DES MOINES, Iowa - Two notable former Drake University student-athletes will be honored by Drake Athletics with the Double D Award on Saturday, Feb. 6, in a ceremony following the men's basketball game against UNI.
Dave Doeren, a former Drake football player and coach, and Heidy Pemsl LaFleur, a standout volleyball player, will be presented the award for their athletic accomplishments at Drake and their continued success in their careers and communities.
The Double D award is presented each year to former Drake athletes for achievements in their professions and or community service since earning their degrees from Drake. Since it's inception in 1968, the Double D honor has now been presented to 252 former Drake letter winners, including Doeren and LaFleur.
Both recipients will be honored at a reception and ceremony held on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. at the Courtside Club in the Shivers Basketball Practice Facility.
Doeren and LaFleur will also be recognized at halftime of the men's basketball game against UNI that afternoon, which tips of at 1 p.m. in the Knapp Center.
2016 Double D Recipients
Dave Doeren - AS '94, GR '99
Doeren received a bachelor's degree in pre-med/biology before earning a master's degree from Drake in 1999. He was a four-year letter winner in football from 1990 through 1993 and earned second team Academic All-America honors in 1993.
Doeren is currently the head football coach at North Carolina State and just completed his third season leading the Wolfpack. Prior to joining the Wolfpack, Doeren was head coach at Northern Illinois for two seasons and led the Huskies to a berth in the 79th Orange Bowl in 2012. Before his stint at Northern Illinois, he spent five seasons as the defensive coordinator at the University of Wisconsin helping the Badgers win the 2010 Big Ten Championship, earning a birth to the Rose Bowl. He arrived at Wisconsin after four seasons (2002-2005) at the University of Kansas. In 2000 and 2001, Doeren coached at Montana and helped the Grizzlies win the NCAA Division 1-AA national championship in 2001.
Doeren began his collegiate coaching career at Drake in 1995 and helped lead the Bulldogs to their first Pioneer Football League championship. He was promoted to the Bulldogs' defensive coordinator in 1997 and then spent the following two seasons at USC.
Doeren resides in Cary, N.C. with his wife Sara and three sons, Jacob, Luke and Connor.
Heidy Pemsl LaFleur - LA '98
Heidy Pemsl LaFleur received her bachelor's degree from Drake in elementary education and then earned a master's degree from Northeastern Illinois University. She was a four year letter winner in volleyball from 1994 to 1997. She was named a team captain in 1997 and was also a second team all-MVC honoree.
LaFleur is currently the principal at North Elementary School in Franklin Park, Ill. Prior to becoming principal, she spent 14 years as a teacher and assistant principal at the Garvy School in Chicago.
In addition to being a principal and mother of three, LaFleur is also a leadership consultant and author. She recently published a book on leadership called "Hop on the Clue Bus - A Common Sense Guide to Leadership".
LaFleur resides in Des Plaines, Ill. with her husband Garrett and three children, Lilly, Garrett and Peter.
All-Time Double D Award Recipients
David E. Abram (D) -1971
Leonard B. Adams (D) -1987
Frank D. Anderson (D) -1979
Karla Burds Antonio -2006
Isaac J. (Ike) Armstrong (D) -1968
Marlyn C. Augustine (D) -1981
Dale Awtry (D) -1972
Jarrold Bachman-2013
Michael Beaman-2013
Floyd T. Beasley -1977
Lisa Behlmann Cannon -2011
Mike Belinson -1982
Joe Bell -1996
Dale C. Bennett -1984
William E. Benskin -1989
Thomas J. Bienemann (D) -1968
Tammi Blackstone -2014
William L. Bliss (D) -1968
Sherwood Boudeman -1996
Lee B. Bowman -1986
Lois Brass -2005
Paul W. Brechler (D) -1968
Lee E. Brewer (D) -1969
John D. Bright (D) -1968
John L. Briley (D) -1980
Lisa Brinkmeyer-VanDeventer -2010
Frank Brody (D) -1976
Donald Buckroyd -1994
Leanne M. Buell -1999
Verle Burgason -1975
Keith E. Burgett -1994
Jody Busing -2008
Jack Buss (D) -1980
Dan Callahan -1985
Lou Callaway -2004
Liz Stephan Campbell -2004
Donald D. Carlson (D) -2000
Clyde F. Carney (D) -1988
Tom B. Case (D) -1969
Udell Cason -1979
Robert Clark Jr. -1968
Robert I. Cobb (D) -1977
E. Allen Colbert (D) -1977
Bill Coldiron -2008
Ralph C. Collins (D) -1976
Clarence R. Conklin (D) -1986
Donald J. Cook -1979
Jay P. Cookman -1999
