Mankato, Minn. --- The Minnesota State Hall of Fame Selection Committee has announced that six individuals have been selected for the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame.

The committee also announced its “team” inductee and this year’s service and philanthropic award recipients.

The new Hall of Fame members in the student-athlete category include men’s cross country/track & field national champion Dale Bahr (MSU 1991-95), men’s basketball All-American Pat Coleman (MSU 1992-96), men’s hockey goaltending great Ken Hilgert (MSU 1984-88) and former softball stand-out Theresa Mackey (‘91-94).  

Slated for induction in the builders category are local businessmen Fred Roufs and Lon Coulter. Coulter passed away in 2010 and will be inducted posthumously.

Selected for induction in the “team” category is the North Central Conference champion MSU football team from 1987.

The Jim Schaffer Service Award will be presented to Al Dorn and this year’s MSU Athletics Philanthropic Award recipient is Bremer Bank.

The date for this year’s induction is Friday, Sept. 28 with the formal induction ceremony taking place at the Hall of Fame Induction Dinner held in the MSU CSU Ballroom. The MSU football team hosts Concordia Saturday, Sept. 29 at 2:00 p.m. in the annual Homecoming Game and the inductees will be introduced at halftime.

Those interested in attending the Dinner may register for the celebration by calling 507.389.3235 or 888.234.3796 or online at http://alumni.mnsu.edu/hof.  The dinner price is $25.00 per person.

Note:  Biographies and photos of the inductees will be released Sept. 24th.