FHSU Athletivs
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State University Athletics announced its Tiger Sports Hall of Fame class for 2026-27. The latest class includes eight individuals and eight different sports. Inductees this year include Curtis Hammeke (administrator/coach/student-athlete), Kris Osthoff (women's basketball/track and field), Andrew Ubben (men's wrestling), Amanda Poore (women's track and field), Hallie McMillen (softball), Tony Hobson (women's basketball coach), Craig Nicholson (men's basketball), and Sie Doe, Jr. (football). The ceremony this year will be in the winter on the evening of Saturday, January 30, and further details of the event will be announced in the near future.Read about each of the inductees below.
Curtis Hammeke – Athletic Director / Baseball Head Coach & Student-Athlete
A native of Great Bend, Kansas, Curtis Hammeke left an indelible mark on Fort Hays State University as an administrator, coach, and student-athlete. Hammeke served as FHSU Director of Athletics for 21 years from 2004 to 2025 - the second-longest tenure by an athletic director in university history. Hammeke was also the head baseball coach at Fort Hays State for five years from the 1992 to 1996 seasons, compiling a 164-81 record. He was the 1995 RMAC/Mile High Intercollegiate Baseball League Coach of the Year by leading the Tigers to a conference title, and he coached both an RMAC Pitcher and Player of the Year. Hammeke played baseball for two seasons at Fort Hays State after transferring from Barton County (Kan.) Community College, earning All-CSIC and NAIA All-District 10 honors as a pitcher in 1984. On his watch as athletic director, FHSU claimed 22 team conference titles. Hammeke guided the university's pivotal transition to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) in 2006, saw eight head coaches set program win records, and spearheaded major facility projects, including FHSU Soccer Stadium (2011), Schmidt-Bickle Indoor Training Facility (2013), FHSU Track and Field Facility (2016), and Bickle-Schmidt Athletic Complex (2026). He created the Difference Makers donor group, launched the annual Tiger Auction and Dinner, and hosted numerous NCAA and state events. Hammeke is already a member of the Barton County Community College Sports Hall of Fame.
Kris Osthoff – Women's Basketball / Track and Field (1991–1996)
A native of Kensington, Kansas, Kris Osthoff was a multi-sport standout at Fort Hays State in both women's basketball and track and field. On the hardwood, she was a two-time All-RMAC First Team selection, twice named to the RMAC Shootout All-Tournament Team, and helped lead the Tigers to two regular season titles (1993-94, 1994-95) and the 1993 RMAC Shootout championship. Osthoff led FHSU in field goal percentage all four seasons, including an RMAC-best .578 mark in 1993-94. Her 1,261 points and 754 rebounds both ranked fifth in program history at the end of her career. She is still among the program's top 15 in scoring and top 10 in rebounding. Her .533 career shooting percentage was third best at FHSU (now ranks seventh). Joining the track and field team after her basketball career concluded, Osthoff was a two-time national qualifier in the outdoor shot put. In 1996, she earned NCAA All-America honors with a fifth-place national finish and won the RMAC shot put title. She still owns the best NCAA Division II mark in program history at 47'7.25".
Andrew Ubben – Men's Wrestling (2002–07)
A native of Phillipsburg, Kansas, Andrew Ubben established himself as one of the most decorated wrestlers in program history, becoming just the third wrestler in FHSU's NCAA Division II history to earn All-America honors three times. Wrestling at heavyweight, Ubben finished 5th nationally in 2003, capped a sophomore season as the national runner-up in 2004, and placed third in 2007. A four-time national qualifier, Ubben compiled a career record of 113-32, winning at least 21 matches every year aside from one redshirt season. Ubben was consistently ranked among the nation's elite individually, while helping the Tigers to three Top-15 national team finishes, highlighted by a 10th-place finish in 2004.
Amanda Poore – Women's Track and Field (2003–07)
A native of Bird City, Kansas, Amanda Poore was one of the premier high jumpers in Fort Hays State track and field history, earning NCAA All-America honors five times. She was a three-time outdoor All-American and two-time indoor All-American. She finished as the NCAA Division II national runner-up three times, taking second at the 2006 and 2007 Indoor Championships and the 2006 Outdoor Championships. Additionally, she secured third place nationally outdoors in 2007 and seventh place outdoors as a freshman in 2004. Poore was a two-time RMAC High Jump Champion (2004 Indoor and Outdoor) and an MIAA High Jump Champion (2007 Indoor), amassing four All-RMAC and two All-MIAA performances. She set the FHSU indoor high jump record and shared the outdoor record, both at 5'9.25".
