Eight former Cyclone student-athletes and coaches have been selected by the Iowa State Letterwinners Club to be inducted into the ISU Athletic Hall of Fame.

There will be an official ceremony to induct the honorees on Friday, Sept. 7 at the Gateway Center Hotel in Ames.

The inductees will also be honored at halftime of the Sept. 8 Iowa State football game vs. Northern Iowa.

Bill Bergan

Bill Bergan spent 23 years at Iowa State in a coaching capacity beginning in 1971. He worked as both ISU’s head cross country coach and the head track and field coach.

In Bergan’s years at Iowa State, his teams combined for 25 conference titles winning NCAA cross country titles in 1989 and 1994.

Bill also helped develop the ISU Cross Country Course, which held last year’s NCAA Championships.

Bergan said that although it will be his name going in the ISU Hall of Fame, there is another group of people who deserve credit.

“It was always the athletes doing such a wonderful job which really says something about the programs,” he said.

Although Bergan has been elected to the Iowa Association Track Coaches Hall of Fame as well as the Drake Relays Hall of Fame, he said that this award means a lot to him.

“I really appreciate the honor from Iowa State,” he said.

Larry Hayes

Larry Hayes made and sustained his name in wrestling in the late `50s and early `60s.

Hayes made history by becoming the first three-time NCAA Champion in ISU history.

In 1959, he led Iowa State to second-place finishes at both the Big Eight and NCAA meets, while winning the 137-pound NCAA championship.

Hayes moved up to the 147-pound weight class and winning Big Eight and NCAA titles in 1960 and 1961.

Hayes also received one of the highest honors a wrestler can receive when he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Despite receiving this distinction, Hayes said it means a lot that the honor is coming from Iowa State.

“Being in your own college’s hall of fame is special,.” he said.

Hayes also said that he was impressed with the group of people he was being inducted into the hall of fame with and called it “quite an honor.”

Dave Hoppmann

Replacing an All-American is usually looked at as a tough task to complete, but Dave Hoppmann made it look easy.

As a sophomore tailback for the 1960 ISU football team, Hoppmann made Cyclone fans forget about the graduated Dwight Nichols by leading the Big Seven Conference in rushing with an ISU record with 844 yards on 161 carries.

Hoppmann’s junior season brought a memorable performance in the annual homecoming game when he carried the ball 25 times for 271 yards.

What made the feat extra special is that two days before, he had spent 12 hours in the hospital.

That same season, he broke his own record by rushing for 920 yards, while leading the nation in total offense with 1,638 yards, good enough to earn All-American honors.

Hoppman was also named an All-American the following year.

Everett Kischer

Everett “Rabbit” Kischer was co-captain and quarterback for the 1938 ISU football team that became the first Cyclone team to earn an Associated Press ranking finishing the season ranked No. 18 with a 7-1-1 record.

Kischer accounted for 70 of ISU’s 125 points that season, while throwing for 620 yards and six touchdowns.

He also ran for 390 yards and averaged 38 yards per kick while serving as a punter.

He was named to the All-Big Six team, as well as third-team All-America by the Newspaper Enterprises Association.

Kischer still holds the ISU record with four interceptions in one game.

Jack McGuire

McGuire served as the ISU’s Swim team coach for 34 years, racking up nine league titles with a record of 182-109-2.

McGuire served a record 13 years on the NCAA swimming rules committee, chairing the group twice.

He was president of national collegiate swimming coaches, president of the Iowa AAU and served on the Olympic swimming committee.

McGuire also coached the Cyclone golf team, winning two Big Seven titles.

Edith Nakiyingi

Nakiyingi had a career of honors and awards as a Cyclone track and field athlete going down as one of the most decorated athletes in ISU history.

She was a two-time NCAA champion, seven-time All-American, 11-time Big Eight Champion, and four-time winner in the 800 meters at both the Big Eight Championship and the Drake Relays.

She also was named 1992 Big Eight Female Athlete of the year, twice named the most outstanding performer at the Big Eight outdoor meet, and in 1991 and `92, she won the Big Eight titles in both the 800 meters and 1,500 meters.

The year 1990 proved to be her best year as she captured four Big Eight titles in just the year alone.

John Nuttall

Also a very successful competitor in track, as well as cross country, was John Nuttall.

Nuttall led his teams to two conference indoor and outdoor titles, as well as two cross country championships.

Individually, he was a national champion in the 10,000 meters and in cross country, as well as being a six-time All-American and eight-time Big Eight Champion.

At the 1980 Big Eight Championship, he earned Most Outstanding Performer, winning the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs in record times and anchoring the first-place distance medley relay.

In his final race, he finished in fourth-place at the NCAA outdoor 5,000-meter run in Eugene, Ore.

Johnny Orr

Often thought of as one of the most popular coaches in Cyclone history, former men’s basketball coach, Johnny Orr, led his teams to five 20-win seasons and six NCAA tournament appearances.

Orr is currently the winningest coach in ISU history with 218 career victories.

Perhaps his biggest feat though, was returning Cyclone pride to Ames.

Orr’s arrival preceded a 95 percent increase in attendance for home games.

In his first season alone, attendance increased 3,000 fans per game.

During the 1983-84 season, Iowa State was invited to the NIT, which was the first invitation for post-season play in 40 years for the Cyclones.

During the years of 1985-86, Orr spearheaded the phrase “Hilton Magic” as his team went undefeated at home with the attendance numbers at sell-out capacity.

Orr followed up that impressive campaign two years later when his team set a new record for attendance averaging 14,238 fans per game.

The eight inductees were selected by a committee of ISU letterwinners, coaches, professors, sportswriters and information directors.

They were chosen from a list over 150 nominees that was submitted by members of the ISU Letterwinners Club.