General 8/24/2015 1:02:00 PM

2015 Truman Athletics Hall Of Fame Class

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Emily Huyck (Women's Soccer) team and Merrick Meyer (Wrestling) ,two Bulldog national standouts, will join the Truman Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the 2015 Induction Class this fall.

This year, the Hall of Fame will be split on two different weekends to allow soccer teams to be present for Emily Huyck. There will be a banquet on Saturday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Georgian Room (B) of the Student Union Building to celebrate Huyck's induction. Dinner tickets are $15.00 for adults and children under 12 are $5.00. They may be purchased in advance online here or by calling 660-785-4236.

Meyer will be inducted as part of the Alumni & Friends Homecoming Banquet on October 9, also in the Georgian Room in the Student Union Building. Tickets are $20.00 for adults and $12.50 for children under 12. That event starts at 6 p.m. and tickets may be purchased online here.

Huyck was a two-time Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Most Valuable Player and a three-time first team all-conference goalkeeper for the Bulldogs from 1998-2001. She set a school record 43 shutouts and currently has the ninth longest shutout streak in Division II at 955:21. She is one of only three keepers in the top 20 with two shutout streaks over 850 minutes long.

Huyck is 13^th in Division II in career goals against average, first in the MIAA at 0.49 and shares the conference record with fewest goals allowed in a season with seven. She was 21-1 in the first three years of women's soccer in the MIAA while the Bulldogs began a dynasty of winning seven straight league titles from 1999 to 2005.

During her senior season in 2001, Huyck became the first keeper in Truman history to earn all-America honors as she garnered National Soccer Coaches Association of America second-team honors while leading the Bulldogs to an 18-3 record and the NCAA National Quarterfinals.

Huyck went into the coaching ranks as she was a student-assistant for the MIAA champion and NCAA Tournament bound Bulldogs in 2002. Then while pursuing her master's degree at the Minnesota State University in Mankato, Huyck was a graduate assistant in 2004.

Huyck returned to Truman as a full time assistant coach in 2005 and spent three seasons helping Head Coach Mike Cannon. She is currently the Director of the Montessori Co-op School in Omaha, Nebraska and continues her involvement with soccer by coaching various ages at the club level and runs her own introduction to soccer/skills camp for younger children.

Meyer was the 141-pound NCAA Division II National Champion in 2004 joining only Curd Alexander (1968) as Truman Wrestlers to win individual titles. Meyer was a two-time All-American (2003 & 2004), a four-time national qualifier and owns the Bulldog all-time career wins record with 130. He averaged over 32 wins a season with a high of 34 in 2005.

In 2003, his career reached new heights as he put together the best year of any Truman wrestler in the history of the school. His record was 32-3 including three individual tournament wins and won the 2003 Midwest Regional Championship hosted by the Bulldogs. Meyer defeated All-American Brad Russell (Wisconsin-Parkside) in the semifinals and returning 141-lbs. National Champion Matt Dodgen (Central Oklahoma) 6-2 for the regional championship.

At the nationals, Meyer rolled into the championship match, with three straight wins but lost in the finals to Shane Barnes (Adams College) 15-3.

Driven by the loss the prior year, Meyer put together another outstanding year and complied a record of 30-6. Finishing third in the 2004 Midwest Regional it pitted him against three regional champions in the 141-pound bracket, including the current and two future National Champions. Meyer was all business during the tournament, winning his first match 6-0, second by fall and third by major decision. The Championship Match came down to a rematch between Meyer and Barnes with Meyer winning 6-3 for the title.

Merrick's college career record was 130-26 with over half his victories resulting in bonus match points. He never lost a home match in Pershing Arena in his entire career and has placed in every college tournament he had wrestled in.

After graduating Meyer joined The Boeing Company where he works in the International Business Finance Office. He returns to Truman every year with members of the Boeing Team to talk about his college experience at and recruit college graduates.

He was inducted into the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in March as part of this year's national championship meet.

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