Weber State announces 2022 Hall of Fame class

Four former standout athletes and a longtime administrator make up the 2022 class of inductees to the Weber State University Athletics Hall of Fame.

This year's Wildcat Hall of Fame inductees are Amber Henry (women's track and field/cross country), Hayley McCoy (women's soccer), Barry Nissenbaum (men's tennis), Norberto Segura (men's track and field/cross country), and Brad Larsen (administrator).

The Wildcat Club Hall of Fame Banquet will be on Friday, February 18 at the Eccles Conference Center in Ogden. The class will also be recognized at the Weber State men's basketball home game against Northern Colorado on Saturday, February 19. For more information about Hall of Fame weekend, contact the Weber State Wildcat Club at 801-626-6576.

Amber Henry

Amber Henry named Track Athlete of the Week

Amber Henry named Track Athlete of the Week

A three-time All-American and an 11-time conference champion, Amber Henry Schultz was one of the top track and field and cross country athletes in Weber State and Big Sky history. She was also a part of four teams that won Big Sky team championships.

A native of Mountain View, Wyoming, Henry competed with the Wildcats from 2010-14 and is being inducted into the Hall of Fame on her first year of eligibility. She was honored as one of the 25 Greatest Female Athletes in Big Sky Conference history and was a two-time Weber State Athletics Female Athlete of the Year.

Henry won the Big Sky title in cross country in 2011 and 2012 and is the only Wildcat women's athlete to win the Big Sky Cross Country title twice. She was a part of three Wildcat teams that won the Big Sky titles in cross country in 2011, 2012, and 2013. In addition, she competed with the Wildcats twice at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. She was the top WSU finisher at both NCAA meets and earned All-America honors in 2012 after finishing 32nd overall. She is one of just four athletes in Weber State history to earn All-America honors in cross country.

On the track, Henry won four Big Sky titles in outdoor track and field, including winning the steeplechase and the 1,500 meters twice each. She also won the title in the 5,000 meters. In 2012, she won the steeplechase title, and then won the 1,500 meters by diving across the finish line, fracturing her collarbone in the process.

At the 2013 Big Sky Championships in Portland, she was named the MVP of the meet after winning three Big Sky titles and setting stadium records in all three events, the 1,500 meters, steeplechase and 5,000 meters. She is one of three Wildcats in history to win three events at the same outdoor meet.

Henry earned All-America honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2012 and 2013. At the 2012 meet, she fell during the event and dislocated her elbow, only to get back up, put the elbow back in place, and earn All-America honors.

She finished third overall at the 2013 NCAA Championships with a career-best time of 9:43.39. The third-place finish is the second-highest finish by any Wildcat in outdoor track and field history and she is the only track athlete to earn All-America honors twice in the same event.

In indoor track and field, she won the conference title in the mile twice as well as the 800 meters and 3,000 meters.

She finished her career holding three Weber State school records and ranked in the top 10 in several other events. She still holds the WSU school record in the indoor 3,000 meters at 9:13.81, set in 2012. She also set the indoor record in the indoor mile and the outdoor 1,500 meters and is now second all-time in both events.

Henry also excelled in the classroom as a student. She was an 11-time Big Sky Academic All-Conference performer. She twice earned Academic All-District honors and twice earned Academic All-American honors. She graduated from Weber State with a degree in Nursing in 2014. She was also named the Big Sky Scholar Athlete in 2014 and earned the Weber State Career Achievement Award following the completion of her Wildcat career.

Hayley McCoy

Hayley McCoy 2008

Hayley McCoy was a standout member of the Weber State women's soccer from 2005-08. She helped the Wildcats to two Big Sky regular season titles and one tournament title and earned multiple individual honors, including conference MVP.

She earned first-team All-Big Sky honors all four seasons, the only player in WSU history and one of four in Big Sky history to do so. She was also a Big Sky MVP as a senior and still ranks near the top of multiple Wildcat single-season and career records.

A native of Richland, Washington, McCoy immediately made an impact as a freshman in 2005. That season she was part of the Wildcat team that won the Big Sky regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Championships. At the NCAA first round match, the Wildcats beat BYU in penalty kicks. McCoy made a shot during the penalty kicks to help lift the Wildcats to the win.

She led the Wildcats to another Big Sky title as a senior in 2008. She also won the Golden Boot and was named the Big Sky Offensive MVP. She is one of only four players in Weber State history to earn offensive MVP honors.

She is still the school's all-time leader in shots attempted with 268 and ranks in the career top 10 in several categories. She ranks in the top 10 in career assists, assists per game, games started, goals and game-winning goals.

In 2008, she set a school record that still stands with 86 shots, still the second-most in Big Sky history.

McCoy also excelled in the classroom. She earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors all four seasons and earned NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-American honors in 2008. As a senior, she was also named the Big Sky Scholar Athlete.

Barry Nissenbaum

Barry Nissenbaum 1983

Barry Nissenbaum was a standout tennis player for the Weber State men's tennis team from 1980-83. He was a Big Sky MVP, a five-time Big Sky champion, and competed in the NCAA Championships. He was also part of two teams that won conference championships.

