Southern Illinoise University Athletics

Saluki Hall of Fame

Abdulqaadir, Muhammad
Abrams, Wayne
Abrams, Corky
Adduci, Jim
Allen, Merritt
Alley, Jake
Amaya, Ashraf
Antoine, Lionel
Antwine, Houston
Babcock, Brian
Ballard, Marie
Bardo, Harold
Bass, Cecil
Battle, Jim
Baugh, Tom
Benson, Chuck
Berghuis, Mary
Bergman, Sean
Berry, Gwen
Blackman, Denise
Blaha, Sandy
Blaylock, Kerri
Boemer, Bryan
Bonali, Gloria
Bonds Williams, Bridgett
Boydson, Donald
Brechtelsbauer, Kay
Bricker, Gene
Bridges, Frank
Briggs Krismanits, Sue
Brinkman, Gary
Brooks, Clyde
Brooks, Darren
Brown, Bill
Brown Jr. , Willie
Bryson, Seymour
Bullocks, Amos
Bunyan, Chris
Canada, Harry
Carello, Gene
Carlton, Roxanne
Carpenter, Karlton
Carr, Chris
Castillo, Francisco
Coffin, Craig
Colborn, Bob
Cole, Ken
Coleman, Phil
Coontz Dugan, Janie
Cornell, Bill
Counsil, Roger
Cox, Verdie
Craddock, Oyd
Craig, Cornell
Crockett, Ivory
Cummins Kowalski, Lisa
Daily Bakker, Gail
Daniel, Donnell
Daugherty, Diane
Davies, Dorothy
Davison, Ralph
DeNoon, Don
Dearman, Jermaine
Delgado, Jorge
Dempsey, Rey
Deterding, Robin
Dickson, Robert
Digiovanni, Vince
Dunn, Hubie
Dupree, Jim
Duran-Sellers, Mallory
Dwyer, Jim
Edwards, Deke
Emery, Russell
English, J.T.
Eovaldi, Frank
Erickson, Terry
Faber Grimm, Sue
Falker, Randal
Finigan, P.J.
Finley, Steve
Finn, Terry
Firnbach, Mary Jo
Firth, Kelly
Floyd, Raymond
Foley, Bonnie
Football Team, 1983
Forde, Elvis
Franks, Michael
Frasor, Jason
Frazier, Walt
Freeberg, William
Gabbert, Scott
Gagliano, Mark
Gallatin, Harry
Gally, Chris
Garrett, Eldo "Dick"
Garrett, John
Gerlach, Kelly
Germain, Dot
Gibbs, Shelly
Glenn, Mike
Gordon, Virginia
Grandcolas, Wayne
Gray, James
Green, Bob
Gregory, Dick
Haas, Lauren
Hairston Jr. , Jerry
Hancock, Bill
Harper, John
Harre, Amy
Harrer, Ron
Hart, Jim
Hartman, Jack
Hartzog, Lew
Hashimoto Champ, JoAnne
Hastie Fitzpatrick, Lynn
Haworth Lacy, Irene
Hawthorne, Nate
Heckel, Steve
Herrera, Andre
Herrin, Rich
Heyne, Deb
Hill, Tim
Hiller, Alison
Holder, Lynn
Hollaway Zdrojewski, Colleen
Horner Smith, Jennie
Hoscheidt, John
House, Kevin
Houston, Ken
Hudson, Troy
Huff, Fred
Hunter, Gary
Illner, Julee
Ingram, Doug
Irick Stewart, Wendy
Iubelt, George
Jackson, Petra
Johnson, Rick
Jones, Richard "Itchy"
Jones, Robert
Jones, Jerry
Jones, Damon
Kee, Mike
Keeton, Rick
Kill, Jerry
Kisten, Dale
Klaus, Bruno
Koutsos, Tom
Kratochvil, Tim
Kristoff, Larry
Larsen Scouler, Barb
LeFevre, Dick
Lee, David
Lee, David
Leidy Todd, Sharon
Lemon, Sandy
Levine, Al
Lindner, Tom
Lindsey, Korey
Lingle, Leland "Doc"
Lis, Becky
Locke, Sonya
Loukas, George
Lovin, Jim
Lowery, Chris
Lucero, Wendy
MacKenzie, Ross
Macklin, Cartaesha
Mahan, Sterling
Marks, John
Martin, Glenn "Abe"
Martin, Amanda
Matreci, Pat
Mauck, Carl
Maule, Mickey
McAndrew, William
McAneney, Tom
McCall, Jeneva
McCausland, Rhonda
McClendon, Kasia
McDaniel, Elmer
McKinnis, Paul
McNeil, George
Meade, Bill
Merickel, Teri
Meriweather, Joe C.
