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Friday, Sept. 22 during the annual Swarm Week activities. Inductees are Terry Burgess, Jeff Englund, Leslie Deutscher, Ernie Mecca and Jim Alcorn. The 1970 football team and the 1928 men s basketball team will also be honored.


basketball from 1992 96. Leslie s name appears multiple times in the Yellow Jacket record book. Her achievements include: 1,426 career points (fourth all time) 556 career field goals made (fourth all time) 837 career rebounds (first all time) 7.6 career rebounds per game (fourth all time) .732 career free throw percentage 314 career free throws made (second all time) 143 career blocked shots (first all time) 185 career steals (fourth all time) 249 single season rebounds


(second all time) 44 single season blocked shots


(first all time) 39 single season blocked shots


(second all time) 36 single season blocked shots


(third all time) 7 single game blocked shots


(tied for second all time) 6 single game blocked shots two times


(fourth all time) 1.000 single game free throw percentage (tied for first all time)


Jeff Englund ran his way into the record books as he compet


ed for the Yellow Jackets football tam from 1988 1991. Three times Jeff scored 30 points in a single game. His other accomplishments include:


264 career points scored (first all time) 39 touchdowns (first all time) 2,835 career rushing yards (first all time) 1,147 single season rushing yards (first all time set in 1991) 1,037 single season rushing yards (second all time set in


1990)


117 single season points scored (first all time set in 1990) 115 single season points scored (second all time set in 1991) NAIAHonorable Mention All American in 1991


Over the past three decades, Terry Burgess, Class of 72, has


established himself as one of the most highly respected coaches in the state of Wyoming. Terry was named Wyoming Wrestling Coach of the Year five times. Terry coached a pole vault state champion while in Sheridan, Wyo., and also coached the distance runners and was an assistant football coach at Sheridan High School. He was a mem ber of the football coaching staff that led Sheridan to five state championships. Terry was inducted into the Wyoming Coaches Hall


of Fame in 2006. He also coached football and wrestling at Dickinson State University. At BHSU, Burgess was a multi sport athlete, playing football, baseball and wrestling for the Yellow Jackets.


Ernie Mecca, Class 78, who taught and coached at DuBois, Wyo., guided both track and field as well as bas


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Yellow Jacket inductees named F


ive individuals and two teams to be inducted into the Hall of Fame Black Hills State University will induct five individu als and two teams into the 2006 Yellow Jacket Hall of Fame


Leslie Deutscher competed for the Yellow Jackets in women s


ketball in his coaching career. In 1995, the National High School Athletic Coaches Association awarded him as the Region 7 Coach of the Year Award for girls track. Mecca led the boys track team to five regional championships and three state championships. The girls track team won four regional championships and two state championships under Mecca s direction. Mecca was also an outstanding basketball coach, guiding the boys basketball team to two regional titles, and he was awarded the Class 1ACoach of the Year Award in 1990. He also coached girls basketball and was an assistant football coach.


Jim Alcorn is being inducted into the Yellow Jacket Hall of


Fame for his contributions to the BHSU athletic program. In the past he served as a president for the Yellow Jacket Foundation and is currently a member of the Yellow Jacket Foundation Board of Directors. Alcorn s loyalty to the Yellow Jackets runs deep. He served as an assistant football coach at Black Hills State in the 80s and was president of the Yellow Jacket Foundation from 1991 1999.


The 1970 football team ended their sea son as SDIC Tri Champions with a 5 1 conference record


and an 8 2 overall record. Coach Gene Schlekeway led what is considered by many to be the best football team


ever to compete for BHSU. Team members included Bob Langten, Dean Fudge, Jim Falter, Harvey Krautschun, V.J. Hirsch, Kent Waugh, Lanny


Swisher, Rich Schlekeway, Ed Sheridan, Pat Lavery, Galen Dannenbring, Sonny Brooks, Dan O Connor, Randy Langdon,


Norm Anderson, Tom Stewart, Gary Peters, Bob Worth, Terry Danielson, Bob Gibson, Chuck Sisk, Bill Fleak, Mark Berdahl, Mike Murphy, Mike McMahon, Bill Shell, Norb Weisbeck, Mike Stafford, Bob Templeton, Keith Schultz, Craig Leckner, Doug Roseth, Keith Glanzer, Ron Young, Roger Risty, George Kuhler, Jerry Pfieffer, Gary Bereiter, Jon Haberman, Mike Hughes, Ralph Meyer, Kirk Stradinger, Terry Burgess, Eldon McNabb, Kent Mauck, Mike Berg, Jim Holwenger, Jerome Lee, Mike Savoy, Ken Richardt, Al Kelley, Paul Georgas, and Dennis Herndon.


Once hailed as the best college basketball team in South


Dakota, the 1928 Yellow Jacket men s basketball team will be honored this year at the 2006 Yellow Jacket Hall of Fame banquet. The Yellow Jacket men provided enthusiasm and excitement during the incredible 1928 season. Then known as the Black Hills Teachers College, the team played in 22 games, winning 17 and dropping only five con tests. They lost only three games to colle giate opponents.


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