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Alumni Hall of Fame
Brad played basketball for WSC
from 1997 to 2001, ranking as the
all-time leader in three pointer baskets
with 310 and ranks fourth in career
scoring with 1,556 points. The Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, native was a two-time All
Northern Sun Conference selection and
helped WSC make back-to-back NCAA
Tournament appearances in 1998-99 and 1999-00, helping
win the 1999-2000 Northern Sun Conference and reaching the
Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Brad is currently employed
as a commercial banking officer at Hills Bank and Trust Company
in Fairfax, Iowa.
Greg was WSC’s leading receiver
for three straight seasons during his
four-year career with the Wildcats from
1967 to 1970. He was the top receiver
with 20 catches for 363 yards and was
the team’s leading scorer with eight
touchdowns on the 1970 team that
went 7-3 and qualified for the Mineral Water bowl. The Omaha
native finished his career averaging 14.8 yards per catch. He
was also a conference champion in the 100 yard butterfly for
WSC in the 1969-70 season. Greg works in design/sales at
Valley Oasis Pools and is also a partner and coach with Cross Fit
in Tucson, Ariz.
Bill, who is a Wayne native, was a
standout baseball player at WSC from
1979 to 1982. He holds the career
home run record at WSC with 37 and
ranks fourth in career runs batted in
with 178. He was a three-time All NAIA
District 11 selection and First Team All
Central States Intercollegiate Conference in 1981 after setting
then school records with 18 homers, 67 RBI’s and 61 hits during
the season. He was an NAIA honorable mention All-American
selection in 1980. Bill is a contractor and managing partner with
Sander Properties LLC in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Marilyn posted winning records
coaching volleyball and softball at WSC.
She still ranks as the coach with the
most wins in WSC softball history, going
142-78 in her five years as head coach
from 1984 to 1988. Marilyn never had
a losing season in softball and coached the Wildcats to backto-
back 30 win seasons. In volleyball, she posted a 123-103-1
record in five seasons as head coach from 1983 to 1987. She
had winning records in four of her five seasons as head coach.
Marilyn works as associate professor of wellness and human
performance at Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, Minn.
Darold and Maxine have been
generous contributors to WSC,
supporting athletics and student
scholarships. They established the
Darold and Maxine Bobier Endowed
Mathematics Scholarship and contribute
annually to athletics.
Darold lettered in three sports
while attending WSC (football,
basketball & track). He served 34
years as a teacher and administrator
in the Denver Public School system
retiring in 1987. He also taught
Darold ’46 and Maxine Bartels Bobier ‘45
and coached at Cleghorn, Iowa (1946-48) and Hartington, Neb.
(1948-53). Maxine retired in 1987 from Adams School District
50 in Westminster, Colo. She taught fourth grade.
The 2001 Wayne State baseball team went 35-10 with a
12-2 record in the Northern Sun Conference. The ‘Cats were
NSIC Tournament Champions and advanced to the NCAA Division
II Tournament for the first time in school history. Coach John
Manganaro was named NSIC Coach of the Year and Brady Borner
was named NSIC Pitcher of the Year after going 9-2 with a 2.74
ERA and 103 strikeouts on the season.
2001 Wayne State Baseball Team - front row (l-r): Joe Wall, Joey Baldwin, Andy Schultz, Justin Conley, Justin Carey
and Tom Gause. Second row: Student Assistant Tate Meier, Gary Redden, Pat Zahourek, Mike Sorensen, Eddie
Burns, Tony Manganaro, Joe Hartman, David Muryn, Steve Clark, Wes Demke and Student Trainer Drew Erks. Third
row: Head Coach John Manganaro, Aaron Ligocki, Patrick Coghlan, Eric Fitch, Aaron Hyde, Rob Watt, Brady Borner,
Jason Sloger, Joel Tremblay, Scott Hayduk and Assistant Coach Tracy Archuleta. Back row: Andre Duval, Adam
Meier, Dustin Nilius, Brian Zimmerman, Adam Walkenhorst, Tim Richt, Chad Walker, Nathan Miller, Brian Disch
and Courie Weber. (Not pictured: Ryan Wetterberg and Assistant Coach Bruce Schlecht).
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