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Marquette Athletics Announces M Club Hall of Fame Class

 

By - Aug 20th, 2025 10:08 am

Marquette University has announced its seven newest inductees into the M Club Hall of Fame, representing former student-athletes from seven different sports.

The seven honorees, who were selected by a 15-person committee, will officially be inducted in early 2026 prior to a home men’s basketball game (details to follow).  The hall of fame welcomes its newest members every two years and the first class was inducted in 1972.

Allie Barber (Women’s Volleyball, 2016-19), Oliver Farrell (Men’s Golf, 2016-19), Natisha Hiedeman (Women’s Basketball, 2016-19), Markus Howard (Men’s Basketball, 2017-20), Calum Mallace (Men’s Soccer, 2008-11), Dusan Medan (Men’s Tennis, 2007-10) and Noah Richard (Men’s Lacrosse, 2016-19) are the latest additions to the hall of fame and are amongst the best to ever represent the Blue & Gold.

“The M Club Hall of Fame recognizes the very best former student-athletes and coaches to have ever represented Marquette University Athletics,” M Club President and hall of famer Axel Sjoberg said.  “The competition was fierce and we are thrilled to honor yet another outstanding group this year. On behalf of the entire M Club, thank you for all your contributions to your respective sports and congratulations!”

 2025 M Club Hall of Fame Inductees

Allie Barber | Women’s Volleyball | 2016-19                                                                                                              

  • MU record during tenure: 101-32 (59-12 BIG EAST)
  • Only three-time AVCA All-American in program history (2017-19)
  • Only MU player named to one of the top two AVCA All-America Teams (second team in 2018)
  • Only student-athlete in Marquette University history to earn CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (2019)
  • Only two-time CSC/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American in program history (2018-19)
  • Two-time CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-District (2018-19)
  • Senior CLASS Award First Team (2019)
  • BIG EAST Scholar -Athlete Sport Excellence Award (2019-20)
  • BIG EAST NCAA Woman of the Year nominee (2019-20)
  • Four-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2016-19)
  • Only player in program history named AVCA Region Player of the Year (2018)
  • Three-time AVCA All-Region Team (2017-19)
    • One of three players to earn three all-region selections (Jenna Rosenthal and Aubrey Hamilton are the others)
  • Only two-time BIG EAST Player of the Year (2017 and 2019) in program history.
  • BIG EAST Freshman of the Year (2016)
  • Two-time All-BIG EAST Championship Team (2018-19)
  • Four-time All-BIG EAST First Team (2016-19)
    • One of only two players to earn four first team all-conference honors (Meghan Niemann is the other)
  • Marquette’s McCahill Award Winner (2020)
  • Marquette’s President’s Award Winner (2020)
  • Marquette’s Ralph H. Metcalfe Senior Award Winner – Leadership through Academic Excellence (2020)
  • Marquette’s Ralph H. Metcalfe Senior Award Winner – Leadership through Athletic Excellence (2020)
  • NCAA All-Regional Team (2018)
  • MU single-season ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 3 in kills (569 in 2019)
    • No. 4 in kills (546 in 2017)
    • No. 6 in kills (537 in 2018)
    • No. 10 in hitting percentage (.356 in 2018)
  • MU career ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 1 in kills (1,871)
    • No. 5 in hitting percentage (.342)

Oliver Farrell | Men’s Golf | 2016-19

  • BIG EAST Player of the Year (2018-19)
  • Three-time All-BIG EAST First Team (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)
  • All-BIG EAST Second Team (2015-16)
  • PING All-Midwest Region (2018-19)
  • BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week (9 times)
  • BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Month (October 2015)
  • Earned medalist honors at two events:
    • 2017 Charleston Challenge at Osprey Point
      • 20217 Northern Intercollegiate at Rich Harvest Farms
        • 14-under 202 (66-65-71) is the third-lowest score-to-par at a 54-hole event in program history. Lowest ever for an MU player outside of Mike Van Sickle
  • Helped 2016-17 and 2018-19 teams to BIG EAST Championships
  • Competed twice in NCAA Regional competition with a top finish of T-32 in 2019 at UT Golf Club in the Austin Regional.
  • NCAA Regional finishes:
    • 2017: T-56 (+16; 72-78-79—229) – Sammamish Regional
    • 2019: T-32 (+7; 72-73-75—220) – Austin Regional
  • MU single-season ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 4 in end-of-season Golfstat/Scoreboard national ranking (55 in 2018-19)
      • Best finish ever for an MU player outside of Mike Van Sickle
      • Also had the No. 17 mark in 2016-17
    • No. 4 in score-to-par average (-0.36 in 2018-19)
    • No. 6 in scoring average (71.36 in 2018-19)
    • No. 6 and 18 in par-or-better rounds (high of 19 in 2018-19)
  • MU career ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 4 in scoring average (72.68) and score-to-par average (1.10)
    • No. 2 in individual wins (2)
    • No. 5 in par-or-better rounds (52-of 124)
    • No. 7 in rounds played (124)

