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Hall of Fame - H

*All inductee information current up to the year they were inducted. 

Ken Hamlin
Baseball, 1955, 57
Inducted 2010
Battle Creek, Michigan
  • Named Second Team All-America in 1957
  • Named First Team All-Region and All-MAC in 1957
  • Second Team All-MAC in 1956
  • Played in 45 career games with 158 at bats with a career .285 batting average
  • Finished career with .441 on-base percentage and .582 slugging percentage, which ranks third all-time in Bronco baseball history
  • Finished career with .890 fielding percentage
  • Went on to a professional career that spanned seven years and four teams

Gary Harris
Cross Country, 1969-71
Track, 1970-72
Inducted 1992
Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • All-American in cross country with 21st place NCAA finish in 1969 and 18th in 1970, as Western played fifth in team standing the latter year. Was fourth and second twice in Mid-American Conference competition.
  • All-American in track with second place in two-mile run of 1972 NCAA Indoor championships.
  • Won Central Collegiate Conference outdoor mile and MAC six-mile in 1972.
  • Still owns varsity records for indoor two-mile (8:37.64) and outdoor three-mile (13:31.6) and formerly held marks for indoor mile and three-mile and outdoor two-mile.
  • Taught in Kalamazoo Public School systems and was one of four charter members on Loy Norrix High School Hall of Fame.

Kevin Haverdink
Football, 1984-88
Inducted 2004
Hamilton, Michigan
  • Associated Press All-American Third Team (1988)
  • Played four seasons in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints (1989-92)
  • Fifth-round drafter pick of the Saints in 1989
  • Took part in the Blue-Grey and Senior Bowl all-state games
  • All-Mid-American Conference First Team selection (1988) was one of four captains on the 1988 MAC Championship squad

Glenn Healy
Hockey, 1982-85
Inducted 1996
Pickering, Ontario
  • Played 132 games as a Bronco goaltender and ranks first for school career saves (3,933) second for wins (60), save percentage (.884) and minutes played (7,715) and fourth for goals against average (3.86).
  • Team “most valuable” and All-Central Collegiate Hockey Association first-team in 1984 and 1985, second-team All-American in 1985 and MVP of the 1984 CCHA.
  • Enjoyed a nine-year National Hockey League career with Los Angeles Kings (1987-90), Ney York Islanders (1991-93) and New York Rangers (1994-present) and was a member of Rangers’ 1994 Stanley Cup championship team. Two-time (1985-86) MVP of Kings’ New Haven Nighthawks farm club of the American Hockey League.
  • Played 349 NHL games, including 31 playoff contests with a 3.50 goals against average.
  • Received New York chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association’s “good guy” award in 1991 and 1996 worked with handicapped children for the National Center for Disability Services, the Apple Institute for drug rehabilitation and the Leukemia Society.

Dale Heatherington
Soccer, 1973-76
Inducted 2000
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
  • The first Western Michigan University men’s soccer player inducted into the Hall of Fame.
  • No. 3 all-time in the NCAA in career saves with 604. His 35 saves versus Spring Arbor College in 1975 rank No. 3 in NCAA single-game history. Averaged 15.58 saves per game in 1975, the fourth-best rate in NCAA history.
  • Holds four Western Michigan records saves in a season (187), save percentage for a season (.927), career save percentage (.904) and consecutive shutouts (four).
  • Two-time All-Midwest Region pick (1975, 1976) and 1973 All-Mid-American Conference Coaches First Team honoree.
  • Drafted by the American Soccer League’s Cleveland Cobras and also played for the Detroit Sports Club.
  • Has competed in over 15 trilithons and more than 10 marathons.

Jamie Hence
Track and Field, 1986-89
Football, 1985-88
Inducted 2000
Elkhart, Ind.
  • A 1988 Indoor Track All-American in the 55-meter hurdles.
  • Ranks No. 2 in the 55 hurdles (7.36), No. 4 in the 110 hurdles (14.03) on WMU’s all-time performance list.
  • Placed second in the 110 hurdles at the 1986 Pan American Games.
  • Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and an All-Mid-American Conference First Team pick 1987.
  • Competed in track and field at the World Junior Championships.
  • Owns the Western Michigan single-game record for receptions (16) and is fifth in career touchdown catches (15). His 858 receiving yards in 1987 are the third-best single season total ever.
  • In football, was honored as a MAC All-Academic First Team pick in 1988 and an honorable mention selection in 1987.

