ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Office of Alumni Relations announces 2016 Homecoming Award Recipients and Class of 2016 Sports Hall of Fame inductees
July 28, 2016
POCATELLO – The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Relations are pleased to announce the 2016 Homecoming Award recipients and the Class of 2016 Sports Hall of Fame inductees.
The Homecoming Award recipients will be honored at the President's Alumni Recognition Dinner, Friday, Sept. 23. ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Homecoming is the week of Sept. 18-24, with the Homecoming game and parade set Saturday, Sept. 24.
2016 Homecoming Award recipients are: Distinguished Alumnus Award – Roger L. Akers, managing general partner, Akers Capital LLC; ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Achievement Award – Paul K. Link, professor, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Department of Geosciences; ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Distinguished Service Award – Craig K. Joseph, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø assistant director of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Office of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø; William J. Bartz Award – Sen. Roy J. Lacey; President’s Medallion Awards – Peter C. Kole, president and owner, Paramount Metal Products; Kelly Rae, owner, HabeRae Investments; Sharon Price, volunteer and philanthropist; and Arlo Luke, president and CEO, Varsity Contractors, Inc.; Young Alumni Award – Anntara Smith, clinical coordinator and assistant professor, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø-Meridian Health Science Center; and Parade Marshal Award – 1981 National ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Championship football team and coaches.
The Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2016 will be inducted on Saturday, Oct. 22, in the Beverly B. Bistline Thrust Theatre of the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. Members of the Class of 2016 Sports Hall of Fame are: Corky Federico – Football, 1984-1987; Story N. Holston – Tennis, 1990-1991; Paul Litchfield – Track and Field, 2003-2005; Nick Whitworth – Football, 1997-2000; and Dirk Koetter – Lifetime Achievement Award.
For more information about these events, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 208-282-4735.
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