ASHLAND – Two teams, three individuals and a trio of football playing brothers will join the Southern Oregon University Sports Hall of Fame at the 2013 induction ceremony during the weekend of Oct. 5.

Former volleyball player Kristina Matchett, former baseball player and softball coach Larry Binney, former football players Nick Daniken and brothers David, Sammy and Ted "Baba" Searle join the 1993-94 wrestling team and the 1996-97 women's basketball team to comprise the 2013 Hall of Fame class.

Kristina Matchett starred on the volleyball court at Southern Oregon from 2000 through 2003, establishing herself as one of the most dominant players in program history while leading the team to three national tournament berths. Matchett's 2,291 career kills nearly double the career tally of SOU's second-leading hitter. She is the only player in program history to surpass 500 kills in a season, accomplishing the feat three times while establishing a record 669 kills in 2001.

As the most dominant hitter in SOU volleyball history, Matchett was also the Raiders' first three-time NAIA All-American and two-time Cascade Collegiate Conference Player of the Year. She was named Oregon Small College Athlete of the Year and NAIA Regional Player of the Year in 2003. Matchett's program records of career kills, season kills, season kill average (5.82 in 2001) and kills in a match (40 in 2002) will likely never be broken.

Larry Binney was a baseball star for SOU in the late 1960s before a lengthy coaching career brought him back to helm the Raider softball program during its most successful three-year stretch in history. Binney was a four-year starter at first base and outfield for the SOU baseball program, earning all-conference and all-region honors in 1968 and 1969 before serving as a varsity assistant and junior varsity coach in 1970. He was one of the top hitters on the SOU team, batting .365 in 1968.

Thirty-five years later, Binney took over the SOU softball program and promptly led the team to back-to-back Cascade Collegiate Conference championships and the only three 30-win seasons in team history. His 2004 team finished the year with a 40-12 overall record, 20-5 in conference play, and advanced to the NAIA Western Regional. He set a program record with 109 wins and retired with a .681 winning percentage (109-51). Prior to returning to SOU, Binney won four state championships and was named Oregon State Coach of the Year five times as the softball coach at Medford Senior High and North Medford High School.

Nick Daniken was a two-time NAIA All-American defensive back for the SOU football program, but his greatest impact on the gridiron likely came as a kickoff and punt returner. As a four-year defensive starter for the Raiders, Daniken graduated as the SOU career leader in kickoff returns (59), punt returns (67) and punt return yards (854). He set regional records for career kickoff return average (29.1) and touchdowns (5) and was named SOU Special Teams and Defensive MVP as both a junior and a senior.

Daniken's impact both in the defensive backfield and on special teams helped the Raiders to some of the most successful seasons in program history. During his four-year career, SOU won 29 games and qualified for back-to-back appearances in the NAIA National Championship Series for the first time.

The three Searle brothers have compelling Hall of Fame cases individually, and as a trio they were perhaps the greatest set of brothers to ever compete for Southern Oregon. From 1986-89, Sammy and Baba were two of the Raiders' best defensive players. Baba was named Columbia Football Association Player of the Year and earned NAIA All-America honors in 1989 after totaling 130 tackles. He finished his SOU career with 346 tackles, the second-most in program history.

Both Sam and Baba earned all-conference honors in 1988. When the Raiders advanced to the NAIA Championship Series for the first time in 1987, a Sam Searle interception clinched the first-round win over Central Washington. Sam finished his career with 18 total interceptions to rank third in team history. David joined the team in 1989 and over the next three years climbed into the team's top five in virtually every passing and total offense category. He earned back-to-back all-conference honors and became the first SOU quarterback to throw for more than 500 yards in a game, graduating as the season record holder in passing yards, touchdowns and total offense.

The 1993-94 wrestling team will celebrate its 20th anniversary this winter as the squad claimed the third NAIA National Championship in program history during legendary coach Bob Riehm's final year at the helm. The squad finished the dual season with a 6-2 record, with the two losses coming to NCAA Div. I programs Ohio State and Oregon. The Raiders defeated their other six opponents by a combined score of 174-58 and claimed the NAIA District II Tournament title before splitting the national title with Western Montana.

Matt McDowell led the way for the 1994 team, claiming his second consecutive national title at 150 lbs. Kacey McNulty finished as the 142-lb. national runner-up, while Dan Potts placed second at 177 for the second straight year. John Paul Jones finished third at heavyweight, while Ty Sonnen (126) and Tristan Proett (190) gave SOU a pair of fifth-place finishers. Sonnen, McDowell, Potts and Jones all claimed district titles, while Fred Phillips, Nick Cline and Torr Winetrout placed second and Proett finished third at the district tournament. Cline led the team with 39 wins during the season, while Phillips added 34.

The 1996-97 women's basketball team qualified for the NAIA Division II National Tournament for the first time in program history, sparking a three-year run of national tournament appearances. The 1996-97 Raiders were the first to win 25 games and vaulted all the way to a school-best No. 4 ranking midway through the season after beginning the year unranked.

Southern Oregon finished the year with a perfect 11-0 home record, including a victory over eventual national champion Northwest Nazarene, and earned an at-large bid to the national tournament with the No. 7 ranking. At that point the Raiders went on the greatest postseason run in SOU basketball history, blowing out Cardinal Stritch 68-47 in the opener and taking down fifth-seeded tournament host Tri-State University 65-59. In the quarterfinal round, the Raiders came back from an eight-point second-half deficit to upset fourth-ranked Brescia 71-64 and earn a trip to the NAIA Final Four. Southern Oregon missed a pair of potential game-winning shots in the final 10 seconds of the national semifinal to fall to Black Hills State 80-79, but the Raiders remain the only SOU basketball team to advance to the NAIA Final Four.

Three-time NAIA All-American Melissa Bogh led the way for SOU, becoming the program's all-time leading scorer and the Cascade Collegiate Conference's first four-time all-conference honoree while claiming Player of the Year honors. Michelle Westerberg also earned all-conference honors, and head coach Shirley Huyett was named CCC and NAIA District II Coach of the Year.

The 2013 SOU Hall of Fame induction will take place during a busy Oct. 5 weekend for SOU athletics. The Raider football team will host fellow Frontier Conference co-champion Montana Tech, with the women's soccer team hosting Corban and the volleyball team hosting Northwest.