FHSU Athletics
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State Athletics will welcome seven new inductees into the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 1, 2025. The inductees going into the Hall of Fame this year include David Meter (Football, 1974-77), JP Worcester (Cross Country/Track & Field, 1979-82), Brenda Wolf (Track & Field, 1985-86), Jason Patty (Baseball, 2000-21), Ashlee Gustin (Women's Basketball, 2003-07), Diego Cabral (Men's Soccer, 2011-14), and the 2000 NCAA Division II National Runner-Up Baseball Team.
The induction ceremony will take place the morning of Saturday, November 1 inside the Memorial Union on the campus of Fort Hays State University. Registration for the invitation only event begins at 8 AM and the ceremony begins at 9 AM. The new Hall of Fame class will then be recognized publicly at halftime of the Fort Hays State vs. Central Missouri football game, which begins at 1 PM at Lewis Field Stadium.
David Meter - Football (1974-77)
A native of Gering, Nebraska, David Meter competed for the Fort Hays State football team from 1974-1977. He was an AP Little All-America selection as a wide receiver in 1976. He recorded 42 catches for 678 yards and a team-leading eight touchdowns that season, averaging 16.1 yards per catch to help helping Fort Hays State to a Co-CSIC Championship. He was twice an All-CSIC and All-District First Team selection as a receiver (1976, 1977). As a senior, his numbers were even better at 44 receptions for 760 yards with three touchdowns, averaging 17.3 yards per catch. He finished his career with 90 receptions for 1,502 yards, while also rushing for 194 yards and scoring 14 touchdowns overall.
JP Worcester – Cross Country / Track & Field (1979-82)
A native of Hill City, Kansas, JP Worcester competed for the Fort Hays State cross country and track and field teams from 1979-1982. He was a four-time All-America performer overall, which included three times in track and field and once in cross country. In 1980, he earned All-America status in cross country with a 13th-place finish nationally as an individual, while helping the team to a fourth-place finish at the NAIA Championships. For track and field, he placed sixth nationally in the steeplechase in 1981, sixth nationally in the indoor 2-mile run in 1982, and then third nationally in the marathon in 1982 to cap his career at FHSU. He set the FHSU marathon record at 2:22.27 during his final year, which still stands today. He was an eight-time all-conference performer and three-time all-district performer between the two sports. Worcester was a four-time conference champion individually, twice in the steeplechase and once in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs. He helped Fort Hays State to a pair of conference titles in cross country and one conference title in track and field. He was a three-time national qualifier in cross country and six-time national qualifier in track and field. Following his time at FHSU, Worcester went on to win the 1992 Dallas White Rock marathon and he still holds the Kansas state record in the marathon for age groups 40-44 and 45-49.
Brenda Wolf - Track & Field (1985-86)
A native of Norton, Kansas, Brenda Wolf was a five-time NAIA All-America performer in track and field throwing events, competing just two years at Fort Hays State in 1985 and 1986. She was a four-time All-America performer in the shot put and one-time All-America performer in the discus. She was a two-time national runner-up in the shot put, placing second in 1985 for both the indoor and outdoor seasons. She finished third both indoor and outdoor in 1986. Wolf still owns the Fort Hays State indoor and outdoor shot put records, which have stood for 40 years now. She set the indoor record at 47 feet, 9.5 inches and the outdoor record at 48 feet, 11 inches, both in 1986. She added a fourth-place finish nationally in the discus in 1986. She is the only FHSU women's track and field athlete from the NAIA era who still owns multiple school records. She twice earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors and was an NAIA All-Academic selection. Impressively, Wolf still owns the women's shot put records at Colby (Kan.) Community College, where she competed for two years prior to her time at Fort Hays State. Wolf also competed internationally in Taipei, Taiwan, and Germany during her college years.
Jason Patty - Baseball (2000-01)
A native of El Dorado, Kansas, Jason Patty played baseball for two years at Fort Hays State in 2000 and 2001. As a senior, Patty was the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year in 2001 and was a two-time All-RMAC First Team selection at shortstop. As a junior, he played a big role in Fort Hays State baseball's run to the NCAA Division II national championship game in 2000, helping the team finish with a 54-12 record that year. He was an All-West Region Second Team and All-West Region Tournament Team selection, then was named to the All-College World Series Team. In his two years at FHSU, Patty had a .356 batting average with 23 home runs, 34 doubles, 113 RBIs, and 108 runs scored. In his senior year when he was conference co-player of the year, he hit .373 with 11 home runs, 19 doubles, one triple, 55 RBIs, 61 runs scored, and 21 stolen bases. Patty was a highlight-reel defender as well, posting 308 career defensive assists (154 each season), which tied for second-most among two-year players in program history. Fort Hays State had an overall record of 91-31 in Patty's two years on the field. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers organization in 2001 and played seasons with Pulaski (Va.) and Savannah (Ga.).
