UMSL Sports Hall Of Fame

Following are the UMSL Athletic Honor Roll Student-Athletes for the fall 2007 semester. There were a total of 69 student-athletes who earned athletic honor roll distinction, including at least one student-athlete from each of the 11 sports. In addition to the individual honors, the UMSL Women's Tennis team had the highest GPA among the 11 UMSL sports with a team GPA of 3.348



#0 Jim Niederkorn | -
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Biography:
Inducted: 2003
Jim Niederkorn was the men’s golf coach for 18 years, from 1980-81 season through the 1997-98 season. He guided UMSL to back-to-back MIAA Conference championships in 1992 and 1993, leading UMSL to the NCAA Division II national tournament each of those years. Niederkorn coached UMSL’s first golf All-American, fellow inductee David Rhoads, and also coached two all-district players and six all-conference golfers. His 18 years as head coach is the second longest tenure of any head coach, in any sport for UMSL athletics, surpassed only by previous inductee Don Dallas.


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