Five individuals and two teams were inducted into the William Jewell College Athletic Hall of Fame during a presentation on September 29 at The Yates Gill College Union on the Jewell Campus in Liberty, Mo. The liberal arts college in Liberty, Mo., established this event to recognize outstanding achievement by William Jewell alumni and/or faculty in the areas of athletic achievement or coaching, or other noteworthy accomplishments in athletic-related areas during the individual's time at the college.
 
Inductees for 2012 (listed alphabetically) include:

Sara Breedlove
Sara Breedlove is a 2002 graduate of William Jewell where she competed in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.  A native of Kansas City, Mo., (Oak Park High School) she is one of the finest long distance runners in the history of Cardinal athletics.  In cross country, she participated in the NAIA National Championships three times (1998, 1999 and 2001), was the Heart of America Athletic Conference Champion in 1999 and the leader of the  Jewell team which won the NAIA Region V Championship.  In Indoor Track, Sara participated in the National Meet in 2000, 2001 and 2002 placing sixth in the NAIA Meet in 2002 (for which she was named an NAIA All-American).    In Outdoor Track, she was an NAIA All-American in the 5000 meters (sixth in 2001) and also participated in the National Meet in 2000 and 2002.  She held or still holds numerous school records in all three sports:  5k, 1000 meters, 3000 meters (indoor and outdoor), 5000 meters (indoor and outdoor), the mile run, 4x800 relay, 4000 meter distance medley relay and the 1500 meters.  During her career she won five conference titles.  Sara was named Jewell's Female Athlete of the Year (the Vicki Landman Larason Award) in 2001 and 2002 (one of only six women to win the award twice) and received the Omar William Nadler Award in 2001.
 
Jill Esely Durnin
Jill (Esely) Durnin is one of the finest basketball players in the history of Cardinal hoops.  This native of Savannah, Mo., became a starter during her first year and is Jewell's career leader in points scored (2163).  She also holds school records for highest scoring average in a single season (20.6) and is in the top ten for assists.  She was the leader of Jewell's first women's team (any sport) to participate in a National Tournament (the NAIA II National Tournament in 2002).  Jill was the HAAC's Freshman of the Year and a First Team HAAC All-Conference selection all four years.  She was a two-time NAIA II All-American (Third team in 2000-01 and second team in 2001-02). 
 
Larry Hall
Larry Hall carries the distinction of being the first and only two time First Team All-American (NAIA II) in the history of William Jewell College Men's Basketball.  Larry is from Keatchie, LA (North DeSoto HS) where he was named Louisiana's Class 2A 'Player of the Year' as a senior.  Hall had averaged 41 points per game and was headed for an NCAA Division I scholarship when tragedy struck.  He was injured in a work-related accident leaving him blind in his right eye.  All of the scholarship offers were withdrawn after the injury except for LSU-Shreveport, an NAIA school where he was selected a Third Team NAIA D1 All-American team as a freshman and as a sophomore.  LSU-S dropped their entire sports program after his sophomore year.  He transferred to Jewell in the fall of 1997 and promptly etched his name in Cardinal basketball history.  Some of his honors included:  MVP of two classics, an All-Star in two other tournaments, HAAC Player of the Week three times, HAAC Newcomer of the Year,  2-time HAAC All-Conference (leading vote getter both years), NAIA II National Player of the Week, and he reached Jewell's 1000 point club quicker than any player in school history (55 games).  He still holds the record for most points scored by a Jewell player in the Mabee Center (42).
 
Kelly Howerton
This Independence, MO native (William Chrisman High School) arrived on campus in the fall of 1999 after a year at the University of Central Missouri.  A three-sport letter winner in high school (football, swimming and track & field), Kelly concentrated on the Pole Vault during his three year career for the Cardinals.  He set both the indoor and outdoor Jewell school records in the Pole Vault (16' 8 ¾” Indoor and 16'7” Outdoor) and his 16'7” Outdoor School Record is also the Garnett Peters Stadium Record and the record for the Jewell Invitational.  Kelly was a 6-time All-Conference selection for the Cardinals (both indoor and outdoor all three seasons) and a 5-time NAIA All-American for the Cardinals (Indoor-2000, Indoor and Outdoor-2001 and Indoor and Outdoor-2002).  He became Jewell's third Track & Field National Champion by winning the NAIA National Outdoor Meet (held in Burnaby, British Columbia) in 2001 at a height of 16'0”.  He received the Cecil R. Martin Award as Jewell's Athlete of the Year in 2001.
 
