Five Gorloks Added To Webster Hall of Fame

Webster University Athletics will add five new inductees into the Webster Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021 as Webster Athletics has unveiled this year's 12th Hall of Fame Class that features five former Gorlok student-athletes.

This year's Class of 2021 inductees are Mary Jo Clark Cange (women's soccer, 1999-02), Debi Eydman (women's basketball, 1992-95), Kris Knapstein (men's soccer, 1993-96), David Mueller (baseball, 2010-12) and Allison Tungate Mikulecky (women's tennis, 2009-12).

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions of large gatherings in St. Louis County, it is expected that this year's 2021 Webster Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet will be a virtual ceremony at a time and date that has yet to be determined.

Clark Cange was a four-year letterwinner and four-year captain in women's soccer from 1999-02 and in her time as a Gorlok, she was a four-time All St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection, including a two-time First-Team All-SLIAC selection in both 2000 and 2001. She currently sits fifth in career points (134), fourth in career goals (51), tied for first in career game-winning goals (16), fifth in career shots (233), and tied for sixth in career assists (32). She is one of four players in school history to record 130 points, score 50 goals and tally 30 assists in her career and those three players ranked ahead of her on the school's all-time point chart are all members of the Webster Athletics Hall of Fame - Christy Capkovic, Megan Niederschulte and Niki Martinez. As a sophomore in 2000, she scored a single-season school record-tying eight game-winning goals and is tied for first on the school's single match-list for goals scored as she tallied five against Illinois College in 2001 and in that same match against Illinois College, she recorded 10 points, which is tied for second-most points in a single match in program history. Was a member of three regular-season SLIAC championship teams (2000, 2001, 2002) and three NCAA Tournament teams from 2000-02, including playing on the school's first-ever women's soccer team to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2001. Helped lead Webster to a 68-10-4 overall record and 45-2-2 record in SLIAC play, including going 14-0-0 in both 2001 and 2002. The Gorloks won at least 17 matches in three of her four seasons. Graduated from Webster in 2003 and then toured as a cast member with the Broadway show, Riverdance and currently owns The Clark Academy of Irish Dance in Crestwood, Mo. She will be the 10th Gorlok women's soccer player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Eydman was a three-year letterwinner in women's basketball from 1992-95 and in her time as a Gorlok, she was a three-time All-SLIAC performer, including earning first-team honors in both 1993-94 and 1994-95. As a player for the Gorloks, Eydman is the school's all-time leader in rebounding average as she averaged 10.3 rebounds per game and rebounded a total of 701 rebounds, which is third-most in school history. Along with being one of the top rebounders in school history, she ranks second in career free throw attempts (510), third in career scoring average (15.9), third in career free throws made (326), fifth in career blocked shots average (0.6), sixth in career points (1,081) and is one of just seven Gorlok women's basketball players to score 1,000 career points. In addition, she is one of only two women's basketball players in school history to score 1,000 points and pull down 700 rebounds as the other one is SLIAC and Webster Athletics Hall of Famer Angie Carr. She is also seventh in career field goals made (377), seventh in career offensive rebounds (189), eighth in career field goals attempted (889) and 10th in career blocked shots (40). Along with her career marks, she holds the school's single-season mark for rebounds per game as she averaged 12.2 boards per game in 1993-94 and that 12.2 rebounds per game average is fourth-best in SLIAC history. She also holds the school's single-game mark for rebounds as she pulled down 22 boards against Principia in 1994 and those 22 rebounds are tied for fifth-most in a game in league history. Eydman has the top four all-time single-game rebounding highs in the program's history as she had 19 rebounds in a game twice and 17 rebounds in a game in 1994. Her 257 rebounds in 1993-94 are third on the school's single-season chart, while her 416 points scored in 1994-95 are sixth on the school's single-season chart. One of just two players in school history to pull down 240 or more rebounds in a season. Graduated from Webster in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education and earned a Master of Arts degree in Education in 2001. With her selection, she becomes the eighth women's basketball player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Knapstein was a four-year letterman in men's soccer from 1993-96 and in his four seasons as a Gorlok, he was a two-time All-SLIAC selection, including earning First-Team honors as a senior in 1996. He was a member of Webster's first-ever men's soccer team to win a SLIAC title in 1995 and he scored the game-winning goal in Webster's SLIAC Tournament semifinal win over MacMurray. As a senior in 1996, Knapstein was named the Team MVP and Webster's Student-Athlete of the Year. He stands tied for sixth in career goals scored (21), tied for seventh in career points (57), tied for seventh in career assists (15), and 11th in career shots attempted (104). One of 10 players in Webster men's soccer history to score at least 20 goals and record at least 50 points. Along with his standing on the school's career charts, he is 10th on the school's single-season charts in both points per game (1.65 in 1996) and goals per game (0.65 in 1996), and his 11 goals scored in 1996 is tied for 11th on the single-season chart. He graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Business Management with an emphasis in Marketing and in Media Communications with an emphasis in Public Communications from Webster in 3.5 years with a GPA of 3.70. Along with a bachelor's degree, he earned his MBA from St. Louis University in 2004 with a GPA of 3.70. He served as the President of Webster