BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) has announced its 2014
Hall of Fame Inductees. The induction ceremony will be held Wednesday, July 9 at the Best Western Kelly Inn/St. Cloud at the NSIC's 15th annual Summer Kickoff event. A social hour will begin at 6:30 p.m. followed by the ceremony at 7 p.m. Reserve your tickets for the banquet by visiting
www.NorthernSun.org/SummerKickoff and filling out the online Hall of Fame Banquet Registration Form. Registration is due by June 27 as space is limited for this event.
The class of 2014 includes:
David Lee, Bemidji State University;
Lisa (Harfield) Borowitz, Concordia University, St. Paul;
Scott "Honey Bear" Hanna, University of Minnesota Duluth;
Dale Robley, Minnesota State University Moorhead;
Jason Landmark, Northern State University;
Lillie Brown, Southwest Minnesota State University;
Mike Rybak, St. Cloud State University and
John Martin, Winona State University.
Founded in 1986, the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (NIC - the former men's conference) Hall of Fame was established to recognize and honor those who made significant contributions to the conference, to create favorable publicity and public relations for the league and to help preserve the history of the NIC, its member institutions, student-athletes, and other significant individuals affiliated with the league. For the first two inductions (1986 and 1990) each selection hailed from the NIC. In 1992-93, the Northern Sun Conference (NSC - the former women's conference) and the NIC merged creating the current Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). After annual inductions since 2000, the NSIC Hall of Fame now boasts 173 members and one team.
The 23-member Class of 2000 was the first to include standout female student-athletes in the former NSC. The 2000 inductees entered the Hall at the inaugural NSIC Summer Kickoff Event in Becker, Minn. The distinguished class of 2001 was enshrined in Willmar, Minn., as the conference moved the annual Summer Kickoff Event. This year's NSIC Hall of Fame includes eight prominent inductees that are being recognized at the 15th annual NSIC Summer Kickoff Event, at its home for the past ten years, in St. Cloud, Minn.
Each NSIC school (who has been a league member for at least ten years or more) is asked to submit one candidate per institution for induction into the Hall. Each of the selectees are derived from individuals who have been affiliated with the NSIC, NIC, NSC and their member institutions.
In order to be eligible for the NSIC Hall of Fame, candidates must have made their contributions in the following areas: 1) former student-athletes, 2) administrator/coach, 3) official/supervisor/coordinator, 4) contributor/supporter, and 5) team. The conference provides two plaques, one of which will go to the inductee and one to the institution represented. A history of each inductee will be kept in the league office and each institution will prominently display the plaques of their respective NSIC Hall of Fame inductees.
Lisa (Harfield) Borwitz, Concordia University, St. PaulWomen's Basketball / Soccer / SoftballLisa (Harfield) Borowitz has the distinction of being the first student-athlete from Concordia University, St. Paul to be inducted into the NSIC Hall of Fame. She was a three-sport All-NSIC performer, competing in soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter and softball in the spring. She was the scoring & rebounding leader during her women's basketball team's first NCAA Tournament appearance, the first for any sport at CU. She also was a top performer on the NSIC Tournament Champion softball team that brought home the first NSIC title to CU in 2001, in just the second year in the league.
In the spring of 2000 Harfield led the NSIC in home runs and followed that up the following winter by leading NSIC women's basketball in scoring as she averaged 18.8 points over 18 NSIC contests.
Over her four year basketball career Harfield scored 1,469 points and grabbed 742 rebounds to graduate as CU's all-time scoring a rebounding leader. She was a four-time All-NSIC performer, including three stints on the first team.
Harfield was the Golden Bears' starting shortstop for the 2000, 2001 and 2003 seasons. She was a three time All-NSIC performer as she ended her career second at CU in career home runs and RBI, was third in batting average and left with the career steal record.
In the fall of 2000 and 2001 Harfield played goalkeeper and forward for the CU soccer team. She was an All-NSIC First Team performer in 2000 and holds the CU record for saves per game with 10.76. She set the single season record in saves (176), saves per game (12.57) and is second in a single season in wins (8) and save percentage (.867). She also scored four goals on six shots in 2001 and helped the team go from a 2-10-2 overall season in 2000 to an 8-win improvement at 10-9-1 in 2001.
Harfield is still involved in college athletics as she has served as an assistant softball coach at Hamline University in St. Paul for five seasons. She has also been an assistant softball coach at St. Paul Johnson High School, winning the St. Paul City Conference championship in her two years there in 2004-05, taking fourth at the MSHSL Class AAA tournament in 2005. She currently works as a disability representative at Sedgwick Claims Management Services in Eden Prairie, Minn. Lisa is married to Brent Borowitz and together they have two children, Austin and Carson.
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