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2007 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Alonzo Babers	Robert Beckel	Col John Clune
Chad Hennings	Michelle Johnson	Brock Strom

When:	Friday, October 19th
Where:	Broadmoor Hotel- International Center Business Dress
Time\Cost:	6 p.m. cocktails-7 p.m. dinner\$75 Dinner Choices: Filet Mignon or Vegetarian

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Mr. Alonzo Babers      
Track   -  Class of 1983

Academy record holder (400-meter dash, 300-yard dash, 500-yard dash)
Two-time NCAA All-American (1983)
1983 Team Most Valuable Player
Two-time team outstanding competitor award winner (1981, 1982)
Olympic gold medal winner (1984: 400-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay)
Competed at the World University Games in 1983
Named Southland Corporation Sportsman Of the Year in 1984
Named Touchdown Club Military Athlete Of the Year in 1984
From January 1999 until retirement, served as USAFA Liaison Officer

Lt Gen (Ret) Robert Beckel
Men's Basketball   -  Class of 1959

Helms All-America selection in 1959
Served as Cadet Wing Commander
Owns AFA's top four single-game scoring performances (50, 48, 47, 46)
Ranks fourth on AFA's career scoring list with 1,526 points
Winner of AFA's Athletic Leadership Award in 1959
Played in the 1959 East-West Shrine All-Star Game
1959 Team Most Valuable Player
Commandant of Cadets at USAFA in 1981
Flew 313 combat missions in the F-100 in Vietnam
Commander, 15th Air Force, responsible for worldwide operation of the Strategic Air Command air refueling tanker force

Col (Ret) John Clune
Administration-Athletic Director (1975-91)

Spearheaded AFA's successful move into the Western Athletic Conference in 1980
Initiated comprehensive 10-sport women's program in 1976
Served as president of National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (1984-85)
Served as chairman of the Division 1-A football committee
In 1982, moved women's program from AIAW to NCAA Division II level of competition
Worked with Air Force Academy Foundation in 1986 to build $4.5 million visitor center

Served as president of the College Football Association in 1989
Inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame
Received the Homer C. Rice Award in 1991 for exemplary service to intercollegiate athletics
Received the John L. Toner Award for outstanding dedication to college athletics

 

Mr. Chad Hennings
Football   -  Class of 1988

Most celebrated football player in Academy history
Consensus All-American and Outland Trophy winner in 1987
Touchdown Club college lineman of the year in 1987
Named the WAC's defensive player of the decade for the 1980s
Selected to play in the Japan Bowl and East-West Shrine game in 1988
Inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 2006
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006
Played with Dallas Cowboys for nine seasons, winning three Super Bowl Championships
Served in Desert Storm as an A-10 pilot

 

Brig Gen Michelle Johnson
Basketball   -  Class of 1981

School-record holder for career scoring average (17.6) and field goals made (689)
Ranks in top five on AFA all-time leading scorer list with 1,706 points
Ranks in top five on AFA all-time free throws made (328)
Team co-captain, 1979-81
Academic All-American (3.91 GPA), 1980-81
1981 Team Most Valuable Player
AFA's first female Cadet Wing Commander and first female Rhodes Scholar
Inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1995
Command pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours in C-141, T41, KC-10, C-17, C-5 and KC-135

Col (Ret) Brock Strom
Football   -  Class of 1959

Captained 1958 undefeated football team
Consensus football All-American in 1958 at tackle - the Academy's first
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985
Inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1991
Inducted into Colorado Springs Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007
Obtained Masters degree from MIT in astronautical engineering
Managed a group of engineers verifying Missile Inertial Guidance Performance
Flew as a navigator in Vietnam (90 Missions)
Obtained Ph.D from Arizona State University in astronautical engineering
Served as the Director of Engineering for the Global Positioning System (GPS)
Directed the development of the Air Force Space Defense System

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