MARYVILLE, Mo. – The 2025 Northwest Missouri State University M-Club Hall of Fame class has been announced. Six individuals will join the 2015 and 2016 Bearcat football teams in this fall's induction class.

The Class of 2025's individual inductees include early age inductee Bob Gonsoulin (Baseball) along with modern age inductees Collin Bevins (Football), Brandy Haan (Track & Field), Jake Vollstedt (Football), Kyle Zimmerman (Football) and Mark Clements (Athletics Administration).

The 2015 and 2016 Bearcat football teams captured NCAA Div. II national championships for head coach Adam Dorrel. Both squads put together perfect 15-0 seasons that included MIAA crowns and national titles.
 
The ages have been established to ensure a focus on candidates from throughout the history of Bearcat athletics. The modern age includes candidates from the last 30 years, while the early age includes candidates from 31-plus years and earlier.

The Class of 2025 will be inducted into the M-Club Hall of Fame during the annual festivities on Friday, Oct. 24 in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom and will be recognized during the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Oct. 25, vs. Nebraska-Kearney. Tickets for the Friday evening banquet are $35 each and may be purchased by contacting Brenda Lutz by email (blutz@nwmissouri.edu) or phone 660-562-1977. Seating for the event is limited and the deadline to reserve your spot at the banquet is Oct. 1, or until tickets are sold out.
 
The 2025 class will bring the total of individual inductees to 182. The M-Club Hall of Fame was established for individuals in 1980, and teams were first enshrined beginning in 1989.
 
Collin Bevins (Football – 2013-2016)
Bevins, a native of Creston, Iowa, earned All-America honors in 2015 and 2016 as a defensive lineman. Bevins holds the single-season and career school records for quarterback sacks and tackles-for-loss. Bevins totaled 34.0 sacks and 58.5 tackles-for-loss in 51 career games as a Bearcat. Bevins redshirted at Iowa State University in 2012 before transferring to Northwest in 2013. He appeared in 14 games in 2013 and helped Northwest to the program's fourth NCAA Div. II national title. He appeared in 10 games in 2014. Bevins was named the 2015 MIAA Co-Defensive Player of the Year and he tallied first-team AP Little All-America status as set single-season school records with 15.5 sacks and 26.5 tackles-for-loss. He gained AFCA, AP, D2CCA and D2Football.com first-team All-America status in 2016 as he helped Northwest to its second consecutive 15-0 season and another national title. Bevins also set the Northwest postseason record with 12 quarterback sacks in the playoffs. Bevins ranks No. 4 in MIAA history with 34.0 quarterback sacks. In Bevins's four seasons at Northwest, the Bearcats went 55-2.
 
Mark Clements (Athletics Administration – 2003-2018)
Clements, a native of Blair, Neb., served as an associate athletic director at Northwest from 2003-2018. Clements handled a wide variety of internal operations for the Bearcats including game day operations, budgeting, ticketing, student labor oversight, purchasing/procurement and facilities. Clements played an integral part in helping with The Fall Classic at Arrowhead, which had Northwest playing Pittsburg State annually in Kansas City from 2002-2013. Clements assisted in the opening of Bearcat Stadium in 2003 as he delved into season tickets, suites and Stadium Club. Clements was an administrator for four Bearcat football national championships (2009, 2013, 2015 and 2016) and the first men's basketball national crown in 2017. He was a main cog in Northwest playing host to is first NCAA Central Region men's basketball tournament in 2017. He also oversaw a variety of facility projects including installation of artificial turf and lights at Bearcat Stadium (2007), new floors in Bearcat Arena and Martindale Gymnasium (2011) and a new videoboard at Bearcat Stadium (2014). Clements served as Northwest's interim director of athletics in the fall of 2010 and was the director of athletics at Dana College prior to coming to Northwest. Clements was a member of the NCAA Div. II baseball Central Region advisory committee and served as the chair on the national committee from Sept. 2016 through Nov. 2018. He earned his bachelor's degree from Dana and his master's degree from Hastings College.
 