Natisha Hiedeman | Women’s Basketball | 2016-19

  • MU record in tenure: 90-42 (52-20 BIG EAST) (.682 overall, .722 BIG EAST)
  • Unanimous BIG EAST Player of the Year (2018-19)
  • Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team (2018-19)
  • Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American (2018-19)
  • WBCA Honorable Mention All-American (2018-19)
  • Nancy Lieberman Award Candidate (2018-19)
  • Preseason All-BIG EAST Team (2017-18)
  • Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List (2017-18)
  • BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2017-18)
  • All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention (2016-17)
  • All-BIG EAST Freshmen Team (2015-16)
  • MU career ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 1 in 3-pointers made (301)
    • No. 3 in points (1,913)
    • No. 4 in steals (245)
    • No. 5 in field goals made (673)
    • No. 7 in points per game (14.7)
    • No. 7 in assists (452)
    • No. 8 in games played (130)
    • No. 9 in 3-point percentage (36.7 percent)

Markus Howard | Men’s Basketball | 2017-20

  • MU record during his tenure: 82-49 (39-33 BIG EAST)
  • Consensus All-America First Team (2019-20)
  • Consensus All-America Second Team (2018-19)
  • One of just three two-time Consensus All-Americans in program history (Butch Lee and Tyler Kolek). One of nine Consensus All-Americans ever at MU.
  • BIG EAST Player of the Year (2018-19)
  • Program’s all-time scoring leader (2,761) was the first player at MU to reach 2,000 career points
  • BIG EAST’s all-time leading scorer is 23rd in NCAA Division I history
  • BIG EAST scoring leader in league games (1,587)
  • Third in league history in points per game (21.6)
  • BIG EAST career leader in 3-point field goals (434) is 13th in NCAA Division I history
  • BIG EAST all-time leader in offensive box plus/minus (7.9), points produced (2,522), points produced per game (19.7)
  • Third in BIG EAST history in career free throw percentage (.882) and fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (.427)
  • Three-time All-BIG EAST selection (twice on the first team in 2018-19 and 2019-20)
  • Senior CLASS Award winner (2019-20)
  • Two-time Bob Cousy Award finalist (2018-19 and 2019-20)
  • Wooden Award Finalist (2019-20)
  • Two-time Wooden All-America First Team selection (2018-19 and 2019-20)
  • Two-time Naismith Award Semifinalist
  • Two-time USBWA All-American (first team in 2019-20)
  • Two-time Associated Press All-American (first team in 2019-20)
  • Two-time USA Today First Team All-American
  • Two-time Sporting News All-American (first team in 2019-20)
  • Two-time NABC All-American (first team in 2019-20)
  • Two-time BIG EAST scoring leader (2018-19 and 2019-20)
  • NCAA Division I scoring leader in 2019-20 at 27.8 points per game
  • NCAA Division I 3-point percentage leader as a freshman in 2016-17 (.547)
  • Twice led the BIG EAST in free throw percentage (.938 in 2017-18 and .890 in 2018-19)
  • Only player in program history with three single-season scoring averages of at least 20.0 points per game
  • All-BIG EAST Championship Team (2019)
  • BIG EAST All-Freshman Team (2016-17)
  • 13 BIG EAST weekly honors (league record)
  • Three-time team most valuable player
  • Two-time team’s Dwyane Wade Legacy of Leadership Award winner
  • Member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee
  • Three 50-point games and seven with at least 40 points
  • Third major conference player to record a 50-point game in three consecutive seasons (Wayman Tisdale and Pete Maravich)
  • Fourth major conference player with 40 points on consecutive days (Pete Maravich, Bob Pettit and Johnny Neumann)
  • Owns three of the four 50-point games in BIG EAST history
  • Two-time gold medalist for Team USA
    • 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship
    • 2015 FIBA U16 Americas Championship
  • Owns numerous single-season MU records by class (freshman-senior)
  • Marquette’s McCahill Award Winner (2020)
  • Marquette’s Ralph H. Metcalfe Senior Award Winner – Leadership through Service to Others (2020)
  • Marquette’s Ralph H. Metcalfe Senior Award Winner – Leadership through Athletic Excellence (2020)
  • Three-time team captain
  • Played 68 games in two seasons with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA
  • 2024-25 is his third season with Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz of the Spanish Liga ACB, generally regarded as the No. 2 professional league in the world, and the EuroLeague.
    • 2023-24 EuroLeague Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Winner
    • 2023-24 EuroLeague Round 34 MVP
    • Led 2023-24 EuroLeague in scoring (19.5)
  • MU single-game ranks (as of June 2025) – not exhaustive
    • Owns school record for points in a game (52) and top five single-game marks at MU
    • Owns single-game records for field goals made (17) and 3-pointers made (11)
  • MU single-season ranks (as of June 2025)
    • Nos. 1, 2 and 5 in points
    • Nos. 1 and 2 in scoring average
    • Nos. 1, 6 and 8 in field goals made
    • Nos. 2, 4 and 5 in 3-pointers made
    • No. 1 in 3-point percentage (.547 in 2016-17)
    • Nos. 1 and 3 in free throws made
    • Nos. 1 and 3 in free throw percentage
  • MU career ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 1 in points (2,761) – 23rd-best total in NCAA history
    • No. 1 in scoring average (21.6 ppg.)
    • No. 1 in field goals made (864)
    • No. 1 in field goals attempted (1.945)
    • No. 1 in 3-point field goals made (434)
    • No. 5 in 3-point field goal percentage (42.7 pct.)
    • No. 1 in free throws made (599)

