The Eastern Michigan University E-Club has announced the addition of six former athletic greats and one athletics administrator into the EMU Athletics Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2004. The seven new members will be honored at an official induction ceremony Saturday, Jan. 29, beginning at 10:30 a.m., in the atrium of the Convocation Center.
The Class of 2004 includes: Melissa (Drouillard) Bater (softball), Roxanne (Munch) Bronkema (volleyball), Roger Coryell (baseball), Mark Dailey (men's track), Earl Dixon (men's basketball), Mireille (Sankatsing) Smith (women's track) and Jim Streeter (sports information).
The E-Club, a group of former EMU varsity letter winners, sponsors the Hall of Fame and has a selection committee to determine the inductees. The 2004 class will be the 29th inducted into the Hall of Fame, which started with the inaugural class in 1976.
This year's induction ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. prior to the EMU-Buffalo men's basketball game, which has a 2 p.m. tip-off. Tickets for the Hall of Fame ceremony are $35 each, which includes the induction ceremony, luncheon and a ticket for the basketball game. Hall of Fame tickets can be ordered from the EMU Athletics Office by calling 487-1050.
The Hall of Fame was relocated from Bowen Field House to the EMU Convocation Center with the induction of the Class of 2001. The hall is located in the atrium of the Convocation Center and is open to the public on a daily basis at no charge.
A complete biography of the Class of 2004 follows:
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Drouillard |
Melissa (Drouillard) Bater (1996 graduate) was one of the most outstanding softball players in EMU history. During her senior season for the Eagles in 1996, Drouillard was named MAC Softball Player of the Year and also was selected EMU's top female athlete. She batted .412 to lead the Mid-American Conference in hitting by more than 50 points. That year, she also led the MAC in RBIs with 51, tied for the league lead with 32 runs scored. She completed her four-year EMU career as the school's record holder in five categories: hits (218), RBIs (124), batting average (.322), doubles (43) and home runs (19). She also ranked second in three other career categories: at bats (678), runs scored (96) and triples (14). She set school single-season records for RBIs (51), batting average (.412), doubles (17) and home runs (10). Drouillard went on to earn All-American honors three times for a Daly's team in a summer league, including a selection as a first-team All-American in 1998.
She is currently a volunteer coach for the EMU women's softball team.
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Munch |
Roxanne (Munch) Bronkema (1990 graduate) was one of the greatest volleyball players in EMU history. She was named first-team All-Mid-American Conference three times, from 1987-89, and was an honorable mention pick in 1986. Munch led the MAC in hitting efficiency in both 1987 and 1989, and was the EMU leader in kills and total blocks from 1987-1989. She still holds the EMU single-game record for block assists with 12 against Miami (11-11-89). She was named a MAC scholar-athlete in 1988-89, the same season she served as a team captain. Munch was named NCAA All-Region in 1988.
She helped out as an EMU student assistant coach in 1990.
Roger Coryell (1971 graduate) has been a part of the Eastern Michigan University baseball program as an outstanding player, assistant coach, and now as a head coach in his 18th year at the helm. Coryell has recorded 483 career wins as a head coach. The 2002 Eagles turned in one of the most successful years in history, with the team winning the Mid-American Conference West Division championship as well as the MAC Tournament title while qualifying for the NCAA Mideast Regional. He was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2002. Coryell also led the 2004 team to the championship game of the MAC Tournament.
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Coryell |
He served 16 years as an assistant coach to former head coach Ron Oestrike. The team enjoyed great success during that period, making two appearances in the College World Series, finishing second in the nation in 1976 and fifth in 1975.
Coryell played for the EMU baseball team from 1968-70 and earned three varsity letters. He was the starting pitcher in the 1970 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship game, which EMU won. A total of 80 EMU players under Coryell have signed professional baseball contracts. He has been an active member of the Baseball Coaches Association for 35 years.