Nissenbaum, a native of South Africa, made a big impact as a freshman in 1980 as he captured two conference titles. He won the conference crown at the No. 3 singles position and teamed with Kevin Kempin to win the title at the No. 1 doubles position. He was also part of the Wildcat team that won the conference championship under head coach Keith Cox.

He competed at the NCAA Championships in 1981. In 1982 he captured the Big Sky title at the No. 1 singles position.

In 1982, Nissenbaum won the conference title at No. 1 singles.

As a senior he was named the Big Sky MVP in 1983, one of six Wildcats in history to earn Big Sky MVP honors. He repeated as Big Sky champion at the No. 1 singles position and helped lead the Wildcats to the 1983 team championship. He also teamed with Kevin Easterly to win the Big Sky title at the No. 1 doubles position.

He is one of three Wildcats ever to twice win the conference title at the No. 1 singles position.

During his senior year, he also won the Weber State Gold Watch award, given to the best four-year graduating senior across all sports. He was the first tennis player to ever earn the career achievement award.

For his career, he won 96 career singles matches and 87 career doubles matches.

Nissenbaum now lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Norberto Segura

Norberto Segura Hall of Fame

Norberto Segura was a standout distance runner for the Weber State men's track and field and cross country teams from 1977-80. He won six Big Sky individual titles, including the same event a record four times, and was a part of two teams that captured championships.

A native of Mexico, Segura came to Weber State as a freshman in 1977 and won the Big Sky title in the six miles that year. He set and still holds the Big Sky record in the event at 29:47.6. The event was then changed to 10,000 meters and Segura won all three 10K championships from 1978-80.

He is one of just two Weber State men's athletes and one of seven athletes in Big Sky history to win the same event at four conference championships.

He also finished second twice and third once in the 5,000 meters at the conference meet.

In indoor track, Segura also claimed two conference championships, both coming in 1979, the first-ever Big Sky Indoor Championship. At that meet, he won the two-mile and three-mile titles and was named the Outstanding Athlete of the Meet. He also still holds the conference championship record in the three miles.

He helped lead the Wildcats and head coach Chick Hislop to the Big Sky team title at the 1979 indoor championships.

In cross country, he earned Big Sky All-Conference honors twice in 1978 and 1979. He was also a part of the Wildcat team that won the Big Sky title in 1977. The 'Cats finished second in 1978 and 1979.

He finished his career earning all-conference honors 11 times in track and field and cross country.

Brad Larsen

As part of the Hall of Fame ceremony, Brad Larsen will receive the Reed K. Swenson Distinguished Service Award, honoring him for his longtime service to Wildcat Athletics.

Larsen worked for Weber State Athletics for over 31 years from 1979-2011 as the Sports Information Director and later the Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations. He attended nearly every football game and most men's basketball games during that time, in addition to multiple other events, and helped promote Wildcat athletics with the local and national media. He also served as media coordinator and host for thousands of Weber State games and events, including multiple Big Sky Tournaments and four NCAA Tournaments. During his tenure at Weber State, he served under eight different athletic directors and four University presidents.

Larsen began his Weber State career on Oct. 15, 1979, coming from the University of Northern Iowa where he served as the sports information director for nine months. His career began in whirlwind style, hosting the Big Sky Conference men's basketball championship and the NCAA first and second-round games in the Dee Events Center on back-to-back weekends in March 1980. It marked the first time Weber State was selected to host NCAA games. Larsen later served as Media Coordinator when the Wildcats hosted the 1983 NCAA West Regional, and later First and Second Round games in 1986 and 1994.

In 1991, Larsen spearheaded the drive for Weber State quarterback Jamie Martin's bid for the Walter Payton Trophy, which Martin won. In 1997, he promoted Wildcat Scott Shields who played multiple positions on the field. Through a persistent effort on Larsen's part, the committee created an Overall Outstanding Player Award for Shields. It is the only time in history that type of award was given. During his career, Larsen helped promote 20 first team All-Americans in football.

In 1984, Larsen represented Weber State at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, serving as the Assistant Venue Press Chief for gymnastics and tennis for a four-week period. He helped oversee a team of 20 volunteers who sent out daily releases and results via two new technologies known as electronic bulletin boards and facsimile machines, which later become email and fax machines.

Along with his collegiate duties, Larsen was part of a WSU staff that regularly hosted one of the largest high school track and field meets in the nation each spring. He also worked at several Utah high school basketball tournaments hosted at the Dee Events Center and as media coordinator put together the tournament's first-ever stats crew.

Larsen, a native of Logan, Utah, graduated from Utah State in 1978 with a degree in Journalism. While at USU, he served as a student assistant in the sports information office. He is the father of three children, Kristoffer, Kandice and Kimberli, who all have degrees from Weber State. For many years they, along with their mother, Pauline, served as press box host and hostesses for Wildcat football games and men's basketball games.

He has five granddaughters. Larsen's wife, Pauline, passed away in October 2011. He married Christy Daniels in 2013.

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