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Two
former Ricks College
athletes have been inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame Thursday at
Brigham Young University-Idaho.
They
include volleyball player Diana Berrett Wilson of Rexburg and football
player Grant Campbell of Sandy, Utah.
The Alumni Association awards were presented Tuesday at a luncheon by
university President David A. Bednar.
Originally
from Rigby, Wilson (Class of 1992) participated on the volleyball team
while attending Ricks College.
She was on the national All-Tournament Team during 1990 when Ricks finished
second nationally. That team recorded a school record of 54 wins. She as
also First Team All-American in 1991 and named most valuable player at the
Ricks College Classic. She was the recipient of the Betty Hatch Ideal
Female Athlete Award and the Ricks College Education Department Women of
the Year in 1991.
Wilson
graduated from Idaho State
University in 1994 and went on
to teach math at Madison High
School in Rexburg from 1994-1997. She was the
freshman volleyball coach for the Madison
Junior High School volleyball
team during 1997-2002.
She
married George Wilson in 1993 and they are parents of four children and she
is currently a full-time mother.
Campbell
(Class of 1980) entered Ricks College
in 1977 after a successful high school athletic career in football,
baseball and basketball.
During
fall semester 1977 he was named All Conference Punter with an 81-yard punt
during the Ricks vs. BYU Junior Varsity football game. Campbell
averaged just under 55 yards a punt in that game, a record that stood for
20 years.
After
serving a church mission to the Switzerland Zurich Mission, Campbell
returned to Ricks College
for another successful year in football. He was the 1980 All Conference
Punter, 1st Team All American Punter and named to the Who’s Who Among
Students in America’s Junior Colleges.
During
winter semester 1980 he signed a letter of intent with the University
of Nebraska; where he
participated in two Orange Bowls. Then in 1983 he signed as a free agent
and played with the Buffalo Bills. He and his wife, Laura, now live in Sandy,
Utah, and have eight children.
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