FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State head football coach Chris Brown will be inducted into the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hall of Fame tonight in Kansas City. The ceremony will be held at 6:45 pm in the Truman Forum Auditorium at the Kansas City Public Library – Plaza Branch.
There will be a FREE live stream of the event and can be accessed here, MIAA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Coach Brown will be going into the Hall of Fame for his illustrious playing career at Pittsburg State from 1992-95. Brown earned All-American honors three times between 1993 and 1995, earning consensus first-team honors as a senior in 1995. He was a three-time All-MIAA First Team selection and was the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year during the 1995 season. He finished his career holding the school record in tackles. He also established a Division II National Championship Game record with 21 tackles in the 1992 game. Brown recorded 470 tackles in 43 starts during his career at free safety. He was named the CNN Division II National Player of the Year in 1995. He was also named to the NCAA Quarter Century Team for all players from 1975 to 1999 at free safety. Brown was inducted into the Pittsburg State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.
The 2016 Hall of Fame induction class is listed below.
Becky Belland, Volleyball Athlete
Central Missouri, 1987-90
Chris Brown, Football Athlete
Pittsburg State, 1992-95
Eric Czerniewski, Football Athlete
Central Missouri, 2006-10
Jim Frazier, Football Coach/Athletic Director
Missouri Southern, 1971-2000
Kenneth Gardner, Track and Field/Football/Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics
Truman, 1939-88
Aaron McConnell, Football Athlete
Pittsburg State, 2000-03
Jeanette (Mott) Owens, Cross Country/Track and Field Athlete
Pittsburg State, 1998-2002
Neal Philpot, Football Athlete
Pittsburg State, 2001-04
Eddin Santiago, Men’s Basketball Athlete
Missouri Southern, 1998-2002
Delanie Walker, Football Athlete
Central Missouri, 2004-05
A.J. McDonald, Basketball and Golf Coach (LEGACY Inductee)
Southwest Missouri State, 1925-69
The MIAA Awards Celebration also includes the Ken B. Jones Award (MIAA Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year). Fort Hays State junior wrestler Jon Inman is one of three finalists for the award and will also be present at the celebration. Last year, Kate Lehman (women’s basketball) became the first Fort Hays State student-athlete to win the Ken B. Jones Award.
The Awards Celebration honors include:
* Induction of the MIAA Hall of Fame Class of 2016
* Ken B. Jones Awards (MIAA Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year)
* MIAA Special Recognition Awards
– Division II Award of Excellence
– MIAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Mentor of the Year
– MIAA SAAC Cup