5 Hamline Swim & Dive Alum Named to CSCAA Hall of Fame Class of 2026

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Four Hamline swimming alum and one former Hamline swimming and diving coach have been named to the CSCAA Hall of Fame Class of 2026, launched Nov. 24. 

The 4 former Pipers with nationwide championships on their resumes being inducted are Carrie Hefte (1978-81), Kate Lundsten (1979-82), Beth Peterson (1981-83), and Susan Brings (1982-85). Pearson was an All-MIAC swimmer within the mid-Eighties, whereas Peterson and Brings have been among the many first MIAC athletes in ladies’s sports activities to win particular person nationwide championships, along with the three consecutive staff titles the Pipers gained within the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) from 1980-82.

Carrie Hefte was an integral member of Hamline’s 1980 and 1981 AIAW National Championship groups. She earned 24 All-America honors within the 50 Freestyle, 50 Butterfly, 50 and 100 Backstroke and 200 Individual Medley occasions throughout her profession. This included National Titles within the 50 Butterfly (26.41 report), 200 particular person medley (2:11.46 report), and once more within the 50 Butterfly (26.81). 

Beth Peterson was a key member of Hamline’s two AIAW National Championship groups in 1981 and 1982. Beth gained three particular person titles for the Pipers on the 1982 meet, setting National Records in 50 and 100 Butterfly. She adopted this up by setting two extra information on the 1983 Women’s NCAA Division III Championships. Beth completed her profession with 17 All-America performances within the 50, 100, and 200 Freestyles and the 50 and 100 Butterfly occasions. She claimed National Titles within the 50 Butterfly (26.63 report), 100 Butterfly (59.35 report), 200 Freestyle (1:56.79), once more within the 200 Freestyle (1:55.25 report), and the 100 Butterfly (59.09 report).

Kate Lundsten helped lead her Piper staff to 3 AIAW National Championships in 1980, 1981 and 1982. Kate was a 3 time National Champion and earned All-American honors 24 occasions within the 100, 200 and 500 Freestyle occasions in addition to the 50, 100, and 200 Backstrokes throughout her 4 yr profession as a Piper. She gained National Titles within the 200 Backstroke (2:07.83 report), 100 Backstroke (1:01.15), and once more within the 200 Backstroke (2:12.03). 

As head coach from 1973-1990, Marty Knight led the Pipers to 3 consecutive Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Team Championship Titles in 1980, 1981 and 1982. Hamline then moved to the NCAA Division III Championship Meet, and his Women’s staff completed as National runners-up in 1983, and he was named the CSCAA Women’s Division III Coach of the Year. Over Knight’s profession, his Women’s staff completed within the Top Ten 10 occasions, together with 9 within the prime 4, and his Men’s staff completed seventh in 1979. At the Conference stage, the boys have been MIAC Champions 5 occasions and the ladies 4 occasions. 

The 2026 CSCAA Hall of Fame induction ceremony will happen on May 4, 2026, at Joe’s Live in Rosemont, Illinois, through the CSCAA Annual Awards Celebration, hosted on the Loews Chicago.