Tschetter, Kris

A Sioux Falls Washington High grad, Tschetter is South Dakota’s greatest golfer of the last 50 years. She played from 1988-2012 on the LPGA Tour and now plays on the Legends Tour. The former Texas Christian University standout has almost $3 million in career earnings. She won the 1992 Northgate Computer Classic and teamed with […]

Titterington, Indy

Born on the Fourth of July in 1912, the Yankton golfer won five state women’s amateur titles and was runner-up four times. She was the champion in 1956, ’59, ’60, ’62 and ’67 and runner-up in 1955, ’57, ’65 and ’68. The first four titles came at match play with the fifth at stroke play. […]

Stanford, Doug

A 1962 Rapid City Central and 1967 Black Hills State grad, Stanford was one of the state’s greatest amateur baseball players. The pitcher-outfielder was a two-time state tournament MVP (1972 and ’73) and he hit 26 home runs in 1976 to tie the single-season state record. In 1973, the 6-foot-1½, 205-pound right-hander pitched two complete […]

Nissen, Rick

A star guard for one of the state’s most famous prep basketball teams, the unbeaten 1972 Miller Rustlers, Nissen went on to a stellar career at the University of South Dakota. At Miller, the Rustlers lost only five games in his three years as a starter. In his senior year, Miller went 24-0 and beat […]

Jordan, Bill

Born Sept. 20, 1931 in Iroquois. 1949 Onida High School grad. 1954 Northern State. Jordan was one of the greatest athletes in Northern State history. He earned four letters each in football, basketball and track, becoming one of the few NSU athletes to win 12 letters. He was a conference track champ in the 220 […]

Jansa, Ryan

1991 Sioux Falls Lincoln/1996 New Mexico State graduate Perhaps the greatest, but for certain the most decorated, amateur golfer in South Dakota history with a record 33 South Dakota Golf Association champions and numerous state runner-up finishes. Won nine husband-wife state titles with wife and fellow SDGA Hall of Famer Julie. He played professionally for […]

Kirby, Peggy

The Sioux Falls native is among South Dakota’s greatest amateur golfers, having won the women’s stroke play championship five times – 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1982 – and the Sioux Falls city tournament 17 times. Since the state women’s tourney switched from match play to stroke play in the 1960s, no one has won […]

Hecker, Fred

Born July 2, 1939, in Hinsdale, Ill. Sioux Falls (1957 Washington High grad). 1963 Augustana grad. One of the finest athletes in the history of Sioux Falls’ Washington High, Hecker was an All-American in football and basketball as a senior. The 1957 Washington grad also excelled in golf and track, earning 11 letters in all. […]

Hanten, Dave

One of the state’s finest amateur golfers, Hanten burst onto the scene as a 15-year-old when he finished second to Phil Donohue in the 1961 match-play championship. A three-time winner of the state match-play tourney (1969, 1974, 1976) and three-time winner of the state stroke-play event (1974, 1975, 1977), the Huron High grad was the […]

Bauer Hagge, Marlene

First woman named to South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. Born Feb. 16, 1934, in Eureka. Was just 3 years old when she had her first set of golf clubs. Her dad, Dave Bauer, leased the municipal golf course in Aberdeen (then called Hyde Park, now Lee Park) and moved his family to living quarters […]