ROLLA, Mo. – Five former standouts in the Missouri S&T athletic program and one of the best softball teams in school history will make up the 2016 Athletic Hall of Fame class at S&T, which will be inducted on Saturday, Oct. 1.

The 30^th Hall of Fame class includes Stacy (Mathes) Wise, one of the 13 players in the history of the women's basketball program to score 1,000 points in her career; Clint Moss, a standout in the football and baseball program in the early 2000s; Paul Stricker, an All-America performer in swimming who has gone on to a distinguished career in the medical field; Brian Westre, the second-leading scorer and rebounder in the history of the men's basketball program; and Molly (Balke) Lincoln, one of five players in the history of the softball program to accumulate 200 career hits and the all-time leader in triples at S&T.

Lincoln was also a member of the Lady Miners' 2004 softball team that will be inducted, a team that went 41-14 -- a school record for wins in a season -- and finished second in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, Oct. 1 at Matt's Steakhouse at 2:30 p.m.  The Hall of Fame Class of 2016 will also be honored at halftime of the Miners' football game that evening against William Jewell College at Allgood-Bailey Stadium that will begin at 7 p.m.

The 2016 Missouri S&T Athletic Hall of Fame inductees:

MOLLY (BALKE) LINCOLN (Class of 2004)
One of the top outfielders in the history of the Lady Miner softball program, Lincoln hit .305 in her career where she accumulated nearly one hit per game played, with 200 hits in a school record 202 games played.  She also set the Lady Miners' team record with 17 triples, while scoring 114 runs and stealing 45 bases in her career.  She led the team in hitting in 2002 with a .335 average and batted better than .300 in three of her four seasons, including the 2004 season when the team won a school record 41 games, as she batted .319 with 25 runs batted in and 14 stolen bases.  Lincoln earned all-conference status during her each of her final three seasons, including first-team honors in 2002 and was also a three-time MIAA All-Academic team member, while serving as a team captain on the 2004 squad.

STACY (MATHES) WISE (Class of 1994)
In four seasons with the Lady Miner basketball program, Wise was one of the steadiest players on the team as she helped lead the team to 62 wins in that span.  After moving into the starting lineup as a sophomore, she averaged just under 10 points per game in the 1990-91 season and became a 16-point per game scorer by her senior year, when she shot 58.8 percent from the field and earned all-conference honors from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.  Her 435 points scored as a senior was the third-most in a season by a Lady Miner in school history and she ranks among the top 10 in field goals made in a career as well as one of the top free throw shooters at 76.8 percent; her mark of 88.5 percent as a sophomore led the MIAA.  In her final three seasons as a Lady Miner, she connected on 54.4 percent of her field goal attempts and finished her career with 1,007 points.

CLINT MOSS (Class of 2005)
Moss was an outstanding two-sport athlete for the Miners, excelling in both football and baseball during a four-year career.  On the gridiron, he earned all-conference honors following his junior and senior seasons when he racked up 95 catches for 1,177 yards during that span, including 60 in the 2003 campaign.  Moss finished his career with 116 receptions for 1,664 yards; the latter mark was the fourth-best in school history at the completion of his career.  In baseball, Moss led the Miners with a .378 average and led the Miners in several offensive categories in the 2002 season, while batting .321 during his four seasons.  He set the school record for career hits with 184 and for runs scored with 122 and also set the S&T career mark for triples with 13, while finishing up second in career stolen bases with 41 as he also earned All-MIAA honors in that sport on three occasions.

DR. PAUL STRICKER (Class of 1982)
As a member of the Miner swimming program, Stricker earned All-America honors in the pool in the 400-yard individual medley in 1982 and won three conference titles during his career, including back-to-back MIAA championships in the 1,650-yard freestyle and both individual medley events.  As a swimmer, Stricker earned top-three finishes on 11 occasions and set school records in both individual medley events.  Following his swimming career, Stricker went to a very successful professional career in the medical profession as one of just over 200 doctors who is board-certified in both sports medicine and pediatrics.  In 2000, he was selected as one of the physicians to represent the United States at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia and has served as a physician for several U.S. national teams, including those representing the country the World University Games in 1997 and 1999 and at the 1995 U.S. Olympic Festival.

BRIAN WESTRE (Class of 2005)
Westre was a standout player in the Miner basketball program, completing his four-year career as the holder of three school records and ranking among the top players in several statistical categories at both the institution and in the MIAA.  He finished with 1,771 points, the second-most in team history, while also ranking second in career rebounds with 933 and free throws made with 391 on the Miners' all-time list.  His 688 field goals and 162 blocked shots are the most in school history, while his 52 blocked shots in the 2000-01 season set a new one-year standard as well.  Westre led the Miners in scoring in two of his four seasons – averaging 18.3 points per game for his career – and led the Miners in rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots in each of those four years.  The 2000-01 MIAA "Freshman of the Year", Westre was a three-time All-MIAA selection and first-team pick in the 2002-03 campaign.  In addition to his on-court honors, Westre was the first member of the men's basketball program to earn Academic All-America honors on three occasions, including first-team laurels in the 2003-04 season.

2004 SOFTBALL TEAM
The Lady Miner softball team, under the direction of head coach Ryan Anderson, had one of its most successful seasons in school history in 2004 as it won a school record 41 games and finished second in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.   Headed by pitchers Christy Deken – who had a 27-2 record and 0.48 earned run average while striking out 346 hitters and Renee Roberts – the team held its opponents to an average of just 1.4 runs per game, threw three no-hitters and recorded 25 shutouts.  On the offensive side, the Lady Miners hit .309 as a team, the best single-season mark in school history, as seven members of the regular starting lineup hit .305 or better.  Janet Borgmeyer led the team with a .383 average, while Heather Maggard batted .346 and Jenny Meitz hit .333 with a team-high 36 runs batted in.  A total of nine players were named to the All-MIAA team, including Deken who was named as the league's most valuable player.