Fogerty, Johnson and Speer To Be Inducted Into SLIAC Hall of Fame
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) and Commissioner Will Wolper have announced the Hall of Fame Class for 2014. This year's class includes two former standout student-athlete athletes, Fontbonne University's Brian Fogerty and Principia College's Christina Speer, as well as former Principia College Head Coach Seth Johnson.
Fogerty was a standout performer on the basketball court for
Fontbonne from 2005-09. Fogerty is just one of three individuals to
be named the Conference Player of the Year twice, earning the honor
in 2008 and 2009 after leading the conference in scoring both
seasons including a career best 19.8 points per game as a senior.
Fogerty finished his career fourth in all-time points by a SLIAC
men's basketball player with 1,756 career points and holds five
school records. He earned First Team All-Conference honors three
times in his career as well as garnering All-Tournament honors in
2008. In addition, Fogerty guided his team to three consecutive
SLIAC Tournament titles, with three straight appearances in the
NCAA Division III Tournament, and remain the only conference team
to reach that accomplishment.
Speer, a former two-sport start at Principia College, made an
impact on both the volleyball and basketball programs during her
time from 2005-09. Speer is the first student-athlete to be
selected to the SLIAC Hall of Fame by a unanimous vote. On the
volleyball court Speer remains the only student-athlete to earn
Conference Player of the Year three times (2006, 2007 and 2008). In
addition Speer is just one of three players to earn CoSIDA Academic
All-America honors and is the only player to have been a First Team
selection. In addition, Speer was named First Team All-Conference
all four years as well as Newcomer of the Year. Speer led the
nation in kills per set as a senior, averaging 4.86 per set, and
finished her career with seven school records. Not to be outdone
Speer shined on the basketball court as well where she is the
conference leader in points scored by a women's basketball player
with 1,688 career points. Speer was named to the women's basketball
All-Conference team four times and holds five school records.
Johnson served as head coach of the Principia College men's soccer
program for 18 years, 11 of which came as a member of the SLIAC.
Johnson was named Conference Coach of the Year three times
including twice by the SLIAC (1995 and 2001) and was named the
NSCAA Central Region Coach of the Year once. In 2001, Johnson led
his team to a then SLIAC record 13 conference wins and became the
first coach to lead a Principia team to the NCAA Division III
National Tournament. Johnson's teams were routinely ranked within
the region and guided his team to SLIAC regular season titles in
1996 and 2001. During his coaching tenure, he had 65 players earn
All-SLIAC honors and since joining the SLIAC another eight players
named NSCAA All-Region.
This year's Hall of Fame class will be formally inducted into the SLIAC Hall of Fame during the SLIAC Awards and Recognition Banquet, held in St. Louis on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Soccer Park.
There are 39 members currently in the SLIAC Hall of Fame, consisting of 31 former student-athletes and eight administrators. After a four-year hiatus from 2003-06, the Hall of Fame was reinstated in 2007. In order to be eligible for consideration a student-athlete must have graduated from his/her institution and played at least two years in a SLIAC championship sport. Student-athletes are not eligible until at least five years after their last date of participation. To be eligible as a coach, administrator or meritorious service contributor, the individual must have served his or her institution or the conference for at least five years after 1991.
