FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- The Methodist University Department of Athletics is pleased to announce its 19th Hall of Fame class in addition to its fourth Teams of Distinction class.
 
The 2016 induction class includes women's golfer Carol Brogan '01, men's golfer Hank Klein '91, softball player Rebekah (Kelly) Quinn '08, men's track and field athlete Tazz Petty '09, and women's soccer player Lori (Silvasy) Stephenson '88. The Teams of Distinction for 2016 are the 1986 volleyball team, the 1994-95 men's golf teams and the 2001-02 women's tennis teams.
 
The 10th women's golfer to be enshrined in the Methodist University Athleitcs Hall of Fame, Brogan was the 2001 NCAA Individual Champion and helped lead the Monarchs to four consecutive National Championships. She was a two-time First Team All-American (2000, 2001), and capped her career by being named the 2001 National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Player of the Year. A three-time member of the National All-Scholar Team, she averaged 77.8 strokes per round as a senior and her scorecard of 71-76-73-74--294 (+6) at the 2001 NCAA National Championships broke the individual scoring record. She was the first Methodist golfer, male or female, to be a member of four national championship teams.
 
Klein, another in a long list of accomplished golfers at Methodist, was a three-time First Team All-American (1989, 1990, 1991) and captained the 1991 National Championship team. He was also a member of the 1990 Methodist team that captured a national championship. Twice he was a first team all-conference selection (1989, 1991) and in 1990 was crowned the Virginia State Amateur Champion. He is the ninth men's golfer to be inducted.
 
Rebekah (Kelly) Quinn was a softball standout from 2005 to 2008 for the Monarchs. The two-time USA South Player of the Year (2007, 2008), she was a Second Team All-American after each of those seasons and helped lead the Monarchs to a pair of regular-season conference championships, two conference tournament championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances. She still reigns as MU's all-time leader in runs (152) and holds single-season records in runs (54) and triples (10). She earned first team all-conference honors in each of her last three seasons and the Monarchs had a four-year record of 139-42 (.768) during her career.
 
A holder a three Methodist school records, Petty was a five-time All-American on the track for the Monarchs. His times of 6.34 in 55m and 6.80m in the 60m still stand as individual records at MU and he was a member of the 4x100m relay team that posted a time of 40.81 that still stands as well. He was a four-time Mason Dixon Conference champion in the 55m and in 2005 he was the conference champion in the 100m. Twice he earned All-America accolades for the 55m at the NCAA Indoor National Championships (2008, 2009), he was a two-time All-American in the outdoor 100m (2008, 2009) and the 4x100m relay team earned All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships in 2009.
 
The final inductee, Lori (Silvasy) Stephenson, was a standout on the women's soccer team. A member of the inaugural team at Methodist, she was a four-year starter and led the Monarchs to conference championships in 1985, 1986 and 1987 with a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. A two-time first team all-conference selection, she was a Second Team All-American in 1986 and was named the North Carolina Female Athlete of the Year. Additionally, she was a two-time member of the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America's (ISAA) Adidas Scholar-Athlete Team. Her involvement in soccer has continued to this day as she has been on the Texas A&M women's soccer staff since 2001.
 
The 2016 Teams of Distinction feature two of the most successful men's golf teams of all time, the two most successful women's tennis teams, and the most successful volleyball that Methodist has boasted.
 
The 1994 and 1995 men's golf teams each won National Championships and featured a total of seven All-Americans, including the 1994 team that saw Sammy Hudson, Jamie Hurless, Ryan Jenkins, Jim Nickerson and Ben VanNess all earn top billing. VanNess and Jenkins shared Conference Champion honors in the 1995 season, and Jenkins went on to win the individual title at the 1995 NCAA Championships, the second win at the NCAA Championships of his career.
 
The 2001 and 2002 women's tennis teams featured the greatest player in Methodist history in Elena Blanina, a two-time NCAA Champion in singles (2001, 2002) and a two-time ITA Champion in doubles with playing partner Carla Simpson (2000, 2001). The 2001 team posted a record of 13-3, while the 2002 team was 13-2. Each squad captured the conference championship and Blanina was named the Conference Player of the Year each year, while Simpson was the 2001 Rookie of the Year. In all, Methodist had 10 all-conference singles players and four all-conference doubles teams during the two-year run.
 
Finally, the 1986 volleyball team goes in as the only Methodist volleyball team to compete in the NCAA Tournament. With a record of 32-15, the Monarchs claimed the first conference championship in program history and the 32 wins are the second-most all-time. Three players were named all-conference that season, including first team all-conference honoree Vivian Culverhouse.
 
The 19th Hall of Fame Class and the fourth Team of Distinction Class will be honored during Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 21-22. The honorees will be recognized with a dinner in the Berns Student Center on the 21st beginning at 6:30 pm, and again be recognized at halftime of the football game the following day.