Five athletes, a legendary head coach and two long-time Vermillion residents will be honored at the 2017 Henry Heider Coyote Sports Hall of Fame ceremony to take place Oct. 13 ahead of the Coyotes' home football game against Indiana State. The new class includes: quarterback Wesley Beschorner '05, pole vault champion Sam Pribyl '06, all-American sprinter Tom Green '02, all-NCC basketball players Julia (Frie) Schlekeway '03 and Heather (Nelson) Olson '04, men's basketball coach Dave Boots, and USD supporters Ken and JoAnne Beringer.
 
Beschorner, who grew up in Lohrville, Iowa, set 33 program records during a four-year career that culminated with first-team all-America honors and a runner-up finish for national player of the year as a senior in 2005. Beschorner passed for 6,240 yards and 64 touchdowns in three years at the quarterback position. He also ran for 1,236 yards and 22 scores. Beschorner led the Coyotes to back-to-back 9-2 campaigns and to an NCC Championship in 2005.
 
Beschorner played arena football for more than a year before returning to the Coyotes as a graduate assistant coach prior to the 2006 season. He spent 10 years on the coaching staff at USD including seven years as offensive coordinator and four as associate head coach. Beschorner was an offensive quality control coach at Pitt during the 2016 season, and is currently the quarterbacks coach at Rice University. He and his wife, Kiki, have three sons, Burke, Rhett and Troy.
 
Pribyl, who grew up in Webster, South Dakota, is a five-time all-American in the pole vault. He helped lead the Coyotes to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA outdoor championship meet in 2006 when he won the pole vault title with a state record vault of 17 feet, 8.5 inches. It was his fifth top-six finish at nationals to go with seven NCC championships. Pribyl was voted NCC Track and Field Outstanding Men's Athlete in 2006.
 
After completing his eligibility, Pribyl served as a graduate assistant coach for the Coyotes. He moved to Jonesboro, Arkansas, in 2009 to train with Earl Bell, a three-time Olympian and former world record holder in the pole vault. Pribyl traveled the country and continued to compete until March of 2016. He cleared 18-1 for a personal best in 2013. Pribyl currently lives in Sioux Falls and works at Highway Improvement, Inc. He and his wife, Mary, have two young children, Tommy and Bridget.
 
Green, who grew up in Hornick, Iowa, is an eight-time all-American and two-time national runner-up. He placed second outdoors in the 200-meter dash in 2000, and was second indoors in the 60-meter dash in 2002. Green had three other top-four national finishes throughout his career. He remains the Coyotes' record holder in four events, including the 100- and 200-meter dashes outdoors (10.10s and 20.77s, respectively), and the 55- and 60-meter dashes indoors (6.31s and 6.73s, respectively).
 
Upon graduation, Green moved to San Diego, California, where he trained for the 2004 Olympics at the Olympic Training Center. He retired from track and field in 2006, and started a personal training business called GreenSpeed Training Facility. He resides in San Diego.
 
Schlekeway and Olson were senior teammates during the Coyotes' 2002-03 run to the Sweet 16. That team finished with a 27-5 record and captured the NCC championship.
 
Schlekeway, who grew up in Byron, Minnesota, near Rochester, was an all-NCC forward who became the third USD female athlete to receive the prestigious Stan Marshall Award (NCC Athlete of the Year). She finished her career with program ranks of seventh for points (1,302), eighth for steals (154) and 11^th for rebounds (595). Schlekeway was named an Academic All-American in 2003 after carrying a 4.0 grade point average in biology and chemistry.
 
Upon graduation, Schlekeway earned her doctorate degree from Mayo School of Health Sciences in 2007. She and her husband, Mark, moved to Brandon, South Dakota, shortly thereafter. Schlekeway works for Avera in an out-patient physical therapy clinic. The couple has two daughters, Griffen and Leighton, and a son, Talan.
 
Olson, who grew up in nearby Yankton, was a two-time all-NCC performer who compiled 1,326 points (seventh all-time), 496 rebounds, 159 steals (ninth), and 64 blocks (ninth). She averaged 14 points and led the Coyotes in steals as a senior. She led the team in rebounds as a freshman when she averaged 13.4 points.
 
Olson has earned a bachelor's degree, master's degree, and, this past December, a doctorate in administration all from USD. She taught math in Watertown, South Dakota, for two years upon completing her undergraduate studies before returning to Coyote women's basketball as a graduate assistant for coach Chad Lavin. She taught at Yankton High School for seven years and is now an assistant principal at the middle school. Olson and her husband, Justin, have three kids, Burkley, Mathea and Oxford.
 
Boots is the winningest coach in program history, posting a 503-235 record for a win percentage of .681. He led the Coyotes to 23 consecutive winning seasons from 1989-2011, 10 NCAA Division II Tournaments, six NCC titles, and back-to-back Elite Eight appearances in 1993 and 1994. At the Division I level, Boots won a Great West Championship in 2010, which culminated with a berth in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
 
Boots amassed 618 wins in 32 seasons as a head basketball coach. He retired in 2013 with the 14^th-most wins in Division II history and is a seven-time coach of the year honoree. Boots began his coaching career at Anoka Ramsey Community College and spent six years at Augsburg College before arriving in Vermillion.
 
Boots and his wife, Peggy, currently spend most of their time in La Crescent, Minn. The couple has two sons, Nathan and Jordan. Jordan played four seasons under his dad at USD from 2009-13.
 
The Beringer's have been season ticket holders for more than half a century. They arrived in Vermillion in 1964, and spent the greater part of three decades serving as teachers, coaches, and business managers for the Vermillion School District and USD. Ken was the head track and field coach and an assistant football coach at Vermillion High School. He was also the director of housing at USD, and an assistant to the superintendent of the Vermillion School District, serving briefly as superintendent. Ken served more than 50 years as an official and referee throughout the region and was assigned to 54 high school state tournament games. JoAnne worked at USD for 24 years as assistant registrar.
 
Ken grew up in Tyndall, South Dakota, while JoAnne was raised in Scotland, South Dakota. Both attended Southern State Teachers College. Ken went on to earn his master's degree from USD. The couple raised three kids, Joe, Jeff and Jon. They have six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.