Ashlee Gustin – Women's Basketball (2003-07)
A native of Topeka, Kansas, Ashlee Gustin competed in women's basketball from 2003-2007. She finished her four-year career at FHSU with 1,504 points and 794 rebounds, which both ranked fifth in program history at the end of her career. She was a three-time all-conference selection, earning All-RMAC honors as a sophomore and junior and All-MIAA honors in Fort Hays State's first year as members of their present-day conference. She led the team in scoring and rebounding each of her last three seasons, averaging more than 14 points and six rebounds per game each of those seasons. Gustin helped Fort Hays State to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance for women's basketball in 2004-05 when FHSU went 22-8 overall. She was a member of back-to-back 20-win teams and she set the program record for blocked shots at 166 until it was broken six years later by another Tiger Sports Hall of Fame member – Kate Lehman.
Diego Cabral - Men's Soccer (2011-14)
A native of Asuncion, Paraguay, Diego Cabral competed in men's soccer at FHSU from its inaugural year of 2011 to 2014. He was instrumental in laying the foundation for what has been a very successful program at FHSU in just 15 years of existence. Cabral was a two-time All-America performer as a midfielder, earning the distinction as a freshman in 2011 and junior in 2013. He was a four-time Daktronics All-Region First Team selection as a midfielder (2011-14) and a three-time All-MIAA selection (2012-14) since FHSU was independent from a conference in its first year of men's soccer. He set the program record for assists with 12 his freshman year, which stood as the record until 2017. He also set and still holds the record for most assists in a match with five, as no other player has ever had more than three in a match. He is the only player in program history to reach double figures in assists for a season twice. He set the FHSU career points record with 84 (24 goals, 36 assists), eventually topped by the program's only other two-time All-America selection Santiago Agudelo in 2018. His 36 career assists still stands as the program record. He also holds the FHSU record for career shots on goal with 108.
2000 Baseball Team – NCAA Division II National Runner-Up
The 2000 Fort Hays State Baseball team was the only team in program history to ever make it to the NCAA Division II World Series (final 8 teams), and they finished as national runner-up. The Tigers had a tremendous record of 54-12 that year, the only team to ever eclipse the 50-win mark for a season in program history. Fort Hays State was the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular champion before hosting the NCAA Division II West Regional in the national tournament. After going 2-1 in their first three games of the regional, the Tigers had to knock off Chico State (Calif.) twice at Larks Park in Hays to punch their ticket to Montgomery, Alabama. At the World Series site, the Tigers won three straight games over Gardner-Webb (N.C.), Slippery Rock (Pa.), and North Florida to reach the national title game against Southeastern Oklahoma State. The team had 31 players, led by head coach Bob Fornelli, the all-time leader in wins at FHSU and member of the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame. Fornelli set the program record for wins by a coach at 306 and went on to finish with over 1,120 wins in his coaching career with three national title game appearances at the NCAA Division II level, all accomplished at Kansas institutions. Fort Hays State had 12 all-conference performers that year, including the conference player of the year, along with six All-West Region Tournament selections, and two All-World Series Team selections.
Players: Paul Arnhold, Dan Auckland, Steve Barbo, Jared Brown, Brandon Brungardt, Wayne Burton, Ryan Callaway, Tyler Cotton, Scott Di Orio, Matt Dill, Dustin Dreher, Vonley Frey, Thom Garcia, Nate Guffey, Derek Lopez, Franco Martinez, Darris Meitler, Justin Moore, Jason Patty, Brett Power, John Rawie, Jeremy Schmeidler, Tracy Schneweis, Joey Scogin, Jamie Suchy, Pat Taylor, Ian Van Kooten, Jesus Villarreal, Ryan Wasinger, Josh White, Kyle Wolf.
Coaches: Bob Fornelli (head coach), Jeff Neher, Matt Ranson, Eric Smith.
Manager: Mark Maskus