Athletics inducts Hall of Fame recipients

Four former Northern Arizona University student-athletes and the 1996-97 women's golf team were inducted into the NAU Athletics Hall of Fame at a reception during halftime of the NAU-Eastern Washington football game Nov. 10.

Brad Armstrong (Track and Field, 1974-76) Armstrong won the 1975 and 1976 pole vault with jumps of 16'-9" and 16'-6". He was a member of the 1975 Big Sky championship team and placed seventh in the pole vault in the NCAA championships at 17-0 at Brigham Young University, earning All-America honors.

Holly Jones (Women's Soccer, 1998-01) Jones led the women's soccer team to two Big Sky Conference championship matches and is the Big Sky Conference record holder for points, goals and shots in a career. Jones set a school record with 12 game-winning goals and was twice named to the Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team (1998, 2001). She was a four-time Big Sky All-Academic selection, a two-time All-Big Sky First Team selection, and was named to the All-Big Sky second team.

Pam Rogers (Swimming and Diving, 1983-96) Rogers was the first coach of the women's swimming and diving program and was responsible for the addition of the men's program. She is the first woman in the sport of swimming and diving to be the head coach of a combined men's and women's Division I team. Rogers was head coach of the program from 1983-96, during which both men's and women's teams won five Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference titles. She coached 39 women's conference champions in individual events and 47 Golden Eagle Scholar Athletes. She was a four-time All-American, a two-time national champion and an alternate for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1976.

Lanny Westbrook (Wrestling/Football, 1960-62) In 1967, Westbrook was a finalist for the Sullivan Award, which is given to the outstanding athlete in the United States for achievements in wrestling and judo. He was a three-year football letterwinner and chosen three-time All-Frontier Conference. He was awarded the Yost Award, given to the top lineman. Westbrook was a three-year letterwinner in wrestling and three-time AAU state champion. He won the 1963 AAU Region 7 Championship and was named the outstanding wrestler of the meet. Westbrook returned to NAU as assistant police chief in 1969 and was inducted into the Arizona Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1973. He served as assistant professor of police science 1978-84 and as head wrestling coach 1979-84.

1996-97 Women's Golf Team The 1996-97 women's golf team advanced to NCAA regionals for the first time in school history with an at-large bid. The team won the first Big Sky Conference title in the second year of the program's existence and three tournament titles over the course of the season.