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Minnesota Olympians inducted into League Hall of Fame.

Olympians Tom Malchow and John Bauer are among Ten individuals selected for induction into the Minnesota State High School League Hall of Fame.

 

The 2006 inductees are the Sixteenth group to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame, which began in 1991 and is based in the League’s Brooklyn Center office. The other 2006 inductees are Joni Anker of Eagan, Mary Grinaker of Moorhead, Wanda Manther of Rosemount; Elaine Engle of Willmar, Richard Stanford of St. Paul, Rodney Urtel of Mankato, Virgil Vagle of Paynesville, and the late Mel Ivonen of Chisholm.

The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will start at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 18, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Brooklyn Center. The induction of these Ten honorees brings the Hall of Fame membership to One hundred and thirty-three.

Also at the induction ceremony the League will present merit awards to Todd Rapp, nationally known debate teacher and coach; Lori Bushaw, former administrator of the St. Paul Visitors and Convention Bureau and Jon Springer, athletic official and League rules interpreter.

The 2006 Hall of Fame inductees were selected through a multi-level process that included League member schools and a committee of athletics, fine arts, and education leaders. The League Hall of Fame is part of the corporate sponsorship agreement with Wells Fargo.

Inductee's profiles

Joni Anker — Speech Coach

At Eagan High School during the past Sixteen years, Coach Joni Anker has built a nationally competitive, Ninety member speech team, qualifying more than One-hundred students for competition in National Forensic League (NFL) Speech and Debate Tournaments. Her teams have produced national finalists and semifinalists, won 6 national championships in speech, and have earned the NFL School of Excellence Award for 5 consecutive years, beginning in 1999.

In Minnesota State High School League speech competition, Eagan High School under Coach Anker’s guidance, is the 3rd all-time medal-winning school with 163 medals from 1990 through 2005. She has coached Forty-two state champions and 7 three-time medal winners, the only school to achieve that honor. From 1993 through 2006, Eagan’s teams have consistently won the most medals in state speech competitions. The team earned Fifteen medals at this year’s tournament.

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