Bob Gonsoulin (Baseball – 1978-1981)
Gonsoulin, a native of Lockport, Ill., was a two-time first-team all-MIAA performer in 1980 and 1981 as a third baseman for the Bearcats. He secured second-team all-MIAA status in 1978 and 1979. Gonsoulin was chosen as the MIAA Rookie of the Year in 1978 as he led the Bearcats in hitting (.446). Gonsoulin finished his career as the program's all-time RBI leader (117), runs scored (119), doubles (29), home runs (16) and hits (158). Gonsoulin's year-by-year batting averages went .446, .342, .375, .381. He went 25-of-56 as a freshman, 37-of-115 as a sophomore, 48-of-128 as a junior and 48-of-126 as a senior. He helped the Bearcat baseball team to a pair of MIAA championships in 1978 and 1980 along with three NCAA regional appearances in 1978, 1979 and 1980. Gonsoulin was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 28th round in the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft. He played one season in the Gulf Coast League for the Padres hitting .217 with 40 hits, 24 walks, 21 runs scored, 10 doubles, five stolen bases, one homer and 14 RBI.
 
Brandy Haan (Track & Field – 1995-1998)
Haan, a native of Maysville, Mo., was a five-time NCAA Div. II All-America sprinter for the Bearcats. Haan produced three outdoor All-America accolades and added two more All-America performances indoors. She earned national runner-up status in the 100m dash at the 1997 NCAA outdoor championships. She secured a fourth-place finish in the 55m dash at the 1998 NCAA indoor championships. She recorded a trio of sixth-place national finishes in the 55M (1997 indoor), 200m (1997 outdoor) and 100m (1998 outdoor) at the NCAA championships. Haan was a four-time MIAA champion in 1998 (55m indoors; 200m indoors; 100m outdoors; 200M outdoors). She is the only Bearcat woman to have won the 100m and 200m MIAA outdoor titles in the same year. Haan owns the school record in the indoor 55m dash (7.02) set on March 14, 1998. She held the indoor school mark for the 60m (7.55) for 25 years before it was broken by Ally Hammond in 2023. Haan held the indoor 200m school record (24.80) for 22 years before Hiba Mahgoub topped it in 2020. She remains tied for No. 6 in the 100m dash (11.82) on Northwest's all-time outdoor record list.
 
Jake Vollstedt (Football – 2013-2016)
An Iowa City, Iowa native, Vollstedt was a first-team All-America selection in 2016 from Daktronics, D2Football.com and Don Hansen. In 2016, he was named the Don Hansen National Defensive Player of the Year. Vollstedt notched a pair of first-team all-MIAA honors in 2015 and 2016. Vollstedt recorded a team-leading 122 total tackles in helping Northwest to a 15-0 record and national championship in 2015. Vollstedt racked up 17 tackles-for-loss and 13 sacks in the perfect 2015 campaign. Vollstedt topped the squad in tackles in 2016 with 140 stops as the Bearcats put together its second straight 15-0 season with the program's sixth national championship. Vollstedt ranks No. 4 in school history with 44.5 career tackles-for-loss. Vollstedt owns the school record for most tackles in a playoff game (18) against Emporia State on Dec. 5, 2015. Vollstedt played in 56 career games and was credited with 323 total tackles. In Vollstedt's four seasons at Northwest, the Bearcats went 55-2.
 
Kyle Zimmerman (Football – 2013-2016)
Zimmerman capped his Bearcat football career by earning the MIAA's Ken B. Jones Award, Kansas City Sports Commission's Sportsman of the Year and the CoSIDA Div. II Academic All-America of the Year in 2016. Zimmerman, a native of Overland Park, Kan., was selected as the MIAA Offensive Player of the Year after guiding Northwest to a 15-0 record and the program's sixth NCAA Div. II national title in 2016. Zimmerman gained second-team All-America status from AP, D2CCA and Don Hansen as he passed for 3,763 yards and 37 touchdowns. In the Oct. 29, 2016, Homecoming game vs. Pittsburg State, Zimmerman set the school single-game record with six passing touchdowns and rushed for another as he was named Don Black Award recipient. He tossed at least one touchdown pass in 14 of the 15 games in 2016 and his last throw was a 13-yard touchdown pass to Shane Williams in the fourth quarter of Northwest's 29-3 national title victory over North Alabama. Zimmerman is the program's career leader in completion percentage (69.7%) as he completed 320 of 459 throws.
 
