Concordia announces Athletic Hall of Fame, induction class of 2022

The newest seven inductees form CSP’s 17th Hall of Fame class

6.24.22

By: Josh Deer & Patrick Rydeen

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Concordia University has announced the Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022. The seven new members inducted this year are: Megan (Carlson) Brown, Bryan Lippincott, Katie (Anderson) McKenzie, John Sieling, Jacquelyn (Hauser) Snodgrass, Stanley Tischer, and Diahn Zeon, Jr..

This year’s induction class represents seven different sports led by two representing the football program with one each from baseball, wrestling and track & field on the men’s side, and volleyball, softball and golf from the women’s programs. Two were multi-sport student-athletes: John Sieling (football & baseball) and Stanley Tischer (football & wrestling).

The 2022 Concordia St. Paul Athletic Hall of Fame class will be officially inducted at the Athletic Hall of Fame brunch during Homecoming 2022 weekend on Saturday, October 1 at 9 a.m. on campus at the Buenger Education Center (BEC). Tickets to the brunch are limited, but available on the CSP homecoming registration website.

The seven new members represent the 17th induction class to the Athletic Hall of Fame dating back to its origination in 1992. The Hall of Fame now has 142 members.

Concordia began sponsoring four-year college athletics in 1967-68, competing as a junior college and high school (academy) from its founding in 1893 until that time. Until 1999, CSP was known as the Comets and competed as members of the NAIA before its transition to NCAA Division II with membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) starting in the 1999-2000 academic year through present day.

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A Division I transfer from Marshall University, the Andover, Minnesota native (Andover HS) earned her degree from CSP in 2012 in education (physical education & health) after capturing three NCAA Division II championships as a two-time All-America First Team selection.

A player who could impact that game from any spot on the floor, (Carlson) Brown’s Golden Bear squads racked up a 103-6 overall record in her three years, winning 94.5 percent of their matches including postseason play and capturing wins in 58 of 60 NSIC matches to sweep three league championships.

Her first year as a Golden Bear couldn’t have been better as she produced an All-America Third Team season for a perfect team that went 37-0, winning the national title on their home floor for the second year in a row at Gangelhoff Center.

She resides in Mound, Minnesota with her husband, Seth, son Beckett (5), daughter Blakely (4) and dog Kaiya (8). She is currently a senior account manager at JL Buchanan, a retail consulting firm she has worked with for four and a half years. She remains active in volleyball as a coach for the Mound Co-Op High School boys’ program.
Career Awards
Three-time NCAA Champion (2011, 2010, 2009)
Three-time NSIC Champion (2011, 2010, 2009)
Two-time All-America First Team (Daktronics & AVCA 2011, AVCA 2010)
Two-time All-America Second Team (Daktronics 2010, AVCA 2009)
2009 Daktronics All-America Third Team
2011 Daktronics Central Region Player of the Year
Three-time Daktronics & AVCA All-Region First Team (2011, 2010, 2009)
2011 NSIC Player of the Year
Three-time All-NSIC First Team (2011, 2010, 2009)
2011 NSIC All-Academic
Three-time NCAA All-Tournament Team (2011, 2010, 2009)
Three-time NCAA Central Region All-Tournament Team (2011, 2010, 2009)
2010 Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team
CSP Records
3rd - career receive percentage (.965)
4th - career digs per set (3.96)
8th - career points per set (3.99)
8th - career solo blocks (68)
9th - career digs (1363)
Career & Season Stats
One of six players in program history in the 1,000/1,000 Club
Career 1,363 digs and 1,143 kills in 106 matches over three seasons
Career 51 double-doubles
Career .282 hitting percentage on 2844 attempts
Career 189 total blocks (68 solo & 121 assists) and 100 service aces
Averaged at least 3.49 digs and 2.93 kills per set in all three seasons
One of the most distinguished and feared hitters in NSIC baseball history, the Johnston, Iowa (Johnston HS) native flirted with the .500 batting average mark for a single season while capturing the NCAA Division II batting title (.494) on his way to being selected by the Washington Nationals in the 19th round in the 2012 MLB Draft.

Of the various awards in Lippincott’s file, none are more prestigious than being named the CoSIDA Division II Academic All-American of the Year across all Division II sports, beating out the Academic All-American of the Year selections for all other sports during that academic year.

After a perfect 40-0 prep baseball season at Johnston High School, Lippincott continued to win at Concordia, starting 29 games as a true freshman for a 2009 Golden Bear squad that set and still holds the program’s single season wins record with a 35-18 season.

