Four individuals and one record-breaking team make up the 2025 St. Mary’s University Athletics Hall of Fame Class, Executive Director of Athletics Robert Coleman announced.
 
The Hall of Fame Banquet is Friday, Nov. 7, and will induct three former student-athletes in Women’s Golf player Jessica (Harbin) Maddern
(B.A. ’07, M.A. ’10), Volleyball player Samantha (Weber) Vaio (B.A. ’09) and Baseball player Jeff Wigdahl (B.S. ’10), as well as former Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach Lisa (Wheeler) Dausin (B.A. ’79) and the 2001 national championship Baseball team.

More about the inductees: 

Jessica (Harbin) Maddern (B.A. ’07, M.A. ’10), Women’s Golf 

Maddern earned Second-Team All-American honors as a senior after finishing 18th at the NCAA Championship and third at the NCAA Regional. She won four tournaments during her senior campaign, ranking eighth in the final Golf Stat individual rankings. To this day, she still ranks third in St. Mary’s history in career tournament wins (four). Maddern was a three-time Heartland All-Conference selection, capping her career with the Golfer of the Year award in 2007. She improved every season, shaving almost two strokes off her average each season, and she posted five rounds of par or better in her final two seasons. In 2020, Maddern was one of five Rattlers named to the 20th Anniversary All-Heartland Conference team. 

Samantha (Weber) Vaio (B.A. ’09), Volleyball 

The only All-American in the NCAA era, Vaio almost never made it to the courts at St. Mary’s. Diagnosed with a heart condition after her sophomore season, she had to undergo heart surgery prior to the 2006 campaign when she transferred to St. Mary’s along with her now husband, David, from the University of New Mexico. Her father-in-law, Bruce Vaio, encouraged her to continue her career during the rehab process, and she went on to earn honorable mention All-American honors in 2006 as a junior. She was a two-time Heartland All-Conference First-Team selection, ranking in the top 100 in the NCAA both seasons in hitting percentage and kills per set. She also led the Heartland Conference in 2007 in aces per set, averaging 0.47, and hitting percentage at .313. Vaio still ranks in the career statistics in almost every statistical category at St. Mary’s, sitting among the top 20 in kills (ninth, 908), kills per set (second, 3.91), hitting percentage (first, .309), service aces (15th, 91), aces per set (second, 0.392), solo blocks (fifth, 68), block assists (12th, 190), total blocks (11th, 258), blocks per set (third, 1.11), points (sevent, 1162) and points per set (first, 5.01). 

Jeff Wigdahl (B.S. ’10), Baseball 

Wigdahl, a member of the 2001 national champion team, achieved All-American status in 2004 and was also named the Heartland Conference Pitcher of the Year that season. He went on to be drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round, where he finished at the Double-A level. Wigdahl remains seventh on the St. Mary’s career charts in ERA (3.06), third in opponent batting average (.208) and strikeouts (330), sixth in wins (26), ninth in innings pitched (267.1), and 10th in games started (41). He owns the career record in strikeouts per nine innings, with an unbelievable total of 11.11. Wigdahl also drove in nine runs with 13 hits in 39 at-bats (.333) during limited appearances at the plate. In 2004, he was an ABCA All-Region First Team selection and was also named to the 20th Anniversary All-Heartland Conference team. 

Lisa (Wheeler) Dausin (B.A. ’79), Men’s & Women’s Tennis Coach (2012-2019) 

An eight-time Heartland Conference Coach of the Year award-winner, Dausin took both the men’s and women’s tennis teams to uncharted heights during her career. A three-sport athlete (Basketball, Softball, Tennis) for the Rattlers, she earned her bachelor’s degree in 1979, returning to take over the Men’s and Women’s Tennis programs in fall 2011. The women’s team won the final seven conference championships in the now-defunct Heartland Conference, advanced to three NCAA South Central Regional championships, and two appearances in the final eight of the NCAA Championship. Under her reign, the Men’s Tennis program earned one Heartland Conference championship and one regional appearance. Dausin also beat cancer during her tenure, going on to win 138 matches on the women’s side and 94 on the men’s side. She is the career record holder for coaching victories in both genders. The men ranked in the top 50 final rankings four times, while the women did so seven times, including a final ranking of No. 6 in 2018. 

2001 Baseball, National Champions 

Team members: Brandon Bippert (B.A. ’01), Chris Camarillo (B.A. ’03), Joseph Contreras (B.A. ’06), Rich Davis (CL ’02), OJ Garza, Jason Guerra (B.A. ’02), Carlos Guevara (B.A. ’11), Jesse Gutierrez (CL ’01), Justin Jenkins (B.A. ’02), Ryan LaFleur (B.A. ’03), David Nelson (B.B.A. ’02), Derek Nelson (B.B.A. ’05), Luke Pantuso (B.A. ’02), Nicholas Pyka (B.A. ’02), Manuel Reyes (B.A. ’04), Brandon Roznovsky (B.B.A. ’04), Nick Siljendahl (B.B.A. ’02), Holden Stark (B.B.A. ’02), Charles Stehling  (B.S. ’03), Justin Steinbach (CL ’03), Fernando Tadefa (B.A. ’05), Carlos Tristan (B.B.A. ’04), Clayton Wentworth (CL ’04), Jeff Wigdahl (B.S. ’10), Justin Willmann (B.S. ’03, M.S. ’12), J.R. Wolfe (B.A. ’03) 

Head Coach: Charlie Migl (B.A. ’78); Assistant Coaches: Chris Ermis (B.A. ’97), John Maley; Statistics Coordinator: Gerard Le Canu (B.A. ’02, M.B.A. ’07); Assistant SID: David Jaworski (M.A. ’02); Athletic Trainer: Bryan Meyenberg 

The 2001 St. Mary’s Baseball team represented the first national championship in Rattlers’ history as an NCAA school, posting a record of 50-13. This team holds the institution’s record for batting average (.363), hits (730), strikeouts thrown (554), double plays turned (56) and victories (50). It also ranks second in shutouts (10), doubles (140), home runs (73), runs scored (521), slugging percentage (.562), on-base percentage (.450) and opponent batting average (.204). The class has now produced four St. Mary’s Hall of Famers in Jesse Gutierrez, O.J. Garza, Fernando Tadefa and Wigdahl. The team’s honors included NCAA DII National Coach of the Year (Migl), two ABCA All-Americans (Garza, Gutierrez), and the National Tournament MVP in Gutierrez. Gutierrez was the Heartland Conference Player of the Year, while Roznovsky was the league’s Freshman of the Year. 

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