Induction Ceremony - November 6, 2010

Chad Stombaugh | Baseball (1986-1988)

Nobody will question inclusion of this RBI Machine in the Hall of Fame. The only question might be: Why did it take so long?

⭐ Hard-hitting catcher produced game-winning RBIs in first two GRAC games and continued to impress throughout Warrior career, capped by NJCAA Second-Team All-America honors. The two-time All-GRAC pick was named “MVP” as a sophomore after leading champions to 20-7 league mark, 69-31 overall, second-most wins in team history. A Quincy product who wore No. 17, the 6-foot-2, 195-pounder departed with RLC records for home runs and runs batted in for a season – 17 and 113, respectively, as a soph – and career – 27 and 200 (in 182 games), as well as with .375 career batting average (221-589). His single-season HR mark beat the previous best by four and lasted 14 seasons; he shattered the old RBI standard by 17. The career average was topped two years later, but the other records still stand 22 years later.

⭐ “C.J.” batted .344 (97-282) as freshman for a 50-38 squad and league runner-up. He followed that up with a .425 fall BA, .394 in the spring, for a combined .404 (124-307). Also threw out 12 of 17 basestealers first 1 1/2 seasons.

⭐ Other career stats – 60 RS, 39 2B, 10 3B, 65 BB, 78 K, 9-9 SB, 14 SF.

⭐ A 26th-Round Draft pick by Kansas City, he was on Royals 40-man roster by Year Two at AA Memphis, but knee injury following spring ended his dreams of reaching “bigs.”

Amanda Perjenski | Softball (1995-1997)

Do not try to stop us even if you think you heard this before . . . The rationale herein for Hall of Fame membership is very similar to one from February 2009. But what should you expect from the 1-2 pitching punch from a team that advanced to the NJCAA Women’s National Fast-Pitch Softball Tournament?

⭐ One-half of a terrible twosome (for opponents) along with Angela Robinson, this hard-tossing Mt. Vernon product finished her Lady Warrior career with a record 285 strikeouts and No. 2 on the record charts to her teammate with 44 victories (44-25) in 75 appearances covering 449 1/3 innings. She also ranked second with 62 complete games and 14 shutouts and was third with a 1.48 ERA.

⭐ In single-season terms, she rated No. 1 in shutouts with 10 in 1996-97; 1-3 in Ks with 156 (freshman) and 129 (sophomore); 2-3 in appearances (38 as soph); 2-4 in CG (32 as freshman) and IP (233 2/3 as freshman); 3-4 in wins (24-11 as soph / 20-14), and No. 4 in ERA (1.43 as soph).

⭐ All-GRAC, All-Region XXIV and All-Region Tourney first year, completing all 21 spring starts and going 4-0 in post-season until finals. She was 3-3 at bat with five RBIs in sectional opener and tossed 13 innings in two Region Tourney wins over mighty Illinois Central before giving up earned run.

⭐ Fall ’96 record (12-4) based on six shutouts, including five of last seven starts, and losses only to four-year foes.

⭐ Union U. (TN) signee repeated as All-GRAC for team that posted records of 29-5 fall, 32-16 spring, 61-21 overall.

Justin Kunz | Cross Country & Track and Field (2003-2005)

Meet a true All-American.

⭐ Academic All-America for 2004-05, with 3.65 GPA.

⭐ Second-Team All-America as freshman, when Warriors nabbed third straight NJCAA Division II Cross-Country National Championship. Lebanon product seventh overall in 25:51 – a second behind teammate Rey Alvarez – in Lawrence, KS, as the balanced champs placed 6-7-9-10-11-15-16; teamwise (discounting runners competing as individuals), those top five were 2-3-5-6-7 for total of 23, compared to 50 for runner-up and winning totals of 55 in ’01 and 45 in ’02.

⭐ Honorable Mention All-America following Fall in El Paso, TX, when he took :20 off his time but settled for 12th as top runner for third-place RLC in first combined D-I field.

⭐ Four-time Outdoor Track All-America, when seventh in 10,000M Spring ’04 (and Coaches Assn. All-America as top eight American-born participant after 11th in 5000M) was prelude to better results as soph – third in 10,000M (32:08.59), fifth in 5000M (15:48.26) – for 10 of fifth-place team’s 60 total.

⭐ Three-time All-America Indoors, improving from sixth in 5000M as freshman to third in 2005, plus eighth in 3000M.

⭐ Left with Outdoor records in 3000M (8:44.25 at I.U. in ’05), 10,000M (31:27.25 at ’05 Region) and 4 x 1500M Relay (16:46.84 at Alabama in ’04 with Ricardo and Rey Alvarez and Tim Clark).

⭐ Twin Jeremy, who also joined him at Indiana State, was Academic, Indoor 5000M and 3x Coaches All-America.

