2019 Hall of Fame Class Announced
12/3/2018 3:41:00 PM | General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Softball, Women's Basketball, Hall of Fame
FORT WAYNE, Ind. –The 2019 class of the Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics Hall of Fame has been announced. The class features Mary Schreiber (coach/administrator), Patrick Kelley (men's golf / 2005-09), Kristina Karpun (softball / 2008-11), Johnna Lewis-Carlisle (women's basketball / 2004-08) and Nick Wise (men's basketball / 1999-02). The event is sponsored by Lutheran Health/OPS.
The induction ceremony will be held Homecoming weekend Friday, January 25 at The Steel Dynamics Keith E. Busse Alumni Center. For tickets to the event, call 260-481-5445. The group will be introduced to the public on Saturday, January 26 at the men's basketball game vs. Denver.
Schreiber was one of the most influential women in Mastodon athletics history. She was named the department's first coordinator of women's sports in 1975. A copy of her first contract is displayed in the lobby of the Gates Sports Center as part of the department's timeline display. She would go on to coach the women's volleyball, softball and women's basketball teams.
Kelley graduated with a program-best career average of 75.41. He was named a CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team member in 2008 and 2009. In 2005-06 he was selected to the All-Independent Team Honorable Mention team a freshman. In 2008, he picked up a Summit League Men's Golfer of the Week honor. He had three top-five career finishes and eight top-10 finishes. His season average of 75.17 as a senior was the lowest in program history at the time of his graduation.
Karpun started all 172 games over her four-year Mastodon career as a catcher. She ranks second in program history in slugging (.538), home runs (26) and doubles (34). She was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team in 2010 as well as earning NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes honors the same year. Karpun was selected to the 2010 All-Summit League First Team. She was picked to the 2008 and 2010 Summit League All-Tournament Teams and gathered four Summit League Offensive Player of the Week honors in her career.
Lewis-Carlisle ranks third in program history in career points (1,730) and made field goals (629). She was named to the All-Summit League First Team in 2007-08. In 2006-07, she was named to both the All-UBL First Team and Independent All-League First Team. She was an Independent Second Team selection in 2005-06. In program history, she ranks fourth in steals (211), fifth in 3-pointers (210) and sixth in scoring average (15.2). Her 19.5 points per game in 2007-08 ranks second all-time for a single season.
Wise ranks sixth all-time in program history in points with 1,450 (17.1 per game). He made 246 3-pointers, second all-time in team history in his three-year Mastodon career. He was named an All-GLVC Second Team selection in 2001. The 98 3-pointers he made in 2001-02, the Mastodons' first year in NCAA Division I, still stands as the third-most in a single season in team history.
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