 
Stan McGarvey
Stan McGarvey is a 1973 graduate of William Jewell College.  A native of Jerseyville, Ill., he played one year of football for William Jewell Hall of Fame coach Norris Patterson before joining the Marines and spending two years in the Viet Nam War.  Returning to Jewell in the fall of 1970, Stan played three years for William Jewell Hall of Fame coach, Jim Nelson.  McGarvey began his coaching career as an assistant at Pattonville, Mo., High School.  He was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Illinois before joining the staff at the University of Kentucky and then the University of Tulsa.  Stan became the Head Coach of the Cardinals in the fall of 1978.  After a 4-6 first year, Jewell finished an outstanding 9-2 in 1979 which included a HAAC Co-Championship and an appearance in the Moila Bowl.  The 1980 squad did even better, finishing 11-1-1.  The Cards won the HAAC Championship and reached the Semi-Final round of the NAIA II National Playoffs where they sustained their only loss of the year (to Wilmington, OH).  Coach McGarvey received three Coach of the Year Awards in 1980: the HAAC Conference Coach of the Year, the NAIA District 16 Coach of the Year and the ultimate honor, the NAIA II National Coach of the Year.  Stan left Jewell to join the staff as an assistant at the University of Cincinnati followed by moves to Austin College, Texas (Head Coach), Sam Houston State (Texas – assistant), Montreal (pro assistant with the Concordes and Alouettes) before returning to Jewell for another three year stint (1987-89).  He became the head coach at Missouri Western State in 1991 (six years) followed by a move to NCAA II West Texas A&M (five years).  Since 2001, he has coached at the high school level in both Missouri and Texas.  It has been an amazing journey.  Coach McGarvey laid the groundwork for an outstanding run of success for Cardinal Football in the 1980's. 
 
1950 Football Team
A new era of football began at William Jewell in the fall of 1950.  New to 'the hill' were Norris 'Pat' Patterson (head coach) and James 'Jim' Nelson (assistant coach).  They arrived on campus after one year together at Danville, Ill., High School.  With the infusion of new talent from their 1949 team at Danville (8-1), Patterson's teams at Excelsior Springs (1946-48 – only two losses in three years), transfers from Kansas City, Kan., and Wentworth Junior Colleges, a fine crop of first-years to go along with a good group of returnees, the outlook was bright.  Years later both Patterson and Nelson believed their 1950 team may have included the best talent they ever had at Jewell.  The Cardinals opened the season with a 19-14 loss to St. Benedict's (now Benedictine) and then proceeded to win their final eight games.  The biggest game of the year occurred on Armistice Day (November 11) when the Cardinals faced off with the Vikings of Missouri Valley (the alma mater of both Patterson and Nelson).  In front of over 3000 fans (at KC's Blues Stadium) the Cardinals defeated Valley, 7-6.  The previous year the Vikings had defeated the Cardinals, 62-0.  The win broke Missouri Valley's 55-game winning streak vs. colleges from Missouri and Kansas.  The next week, the Cardinals won at Central (now Central Methodist), 27-26, to clinch Jewell's first MCAU title in twelve years (1938). To celebrate the championship, Jewell's President, Dr. Walter Binns, gave the students a holiday!  The Cardinals were listed among the top small colleges in the nation in total offense (Fourth), rushing yards (Fifth) and rushing defense (Ninth).  Jewell scored 301 points to 109 for their opponents averaging 526 net yards per game to 334 for their opponents.  Twelve players were named to the All-Conference Team and Tom Cook was named to the Associated Press' Little All-American team (Honorable Mention) to become Jewell's first ever All-American.  This was indeed a great start to an outstanding 38-year relationship between Coach Patterson, Coach Nelson and William Jewell College.
 
1983 Baseball Team
This was another banner year for Coach Fred Flook and the Cardinal Baseball Team.  The Conference title was the 15^th for Flook in 17 years at Jewell.  The Cardinals won the District Title (Flook's 14^th) by defeating Missouri Western and School of the Ozarks (in Joplin, Mo.) to advance to the Area Play-offs (at Jewell) where they defeated Moorhead State (Minn.), St. Ambrose (Iowa) and the University of Wisconsin-Stout for the title.  The trip to the NAIA World Series (Lubbuck, Texas) was the 8^th in Jewell history.  The Cardinals finished 8-2 on their early season southern trip with the wins over LeTourneau, East Texas Baptist (Four) and Jarvis Christian (Three).  Coach Flook indicated that this was the best offensive infield to have ever played for him, and the outfield was the fastest he ever had at Jewell.  Ten players were named All-Conference. Eight were named All-District, and two were named to the NAIA All-American Team (SS - Dave Reid, First Team and 3B - Frank Anson, Second Team).  Two no-hitters were pitched during the season (Tom Panek and Jim Kuchar).