Manchester College's athletic department held a luncheon for the 2005 Hall of Fame inductees on Saturday, Oct. 1. This year's class included Dick Sellers '49, Mike Jarvis '68, Steve Hazelwood '69, Anne Wiggin '84 and Robin Wiggin '85.


Dick Sellers (Front)
Anne Wiggin, Joseph Hazelwood, Robin Wiggin, Mike Jarvis (Back L-R)

Dick Sellers '49 dominated in both track and field and cross country during his two years at Manchester College. In the classroom, he was equally quick, using summer school and every other chance he could to graduate in just 2 1/2 years.

The Aurora yearbook wrote of Sellers' "long striding ability," a talent he brought him success with the cross country program. He was a two-year team captain with the harriers, and captured first place in every dual meet during that time. He won the Little State and the Hoosier Collegiate Conference meet in 1947 and 1948, and won the Central AAU Regional meet during the '48 season.

Sellers joined Grady Snyder '51, Ed Lyons '50 and Richard Calbeck '51 to start up the track and field team, which was suspended during World War II. Sellers' second year of track and field competition yielded outstanding results, including conference titles in the 1-mile and 2-mile run. He was Most Outstanding Performer at the Midwest Invitational, and won the NAIA State meet. He served as two years as team captain for track and field as well.

Sellers coached for a few years following graduation, but soon found his calling in the ministry, where he served 48 years before retiring. His bride, Virginia Flora '48, died in 2000. They had five children, Bruce, Randy, Jody, Sharon, and Onita, and now 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.


Mike Jarvis '68 has been instrumental in the development of athletics at Manchester College, serving as a friend, motivator, and contributor. Jarvis, an accounting alumnus, spent one season with the football program. After graduation, he began a 14-year stint with the International Harvester Co., working his way up the ladder from accounting trainee to plant controller for the 10,000-employee facility.

In 1983, he founded Franklin Power Products, a manufacturer of products ranging from automobiles to locomotives. He transformed a single, 21-employee plant into 17 facilities in the United States and Canada that employed more than 2,000 people before selling the company to Delco Remy in 1998. He stayed on staff with Delco Remy for five years, managing the companies before retiring in 2003.

Retirement did not last but five months for the entrepreneur, who missed the challenges of the business world. He formed Jarvis Enterprises, with interests ranging from up-scale housing projects in Indiana to the largest satellite telecommunication company in Poland. Now his sights are set on acquiring another telecommunication company – in Kiev, in the Ukraine.
Mike received the Innovative Product of the Year award from the World Marine Industry, and was Business of the Year and Outstanding Man of the Year in Franklin, Ind.

He has served the Manchester College Board of Trustees for 11 years. A proud alumnus, Mike commends both our faculty and coaching staff for developing and maturing students who excel on the fields and in the classrooms. He and his wife of 40 years, Sandy, are the parents of Tony and Troy, and grandparents to four children. They reside in Franklin, Ind.

Anne Wiggin '84 was a three-time NAIA national qualifier in track and field, excelling in the 400-meter hurdles, high jump, and sprint relay. She combined her talents in the heptathlon, achieving All-American honors in 1984.

During her freshman year in 1981, Anne was a national qualifier in the high jump, and still holds the school record, at 5'6”. She teamed up with her sister, Robin, for the school record in the 4x100 relay as a sophomore, and was the top point scorer on the team.

During her junior season, Anne helped MC women's basketball build a winning record as she led the team in steals. She aided the track and field team to the Little State title while finishing first in the 400-meter hurdles, 4x100 meter relay and the 4x400 meter relay. She once again was an NAIA Nationals qualifier. Her senior year, Anne set new school and District 21 meet records in the 400-meter hurdles, and was named All-District. She was her team's Most Valuable Runner and received All-American honors in the heptathlon after qualifying for nationals for a third time in her four years.

Anne still holds the Manchester College track and field school record for the 600-meter (1:37.79), 400-meter hurdles (1:02.32), and the high jump (5'6”). She ranks second in the 400-meter dash (1:03) and third in 100-meter hurdles (14.94). Anne resides in Hiawassee, Ga., where she teaches third through fifth grade physical education.

Building a more competitive rivalry than any intercollegiate meet could ever provide on the tracks was Robin Wiggin '85, Anne's identical twin. Robin qualified for nationals during her freshman year in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and set a school record of 17'10” in the long jump. She was named Honorable Mention All-State for her play on Manchester's basketball team, which finished 15-8 overall.

Robin and Anne mirrored one another's success in 1982 on MC's new nine-line all-weather track. The women won their second of three-straight Little State team titles that year, with Robin joining Anne on the record-setting 4x100 relay team. During Robin's junior season, the Wiggin sisters staked claim in the 4x100 and 4x400 relay Little State championships. Robin qualified for nationals in the heptathlon, receiving 1983 All-American honors.

On the basketball courts, Robin helped the Spartans to a pair of 12-9 seasons during her junior and senior years under head coach Betty Clark. Robin returned to the track her fifth year, qualifying for nationals for a third time.

Robin still holds a Manchester College record in the long jump (17'10”), and ranks second in the 200-meter dash (25.84), 600-meter dash (1:48.09) and the high jump (5'4”). She boasts the third-best time in the 100-meter dash (12.38). Robin resides in Hiawassee, Ga., where she is an independent general contractor.

Steve Hazelwood '69 used his size and strength to dominate on both the football field and wrestling mats. He was a four-year letter winner, playing both offensive and defensive line positions, and spent three seasons as the Spartans' heavyweight grappler.

Hazelwood developed into one of the toughest members of the Manchester College football team. By his junior year, he was named All-Conference and NAIA All-District. The 1966 Spartans posted their first winning season in 26 years and shared the HCC title. Hazelwood was co-captain for the Spartans during his senior year, and once again received All-Conference and All-District accolades.

He competed with track and field as a sophomore, but his other love was wrestling, earning three varsity letters. As in football, his successes came during his last two years of competition. He sat out of wrestling his sophomore year, and injury limited his junior year competition. The 1967-68 season brought Hazelwood a conference championship at heavyweight, as he shared a stellar 9-1 season with the Spartan wrestlers. Whether it was a 1-0 escape last-second victory or a 40-second pin, Hazelwood found ways to win, ending the season 9-2-2.

He used his fifth year to serve as a student assistant coach for the 1968 Hall of Fame football team, and spent one last season with Hall of Fame Coach Jim Gratz on the wrestling mats. He and the team placed third at conference, where he recorded a team-high 10 pins. Following graduation in 1969, Hazelwood took a teaching position with Northwood High School, where he also was a football coach. He died in a car crash a few months later.

Former teammate, and Hall of Famer Robin Gratz '70 reflects, “I was recently talking with Ray Hedstrom '69 about our teammate Steve. We remember him as being so intimidating on the field, blowing in from defensive end. We just dreaded scrimmages. Then, away from the field and on the mat, so gentle and kind.”

“What a privilege to have known him in those years. What a great teacher he would have become."