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<\/a>From Erin Klein, Jamestown College<\/p>\nJamestown, ND, (KCSi-T.V. Sports)\u00a0 —\u00a0 Rollie Greeno Award recipients Phil Martin and Joel Zenker, along with Athletic Hall of Fame inductees John Backhaus, Shawna Doty-Myers, Erin (Boziel) Josing and the 1993-94 Jimmie men\u2019s basketball team will be recognized at the Jimmie Booster Club’s Athletic Hall of Fame Breakfast at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 \u00a0during Jamestown College Homecoming festivities.<\/p>\n
Martin (Class of 1968), of West Fargo, N.D., retired in 2009 after 41 years at Lisbon High School, where he held positions as a teacher, guidance counselor, principal and coach. He earned his M.Ed. in guidance and counseling at North Dakota State University and did extensive postgraduate coursework in secondary administration through the Tri-College system. He held various coaching positions in football, basketball, track and cross country. As head boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 cross country coach for 18 years, Martin coached 69 All-Region and 30 All-State runners. He served on the North Dakota State Advisory Committee as the East Region Cross Country representative. He was recognized as the East Region Cross Country Coach of the Year numerous times and was named North Dakota Class B Boys Coach of the Year in 1999. Martin is a lifetime member of NDHSCA and has continued his support of student athletics by serving on the working staff at state cross country and track and field meets.<\/p>\n
Zenker (Class of 1976), of Gackle, N.D., has spent his career teaching, coaching and officiating in North Dakota and is currently the math teacher at Gackle-Streeter High School. He also coached boys\u2019 basketball at Gackle-Streeter from 2002-2004. He began his career in Sheyenne, teaching math and coaching boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 basketball and track. At Hankinson, he taught math and coached football, boys\u2019 basketball and track. He then taught math at Streeter. Zenker officiated many basketball and football games until 1988 when he was involved in a car accident which left him quadriplegic. One nominator says \u201cit has been close to 25 years since his accident, and he continues to battle on and does not give up on life. He often talks about his drive to live from the lessons he learned from Coach Greeno while he played for him in college.\u201d<\/p>\n
Backhaus (Class of 1970), of Garrison, N.D., was a four-year letterwinner in football and basketball. He was a three-year starter at tight end and was named to the All-Conference team in 1969. The teams won four straight NDCAC Championships and finished with a record of 34-5. In basketball, he broke into the starting lineup his freshman year, a year highlighted by a defeat of previously unbeaten and conference-leading Dickinson State.<\/p>\n
Doty-Myers (Class of 1998), of Richmond, Texas, is one of five NAIA national champions in Jamestown College history, winning the marathon in 1995. She also placed second twice and third once. A six-time All-American, she was one of the premier distance runners in the NAIA and still holds the Jamestown College record in the marathon.<\/p>\n
Josing (Class of 1998), of Greendale, Wis., is another of Jamestown College\u2019 national champions, winning the 600 meters in 1997. She held the national record in the 600 and was a six-time All-American. She earned 15 first-place finishes at conference meets and was also a three-time national qualifier in cross country.<\/p>\n
Coach Jerry Meyer and the 1993-94 Jimmie men\u2019s basketball team were the first to achieve an automatic bid into the national tournament, which would lead to many more in the coming years. The team reached the Sweet Sixteen round. Team members were Rusty Bell, John Dalke, Erik Engstrom, Dale Green, Don Hamilton, Matthew Hawk, Dave Hollenbeck, Marty McDonald, Jeff Muhs, Brent Offerdahl, Chad Pankratz, Shane Piatz, John Ruff, assistant coach Ben Bauman and head coach Jerry Meyer.<\/p>\n