Men’s basketball standouts Walt Lemon Jr. and Andrew Warren are among this year’s five-member Bradley Athletics Hall of Fame Class.
Joining them are former Braves soccer star Bryan Gaul, women’s golf champion Kelly Amundrud, and longtime soccer coach Jim DeRose.
Lemon spent four seasons with the Braves from 2010-14, totaling 1,721 points in graduating as the seventh-leading scorer in program history. He became the fourth Missouri Valley Conference player to surpass 1,700 career points, 350 assists and 200 steals.
Warren was on the Bradley roster from 2006-11 and graduated in 10th place on the school’s scoring list with 1,621 career points. He was an All-MVC first team honoree in his final season, leading the league in scoring (18.8 points per game), 3-pointers per game (2.4), and minutes played per game (36.7).
Gaul finished his Braves career with 31 goals and 75 total points, ranking fourth and fifth respectively in Bradley history. He was selected by the LA Galaxy in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft and played 14 games with the club.
Amundrud was a two-time All-MVC first team selection and earned the conference’s Golfer of the Week honor six times in her four-year career from 2008-12. As a junior, she became the third golfer in Braves history to win multiple individual tournament titles in a single season.
DeRose guided the Braves to 267 victories over 28 seasons beginning in 1996, when he was the youngest men’s soccer coach in NCAA Division I. He led Bradley to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including a run to the Elite Eight in 2007.
The new inductees will be honored during Bradley’s homecoming weekend, Oct. 17-18.