Stephenie Henderson
Softball, 1994-95
Inducted 2011
South Bend, Indiana
  • First team All-MAC selection in 1994 and 1995
  • Set all-time career batting record (.380) which at the time was third all-time in the MAC
  • Named Second Team All-Mideast Region in 1994
  • Transferred to WMU after winning the NJCAA National Championship with Lake Michigan College as a sophomore

Ron Hibbard
Baseball, 1935-37
Inducted 1978
Byron, Michigan
  • All-American outfielder in 1935. Had career batting average of .309 and scored 42 runs in 45 games.
  • Represented United State in 1938 World Amateur Championship series against Japan and in exhibition games as part of 1936 Berlin Olympics.
  • Signed professionally with Indianapolis of the American Association
  • Served five years in the Army during World War II, including overseas duty in France.
  • Held executive sales and marketing positions in Battle Creek and Minneapolis-St. Paul and retired as president of Postmark Division of Robert H. Mayer & Association.

Rob Hodge
Hockey, 1973-76
Inducted 2008
Detroit, Michigan
  • Namesake of the WMU hockey program’s Most Valuable Player award
  • Helped his team win the 1975 CCHA Division II title
  • Earned All-American status in 1975
  • Named 1975 Team MVP
  • Led team in goals in 1974 with 23, in 1976 with 30
  • Team points leader in 1976 with 54

Dennis Holland
Track and Field, 1962-65
Inducted 2003
Detroit, Michigan
  • Earned a No. 2 World ranking in the long jump (26’ 2.5”)
  • Holds WMU’s outdoor long jump record (26’ 2.5”) set 27 years ago
  • Broke 13 school records (three Mid-American, four Central Collegiate and six Michigan championships)
  • Three-time Mid-American Conference long jump champion
  • 1965 NCAA Division I All-American

Guy Houston
Football, 1917, 19
Basketball, 1918, 20
Track 1919, 20
Inducted 1983
Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Had then school record 75-yard touchdown reception as end in football was top-flight guard in basketball and had times of :10.4 and :23.4 for 100 and 220 yards in track.
  • Coached one year at Manistique High School and five at Menomiee, producing three Upper Peninsula champions in both football and track.
  • Started first football team at Flint Northern High. From 1928-51, his teams had a record of 149-41-13, enjoyed 10 undefeated seasons and won 12 Saginaw Valley Conference titles.
  • Served as Northern’s athletic director and principal (1952-63)
  • First high school coach inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (1963).

Joe Hoy
Football, 1940
Basketball, 1941
Inducted 1985
Owosso, Michigan
  • Lettered in two sports and was president of 1942 senior class before serving 52 months as a naval officer in the Pacific during World War II.
  • Spent four years as athletic director, basketball and baseball coach at Wisconsin-River Falls.
  • Served six years as WMU basketball coach and nine in athletic administration until becoming physical education department chair and athletic director in 1967. Held latter post for 12 years as the university began hockey and women’s varsity competition and had extensive facilities construction and renovations.
  • Enshrined in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame (1979).
  • Later served as director of sports administration and assistant to the president at St. Thomas More University in Miami.

Allen Hughes
Football, 1978-81 
Inducted 2017
Detroit, Michigan
  • Fearsome defensive lineman that was a First Team All-MAC selection in 1980 and 1981
  • Member of the All-Century Team
  • Career-best 85 tackles in 1980, including 16 tackles for loss that ranked third in program history at the time
  • Finished career with 202 tackles and 30 tackles for loss
  • Helped WMU to four-straight winning seasons during his career
  • 12th round selection of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1982 NFL Draft
  • Played professionally in the CFL and the USFL

Judson Hyames
Football, 1914
Baseball, 1915
Track, 1915
Inducted 1974
Gobles, Michigan
  • Baseball coach 1922-36 and compiled 166-62-2 record, including 51-17-1 mark over Big Ten schools.
  • Played semi-pro baseball and coached in high school. Coached 85th Division team at Camp Custer that won national service championship in 1918.
  • Athletic director 1936-49 and was instrumental in Western Michigan playing host to first two (1947-48) College World Series.
  • Coaching aide for United States exhibition team for 1936 Berlin Olympics and for 1940 International Games in Havana.
  • Member of Collegiate Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.