, always represents the high point of the Dragons athletic year and is held in conjunction with the annual Homecoming festivities. This year, five for mer athletes were honored - Kim Novotny Schwar tz, Jef f Nunn, Dean Joseph, Amy Pence, and Gregg Prenzlin. this Hall of Fame 2007 Amy Pence Jeff Nunn Dean Joseph Gregg Prenzlin Kim Novotny Schwartz 40 CHALLENGE > Winter 07|08
KIM (Novotny) SCHWARTZ Kim (Novotny) Schwartz was one of a number of two-sport athletes that flourished for Tiffin University in the 1990s. The difference now is that Schwartz joins only Dana (Kuhlman) Sendelbach and Lisa (Lucius) Beeker as Hall of Fame inductees who excelled at both volleyball and softball. JEFF NUNN The images that normally jump to mind when talking about the 1993 and 1994 Tiffin University football team usually revolve the offense - running backs Brian Diliberto and Kerrick Franklin, quarterbacks Sean McKinney and Matt Dasher, or offensive linemen like Chris Deal and Craig Derr. While sharing setter duties with Sendelbach, Schwartz managed to garner two Mid-Ohio Conference honors. She also is fourth in career assists and holds the season record for most aces. While playing for the Dragons, the team compiled a 115-51 overall record, the best string of success in the program’s history. Schwartz’s excellence, though, was even more evident on the softball diamond. She garnered three more All-Conference honors for the softball team and was a mainstay of two championship squads. But it should be noted that those teams played great defense as well. Jeff Nunn was the premier member of the linebacking corps on those squads. Over Nunn’s four seasons with the Dragons, he earned NAIA All- American honors while leading the team to national rankings and recognition. While also earning All-District 22 and Mid-States Football Association accolades, Jeff registered 229 tackles during the 1993 and 1994 seasons. Not coincidentally, the Dragons reached the NAIA Tournament during those years, including reaching the Elite Eight in 1994. In her sophomore season, the Dragons won the Mid-Ohio Conference Championship. She followed this up in her senior season by leading the Dragons to the Bi-District Championship, sending the Dragons to the NAIA National Tournament for the first time in school history. It was the first National Tournament trip for any women’s athletic program at TU. “It was a special season in 1993,” Schwartz said. “We played at Highland Park, which was a very different experience than what the current players enjoy. There were so many great athletes on those teams, not just Sendelbach and Beeker, but players like Angie (Shardo) Nunn and Jenny Kane. I’ll never forget the fact that due to the playoffs there were five of us that missed our commencement in 1993. The school did a special commencement ceremony in the courtyard just for us. It had music, flowers, and the procession, everything like a normal commencement. It was very unique for the five of us to have that opportunity. Things like that made those years very special.” Among his unforgettable moments were the Dragons victory over the University of Findlay in 1993 and a heartbreaking last second loss on a Hail Mary pass play against Westminster in 1994, a game the Dragons lost after coming back in the final minutes to retake the lead. “Those were special teams,” Nunn said. “We achieved things that can never be duplicated in the same way ever again. We helped to get the team noticed in the nation for the first time.” DEAN JOSEPH Men’s soccer was the first Tiffin University sport to garner the university national attention at the NAIA level. The list of standout men’s soccer players that have been inducted to the Tiffin University Hall of Fame reads like a roadmap of the program’s history. Dean Joseph’s sterling playing career adds another chapter to that storied history. www.tiffin.edu > 41
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