BHSU honors alumni, Hall of Fame inductees during Swarm Days

Alumni Award recipients left to right: Bill Hughes, Spearfish, Special Service Award Megan Beckwith-Temple, Sturgis, Young Alumni Achievement Award David Mickelson, Sioux Falls, Distinguished Alumnus Award Dr. Kristine Wiest Webb, Jacksonville, Fla., Excellence in Education Award and Vince P. Gravelle, Lead, Special Achievement Award.

Yellow Jacket Hall of Fame inductees left to right: Rick Sperry, Spearfish, athlete Robin Schamber, Mesa, Ariz., coach Jody (Wherley) VerHey, Sioux Falls, athlete Randy Nicholas, Belle Fourche, athlete Zac Alcorn, Rapid City, athlete Mike Lewis, Spearfish, contributor Robert W. Marney, Sheridan, Wyo., athlete Dean and Mary Ann Myers, Spearfish, contributors Nikki (Underwood) McDaniel, Rapid City, athlete Mike McDaniel, Rapid City, athlete.

Black Hills State University recognized five Alumni Award recipients and inducted 11 individuals into the Yellow Jacket Hall of Fame during the annual Swarm Days homecoming celebration earlier this month.

Alumni Award recipients:
  •   Bill Hughes, Spearfish, Special Service Award
  •   Megan Beckwith-Temple, Sturgis, Young Alumni Achievement Award
  •   David Mickelson, Sioux Falls, Distinguished Alumnus Award
  •   Dr. Kristine Wiest Webb, Jacksonville, Fla., Excellence in Education Award
  •   Vince P. Gravelle, Lead, Special Achievement Award.
Yellow Jacket Hall of Fame Inductees:
  •  Rick Sperry, Spearfish, athlete
  •  Robin Schamber, Mesa, Ariz., coach
  •  Jody (Wherley) VerHey, Sioux Falls, athlete
  •  Randy Nicholas, Belle Fourche, athlete
  •  Zac Alcorn, Rapid City, athlete
  •  Mike Lewis, Spearfish, contributor
  •  Robert W. Marney, Sheridan, Wyo., athlete
  •  Dean and Mary Ann Myers, Spearfish, contributors
  •  Nikki (Underwood) McDaniel, Rapid City, athlete
  •  Mike McDaniel, Rapid City, athlete.
Individual photos of recipients are available by request.
Read bios of Alumni Award recipients.
Read bios of Yellow Jacket Hall of Fame inductees.