The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) has announced its 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees.

The induction ceremony will be held Tuesday, July 12 at the Best Western Premier in Burnsville, Minnesota at the NSIC’s 17th annual Summer Kickoff event.

The class of 2016 includes: Jane Dusich, Bemidji State University; Sara Lee, Minnesota State University Moorhead; Bob Olson, Northern State University; Alvin Ashley, Southwest Minnesota State University; John Manganaro, Wayne State College; and Larry Holstad, Winona State University.

Olson was selected as NSU’s 19th men’s basketball coach in 1985.. For the next 14 years, Olson led NSU teams to national prominence at the NAIA and NCAA levels, compiling a 305-129 career record and coaching 27 all-conference players, five NAIA All-Americans, one NCAA First-Team All-American and eight Academic All-Americans.

NSU made five NAIA National Tournament appearances, making championship runner-up campaigns in 1994 and 1995. The program’s success was seamless as NSU made the move up from the NAIA ranks to NCAA Division II for the 1995-96 season. The Wolves earned national post-season berths in their first four seasons under the new umbrella, highlighted by a North Central Region Championship and Elite Eight berth in 1997-98. The Elite Eight appearance was the first by an NSIC institution in men’s basketball.

John Manganaro served 20 seasons as a coach with the Wayne State College baseball program, including 17 as head coach. As head coach from 1993 to 2009, Manganaro built Wayne State into one of the top programs in NCAA Division II, winning six NSIC regular season titles while guiding the Wildcats to six straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2004 to 2009. WSC also made seven trips to the NCAA Tournament over a nine-year span. Manganaro accumulated a 506-309-1 record (.620) and was 198-54 (.785) in NSIC games. Wayne State was the 12th winningest team of the 2000’s in NCAA Division II baseball under Manganaro, going 368-157-1 (.701).