From the Bobcat Sports Hall of Fame
BROOKINGS – Brookings High School will induct 5 members of the 2025 Hall of Fame Class on the twenty first annual Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony throughout half time of the Bobcat soccer recreation on Friday at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.
The Bobcats will be taking up Aberdeen Central and kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.
Inductees have been chosen as a result of they demonstrated exemplary accomplishments in academic sports activities as student-athletes, members of the athletics division employees at Brookings High School or contributors.
The inductees are cut up into 5 classes. Tim Ramey (1978) is the Male “Veteran” inductee, Laura Hietbrink (1979) is the Female “Veteran”, Phil Workman (2007) is the Male, Tiffany Moe (2006) is the feminine and Jerry Kluess (1984-2004) is the Coach. The 1989 ladies’ monitor & area staff, which gained the State title and was coached by Kluess, can even be inducted.
Tim Ramey (1978)
Tim Ramey was an impressive three-sport athlete at BHS. Ramey demonstrated unbelievable quickness and good footwork for a lineman. Ramey was a two-way participant, an All-State offensive deal with and explosive defensive deal with for the 1977 BHS soccer staff. Ramey additionally performed fifth within the heavyweight class on the 1978 Class AA State Wrestling Tournament regardless of weighing lower than most of the opposite wrestlers.
In addition, Ramey threw shot put for the Bobcats. He got here in first on the South Dakota Athletic Conference Meet and gained two titles on the regional meet. He set a Brookings High School file with a throw of 53 ft and 4.5 inches. As a junior, Ramey additionally positioned third on the State Meet within the discus. Ramey gained the Discus State title as a senior and set a Brookings file with a throw of 163 ft and 6 inches.
Laura Hietbrink (1979)
Laura Hietbrink was a three-sport standout and was chosen 1978-79 BHS Most Valuable Female Athlete. Hietbrink was a key member of the 1978 Bobcat basketball staff that completed with a 15-5 file and a second-place end within the Eastern South Dakota Conference. When volleyball was a brand new highschool sport, Brookings gained the primary Alpha V Conference Championship with an 8-0 file. Hietbrink contributed to Bobcat volleyball groups that have been undefeated throughout the first three years of competitors.
Hietbrink was an impressive monitor & area athlete. She was a superb excessive jumper with a private file of 4 ft and 10 inches that’s nonetheless ranked because the No. 10 soar in Brookings historical past. Gietbrink was additionally a member of groups that set the BHS file within the 4×200 meter relay (1:45.20), which continues to be the file, and the medley relay (4:13.80), which is third in Brookings historical past.
Phil Workman (2007)
Phil Workman earned 14 varsity letters. Workman lettered 5 years in basketball, setting a BHS profession scoring file with 1,251 factors, in addition to 582 rebounds. He was the staff captain and obtained Most Inspirational, Most Valuable, All ESD and All State honors. He additionally earned 5 letters and was a serious contributor to the 2007 Brookings monitor & area staff, who have been the ESD Champions. He gained titles within the 800 meter run (1:56.92) and the 4×400 relay (3:25.71). Workman gained 5 particular person ESD titles and was a member of relay groups that got here in first 5 instances. He set a BHS file within the 400 meter run with a time of 50.24 seconds and anchored a record-breaking medley relay staff with a time of 3:34.87. As a senior, Workman performed quarterback and linebacker for the soccer staff. He earned Most Inspirational and All-ESD honors whereas passing for 862 yards and eight touchdowns and rushed for 267 yards.
Tiffany Moe (2006)
Tiffany Moe was a three-sport athlete. As a senior, Moe earned MVP, All-ESD and All-State Tournament honors by contributing 233 kills and 114 digs on the Brookings volleyball staff. The Bobcats got here in fifth place on the State Tournament that season. Moe gained 4 letters in basketball as she scored 601 factors, grabbed 261 rebounds and had 149 assists in her senior season. The ‘Cats had a 22-1 file and repeated as ESD Champions earlier than coming in third place within the 2006 State Basketball Tournament.
As a junior, BHS had a 20-4 file in ladies basketball and earned the ESD title and got here in second at State. Moe’s sophomore season, Brookings gained the Class AA State Tournament and he or she was chosen on the Most Inspirational Bobcat.
Moe additionally golfed on excellent groups. As a sophomore, Brookings gained the EST title and completed in second on the STate Tournament. In each her junior and senior seasons, the ‘Cats gained each the ESD and State Tournaments.
Jerry Kluess (1984-2004)
Jerald Kluess was a 1962 graduate of Mankato State University. From 1963-1984, Kluess taught in Hendricks, Minn. He was the boys head monitor & area coach at Hendricks from 1965-1984 and began the cross nation program in 1972. He additionally served as the ladies monitor & area coach from 1980-1984. Kluess was honored because the District and Region Coach of the Year in 1977 and 1980.
In 1984, Kluess was employed as a science instructor at BHS. He served as the top girls and boys monitor & area coach till 1998 and was the assistant coach from 1999-2004 whereas teaching the pole vault in addition to seventh grade soccer. Kleuss coached 14 particular person and 4 relay State champions, and guided the Bobcats to the 1989 South Dakota Class AA State Track & Field title. Kluess was chosen on two events as District and Region Coach of the Year.