VERMILLION, S.D. -- Six former student-athletes and coach/administrator Jack Doyle will be inducted into the Coyote Sports Hall of Fame at a noon luncheon ceremony at The University of South Dakota on Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Commons Dining Hall on the campus of The University of South Dakota.

The honorees will include Linda Gdowski of Omaha, Neb., and Darcy Siebels-Cleveringa of Cedar Bluffs, Neb., who helped transform the women's track and field team into one of the best programs in NCAA Division II in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Other inductees include basketball players Tim Hatchett, now of Tucson, Ariz., and Mike Graves of North Sioux City, S.D., who starred at both Sioux City Heelan and USD, helping turn around the Coyote program. Inductee Brad Hodgins of Victoria, Minn., was one of the standout swimmers in school history and John House of Irving, Texas, excelled on the offensive line for the Coyotes' football squad. Doyle of Vermillion, S.D., played a key role in the building of the DakotaDome while constructing a solid athletic program at South Dakota. In addition to the Hall of Fame inductions, Ken Beringer of Vermillion, S.D., will receive USD's first-ever Volunteer of the Year Award.

The honored individuals will be recognized during a noon luncheon and at halftime of the South Dakota-Missouri Western football game on Saturday, Sept. 7. The game will begin at 7 p.m. in the DakotaDome. In addition, USD Athletics has tentatively scheduled a grand opening of the Henry Heider Memorial Hall of Fame on the main corridor of the DakotaDome at 2:30 p.m.

This Hall of Fame event represents the second time that the South Dakota Athletics Department will host Coyote Sports Hall of Fame activities separate from Dakota Days. Previously, the Hall of Fame inductees were honored during Dakota Days weekend. Biographies of the Hall of Fame inductees and Volunteer of the Year follow:

LINDA GDOWSKI - HOF INDUCTEE One of the all-time great sprinters in the NCC and NCAA Division II, Gdowski won three MVP titles, 19 NCC individual and team titles while competing for South Dakota from 1988-91. An eight-time all-American, Gdowski had 11 team or individual indoor titles and eight outdoor titles. With fellow inductee Siebels-Cleveringa, Gdowski helped transform the women's track and field program into one of the nation's best in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Gdowski, a three-time outdoors 400 meter champ in 1988-90, also won two 200 meter outdoor titles as well as anchored four winning 4x400 meter relay squads (outdoor). She was fourth in 1990 (55.03) in the 400-meter dash and anchored the third place 4x400 meter relay squads at the 1990 NCAA outdoor nationals. Indoors, she won three straight 400 meter titles from 1989-91, two 300 meter (discontinued) titles and anchored four 4x400 meter relay squads. From 1988-90, Gdowski anchored the 4x400 relay that finished fifth in 1988, second in 1989 and fourth in 1990 at the NCAA Division II indoor nationals. She still holds the NCC record in the 300 meter run at 39.82. Originally of Fremont, Neb., Gdowski scored 20 points at both the 1989 and the 1990 NCC meets. She received a BSED degree in 1991 from USD.

DARCY SIEBELS-CLEVERINGA - HOF INDUCTEE Siebels-Cleveringa, a nine-time all-American, was part of the transformation of the women's track and field program into one of the nation's best NCAA Division II squads during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Siebels-Cleveringa and fellow inductee Linda Gdowski were key members of one of the Coyotes' top all-time track and field squads as they finished eighth indoors in 1990 at the nationals. Siebels, a two-time (1989, 1991) NCC champion in the 55-meter hurdles, set a conference record in the 55-meter hurdles (8.06). Siebels, originally of Cedar Bluffs, Neb., is one of the Coyotes great all-time athletes. Not only was she a key member of the 4x400 meter relays with Gdowski, she also won the NCC heptathlon in 1990 with 4,778 points. She finished sixth in the heptathlon at the NCAA championships in 1990, scoring 4,753 points. She also was seventh at the nationals in 1989 in the heptathlon with 4,722 points. She earned a bachelor's degree in recreation in 1992 from USD.

