Tetons honor 14 inductees into Hall

Williston State College inducted its inaugural athletic hall of fame class on Saturday at a packed banquet on Saturday night at the Elks Lodge.

Hunter Berg is both athletic director and men's basketball coach for the college, and he became one of the inaugural inductees for his stint as a basketball player from 1995 to 1997.

"When I played for coach T.O. (Terry Olson), those were the best two years of basketball of my life," Berg said. "I thought I knew the history of Teton athletics. I walked by the trophy case every day."

But Berg said he learned quite a bit more by working on the Hall of Fame project.

"I'm proud to say I'm bursting with pride in Teton athletic history," Berg said.

Berg was among eight players to be inducted, alongside three coaches and four teams, including the 1978-79 women's basketball team which finished third at the NJCAA tournament back when the school was known as the University of North Dakota-Williston. Eleven of 12 members of that team made it to the induction.

The Hall of Fame weekend for the Tetons finishes on Sunday with the regular-season opener for men's and women's basketball, beginning at 3 p.m.

2009 Hall of Fame inductees

Teams

1967 volleyball

1976-77 women's basketball

1978-79 women's basketball

1998-99 men's basketball

Coaches

Phil Rabon, baseball, men's and women's basketball 1965-1992

Penny Slagle, women's basketball, 1978-1992

Terry Olson, men's basketball, 1982-2007

Players

Diana (Anderson) Farrenkopf, women's basketball, 1975-1977

Jean Roise, women's basketball, 1978-1980

Shelly (Hughes) Feeney, women's basketball, 1978-1980

Lori (Carriere) Klabunde, women's basketball, 1981-1983

Julie (Hendrickson) Kresl, women's basketball, 1982-1984

Fred Fridley, men's basketball, 1992-1994

Hunter Berg, men's basketball, 1995-1997