A perfect 4.0 student, Lippincott completed his finance degree at CSP and would later earn his MBA from the University of St. Thomas with an emphasis in business analytics. He works as a lead financial analyst at Coloplast in Northeast Minneapolis and married CSP women’s basketball student-athlete Marlayna (Graff). They reside in St. Paul with their children, Brooklynne (6), Everett (3) and Cameron (3 months).
Career Awards
MLB Draft Pick of the Washington Nationals (19th Round)
2012 CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year for all sports
Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year for baseball (2012, 2011)
2012 Tino Martinez DII Player of the Year national runner-up
2011 Tino Martinez DII Player of the Year national semifinalist
2012 NCAA Batting Champion for all levels (.494)
2012 All-America First Team (ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA)
Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2012, 2011)
2012 NCAA Central Region Player of the Year
2012 All-Region First Team (ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA)
Two-time All-Region Second Team (D2CCA & NCBWA in 2011, ABCA in 2010)
Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2012, 2011)
2010 CoSIDA Academic All-Distrct Second Team
2012 NSIC Player of the Year
2012 All-NSIC First Team
Two-time All-NSIC Second Team (2011, 2010)
Three-time NSIC All-Academic (2012, 2011, 2010)
Two-time NCBWA Central Region Player of the Week
Four-time NSIC Player of the Week
2011 NCAA leader in doubles per game
CSP Records
1st - career batting average (.428)
1st - career runs scored (170)
1st - career doubles (63)
1st - career triples (12)
1st - career intentional walks (16)
1st - season batting average (.494, 2012)
1st - season on-base percentage (.594, 2012)
1st - season intentional walks (15)
t-1st - season hits (84, 2010)
2nd - career hits (254)
2nd - career runs batted in (165)
2nd - career total bases (425)
2nd - season slugging percentage (.864, 2012)
2nd - season runs scored (57, 2010)
2nd - season total bases (142, 2010)
2nd - season doubles (19, 2012)
3rd - career stolen bases (41)
3rd - career assists (313)
4th - career slugging percentage (.715)
4th - career on-base percentage (.497)
4th - career home runs (28)
Career & Season Stats
Career .428/.497/.715 hitter in 161 games
Career 254 hits, including 28 home runs, 63 doubles and 12 triples
Career 170 runs and 165 RBIs
Career 425 total bases and 41 stolen bases
Season batting averages of .354 (2009), .410 (2010), .434 (2011) and .494 (2012)
Reached base at a .434 or better clip in all four years
Slugged 545 or better in all four years
Had 17 or more doubles in each of his final three years
An exercise science major from Mendota Heights, Minnesota (Henry Sibley HS), (Anderson) McKenzie joined the Golden Bears for the 2009 season and promptly helped the program secure four consecutive 30-plus win seasons, a feat accomplished by the prestigious softball program just twice in its NCAA Division II-era. In all, the Golden Bears compiled a 133-84 overall record and 61-39 record in Northern Sun play with four-straight winning conference seasons.

The winning wasn’t just confined to the regular season for McKenzie’s squads, who reached a pair of NCAA Central Region Tournaments during her career, as a sophomore in 2010 (35-17, 19-7 NSIC) and as a senior in 2012 (33-23, 13-11 NSIC) when they advanced to the regional championship placing them among the final 16 programs standing in Division II softball.

After spending the first half of her career as an underclassman bringing athleticism to right field and the second spot in the lineup, she patrolled center field and led off to pace the lineup for her final 108 games as a junior and senior. By the end of her career, she had stolen 95.6 percent of her 113 stolen base attempts, successfully swiping a bag from the opposition 108 times.

Upon graduation, she spent the early part of her professional career with Target Corporation in Minneapolis as an inventory analyst and returned to the dugout as an assistant coach for the Golden Bears from 2015-19. Following her time at Target and with CSP softball’s coaching staff, she shifted gears to become a stay at home mother. She met her husband, Marcus, at CSP. He also holds a degree from CSP, earning his master’s degree while a graduate assistant and later full time pitching coach for the Golden Bear baseball program. The couple has a daughter, Madison, and reside in Lakeville, Minnesota.
Career Awards
2010 NFCA All-Region First Team
2012 Daktronics All-Region First Team
2012 NFCA All-Region Second Team
2012 All-NSIC First Team
Three-time All-NSIC Second Team (2011, 2010, 2009)
2012 All-NSIC Gold Glove Team
Three-time NSIC leader in steals (2011, 2010, 2009)
2010 NSIC leader in triples (4)
CSP Records
1st - career stolen bases (108)
1st - career at-bats (714)
1st - career stolen base percentage (.956)
3rd - career hits (247)
3rd - career runs scored (160)
3rd - career triples (11)
3rd - season triples (6, 2010)
4th - season runs scored (48, 2011)
5th - career total bases (328)
Career & Season Stats
Career .346/.377/.459 hitter in 212 games
Career 160 runs scored and 86 RBIs
Career 103 stolen bases on 113 attempts (95.6%)
Career 26 doubles, 11 triples and 11 home runs
Career 247 hits and 328 total bases
Career .975 fielding percentage with 20 outfield assists
Hit .321 or better in all four seasons
Slugged .465 or better in each of her last three seasons
Stole at least 19 bases in all four seasons
A member of the inaugural Concordia-St. Paul football team, Sieling was a leader on the defense as a four-year starter while he also helped the baseball program to a pair of Tri-State Conference titles as a two-sport athlete.