TIM HATCHETT - HOF INDUCTEE Originally of Sioux City, Iowa, Tim Hatchett (1986-90) is one of the greatest men's basketball players in the history of South Dakota basketball and in the North Central Conference. Hatchett, the career points leader in South Dakota and NCC history, led South Dakota to its first 20-win season since 1957-58 with a 22-10 mark in 1989-90. That same year, Hatchett helped lead the Coyotes to the NCC conference tourney championship and place third in the NCAA Regional. Hatchett, a two-time all-NCC selection (1988-89, 1989-90), won the league scoring title at 24.9 per game as a senior. He remains the school's career scoring leader with 2,280 points (19.0) average. His smooth, feathery jump shot is remembered by many who watched Coyote basketball during his tenure. Hatchett, who holds the school record for blocked shots He has the two best single season point totals with 787 (1989-90) and 625 (1988-89). Hatchett, who scored 30 or more points on nine occasions, (182), has the three best seasonal blocked shot totals (63,42, 40) in school history. He is second in career rebounds with 770 (6.42 per game). He has nine of the top 40 scoring efforts in a single game in school history. Hatchett is currently the all-time leader in career field goals and sits third in the NCC record book in free throws with 328. He owns the NCC record for career points with 1,402 (19.5 per game) and career field goals in NCC play (1,014). He also finished his career fourth in the NCC in points scored in a season with 449 (24.9 per game). Hatchett scored a career best with 38 points vs. Minnesota State-Mankato on Jan. 14, 1989. Hatchett, who received a BSED degree in 1993, now lives in Tucson, Ariz.

MIKE GRAVES - HOF INDUCTEE Graves, now director of Business Case Development for the Gateway Foundation at Dakota Dunes, S.D., is one of the all-time great three-point shooting artists in South Dakota and North Central Conference history. Named all-NCC in 1989-90, Graves was a three-time academic all-North Central Conference selection. He was also honorable mention all-NCC in 1988-89. Graves, who started every game (120 games) during his brilliant career at South Dakota, is the school's record holder for three-point field goals in a season with 95 in 1989-90. Graves is second in school history in career three-point field goals with 274. Graves, who had a career high of 31 points vs. Minnesota State, Mankato on Jan. 15, 1988, averaged more than 14 points, four assists and three rebounds a game during his career at South Dakota. He has three of the top 10 3-point field goal seasons of all time. Besides the 95 in 1989-90, he had 76 in 1988-89, and 70 in 1987-88. With Tim Hatchett, he helped lead the Coyotes to its first-20-win season since 1957-58 with a 22-10 mark in 1989-90. Graves, who also starred with Hatchett at Heelan High in Sioux City, Iowa, was a second team all-state selection as a high school senior by the Des Moines Register. He earned a BSBA degree (accounting) in 1990. DR. JOHN HOUSE - HOF INDUCTEE Dr. House, a board certified urologist in Irving, Texas, was a key member of the South Dakota Coyotes football teams that captured NCC titles in 1973-74. Originally of Fremont, Neb., he was named to the all-NCC offensive unit as offensive tackle during 1976 when the Coyotes went 5-5. A 6-3, 229 pound tackle, he was a member of the 1973 and 1974 NCC conference champions. He earned four football letters and was elected offensive captain during his senior year. He lettered as a freshman when he was a reserve on the team, which won the NCC title and played in the NCAA Far West Division II regional. He started more than 30 games in his final three seasons.