Mark Dailey (1991 graduate) was one of the most outstanding middle distance runners in EMU men's track history, earning All-American honors four times in his career. Dailey finished third in the 800-meter run at the 1988 NCAA Championships and was second in the NCAAs in 1990. He broke the NCAA record in the 800 meters in 1990, but finished second (1:46.84). The time also broke the EMU varsity record, which still stands. Dailey ran the best time in the U.S. in 1989 in the 3,200 meters.
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Dailey |
His running experience included a tour of Europe with a U.S. Junior Team and he competed in the 1992 and 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials. Dailey won six individual Mid-American Conference outdoor titles, winning the 800-meter championship in 1988 (1:49.60), 1989 (1:50.46), and 1990 (1:49.99) and capturing the 1500-meter title three times, 1989 (3:46.96), 1990 (3:49.63), and 1991 (3:51.65). After graduating from EMU, he broke four minutes in the mile.
Earl Dixon (1972 graduate) was a standout men's basketball player who earned four letters for EMU from 1968-69 and from 1971-72. His 970 career rebounds ranks second in EMU basketball history, and his 1,269 points is 13th best. His 557 career field goals rank 11th in EMU history.
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Dixon |
Dixon played on four teams that qualified for national tournaments, including the 1970-71 EMU team that made it to the finals of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national tournament. The 1971-72 team went to the final four of the NCAA Tournament. One of only two EMU players to grab more than 900 rebounds and score more than 1,000 points (Kennedy McIntosh is the other player), Dixon played in 118 out of a possible 122 games during his career and averaged 15 points a game in tournament play.
He was an NAIA second-team All-District 23 selection and an NAIA honorable mention All-America pick.
Dixon currently is an administrator in the Southfield Public Schools. After graduating from EMU, Dixon added postgraduate degrees in 1976 and 1977.
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Sankatsing |
Mireille (Sankatsing) Smith (1992 graduate) was an outstanding women's track competitor from 1989-92, earning All-American honors five times.
Sankatsing became EMU's first national champion in women's track when she won the 800-meter run at the 1992 NCAA Indoor Championships in a time of 2:03.47, the fastest time by a woman collegian that season. She finished second in the 800 meters at the 1991 NCAA Indoor Championships, sixth in the 800 meters at the 1990 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and fourth in that event at the 1991 and 1992 outdoor meets.
She won five individual and three relay championships in the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships, winning the 800 meters and the 1500 meters in 1991 and 1992, while also capturing the 800 meter title in 1990. She ran on the 1600-meter relay team that won MAC outdoor titles from 1990-92. She was named MAC Athlete of the Year in 1991 and Most Outstanding Meet Performer in 1992. She set school indoor records in the 600-yard run (1:23.14), 600 meters (1:30.85), and 800 meters (2:03.47); and outdoors in the 800 meters (2:03.65).
One of EMU's top scholar-athletes, Sankatsing received a bachelor of science degree in 1992 with a double major in computer science and mathematics. She earned an NCAA postgraduate scholarship in 1992 and completed her master's degree in computer-based information systems at EMU in 1995.
She is married to Keith Smith, Sr., a 1992 Olympian who competed in the 200 meters for the U.S. Virgin Islands. She is the middle distance/distance and cross country coach of the North Oakland Blue Dragons team.
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Streeter |
Jim Streeter (1973 graduate) has served as EMU's sports information director (SID) for the past 31 years. He joined the EMU staff as the assistant SID in 1974 and was elevated to SID in 1975.
Streeter has won numerous CoSIDA Best in Nation Awards for publications over the past 30 years. The 2001 football media guide was singled out as the best in the Mid-American Conference. Streeter was selected as one of nine media marshals for the 2004 Ryder Cup Golf competition at Oakland Hills, and was secretary of the Detroit Sports Broadcasters organization from 1990-94 and vice president of the group in 1989. Streeter is a long-time member of CoSIDA as well as the MAC News Media Association.
Before joining the EMU athletics staff, Streeter worked as a sports writer at The Ypsilanti Press for two years. While an undergraduate, he was the sports editor of The Eastern Echo.
