WICHITA, Kan. –Chelsey Feekin (Volleyball), Brent Kemnitz (Baseball Coach), Aliphine Tuliamuk (Cross Country/Track and Field), Gordon Vadakin (Bowling Coach) and Hunter Veith (Track and Field) have been selected as the 2022 Class of the Wichita State Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame.
 
A dinner is set for 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 4 at the Beggs Ballroom on the Wichita State campus, while the induction ceremony is scheduled for halftime of Wichita State's Feb. 5 (5 p.m.) men's basketball game against SMU.
 
Cost for the dinner is $40 per person, and paid reservations can be made online at goshockers.com or by calling the Shocker Ticket Office at 316/978-FANS or in person at the WSU Ticket Office located on the south side of Charles Koch Arena.
 
The addition of this year's class brings the total of former coaches and student-athletes in the Hall of Fame to 151, while there are 13 at-large selections.
 
Here's a look at each 2022 inductee's success at Wichita State:
 
Chelsey Feekin, Volleyball (2009-13)
 
Setter for the Wichita State volleyball program from 2009-13…Named an AVCA Third Team All-American in 2013 and an honorable mention All-American in 2012…Member of four NCAA Tournament teams and helped the team to the 2012 Sweet Sixteen…Helped the team to the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and tournament titles…Named first team all-region in 2012 and 2013…Two-time first team all-Valley selection…2013 MVC Co-Player of the Year…Named to the MVC All-Tournament team in 2012 and 2013…Twice named a MVC Scholar-Athlete…Had 34 career double-doubles…Had three career triple-doubles…Finished her career at Wichita State, first in hitting percentage (.431), fifth in assists per set (8.66) and ninth in assists (2,755).
 
Brent Kemnitz, Baseball Coach (1979-2016)
 
Baseball pitching coach at Wichita State from 1979-2016…Winningest pitching coach in Division I baseball history…Twice WSU led all NCAA Division I teams in ERA…1982 team established an NCAA record with 46 complete games while leading the nation with a 2.53 ERA…1991 staff led the NCAA with a 2.91 ERA…Helped lead Shockers to seven College World Series appearances and the 1989 National Championship…Nine pitchers were selected in the first round of the MLB draft…Coached Darren Dreifort to the Golden Spikes Award as well as National Player of the Year honors in 1993…Coached Bryan Oelkers to National Pitcher of the Year honors in 1982 after leading all Division I pitchers with 166 strikeouts…Coached 17 big leaguers, 21 All-Americans and 20 Freshman All-Americans in his 38-year coaching career at Wichita State…Teams won 23 MVC regular-season titles, 17 MVC Tournament titles, nine regional championships and made 27 NCAA Tournament appearances…Named one of the top three pitching coaches in the country by College Baseball Insider in 2011…Member of the Perry High School Hall of Fame, Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame and Wichita Sports Hall of Fame…Currently serves as the Assistant AD for Outreach and Staff Development for Wichita State Athletics.
 
Aliphine Tuliamuk, Cross Country/Track and Field (2011-13)
 
Cross Country runner and distance runner for the Wichita State cross country and track and field programs from 2011-13…Was a 13-time All-American, the most in Wichita State track and field history…Earned 11 All-America honors in track and field, including six outdoor (2011, 5000m and 10,000m; 2012, 5000m and 10,000m; 2013, 5000m and 10,000m) and five indoor (2011, 5000m; 2012, 3000m and 5000m; 2013, 3000m and 5000m)…Finished second overall in the 2012 10,000m NCAA outdoor championships, the highest finish in her career…Was a two-time NCAA cross country All-American, finishing 12th at the 2011 NCAA cross country championships and fourth at the 2012 NCAA cross country championships…Her fourth place finish is the highest in the cross country program's history…Won 13 Missouri Valley Conference titles, 11 in track and field and two in cross country...Was the indoor MVC conference champion in 3000m and 5000m for three consecutive seasons (2011, '12, '13), won five individual titles in outdoor (2011, 5000m; 2012 5000m and 10,000m; 2013 5000m and 10,000m)…Back-to-back MVC individual cross country champion (2011,'12)…2011 Midwest Region Athlete of the Year…Finished her career with seven all-time top-10 records, including four school records that still stand today…Also finished her career with two cross country school records that still stand…Placed first at the 2020 Olympic Marathon trials in Atlanta and represented the United States at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
 
Gordon Vadakin, Bowling Coach (1978-2019)
 
Built the Wichita State bowling program into a national power as head coach from 1978-2019…Coached 18 national championship teams, including seven for the women and 11 for the men…Coached nine individual national champions…Coached 15 professional bowlers who have gone on to win 61 professional titles…Coached 145 All-Americans, 25 Bowlers of the Year and 239 Academic All-Americans…Led the Wichita State team to 369 tournament wins…Won 45 percent of total tournaments entered…Produced 96 national team members…Member of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame…Member of Team USA in 1983 as an amateur bowler and earned a FIQ World Championships team silver medal…Member of Team USA in 1989 when he won titles in both the USBC Open Championships and FIQ American Zone Championship.
 
Hunter Veith, Track and Field (2013-18)
 
Multi-event athlete for the Wichita State track and field program from 2014-18…Earned first team All-American honors in the indoor heptathlon in 2018…Earned first team All-American honors in the outdoor decathlon in 2017…Earned second team All-American honors in the indoor heptathlon in 2017…Finished second overall in the 2018 NCAA indoor heptathlon with 6,090 points…Finished sixth overall in the 2017 outdoor decathlon with 7,866 points…Finished ninth overall in the 2017 NCAA indoor heptathlon with 5,760 points…Qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships three times including in the heptathlon and long jump in 2017 and in the heptathlon in 2018…Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships two times including in 2017 and 2018 in the decathlon…Won five Missouri Valley Conference titles including outdoor long jump, indoor long jump, outdoor decathlon and indoor heptathlon twice…Named all-conference eight times in his career…Earned academic all-conference honors in 2018…Finished his career first in the Shocker record books in indoor heptathlon and outdoor decathlon, second in indoor long jump, fourth in indoor 60m hurdles and fifth in outdoor long jump.