Callum Mallace | Men’s Soccer | 2008-11

  • MU record during tenure: 23-37-13 (14-19-7 BIG EAST)
  • Drafted No. 20 overall (first selection of second round) by the Montreal Impact in 2012 MLS SuperDraft.
  • Part of MU’s first BIG EAST regular season title in 2011 and assist leader (6).
  • Led MU in points (18), goals (6) and assists (6) in 2010.
  • BIG EAST Conference Midfielder of the Year (2011)
  • All-BIG EAST First Team (2011)
  • All-BIG EAST Second Team (2010)
  • College Soccer News Second Team All-America (2011)
  • United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team (2011)
  • Soccer America Men’s Team of the Week (Oct. 20, 2009)
  • Marquette Most Valuable Player (2011)
  • Finished his career with 39 points with 13 goals and 13 assists.
  • MU career ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 2 in game-winning goals (8)
    • No. 5 in shots (197)

Dusan Medan | Men’s Tennis | 2007-10

  • MU dual play record during tenure: 64-30
  • Two-time All-BIG EAST selection (2008-09 and 2009-10)
  • 88 career singles wins are tops in program history, alongside Dan Mamalat (2010-14)
  • Top individual NCAA rank of No. 64
  • Spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Marquette, including three as associate head coach of the women’s program. Also assisted the men’s program in 2022-23.

Noah Richard | Men’s Lacrosse | 2016-19

  • MU record during tenure: 31-29 (11-9 BIG EAST)
  • USILA All-America Honorable Mention (2019)
  • BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year (2019)
  • Two-time All-BIG EAST First Team selection (2018, 2019 – both unanimous as the squad’s LSM)
  • Third round selection in both the MLL (Chesapeake) and PLL (Atlas LC) drafts
  • Ended extremely promising pro lacrosse career after just two seasons to join the United States Armed Forces
  • Two-time BIG EAST Tournament Champion (2016 and 2017)
  • Senior CLASS Award Candidate (2019)
  • Member of MU’s first two NCAA tournament teams (2016 and 2017)
  • MU single-season ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 3 in ground balls (71 in 2019)
    • No 2 in ground balls per game (5.07 in 2019)
    • No. 4 in caused turnovers (23 in 2019)
    • No. 4 in caused turnovers per game (1.64 in 2019)
  • MU career ranks (as of June 2025)
    • No. 6 in ground balls (163)
    • No. 4 in ground balls per game (3.79)
    • No. 4 in caused turnovers (49)
    • No. 3 in caused turnovers per game (1.14)

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