The Northwest Nazarene University Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome its 12^th class on Saturday, January 17th as Dr. Ed Crawford, Kim (Hazelbaker) Zumhofe, Terry Layton and Garry Matlock will join the elite Hall at halftime of the men's afternoon basketball game against Western Oregon University.

“We are pleased to welcome this new class to our Athletic Hall of Fame,” comments NNU Athletic Director Rich Sanders. “This honor represents both the on-court performance and their dedication to the university with over 50 years of combined playing, coaching and service.”

Dr. Crawford joins the Hall in the category of Meritorious Service having served 24 years as the Faculty Athletic Representative for Crusader athletics. In addition to his administrative efforts, Crawford served as the head baseball coach for the Crusaders in 1978 and 1979 after joining the faculty at NNU in 1976 in the area of philosophy and religion. As a student, Crawford played baseball for the Crusaders, a career that was highlighted by a winning pitching performance in the 1957 NAIA District Championship game.

A two-sport athlete at NNU, Kim (Hazelbaker) Zumhofe enters the Hall for women's basketball but was also a standout performer for the Crusader track and field teams. A basketball career that spanned the 1989 to 1993 seasons, Kim currently holds eight all-time career top-ten marks in the basketball record book, including the number four position in both career rebounds (891) and career free-throw attempts (425) and the ninth all-time scoring mark with 1,295 career points. A recipient of the Hopkins-Humphrey Award in both 1992 and 1994, Kim continues to hold the Crusader discus record with a toss of 147-10, set in the spring of 1994.

Men's basketball coach Terry Layton enters the Hall having served as head coach for the Crusaders from 1975 to 1982, a tenure spanning seven winning seasons that held a combined win-loss record of 127-82. Coach Layton's winning percentage of 60.7-percent earned his teams post-season invitations in six of his seven seasons, including five straight NAIA District 11 playoff appearances from 1978 to 1982. A tribute to his influence, no fewer than 10 former players or assistant coaches have become collegiate coaches, including future Crusader head coaches Ed Wiedenbach, Mike Terpstra and fellow Hall of Fame members Garry Matlock and Roger Schmidt.

Garry Matlock joins the Hall for men's basketball having played for the Crusaders from 1963 to 1966. Garry holds the career assists record at NNU with 524 and is also number one in single-season assists with 260 (1965-66), fifth all-time in career steals (206) and ninth in single-season steals with 77 (1965-66). A two-sport athlete for the Crusaders, Garry played baseball in 1964 and 1966, posted a career .338 batting average, and was awarded the Orrin E. Hills Sports Trophy as a senior. Garry returned to NNU in 1981, serving one year as an assistant to Terry Layton and then nine seasons (1982-91) as head coach for the Crusader basketball program. During his tenure he taught in the Department of Kinesiology and served two years as Athletic Director.