By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The Washburn Athletic Department has announced its 2025 Hall of Fame class, which will be enshrined on Oct. 18 in a brunch ceremony prior to the Ichabod home football game with Central Missouri.
[Graphic by Washburn Athletics]
The 2025 Hall of Fame class includes four individuals, including a current head coach and a complete team.
The newest inductees include Jenna Hatlestad (women's soccer), Steve Ivanisevic (football), Matt Warnock (golf), current Ichabod volleyball coach Chris Herron and Herron's 2007 Washburn volleyball team.
Hall of Fame capsules:
Jenna Hatlestad (soccer goalkeeper 2004-06)
Career marks
• Most ties: 1st (13)
• Most wins: 2nd (31)
• Saves: 3rd (319)
• Saves per game: 3rd (5.32)
• Save percent: 3rd (.820)
• Goalie Games played: 4th (60)
• Goalie Games started: 4th (60)
• Goalie Minutes played: 4th (5611)
• Goals against avg: 7th (1.12)
• 1st team all-region as senior
• MIAA 1st team as a senior
• MIAA 2nd team as a junior
Steve Ivanisevic (football placekicker, 2009-10)
• 2010 American Football Coaches Association All-America Team announced by the AFCA
• Earned unanimous first team all-MIAA honors and second team Daktronics All-American honors along with first team Daktronics all-region honors in 2010
• The 2010 MIAA's Special Teams Player of the Year after leading the MIAA in field goal percentage hitting 16 of 18 attempts including a season-high 49 yard attempt.
• Connected on all 50 of his extra point attempts.
• Finished third in the MIAA in scoring averaging 8.2 points per game accounting for 98 points on the season for the Ichabods. He led the MIAA kick-scorers as well.
• Finished 11th in the nation in field goals per game at 1.33 and 30th in the nation in scoring.
• Tied his own school record with four field goals in a single game against Nebraska-Omaha and he averaged 60.6 yards per kickoff with 11 touchbacks.
• Was 7 of 8 on field goals between 30 and 39 yards and 3 of 4 on attempts between 40 and 49 yards.
• A perfect 5 of 5 from inside 29 yards this season.
• In 2009 … a second team all-MIAA pick as a junior as well as a 2009 Associated Press Little All-American selection and a second team Football Gazette second team All-American choice as well.
Matt Warnock (golf, 2002-06)
• 2 time all-MIAA selection
• 2 time all-Region selection
• 3 time MIAA academic honor roll
• 1-time MIAA Scholar Athlete
• 1-time CoSIDA (CSC) academic all-district
• 2-time All-America scholar
• On four NCAA regional teams
• On three NCAA national tournament teams
• Won 4 individual titles including 2 ncaa regional regional championships
• Top 15 career stroke average (75.6)
Chris Herron (volleyball head coach, 2002-pr)
- Enters 24th season at Washburn in 2025 with a 624-140 career record (306-85 in MIAA).
- Has led Washburn to 6 MIAA titles and 18 NCAA Tournament appearances.
- Coached players to 52 All-America awards, 92 All-Region honors, and 47 All-MIAA first-team selections.
- 4-time MIAA Coach of the Year (2002, 2005, 2007, 2011).
- Guided Washburn to its first MIAA title and NCAA Tournament berth in 2002 (29-5 record).
- 2024: NCAA Central Region semifinalist; upset No. 5 Nebraska-Kearney in first round.
- 2022: Won Washburn's first-ever MIAA Tournament championship, defeating three nationally ranked teams.
- 2021: Program's best season—31-6 record, first-ever No. 1 national ranking, advanced to NCAA national championship match (finished No. 2 nationally).
- 2019: Finished 27-4, ranked No. 5 nationally; Genna Berg named MIAA Co-Player of the Year.
- 2018: Posted 33-5 record, advanced to NCAA national semifinals, finished No. 3 nationally.
- 2007: Went 38-4, won first NCAA South Central Region title, advanced to national semifinals, finished No. 3 nationally.
- 2005: Recorded school-record .921 winning percentage (35-3), won MIAA title, named Coach of the Year.
- Prior to Washburn, coached at Benedictine College (1999–2001), compiling a 75-29 record, winning first HAAC titles and national ranking in school history.
- Earlier coached high school volleyball for 14 years, posting a 387-105 record.
- Graduate of College of the Ozarks (1980, B.S. in Physical Education).
- Lives in Topeka with wife Kelly; children: Libby, Thatcher Cole, and Jordan.
2007 Washburn Ichabod Volleyball Team Highlights
- Head Coach: Chris Herron (MIAA Coach of the Year, 2007)
- Assistant Coach: Trent Jones
- Overall Record: 38–4, one of the best in school history
- Final Ranking: #3 in NCAA Division II
- NCAA Tournament: Advanced to the Final Four after a dramatic upset of No. 1 Tampa in the Elite Eight (3–2 comeback win)
- Set multiple school records:
- 38 wins (fourth most in school history)
- .905 winning percentage (second highest)
- 29 straight game wins
- 24 sweeps
- 2,527 kills in a season
- .265 team hitting percentage (one of the highest in program history)
Key NCAA Tournament Moments
- Quarterfinal vs. No. 1 Tampa:
- Lost first two sets, then rallied for a 3–2 win (24–30, 22–30, 30–18, 31–29, 15–8).
- Tessa Jones: 30 kills, 25 digs, career-defining match.
- Final Four Finish:
- Concluded season with a No. 3 national ranking — the best in program history at the time.