Meyer Jerz, Helen
Middleton, Steve
Millard, Don
Miller Wolinski, Candy
Millikin, Tom
Mitchell, Rusty
Moore Jr., Oscar
Morava, Gary
Moreland , Alexis
Morrow, William
Mullins, Bryan
Murray, Rick
Napier, Rishonda
Nelson Rushing, Lindy
Newman, Mark
Nicholson Paul, Pat
Norrenberns, Bonnie
North, Tom
Norwood, Bill
O'Brien, Bill
Olden, Dana
Orlofsky, Fred
Padovan, Ray
Parkinson, Mitch
Payton, Eugene
Perkins, Sally
Phillips, James
Pierre, Dyana
Pippen, Taylor
Plab, Darren
Podolski, Stan
Potts, Pauline
Powell Auld, Judy
Price, DeAnna
Price-Smith, Connie
Pruitt, MyCole
Quinn, Burnell
Rakers, Amy
Ramsey, Joe
Rashid, Susie
Raske, Kathleen
Ratcliffe Von Jouanne, Pat
Rea, Lori
Reeves, Robert
Reis, Mike
Riley, Brittany
Robbins, Phil
Robinson, Dewey
Rock, Richard
Roggy, Bob
Roop, Bob
Ropiequet, Charles
Rowlett, Kathy
Royalty Contino, Rene
Rushing, Marion
Sambursky, Joel
Sayre, John
Schaenzer Kramer, Donna
Schley, Joe
Schmitz, Frank
Schroeck, Bob
Schuttek, Jamie
Scoggins, Cassidy
Scott, Anita
Scott, Bart
Scott, Cindy
Scott Polizzano, Linda
Sebastian, John
Shannon, Carver
Sheffer, Don
Shelton, Derek
Shields, Doug
Shipley, Rick
Shirk Eppelheimer, Mary
Silas, Sam
Simpson Fincher, Lori
Sinou, Vivian
Siracusano, Rob
Smith, Paula
Smith, Toni
Smith, John
Smith Blegan, Nancy
Smothers, Clint
Spackman, Robert "Doc"
Spencer, Terry
Sprengelmeyer, Bob
Sprengelmeyer, Roy
Starrick, Greg
Steele, Bob
Stephens, Clarence
Stieb, Dave
Stinson, Quentin
Stokes, Rip
Stout, Bethel
Stremsterfer Campbell, Erin
Stromer, Stephanie
Strusz, Charles
Stuart, Bianca
Tabacchi, Ray
Tatum, Jamaal
Taylor, Terry
Terrell, Tracey
Theobald, Rick
Thompson, Ed
Thorpe, Jo Anne
Timmons, Marcus
Townes, Bill
Tucker, Larry
Ukabam, Amarachi
Ulm, Cleo
Valentine, Wilbur
Vaughn, Charles "Chico"
Venorsky, Cheryl
Viggars, Meg
Visconage Buerkens, Sue
Vogel, Herb
Vukovich, George
Walker, Rick
Wallis, Joe
Waltemate, Scott
Warner Kiper, Julia
Warren, Charles
Warring, Char
Weber, Bruce
Welch, Harvey
Wenner, Darlene
West, Charlotte
Westfall Wells, Stacy
Whitlock, Arkee
Wilkinson, James
Williams, Kent
Williams, Wayne
Wills Cline, Judy
Wilson, Gary
Wilson, Virgil
Winters, Carisa
Woods, George
Wright, Cameron
Wrona, Dave
von Jouanne, Roger

Rick Walker

Induction:
2024
Class:
2019

Walker (1987-2019) spent 32 years on the coaching staff at SIU, including 26 seasons as head coach. He was a 13-time conference Coach of the Year and his teams won 16 conference championships, including five-straight, men's MVC titles from 1994-1999. An accomplished open-water swimmer himself, he qualified for the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Trials, won a silver medal at the Olympic Sports Festival in 1979, and held a top-50 world ranking. A 14-year member of the USA Swimming Olympic Committee, Walker was head coach and director for USA Swimming's Open Water National Team for nine years. He was also the 2012 head coach for the Egyptian Olympic team.