ASUN Announces Hall of Fame Class of 2022
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ATLANTA - The ASUN Conference Hall of Fame announced its newest members with the Class of 2022 inductees featuring three individuals that left an incredible mark on both their universities and the league. The ASUN Hall of Fame's eighth induction class of FGCU's Casey Coleman, Lipscomb's Adnan Hodzic and former member UCF's Stephanie Best join the other 32 individuals which comprised the conference's first seven classes.
The Hall of Fame's eighth annual induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, as part of the ASUN's Spring Meetings set for May 31-June 2.
Stephanie Best
UCF | 2002-05 (Softball)
Stephanie Best's name remains littered all over the ASUN and UCF softball record books. She still holds Knights' records for career batting average (.384), runs scored (216), RBI (213), hits (285), home runs (71), slugging percentage (.756), total bases (562), on-base percentage (.487), walks (147), intentional walks (28), assists (558) and games played (272).
Best was an NCAA National Woman of the Year nominee in 2005 and earned her third-consecutive ASUN Player of the Year distinction the same year. She earned Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Southeast Region honors as a sophomore, junior and senior, while also being named to the ESPN The Magazine All-America squad the same three seasons. A three-time, ASUN First Team All-Conference selection during her career, Best also garnered ASUN Player of the Week accolades six times, the second-most selections in league history.
Her 71 career home runs still top the ASUN ledger and rank in the NCAA Division I top 10, while her 26 round-trippers in 2005 led the nation and remain the conference's season benchmark. As a senior in 2005, she led the Knights to 47 wins and their first NCAA Championship regional appearance. During her playing career, the shortstop became the most decorated softball player in UCF history.
The slugger continues to hold numerous season and game records at UCF, including her record of 11 RBIs versus Army in 2003 when Best tied the NCAA record for RBI in a game after belting three home runs, including two grand slams in the same inning.
Best competed professionally in National Pro Fastpitch for five seasons. In 2007 Best and the Washington Glory won the 2007 NPF Championship, the World Series of professional softball. Following her collegiate career, she spent five years as a UCF softball assistant coach.
Casey Coleman
FGCU | 2006-08 (Baseball)
Casey Coleman made FGCU history by becoming the program's first major league player making his debut on Aug. 2, 2010, for the Chicago Cubs. A 15th-round selection in the 2008 MLB Draft by the Cubs, Coleman was an integral part of the 2008 FGCU team that posted a 38-15 record and won the ASUN regular-season title in the program's first season in Division I.
Over his three seasons with the Eagles, Coleman went 16-6 on the mound with 171 strikeouts, helping lead the FGCU to a 119-49 record over that span. Splitting time at second base, shortstop and third base, he was also a force at the plate where he batted .318 with 98 runs scored, 156 hits, 26 doubles, nine triples, eight home runs and 97 RBIs. Despite only playing three seasons, Coleman still ranks among the top 10 in three FGCU career categories - triples (9, 4th), saves (6, 9th), and wins (16, 10th). His six saves recorded during the 2006 season still ranks as the seventh most in FGCU history, while his 29 strikeouts looking are tied for eighth.
In 2006, Coleman also collected recognition to the Division II All-South Region Team, the All-Independents Second Team and garnered the Independents Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Freshman of the Year honor. He was named to the 2015 U.S. Pan American Baseball Team.
Professionally, Coleman played for four years in the MLB, covering 58 games with the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals, with an 8-13 record, a 5.72 ERA and 123 strikeouts over 177.2 innings pitched. Overall, he played a combined 433 games in the major league, minor league and internationally with an 81-68 record in 1,291.1 innings pitched and owns composite professional career marks of 976 strikeouts and a 4.11 ERA along with 40 saves and three complete games.
Away from the diamond, Coleman started a non-profit organization in 2018 called True Competitors which has the purpose of connecting children facing life-threatening illnesses with major league athletes for support and encouragement.
Adnan Hodzic
Lipscomb | 2007-11 (Men's Basketball)
Adnan Hodzic is not only one of the best basketball players in Lipscomb history, but he's proved to be one of the best in ASUN conference history averaging 16.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and shooting 58.6 percent from the floor during his four seasons with the Bisons. Hodzic started 105 of his 121 games played racking up 2,002 points and 840 rebounds for his career to rank 9th all-time in the ASUN in scoring and 12th in rebounding. He stands as the second-leading scorer and rebounder in Lipscomb's Division I era.
One of only 11 players in league history to earn three All-Conference First Team selections, Hodzic claimed ASUN Player of the Year honors in 2009 along with Honorable Mention Associated Press All-America and NABC All-District 3 first team after leading Lipscomb to its first-ever ASUN Regular Season Championship. He averaged 22.7 points and 9.1 rebounds that season while also being named Second Team Mid-Major All-American by CollegeHoops and the ASUN MVP by CollegeInsider.
During his career, Hodzic led the ASUN in field goal percentage for four consecutive seasons and also concluded his time ranked fourth in FG made (799), eighth in FG percentage (58.6), 14th in free throws attempted (576) and 16th in free throws made (403). He led the nation in FG percentage (60.4) in 2009 and ranked second in the nation in scoring and is still only the third player in the nation to average at least 22.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and shoot 60% from the floor since the 1992-93 season.
Hodzic had a 72-game streak of netting 10+ points in his career and tallied 30 or more points five times, 20 or more in 48 games and eclipsed the 10-point threshold in 100 of 121 games played. He finished his career with 26 double-doubles (9th all-time in the ASUN) and shot better than 50 percent in 89 of 121 games (74%). His 22.7 points per game as a junior was the highest single-season average in the ASUN since the 1989-90 season and it still ranks as the ninth-best total in ASUN records.
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