OMAHA, Neb. – Four former athletes from Omaha University/University of Nebraska Omaha will be remembered for their playing days when they are inducted as the newest members of the UNO Athletics Hall of Fame, a joint venture of the Alumni Association and Omaha Athletics, on Thursday, Oct. 9.

Volleyball star Tracy Ankeny (Blair), soccer standout Stephanie Kruse, football mainstay Marv Nevins and wrestling champion Les Sigman all will be recognized as members of the Class of 2014.  Their inductions will be part of the new Night of Honor behind hosted by the Alumni Association at the Thompson Alumni Center beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Ankeny was a two-time first-team All-American and a second-team selection once.  She set the school record for career kills with 1,961 and is among the leaders in career digs with 1,691 and career attack percentage at .310. The Dixon, Neb., native was a second-team All-American as a freshman in 1997 and was a first-team pick in 1999 and 2000.  She was a four-time all-North Central Conference and all-region selection and was an academic all-NCC pick three times.

Kruse was a first-team All-American and a two-time first-team all-Central Region player in soccer.  She was the 2002 North Central Conference player of the year, helping UNO win three NCC titles and a berth in the 2002 national championship match. She was a two-time academic all-NCC selection and as of her induction, she ranked third in school history with 112 career points and second with 45 career goals, and was among the leaders with 22 career assists in her 1999-2002 career.

Nevins, the lone former Indian among the inductees, was a football lineman from 1954-56 while also serving as a team captain and later an assistant coach. He was a starter at tackle during a stretch in which Omaha University compiled a 30-5-1 record, including a triumph in the 1955 Tangerine Bowl game. The Omaha native was named to school's all-time Omaha U. Team by the Gateway in 1972.

Sigman had an outstanding career, finishing as the all-time winningest wrestler in UNO history. A part of three national championship teams at UNO from 2003-06, Sigman became just the fourth wrestler in Division II history to win four national championships. He dominated the heavyweight ranks during his Maverick career, going 179-7 in his four years at UNO. A four-time All-North Central Conference champion, Sigman was named NCC Wrestler of the Year and Outstanding Wrestler in the NCAA II National Tournament in 2006 after going 47-0 in his senior season. As a junior, he set the all-time single-season wins' mark with 51 wins (51-3).