2015 Football Team
Northwest captured the program's fifth NCAA Division II national championship with a 15-0 run through the competition. The Bearcats led the nation in total defense (224.0 yards/game allowed). Northwest also topped the country in sacks per game, team passing efficiency defense, scoring defense, rushing defense and third-down conversion percentage defense. The Bearcats allowed seven total rushing touchdowns. Northwest held six opponents to seven points or less in the 15-game season. Northwest rallied for a 34-30 win in week three at Central Missouri with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns – a 66-yard passing touchdown from Brady Bolles to Shawn Bane Jr. and a 7-yard score from Bolles with :34 left to clinch the win. In the national semifinal at home against No. 7-ranked West Georgia, Northwest used two late fourth quarter scores to advance to the title game. A 64-yard strike from Bolles to George Sehl with 4:29 left along with a 61-yard pick six from Bryce Enyard with 3:39 left propelled the Bearcats to the championship with a 38-23 victory at Bearcat Stadium. Northwest blitzed Shepherd in front of 16,181 fans at Sporting Park in Kansas City in the national title game, 34-7. Northwest had 11 first-team all-MIAA picks including Collin Bevins (Co-Defensive Player of the Year), Simon Mathiesen (Special Teams Player of the Year), Shawn Bane Jr. (Freshman of the Year) and Adam Dorrel (Coach of the Year).


2015 Northwest Mo. St. Football Schedule/Results
Sept. 3       at Nebraska-Kearney         W, 31-0
Sept. 10     Missouri Southern              W, 48-7
Sept. 19     at Central Missouri             W, 34-30
Sept. 26     Central Oklahoma              W, 23-16
Oct. 3         at Northeastern State         W, 59-7
Oct. 10       Lindenwood                         W, 69-0
Oct. 17       at #22 Pittsburg State        W, 31-14
Oct. 24       Fort Hays State                   W, 45-24
Oct. 31       at Missouri Western           W, 24-10
Nov. 7        #14 Emporia State             W, 44-10
Nov. 14      at Washburn                        W, 49-13
Nov. 28      #11 Humboldt State*          W, 54-7
Dec. 5        #18 Emporia State*            W, 38-17
Dec. 12      #7 West Georgia*               W, 38-23
Dec. 19      vs. #5 Shepherd*                W, 34-7
* - NCAA Div. II Playoffs
 
2016 Football Team
The Bearcats completed back-to-back 15-0 national championship seasons in 2016. Northwest averaged 45.5 points per game and allowed only 12.0 points per contest. Northwest outscored its 15 opponents, 682-180. Northwest scored 40 or more points 11 times, including 10 times in MIAA play. Northwest took down six ranked opponents by an average scoring margin of 26.5 points per game. The Bearcats had a scoring margin of +107 in its four NCAA Div. II playoff victories. Northwest did not trail in the second half of a game all season. In the national semifinal at Bearcat Stadium, Ferris State trailed Northwest by one point at 21-20 in the third quarter, but touchdowns from Cameron Wilcox and Phil Jackson put the game away for a 35-20 victory. Northwest won its 30th straight game with a 29-3 victory over North Alabama in a blizzard in the national title contest. Northwest ranked No. 1 in the nation in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense and red zone offense. Northwest tallied nine first-team all-MIAA performers led by Offensive Player of the Year Kyle Zimmerman and Coach of the Year Adam Dorrel.


2016 Northwest Mo. St. Football Schedule/Results
Sept. 1       at #24 Emporia State         W, 41-14
Sept. 8       Washburn                            W, 41-7
Sept. 17     Nebraska-Kearney             W, 52-14
Sept. 24     at Missouri Southern          W, 45-21
Oct. 1         vs. #22 Central Missouri^  W, 42-17
Oct. 8         at Central Oklahoma          W, 56-10
Oct. 15       Northeastern State             W, 74-29
Oct. 22       at Lindenwood                     W, 47-12
Oct. 29       Pittsburg State                    W, 69-10
Nov. 5        at Fort Hays State              W, 28-7
Nov. 12      Missouri Western                W, 44-3
Nov. 26      #9 Emporia State*              W, 44-13
Dec. 3        #5 Harding*                         W, 35-0
Dec. 10      #15 Ferris State*                 W, 35-20
Dec. 17      vs. #7 North Alabama*       W, 29-3
^ - Arrowhead Stadium
* - NCAA Div. II Playoffs