Men's Indoor Track Distance Medley Relay Team (2001-2002)

Credit for being the first National Champion from RLC in Track and Field belongs to not just one individual but four . . . Members of the Indoor 4000-Meter Distance Medley Relay Team who picked the perfect time for a 10:13.47 clocking, which stood for six years as a team record.

⭐ The winning all-freshman quartet at the March 2002 NJCAA Finals was comprised of 1200M Robert Duncan (Seipio, IN / Jennings County H.S.); 400M Santos Gonzalez (Pontiac); 800M Rusty Millenbine (McLeansboro / Hamilton County Sr.), and 1600M anchor Ian Hornabrook (Queensland, Australia / Southport).

⭐ Hornabrook first entered the Hall in 2008, along with Duncan, as part of the 2001 NJCAA D-II Cross-Country Champions. In February 2009, he was voted in as an individual – a two-time Cross-Country National Champ who led RLC to team titles both years and boasts five other Track All-America honors, including three runner-up efforts and two thirds. He still holds six RLC records and finished his career at Florida State.

⭐ Duncan was a nine-time All-American, with a second (1000M) and fourth (Mile) Indoors as a soph before running for SIUC. The 1000M record-holder also earned Fame with two Cross-Country title teams.

⭐ Millenbine teamed with Duncan, Hornabrook and Darrell Fickas to finish second in the 4 x 800M Relay 2003 Outdoor Finals.

⭐ PICTURED: From left, Duncan, Hornabrook, Gonzalez, and Millenbine.

Region XXIV and Great Rivers Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship Team (1988-89)

The best team in Warrior hoops history? Go figure. A best-ever 29-6 record, fueled by first-ever Region XXIV and Great Rivers Athletic Conference (13-3) championships . . . No. 19 NJCAA preseason ranking – up to a high of No. 12 – a record 12-game winning streak late and perfect at home for first time (13-0) . . . A Third-Team All-America selection in 6-foot-6, 225-pound sophomore center Antwan Stallworth, the league “MVP” and leading vote-getter in region . . . All-Region XXIV honors also for Chad Rushing (g-f, 6-6), the Region Tourney MVP, and “Coach of Year” Mitch Haskins . . . All-GRAC acclaim for the aforementioned trio, along with “Freshman of Year” Abdul Muhammad (f, 6-6) and “Sportsmanship Award” recipient Tommy Hayes (g, 6-4) . . . A defense rated No. 4 in the country with its 64.3-point yield . . . A 22-2 mark vs. Illinois rivals.

⭐ The first team in 52 years of Warrior basketball (RLC, 42; Mt. Vernon C.C., 10) to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Greatest ever? End of discussion.

⭐ Only a tip-in bucket with :03 to play by Cleveland State (TN) that resulted in a 62-61 Inter-Region Playoff loss in Chattanooga spoiled all the fun and denied Haskins & Co. a berth in the 16-team NJCAA Division I Finals.

⭐ Other records: Most Team Rebounds - 1,317; Most 3-Pt. FG Career - 66 by Hayes; Most Games Played Career - 70 (52 wins) by Hayes and Ernest Hickman (g-f, 6-3).

⭐ Stallworth (15.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 2.1 apg) tied for seventh-best season point total with 530; Rushing’s 747 career points in 68 games ranked 14th all-time.

⭐ Top scorers included Muhammad at 14.7, Rushing at 11.5, Hickman at 9.2, Hayes at 8.7, Rob Gaddey (f, 6-4) at 6.7, Kevin Mitchell (c, 6-4) at 4.4 and Damon Lee (f, 6-3) at 3.3. Rebounds – Muhammad, 6.9; Rushing, 5.8; Hickman, 3.8. Assists – Hayes, 5.4; Hickman, 2.5; Rushing, 2.4.

⭐ Mitchell earned Academic All-America distinction.

⭐ Team claimed regional title with resounding 104-70 thumping of Wabash Valley, its fifth 100-point effort, and went 3-0 vs. WVC, John A. Logan and Olney Central.

⭐ Also won Lake Land Laker Classic and Danville Area Classic.

⭐ Haskins picked up 500th career win, finishing with 508.

⭐ PICTURED: Front, Matt Strain; first row (L-R), Lance Fenwrick, Steve Kerley (r), Stacey Woolsey and Jerome Hill; second row, Statistician Matt Hallam, Lamont Murray (r), Shay Hagel, Lee, Gaddey and Manager Charles Toler; third row, Coach Rodney Rodgers, Hickman, Terry Dishong (r), Jason Hughes (r), Chris Allen, David White (r) and Coach Darin Lee; fourth row, Rushing, Stallworth, Mike Humphrey, Muhammad, Hayes and Haskins. Not shown: Mitchell and Coach Tom Wheeler. (r) - Redshirted, did not play.