Four join athletic hall of fame

Former Hanover athletes Brian Glesing, Arlan Lickliter, Dan Abrell and Susan Nolting Burke were inducted into the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony, Friday, Oct. 12, in the Horner Health and Recreation Center. The induction was held as part of the college’s Homecoming festivities.

2007 inductees: Mark Lickliter, Susan Burke and Dan Abrell

Glesing, an Indianapolis native and a member of the Hanover class of 1993, earned all-American honors in football and was an all-American for the baseball program three times. He was a four-year letterwinner in both sports and was a four-time all-conference selection in football and a three-time all-league honoree in baseball.

Glesing is the leading scorer in school history in football and also holds career records for receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and all-purpose yardage. He holds nine school baseball records, including three career marks and six single-season records.

Glesing currently serves as head football coach at Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs, Ind.

Lickliter graduated from Hanover in 1957. He earned four letters in cross country and baseball and played for Hanover’s basketball squad for two seasons. Lickliter, who passed away in 1990, was a two-time all-conference selection in baseball and set Hanover’s single-season winning percentage mark with a 7-0 record on the mound in 1955.

A longtime high school basketball coach, Lickliter guided Indianapolis North Central High School to 228 wins, including five Marion County championships, three sectional titles and a regional crown between 1966 and 1982.

Abrell, a native of Muncie, Ind., was a four-year letterwinner in football and a three-time letterman in baseball at Hanover. A 1986 Hanover graduate, Abrell was a three-time academic all-American in football and an all-conference and all-NAIA District 21 selection in both sports. He set Hanover and Hoosier-Buckeye Conference single-season football records for receptions and receiving yardage in 1985. He set the baseball program’s single-season stolen base mark in 1984.

Abrell currently resides and works as a businessman in Valparaiso, Ind.

Burke, a 1987 graduate, earned 12 varsity letters as a standout for Hanover’s volleyball, basketball and softball programs. She was a three-year captain of the volleyball and basketball teams and served as captain of the softball team for two years.

A National Presbyterian Scholar, she also was honored by Good Housekeeping magazine as one of the nation’s top 100 senior women and also received Hanover’s Henry C. Long Citation for the Outstanding Senior Woman and was the school’s outstanding senior female athlete

Burke currently resides in St. Paul, Minn., where she works as a Hennepin County District Court judge. She is the first Asian-American to be elevated to the bench through election.

Started in 1995, the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame currently honors 97 individuals who have left their mark on Hanover athletics. A display honoring these individuals resides in the Horner Center’s main lobby.

Hanover's Athletic Hall of Fame

Started in 1995, the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame exists to recognize individuals who have served Hanover athletics with distinction, either by virtue of their performance as a coach or member of athletic teams or by meritorious efforts on behalf of athletics, either as an undergraduate or in years after leaving the institution.

Selections are made by a committee which represents current members of the athletic department, college staff and alumni. Nominations, which are accepted throughout the year, are judged on the person's athletic involvement while at Hanover, accomplishments after leaving the college (professional and/or community) and continuing interest in the college, service to the college and involvement in college activities.

The hall of fame, which resides in the Horner Health and Recreation Center, currently honors 97 individuals who have left their mark on Hanover athletics.