BRAD HODGINS - HOF INDUCTEE Hodgins, a corporate tax consultant and certified public accountant from Victoria, Minn., was a four-time all-American swimmer at South Dakota. Hodgins set 15 USD school records and was the all-time point producer when he left USD. An eight-time NCC champion, he was the 1991 NCC Male Swimmer of the Year and the 1991 NCC Sprinter of the Year. He finished 14th in the 50-yard free style in 1990 and fifth in the 100-yard freestyle and 12th in the 50-yard free style in 1991. He also was a member of the ninth place 400-yard freestyle relay. Hodgins was a member of the 1990 team that finished second at the NCC Swimming and Diving Championships with 412 points, one of the best finishes in conference competition in school history. Hodgins won the 100-yard freestyle in 45.78, and the 300-yard freestyle in 1:43.18, in 1991. He was a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay squad that won a NCC title with a 1:35.67 clocking at the 1991 championships. Hodgins received the 1991 John Van Why Award as the outstanding male athlete of the year. A graduate of West High School in Sioux City, Iowa, he earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1991. After serving an internship with the RHA Certified Public Accountants, he earned a master's degree in business taxation from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife Tamara have two daughters, Rowan and Maia.

JACK DOYLE - HOF INDUCTEE Doyle, who served 15 years as director of athletics at South Dakota, is now a fundraiser for the USD Foundation. During his tenure as athletics director, South Dakota won 21 North Central Conference championships, seven regional titles and advanced to the NCAA playoffs on several occasions. USD earned a trip to the 1986 NCAA football title game and made consecutive appearances to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight national basketball tournament. While at USD, the DakotaDome underwent two major improvements. In June, 1996, a new eight-lane 200-meter track (48-inch lanes) was installed and later that year (July), a new artificial football turf was laid down. In addition, a Bose public address system and a Daktronics custom scoreboard were installed in the Dome. A native of Power Memorial High School in New York City, Doyle was a three-year letterwinner in track at the University of Wyoming before graduating in 1957. He earned a master's degree from Wyoming in 1966 and joined the USD staff after a successful 14-year coaching career in South Dakota high schools, including Lead and Faith. He guided Faith to a conference title during his stay from 1957-60 and became an assistant coach at Lead High School before guiding the Gold Diggers for six years, winning five Black Hills Conference titles from 1966-71. Doyle joined the USD staff in 1971 as an assistant basketball coach to Bob Mulcahy. Doyle became South Dakota's 13th men's basketball coach in 1973. He assumed the dual position of executive assistant athletics director in charge of fundraising in 1981. He guided Coyotes basketball fortunes for nine years before resigning the position in March 1982, finishing his coaching career third (currently fourth) on the all-time wins list at USD. In nine seasons, he had a record of 106-119 (.471), including a mark of 56-69 (.452) in the NCC. Doyle was named athletics director at USD in April 1983. Doyle was named the chairman of the NCAA Division II national basketball committee in 1995. He was chairman of the North Central Region Advisory Committee in Basketball, and he served on the NCAA President's Commission Liaison Committee. He is a former member of the executive committee of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Jack and his wife Lois have seven children and four grandchildren.

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - KEN BERINGER Vermillion resident Ken Beringer, a former teacher, coach and official, has a deep and loyal commitment to Coyote Athletics. He has volunteered his services to help raise funds, sell tickets, work at events and be a strong supporter of Coyote Athletics since coming to Vermillion in the mid 1960s. A 1950 graduate of Tyndall High School, Beringer attended Kansas State on a football scholarship. Selected to the South Dakota All College Team he graduated from Southern State Teachers College in 1954, lettering in several sports. From 1955 to 1965, he taught and coached in Winner, Salem, Lennox and Vermillion. During 1965-67, he served as director of residential services at USD. He returned to Vermillion High School in 1967 where he was the business manager and acting superintendent. His officiating career began with the tutelage of the late Jack Martin in 1953, and continued for 36 years. Beringer officiated the Sioux Interstate Conference, ESD, and SDIC. He also worked North Central Conference games and other high school contests. During that time period, he worked 15 state basketball tournaments. He also officiated football including working a State AA championship game at the DakotaDome in 1989. In 2001, he was inducted to the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Shrine, Officials Category. Ken and JoAnne (Baker) Beringer have three sons.