SPORTS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2004

Tricia Rasmussen '93 (Women's Basketball)
A four-year letterwinner in women's basketball, Rasmussen was an All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection her sophomore, junior and senior years. She was an honorable-mention All-MIAC pick as a freshman. Rasmussen, named SMU';s Most Valuable Player twice (1991 and 1993), ranks second all time in career points (1,880), field goals (793), free throws (280), block shots (60), rebounds (947) and rebounds/game (10.1). In 1993, she scored a school-record 645 points — ranking her second in the MIAC and third in all of NCAA Diviison III — while her 272 rebounds during the 1992 season were tops in the conference. A two-time captain, Rasmussen is alos among SMU's career leaders in points per game (20.0), field goal percentage (.529) and free throw percentage (.763).

Chris Valicevic '93 (Men's Hockey)
Valicevic was a three-time All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection, and enjoyed his best season as senior, when was named the conference's player of the year in 1993, when he scored 11 goals and added 33 assists for 44 points, earning him MIAC Player of the Year and First-Team All-American honors, not to mention being selected Saint Mary's Male Athlete of the Year. In just three years, Valicevic scored 27 goals and added 80 assists for 107 points. After graduation, Valicevic played professionally in the East Coast Hockey League, appearing in 590 games. He was the league's most valuable player for the 1998-99 season, was four times the ECHL Defenseman of the Year and was a five-time first-team All-Star. His 460 assists and 611 points are the most all-time in ECHL history, and the Louisiana IceGators retired his jersey upon his retirement in 2002.

Michael Schuett '72 (Men's Hockey)
A four-year letterwinner and the team's starting goalie all four seasons, Schuett was named assistant captain as a sophomore and was the team captain his junior and senior years. A two-time All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection his final two seasons, not to mention an honorable-mention All-MIAC pick in his sophomore campaign, Schuett was named league MVP his season senior season. Schuett finished his career wtih a 44-12 overall record, going 11-3 all four seasons, helping Saint Mary's to second-place conference finishes each season.

Jerry Hoffmann '77 (Baseball, Men's Basketball)
A two-sport star at Saint Mary's, Hoffmann was a four-year letterwinner in both basketball and baseball. He scored 1,165 career points during his basketball career, ranking him 14th all-time. On the baseball diamond, Hoffmann, a starting pitcher, collected 18 wins against just seven losses. His win total, as well as his .720 winning percentage and 171 career strikesouts are all among Saint Mary's career leaders.

Anna Thibault '97 (Volleyball)
Thibault was a four-year letterwinner for the Cardinals, earning All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors in both 1994 and 1995. She was also the team's captain and most valuable player during the 1995 campaign. Her 3.73 kills-per-game rank No. 1 in school history, while her career marks in kills (1,224), attack attempts (2,759), attack percentage (.334), digs (988), digs-per-game (3.01), blocks (116), block assists (146) and points (1,531) all rank among the top five in SMU history.

Stephanie (Voss '92) McGuinness (Women's Soccer)
A four-year letterwinner, Voss was a dominating force in goal for the Cardinals. A three-time All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, Voss earned Second-Team All-Region hononrs as a sophomore, and was a First-Team All-Region pick as both a junior and a senior. She earned Third-Team All-American honors her senior season and currently holds every goalkeeping record at Saint Mary's, including games played (51), goals-against--average in a season (0.73), goals-against-avearge in a career (0.87), saves (385), shutouts in a season (12) and shutouts in a career (32). A captain and team MVP in 1991, Voss is also just one of two Saint Mary's players to have won four MIAC titles — and played in four NCAA tournaments — during their Cardinal careers.


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