In the program’s first-ever season in 1969, the Perham, Minnesota (Perham HS) native led the team in tackles and defensive points, repeating that feat as a senior in 1972. A versatile athlete, splitting time between defensive line and both inside and outside linebacker, Sieling helped the program to at least four wins in each of his four seasons on campus.

On the baseball diamond, the utility outfielder helped guide the program to back-to-back Tri-State Conference Co-Championships in his final two years with the Comets.

During his time at CSP, Sieling met his future wife, Annette, and the couple was married in 1974. They both spent 35+ years teaching at Eagle Valley Schools in Eagle Bend, Minnesota, as he taught sixth grade and worked as head football, softball and baseball coach as well as head negotiator for EVEA. Sieling tallied 195 career victories on the football field and over 200 wins on the softball diamond as a coach. He also spent seven seasons as the head football coach at Parkers Prairie High School after retiring from teaching.

John and Annette still live in Eagle Bend, and are the parents of Chris and Kerry as well as the grandparents of Isabella, Jayden, Michael and Elizabeth.
Career Awards
1972 Lutheran Brotherhood All-Lutheran Team
1972 Tri-State All-Conference Team
Two-time Tri-State Conference Co-Champion in baseball (1973, 1972)
CSP Records
1st - career fumble recoveries (8)
Career & Season Stats
Two-time team leader in defensive points (163 in 1972, 114 in 1969)
Two-time team leader in tackles (94 in 1972, 61 in 1969)
1972 team leader in sacks (3.0)
Four-year starter in football
Three-year letter winner in baseball
A 2009 graduate with a kinesiology (sport management) degree, the Caledonia, Minnesota (Caledonia HS) native, (Hauser) Snodgrass left her mark on the Golden Bear golf program by establishing a school record career scoring average.

As a senior, her scoring average ranked second in program history for a single season as she helped lead the Golden Bears to their first NSIC Championship and first NCAA region championship appearance where they finished second overall to qualify for the NCAA Division II Championships as a team.

Her individual postseason run was a big factor, as she placed third at the NCAA Super Regional 3 in Sioux Falls after carding a sixth-place run at the NSIC Championships. She was no stranger to the big stage, having placed third at the 2007-08 NSIC Championships as an individual before qualifying for the 2007-08 NCAA North Central Region Championships where she finished 17th.

Following her playing career, she transitioned to coaching, spending two seasons as the program’s graduate assistant coach while also serving as an administrative graduate assistant for the athletics department. She continued coaching in her hometown at Caledonia High School for the girls’ program.

With her playing and coaching days behind her, Snodgrass has been a financial worker at Houston County Public Health & Human Services for the past decade. She has been married to her husband Cole for eight years and they have two sons, Jarrett and Jayden.
Career Awards
2008-09 NCAA Division II Championships Team Qualifier
2008-09 NSIC Team Champion
2008-09 NGCA All-Region First Team
2007-08 NCAA Super Regional Individual Qualifier
Two-time All-NSIC First Team (2008-09, 2007-08)
2006-07 All-NSIC Second Team
Two-time NGCA All-Scholar Team (2008-09, 2006-07)
Three-time NSIC All-Academic (2008-09, 2007-08, 2006-07)
Two-time NSIC All-Tournament Team (2008-09, 2007-08)
NSIC Golfer of the Week (4/22/2009)
First Place medalist at Maverick Invite in 2008–09
CSP Records
1st (at time of graduation, now 8th) - career scoring average (82.6)
1st (at time of graduation, now 7th) - career top-10 finishes (10)
1st (at time of graduation, now 5th) - career rounds played (94)
1st - career won-lost percentage (.878 (556-77)
1st - season team scoring average (322.0, 2008-09)
1st - season won-lost percentage (.963 (52-2), 2007-08)
2nd (at time of graduation, now 8th) - season scoring average (79.7, 2008-09)
3rd (at time of graduation, now 11th) - career-low round (73)
Career & Season Stats
Career scoring average of 82.57 in 94 rounds
Career 10 top-10 finishes and eight top-five finishes
Career 556-77 won-lost (.878)
Took third at 2008-09 NCAA Super Region 3 Championships
Took third at 2007-08 NSIC Championships & sixth at 2008-09 NSIC Championships
Took 17th at 2007-08 NCAA North Central Region Championships
After earning his associate’s degree from Brainerd Community College, Tischer quickly earned a reputation as a relentless tackler on the football field and a key contributor on the wrestling mat for the Comets. Despite spending just two seasons on the gridiron at Concordia-St. Paul, the St. Francis, Minnesota (St. Francis HS) native left CSP holding nearly every tackling record for the program.

