BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) has announced its 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees. The induction ceremony will be held Tuesday, July 9 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington-Minneapolis South as part of the annual NSIC Summer Kickoff event. A social will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by the ceremony at 6:00 p.m. Reserve your tickets for the banquet by visiting
https://northernsun.org/HOFBanquet and filling out the on-line Hall of Fame Banquet Registration Form. Registrations are due no later than July 1, as space is limited for this event.
The class of 2024 includes:
Bryan Lippincott, Concordia University, St. Paul; John Alin, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Carly Boag, Minot State University, Matt Meuleners, Northern State University; Chris Pack, Southwest Minnesota State University; Shamus O'Grady, St. Cloud State University and the 2008-09 Minnesota State Women's Basketball Team.
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, 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 will now boast over 200 members and three teams.
Each NSIC institution (who has been a league member for at least ten years) is asked to submit one candidate for consideration for induction into the Hall of Fame. Each of the candidates 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 one of the following areas: 1) former student-athletes, 2) administrator/coach, 3) official/supervisor/coordinator, 4) contributor/supporter, or 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 NSIC Office and each institution will prominently display the plaques of their respective NSIC Hall of Fame inductees.
Lippincott is the seventh Golden Bear selected for the NSIC Hall of Fame, and the first with the primary sport of baseball and the second male, joining James McNear (primary football, secondary track & field and baseball).
Bryan Lippincott was a model student-athlete during his time at Concordia University St. Paul. The Johnston, Iowa native held a .428 career batting average and a perfect 4.0 grade point average, was named the 2012 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and holds nine career records for the Golden Bears.
One of the most distinguished hitters in NSIC baseball history, the Johnston High School graduate flirted with a .500 batting average 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.
Lippincott started 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.
In 2012 he was NSIC Player of the Year, All-Region First Team (ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA) and a First Team All-American (ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA). He was named All-NSIC three times during his career and was a four-time NSIC Player of the Week. He slashed .428/.497/.715 in 161 career games with 254 hits, with 28 home runs, 63 doubles and 12 triples. He was inducted into the CSP Hall of Fame in 2022.
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 Finance Manager at Coloplast in Northeast Minneapolis and married CSP women's basketball student-athlete Marlayna (Graff). They reside in Hugo, Minnesota with their children, Brooklynne, Everett and Cameron.
CSP'S NSIC HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
2023 - Mary (Slinger) Heiken, volleyball (
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2022 - Maggie McNamara, volleyball (
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2018 - James McNear, football, track & field, baseball (
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2017 - Kristen (Schmidt) Soukup, softball (
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2015 - Jennifer Pozzani, basketball, softball (
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2014 - Lisa (Harfield) Borowitz, soccer, basketball, softball (
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