Hallie McMillen – Softball (2006–09)
A native of Topeka, Kansas, Hallie McMillen was a standout student-athlete in softball at Fort Hays State. She was a four-time all-conference selection across two conferences, once in FHSU's final year with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and three times in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). She earned all-conference honors twice as a catcher and twice at third base. McMillen was named to the 2007 Daktronics All-North Central Region Second Team and the All-MIAA First Team as a catcher. McMillen concluded her career with a .350 batting average (third best at the time, now sixth in FHSU history) and a .388 career on-base percentage that still ranks 9th in program history. She established program records for career doubles with 49, hits with 246, total bases with 334, RBIs with 115, and games played with 222. Her doubles record stood alone 15 years until matched in 2024, and she is now second on the career list in hits and total bases. Defensively, her 277 career assists ranked third at the end of her career. She also held the FHSU single-season record for fewest strikeouts with just four in 2008, a mark that stood for 11 years.
Tony Hobson – Women's Basketball Head Coach (2008–2023)
A native of Hardy, Nebraska, Tony Hobson served 15 seasons as the head coach of Fort Hays State women's basketball from 2008 to 2023, elevating the Tigers to one of the top programs yearly in NCAA Division II. One of the most successful collegiate women's basketball coaches in history, Hobson became the Fort Hays State's all-time wins leader with 332 victories and also set a program record with a .733 winning percentage (332-121). Over a 31-season collegiate coaching career spanning Cloud County (Kan.) Community College, Barton County (Kan.) Community College, Hastings College, and FHSU, Hobson compiled an amazing 745-227 overall record (.766). Under his leadership, Fort Hays State posted 12 consecutive 20-win seasons, reached 30 wins three times, captured six MIAA Championships (four regular season, two tournament), and played in the NCAA Tournament seven times (four times as the No. 1 seed in the Central Regional). Hobson was named MIAA Coach of the Year four times, WBCA Central Region Coach of the Year twice, and KBCA Four-Year College Coach of the Year twice while at FHSU. Hobson coached 50 All-MIAA selections, three All-Americans (Kate Lehman, Tatyana Legette, and Jaden Hobbs), two MIAA Players of the Year, and one National Player of the Year (Kate Lehman, 2014-15). Hobson is also a member of both the Hastings College and Barton County Community College Hall of Fame.
Craig Nicholson – Men's Basketball (2012–16)
A native of Wichita, Kansas, Craig Nicholson produced an elite career as a point guard at Fort Hays State. He was a four-time All-MIAA performer and earned Division II Bulletin All-America honors during the 2013-14 season. He was also an NABC All-District First Team and Daktronics All-Central Region First Team selection during the 2013-14 season. Nicholson made an immediate impact in his first year on the court, named the MIAA Freshman of the Year in 2012-13 while helping Fort Hays State to an MIAA regular season title. Nicholson set and continues to hold FHSU career records for assists per game (6.3) and free throws made (481). He finished his career second on the FHSU career assists (628) and steals (161) lists, and sixth in scoring with 1,449 points (now eighth). Nicholson still owns the single-season record for free throws made (190, 2013-14) and the top two single-season assist averages in school history (7.4 – 2013-14, and 6.9 – 2012-13), and he tied the single-game free throw record (19).
Sie Doe, Jr. – Football (2015–16)
A native of the Ivory Coast, Sie Doe, Jr. was one of the most dominant defensive linemen in FHSU football history, playing for the Tigers for two seasons (2015 and 2016). Doe was the 2016 MIAA Defensive Player of the Year and D2CCA Super Region 3 Defensive Player of the Year. He earned First-Team All-America honors from the AFCA, D2CCA, and AP in 2016, as well as third-team and honorable mention accolades from other media outlets. Doe set a single-season school record with 15 sacks in 2016, notching at least one sack in 11 of 12 games. He tied the FHSU career record for sacks with 21.5. In total, Doe amassed 151 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, and eight forced fumbles, while posting at least 70 tackles each season from his defensive end position. He helped the Tigers to back-to-back bowl game appearances, including a victory in the 2016 Heart of Texas Bowl, marking the program's only postseason win in its NCAA Division II history.