FHSU Athletics
Fort Hays State Athletics will enshrine six new members into the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 25, 2014. The six inductees include Mike Allen (football), Gene Fleharty (contributor), Lonnie Gee (cross country/track & field), Nathaniel Rollins (men’s basketball), Daryl Stockstill (men’s basketball), and Vandora Wilson (track & field). The induction ceremony will take place the morning of October 25 at the Memorial Union Ballroom on the campus of Fort Hays State University at 10 am. The inductees will also be recognized at halftime of the football game vs. Northwest Missouri State at 2 pm.
Mike Allen
A native of Denver, Colo., Allen was a member of the FHSU football team from 1987 to 1990. He was a two-time All-American for the Tigers, earning an honorable mention selection as a junior at defensive back in 1989 and a first team selection at linebacker as a senior in 1990. He was a three-time All-District 10 selection, twice at defensive back and once at linebacker. Allen also excelled in the classroom, earning CoSIDA Academic All-American honors his senior year. Allen was also a two-time all-conference first team selection, earning the honors as a junior in the final year with the CSIC and as a senior in the first year with the RMAC. Allen continues to hold the career record for interceptions at FHSU with 14, recording 13 of those over his final three years. He was the team leader in tackles in 1989 with 82 and interceptions in 1988 and 1989 with four each year.
Eugene Fleharty
Eugene Fleharty has been constant supporter of Fort Hays State Athletics both in service and financially for over 50 years. Eugene and his wife, Jo Ann, are members of Fort Hays State’s Difference Makers. They were major contributors for several of the recent improvements at Tiger Stadium (softball) on the campus of Fort Hays State University. He has served as the official scorekeeper at Fort Hays State home basketball games for over 50 consecutive years, a role he still serves in to this present day. Fleharry was an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Fort Hays State University from 1962-1999. He was chair of the Department of Biological Sciences for 11 of his 37 years as a professor at FHSU.
Lonnie Gee
Lonnie Gee, native of Iuka, Kan., was a four-time All-America performer for the Tigers in cross country/track and field. He was an All-American performer for the FHSU cross country team in 1980, helping the Tigers to a fourth-place finish in the nation that year. He joined J.P. Worcester as the Tigers’ two All-Americans on that year’s squad. He was also the 1978 District 10 Champion in cross country, but just missed All-American honors that year at the national meet. He owns the second-fastest 1500 meter time in FHSU history behind only John Mason for track and field. He was a three-time All-America performer in indoor track and field for FHSU, along with multiple all-conference and all-district honors.
Nate Rollins
Rollins was a two-time All-America selection for Fort Hays State in men’s basketball, playing two years from 1982 to 1984. The Detroit, Mich., native earned third-team honors in 1983 and first-team honors in 1984, helping Fort Hays State to its first national championship as a senior. He earned All-NAIA Tournament Team honors that year as well. He was the CSIC Player of the Year in 1982-83 as a junior. As a senior in 1983-84, he averaged 17.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, and as a junior he averaged a double-double of 20.2 points and 11.7 rebounds per game. He was a first-team all-conference selection in each of his years as a Tiger. He is 10th on the all-time scoring list at FHSU in just two years played with 1,229 points, scoring 565 points as a junior and 664 as a senior. He averaged 18.9 points per game in his career, which is tied for fifth-best all-time at FHSU, and 9.6 rebounds per game. He shot 62.1 percent from the floor as a senior, which is the 10th-best single season mark by a Tiger. His 11.7 rebounds per game as a junior is fifth-best in a single season at FHSU.
Daryl Stockstill
A native of Geneseo, Kan., Stockstill was an NAIA All-American selection for the Tigers in his senior year of 1970-71. Stockstill averaged a double-double that season with 18.2 points and 11.0 rebounds per game in 26 games played. He shot 48 percent from the field and 76.7 percent (133 free-throws made, 7th-most in a single season) at the free-throw line that year. As a junior in 1969-70, Stockstill also averaged a double-double of 19.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game, shooting 51.3 percent from the field and 77.7 percent at the free-throw line (132 free-throws made, 8th-most in a single season). His 265 career made free-throws and 343 attempted free-throws ranks 9th all-time in school history. His 11.5 rebounds per game is sixth-best for a single season in FHSU history. His 18.7 points per game average over his two years ranks sixth-best for a career at FHSU and added 11.3 rebounds per game in his career. He was a two-time All-RMAC and NAIA All-District 10 1st Team selection. He was a two-year letterwinner for FHSU after transferring from Hutchinson Community College.
Vandora Wilson
Wilson was a six-time All-America performer in women’s track and field as a thrower. A native of Topeka, Kan., she was a national runner-up individually four times. In 1981, she finished second nationally in the shot put and third in the discus. In 1982, she was second nationally in shot put during the indoor season, and second nationally in the discus during the outdoor season. As a senior in 1983, she finished third nationally in the shot put during indoor season, and then second nationally in the discus during outdoor season. She still to this day owns the school record in the discus at 156′ 9″, a record that has now stood for 32 years. It is now the oldest standing women’s outdoor record at Fort Hays State.
