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Sterling College Athletics Announces the Hall Of Fame Class of 2024

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— STERLING COLLEGE ATHLETICS RELEASE —

STERLING, KAN. (scwarriors.com) – Sterling College Athletics announces its 2024 Hall of Fame Recipients. This year’s class includes two student-athletes, one coach, and one KCAC Championship team. Sterling College’s fifteenth Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on September 28th, 2024. The induction ceremony will be held at halftime of the homecoming football game against Southwestern College at Smisor Stadium. There will be a reception before the game in the Gleason Center. More specific information can be found on the SC Warriors website as the Hall of Fame weekend approaches.

Lonnie Paramore ’92 (Basketball), Jaymi (McAnally) Westrup ’07 (Women’s Soccer), Mary Ver Steeg (Volleyball Coach, 1989-2005), and the 2013 KCAC Champion Football Team make up the 2024 Hall of Fame class.

Lonnie Paramore

Lonnie Paramore had an illustrious career for the Warriors in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Paramore was a three-year letter winner, two-time All-KCAC award winner, and two-time NAIA All-District winner. He was a two-time SC Outstanding Basketball Player, 1990-91 Outstanding Senior Athlete, and ’90-91 KCAC Co-Player of the Year. When he stepped off the floor his final season, he was second-highest in points scored in a single game (44), had the second-highest scoring average (23.6 ppg), second-highest in points scored in a season, held the highest number of 3-point field goals made in a season (63), maintained the highest career shooting percentage (49.6%), had the highest career Free Throws made percentage (81.2%) and was fifth in total career points.

Jaymi (McAnally) Westrup

Jaymi (McAnally) Westrup impressed many in her three and a half years as a Lady Warrior soccer player. She was a four-year letter winner for SC, a six-time KCAC Player of the Week, and two-time NAIA All-Region Player of the Week. In her freshman season, she earned Honorable Mention All-KCAC with 7 goals and 10 assists before an injury cut her season short after just nine games. In her sophomore campaign, she earned Second Team NSCAA Adidas All-American, All-KCAC First Team, tied for second in the KCAC in goals scored (16), and finished with nine assists. As a Junior, she was on the All-KCAC First Team, NAIA All-Region, and Honorable Mention NAIA All-American, and the team reached the NAIA Region IV tournament for the first time in program history. She scored 12 goals and had 7 assists. In her final season as a Warrior, Westrup was All-KCAC First Team, Second-Team All-Region, and scored 5 goals and had 5 assists. She was a three-year captain as well. In her career, she tallied 41 goals and 30 assists. Jaymi is still second in scoring and the all-time assist leader in Sterling College history. With Westrup on the team, Sterling went 45-31-2 overall and 25-11 in KCAC play.

Mary Ver Steeg

Mary Ver Steeg, or “Coach Mary” as she is now endearingly referred to, impacted the lives of many athletes in her sixteen years at the helm of the Lady Warrior Volleyball program. She is the all-time winningest volleyball coach with 255 career wins for the Warriors. Coach Mary joined the Sterling College Hall of Fame as the first-ever KCAC Championship team coach in 1993. She repeated the feat in 1997, and took the KCAC crown for the second time. The ’97 team had an overall record of 29-10 and went undefeated in the KCAC with a perfect 18-0 conference record. That team also played in the NAIA Great Plains Regional Tournament. Ver Steeg’s teams also succeeded in the classroom, 8 earning AVCA Academic Team status. Since retiring from coaching at the collegiate level, Coach Mary has continued at SC as a professor, continuing to influence young people in an athletic setting, and still coaches high school volleyball at Hutchinson Central Christian High School in Hutchinson, Kansas.

2013 Football Team

The 2013 football team was undoubtedly one of the best teams in program history. It was the first team to win a KCAC Championship with a 9-3 overall record, 8-1 in KCAC play. They qualified for the NAIA Football Championship Series for the first time in school history and played Baker University. They were ranked #14 in the final NAIA poll. Head Coach Andy Lambert was named KCAC Coach of the Year, and Assistant Coaches Brett Clow and Chase Hansen were named Co-Assistant Coaches of the Year. This team had one of the top offenses in the nation. It ranked 10th nationally in passing efficiency (145.3), 12th in total rushing offense (2619 yards), 12th in total scoring offense (422 points), 14th in rushing offense per game (218.3 y/gm), and 14th in scoring offense per game (35.2 pts/gm).

Antonio Bray was ranked 1st in all-purpose yards (2352), 1st in kickoff return yards per attempt (35.7), 3rd in all-purpose yards per game (196), 4th in Division I in total kick-off return yards (820), 5th in total points scored from touchdowns (120), 6th in total points scored (120), 9th in points scored from touchdowns per Game (10), 10th in points scored per game (10), and 17th in punt return yards per attempt (11.5).

Mar E Whitson ranked 12th in fumbles forced per game (0.3). Reggie Langford ranked 14th in total offense (2665) and 16th in pass efficiency (141.1). Eddie Juarez ranked 16th in total scoring (Kicking) (71). Cedrique Smith ranked 20th in interceptions per game (0.4).

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