University's Alumni Association from 2011-13 and was an Outstanding Alumnus from the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology in 2013 and was a founder and Vice President of the Alumni Athletes Chapter. Currently, he is a Senior Portfolio Account Manager with Savills North America (a global commercial real estate firm) in Dallas, Texas and was a past member of the Board of Directors for the ALS Association of St. Louis Regional Chapter from 2010-12 and since 2016, he has been on the Board of Directors of the ALS Association of Texas Chapter. In 2012, was named to the St. Louis Business Journal's 40 Under 40 List. With his selection, Knapstein becomes the ninth men's soccer player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Mueller, who was a pitcher for the Gorloks, was a three-year letterman in baseball at Webster from 2010-12 and was a three-time All-SLIAC selection, including being a First-Team All-SLIAC selection in 2012. Along with his three All-SLIAC selections, he was named the SLIAC Pitcher of the Year in 2012 and named to the SLIAC All-Tournament Team in both 2011 and 2012. Additionally, in 2012, he was a Second-Team ABCA/Rawlings All-American and was named the ABCA/Rawlings Central Region Pitcher of the Year. Was a three-time ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selection as he was a second-team honoree in 2010, a third-team selection in 2011, and a first-team selection in 2012 and was named a Second-Team D3Baseball.com All-Region selection in 2012. In 2012, he went 8-3 with a 1.94 ERA on the mound as he made 18 appearances and 14 starts and tossed three complete games and two shutouts. He was named to the Webster Athletics 2010's All-Decade Baseball Team and earned three SLIAC/Diamond Sports Pitcher of the Week honors in his career. During his three year career, he made 44 appearances, 39 starts and compiled a 22-7 record and a 2.51 ERA. He also recorded nine complete games, three shutouts, had two saves, tossed 247.1 career innings, and recorded 239 career strikeouts and walked just 76 hitters. On the school's career charts, he is second in games started (39), tied for second in shutouts (3), third in innings pitched (247.1), third in strikeouts (238), tied for third in wins (22), sixth in complete games (9) and tied for ninth in appearances (44). His 111 strikeouts in 2012 are second on the school's single-season chart, while his 10.74 strikeouts per/9 innings that same season is third on the school's single-season chart. As a Gorlok, was a part of three SLIAC regular season and SLIAC Tournament championship teams, along with advancing to three straight NCAA Tournaments, including being on Webster's first-ever team that advanced to the 2012 NCAA Division III World Series. The Gorloks posted a 103-38 overall record and a 62-10 mark in the SLIAC during Mueller's tenure, including winning 36 games in 2012, which was at the time the most in the program's history. Graduated from Webster in 2012, earned his MBA from Webster in 2015, and is currently the Assistant Golf Professional at LaPaloma Country Club in Tucson, Ariz. With his selection, Mueller would be the seventh baseball player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Tungate Mikulecky was a four-year letterwinner in women's tennis from 2009-12 and was a seven-time All-SLIAC selection as she earned four All-SLIAC selections in singles (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and three selections in doubles (2009, 2011, 2012), including taking home First-Team All-SLIAC honors in singles in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and first-team honors in doubles in 2012. She ranks second in school history in career singles wins with 58 and is tied for second in career doubles wins with 52 as she tallied a 58-10 record in singles and a 52-18 mark in doubles. Her .853 career singles winning percentage is tops in school history, while her .743 winning percentage in doubles is third-best in the program's history. In SLIAC play, she went 24-1 in singles and 22-3 in doubles action. She won a school-record 32 career matches at No. 2 singles and a school-record 44 wins at No. 1 doubles, including playing doubles primarily with her twin sister, Paige Tungate. Additionally, she holds the single-season school mark for doubles wins as she went 17-3 in 2012 and her 18 singles wins (18-4 record) in 2012 are tied for second-most on the school's single-season charts. She was a part of two SLIAC regular-season championship teams in 2010 and 2012 and two SLIAC Tournament title-winning teams in 2010 and 2012. The 2010 team became the first women's tennis team at Webster to advance to the NCAA Tournament and Webster also advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2012. In her career, the Gorloks posted a 52-15 overall record over her four seasons, including winning a school-record 19 matches as a team in 2012 as Webster posted a 19-3 record. Along with her success on the tennis court, she was also a success in the classroom as she was a two-time selection to the SLIAC Spring All-Academic Team in 2010 and 2012 and was an ITA Scholar-Athlete in 2012. She graduated with Cum Laude honors from Webster in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Public Relations and earned her law degree from the University of Missouri Law School in 2015. Currently, she works as Litigation Counsel for Lockheed Martin Corporation in Littleton, Colo. She would be just the second women's tennis player and the first tennis only player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The other women's tennis player in the Hall of Fame is Tara Fortschneider, who also played basketball, soccer, tennis, and cross country at Webster and was inducted in 2019.

These five Hall of Fame honorees were selected by a committee made up of faculty, coaches, and staff.  This year's class will bring the total Hall of Fame membership to 55. The Webster University Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 2010 to honor those who reflect the Department's mission of success in the classroom, the community, and the arena of competition. Former players, coaches, and other individuals who have made significant contributions to the program are eligible for selection.

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