After opening his career with a staggering 152 tackles (16.8 per game) during the team’s conference title-winning 1978 season, Tischer followed it up with an even better 1979 season in which he set the school record in total tackles with 175 (19.4 per game) and five fumbles recovered, records that still stand today.

He added another conference title as a wrestler in his lone season on the team as his second place finish at the 1978 Conference Wrestling Championships helped the team win the crown while also earning him qualification for the national meet.

Following his graduation from CSP in May 1981, Tischer spent three years as an assistant football coach for the Comets before becoming the defensive coordinator, wrestling coach and residence director at Concordia River Forest for 11 years, earning his M.A. in guidance and counseling during that time. In 1994, Stan moved his family to Morris, Illinois, where he spent 24 years as a guidance counselor, football and wrestling coach and founder of the award-winning Minooka Angler’s Club before retiring in 2019. He now resides in New Auburn, Wisconsin with his wife, Janis. They are the parents of Joshua, Jacob and Joseph and grandparents of Adelyn, Jason, Rhett, Riley, Brooke, Sadie, Daisy and Wilder.
Career Awards
1979-80 Concordia Athlete of the Year
1979 Upper Midwest All-Conference Team
1979 Twin Rivers All-Conference Team
1978 Upper Midwest All-Conference Second Team
1978 Twin Rivers All-Conference honorable mention
1979 Comet of the Year
1978 Twin Rivers Conference Champions in football
1978 Team Conference Champions in wrestling
CSP Records
1st - season total tackles (175, 1979)
1st - season assisted tackles (100, 1978)
1st (at time of graduation, now 2nd) - career assisted tackles (195)
1st (at time of graduation, now 4th) - career total tackles (327)
1st (at time of graduation, now 2nd) - season solo tackles (80, 1979)
1st (at time of graduation, now 14th) - career solo tackles (132)
t-1st - season fumbles recovered (5, 1979)
2nd - season assisted tackles (95, 1979)
2nd (at time of graduation, now 5th) - career fumbles recovered (5)
Career & Season Stats
Career 18.2 tackles per game (327 total) in two seasons
Season 19.4 tackles per game (175 total) in 1979
Season 16.8 tackles per game (152 total) in 1978
Career five fumbles recovered
Finished second in the 1978 conference wrestling meet
Two-time letter winner in football
1978 letter winner in wrestling
After making the short trip from Richfield, Minnesota (Richfield HS) to Concordia, Zeon burst onto the scene as a consistent performer for the track & field program as the criminal justice major was an eight-time All-NSIC selection during his four years on campus.

After an impressive start in his first season earned him a 13th place finish in the long jump at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships, Zeon continued to pile up strong performances as he scored points in all eight NSIC Championships he competed in during his career, registering double-digit points hauls five times.

His name still graces the CSP record books as his 4x200m relay teams in both indoor and outdoor, as well as his outdoor 4x100m relay team, which featured 2020 CSP Hall of Fame selection Kawaskii Bacon, BA ‘09, all maintain the top times for the Golden Bears. Zeon also held the school record in the outdoor long jump until being surpassed in the 2022 season.

Upon graduation, he began his career as a corrections officer at Stillwater Correctional Facility before enrolling in the law enforcement training program for the Minnesota State Patrol in 2016. Since graduating from the State Patrol Academy, Zeon has worked as a state trooper as well as a field training officer for probationary troopers. He lives in Minneapolis with his fiancee, Kim, and their three month old son.
Career Awards
2008-09 national qualifier in the indoor long jump
Four-time All-NSIC in long jump (2012 outdoor, 2011 indoor, 2010 indoor & outdoor)
Three-time All-NSIC in 4x100m relay (2011 outdoor, 2010 outdoor, 2009 outdoor)
2010 All-NSIC in outdoor 100m
2009 CSP Coaches Award
CSP Records
1st - indoor 4x200m relay (1:30.56)
1st - outdoor 4x200m relay (1:26.57)
1st - outdoor 4x100m relay (41.04)
1st (at time of graduation, now 2nd) - outdoor long jump (23’10”)
Career & Season Stats
80.75 career point total at NSIC Championships
Scored in all eight NSIC Championships in 21 total events
16 top-five finishes total at NSIC Championships
Finished 13th at NCAA Indoor Championships in long jump (22’4.25”)
30 career wins in all events
PRs of 23’10” in outdoor long jump and 23’9.5” in indoor long jump
PRs of 6.50 in 55m, 6.92 in 60m and 10.61 in 100m
PRs of 21.74 in outdoor 200m, 22.15 in indoor 200m and 48.8 in 400m