James B. Cooney -2000
Marguerite Cothorn (D) -1995
Billy Cundiff -2012
Harold E. Davidson (D) -1969
Sally M. Davis -1999
Kay Riek DiLeo -2000
Ernie C. Dippel Jr. -1988
Waldo E. Don Carlos (D) -1972
Tom Drake -2005
Harry N. Drier Jr. -1989
Charles A. Duchen -1968
Donald L. Duncan (D) -1989
James S. Duncan (D) -1973
Charles H. Durant -1971
James E. Dyson (D) -1968
Anne Erpenbeck -1996
Robert M. Evans (D) -1968
William E. Evans -1972
Chuck J. Everett (D) -1970
Jack C. Finegan (D) -1968
Thell H. Fisher (D) -1968
Jenni Fitzgerald -2009
Julie Fitzpatrick -2001
Wayne Ford -1995
John R. Freudenthal (D) -1997
William H. Fulton (D) -1978
George L. Funk -1991
Warren N. Gaer (D) -1970
Rolland A. Gallagher (D) -1974
Lou Gatta -2015
Frank Gilliam Jr. -2006
Robert B. Goode (D) -1968
Paul W. Goodrich (D) -1968
?Robert K. Goodwin (D) -1968
William J. Goodwin Jr. (D) -1968
David R. Griffith (D) - 2001
Peter Hackett - 1991
Ronald P. Hallock (D) - 1971
Thomas M. Hamilton - 1988
James L. Hanahan - 1978
Orbin W. Hanks (D) - 1972
David Hansen - 1995
Alexander G. Harbutte (D) - 1987
James A. Harris - 1977
Ray Harrison (D) - 1968
Herbert V. Hedlund (D) - 1976
Joe K. Henderson - 1980
Roger M. Herriott (D) - 1976
Dick Hewins - 2014
Thomas G. Higgins (D) - 1974
Robb B. Hill - 1998
Carolyn Schnure Hill - 1998
John Hodges - 2002
Albert G. Hodor (D) - 1972
William F. Hoffman - 1992
Bob Holliday - 2009
Gibson C. Holliday (D) - 1968
Charles E. Horner (D) - 1971
Robert J. Horstmeier (D) - 1972
Leighton Housh (D) - 1968
Philip Howrey (D) - 1992
Thomas P. Hyland - 1985
Donald C. Jackson (D) - 1978
Michael J. Jackson - 1993
Thomas H. Jenk - 1978
John H. Jennett - 1981
Erling N. Jensen (D) - 1968
Jan Jensen - 2007
Carl C. Johannsen (D) - 1984
Maurice E. John Jr. - 1986
Zach Johnson - 2011
Barb Johnston - 2002
Jack W. Kaley - 1974
Karl Kassulke (D) - 1974
George H. Keeney (D) - 1968
Robert M. Klingler - 1986
Harrison Kohl (D) - 1973
John H. (Jack) Kragie - 1993
Dan Kroloff (D) - 1980
Roger J. LaBrasca - 1999
Douglas S. Lang - 1993
Charles A. Lanphere - 1978
James A. Lavery - 1973
Laura A. Leonard - 2000
Lewis J. Levick - 1973
William H. Lienemann - 1975
Joseph J. Lisek (D) - 1974
William B. Lockhart (D) - 1968
Trescott A. Long (D) - 1968
Glenn S. Lott - 1999
Ralph J. Luchsinger (D) - 1983
John T. Lynch - 1992
Kenneth A. Macke (D) - 1977
Robert A. Maddocks (D) - 1982
Raymond J. Malcoun - 1993
Clarence (Pug) Manders (D) - 1968
Lucille Robinson Mann (D) - 1995
E. Nick Manoles - 1968
Guido J. Marchetti - 1975
Laurie Bowden Mardis - 2003
Jack McClelland (D) - 1973
William H. McCloud (D) - 1971
Christie F. McCormick (D) - 1975
Harold J. McCoy (D) - 1971
John J. McGivern (D) - 1971
Jack McGuire (D) - 1970
John L. McKeon (D) - 1974
McCoy McLemore Jr. (D) - 1984
George R. Mellinger (D) - 1989
Jerry W. Mertens - 1991
James M. Meston - 1984
Frank Metzger (D) - 1974
Patrick Meyer - 2008
Emmanuel S. Migliorisi (D) - 1977
Floyd Miller (D) - 2003
Dave Milligan - 2005
David L. Mills - 1980
Victor A. Modeer (D) - 1979
Clark R. Mollenhoff (D) - 1968
Paul Morrison - 2003
Mike Murphy - 2007
Phillip R. Murrell - 1981
Thomas K. Murrow (D) - 1968
Edgar C. Musgrave (D) - 1976
William O. Myles Jr. - 1981
George S. Neel (D) - 1969
Brett A. Nelson - 2001
James A. Nelson - 1987
Donald A. Nepote - 1979
Jim Neswold - 2004
Don Neumann - 2003
Connie A. Newlin - 2001
George H. Nolan - 1975
L. D. Norris (D) - 1972
Harry Chandler Olson (D) - 1968
Ronald L. Olson - 1979
Samuel E. Orebaugh (D) - 1970
Gary Osborn (D) - 2013
Joe (Philippson) Patrick (D) - 1978
Robert B. Patrick (D) - 1969
Theodore B. Payseur (D) - 1968
Rita Harmening Pedersen - 2008
Alfred Perry (D) - 1970
Richard F. Peterson (D) - 1987
Jerry Pezetti - 2012
James W. Pilkington - 1977
Loren Pollet Jr. - 1980
Roger Prescott - 2010
Adolphus Pulliam - 1988
Nolan L. Quam - 1981
Harold A. Quint (D) - 1973
Max P. Rauer (D) - 1983
Kelly Reed - 2015
Dennis E. Rees- 1980
S. Albert Robertson (D) - 1969
Timothy J. Roels - 1983
Wallace O. Rooker (D) - 1974
Wilber W. Sackett (D) - 1976
Bert Schaller - 1981
James Schmidt (D) - 1995
Robert O. Schnarr - 1975
Arnold C. Schultz - 1983
Steve Scullen - 2009
Corwin B. Seitz (D) - 1973
Theodore Shapiro - 1985
G. Donald Shawver (D) - 1970
Ronald W. Shellady - 1992
Dean Showers - 1985
Doug Siedenburg - 2002
Ezra Silas - 2003
Brent Slay - 1991
Ted Sloane (D) - 1970
Robert L. Smith - 1993
Merwin E. Soper (D) - 1973
Robert H. Spiegel (D) - 1968
Jim Stalnaker - 2007
Jack Stapleton - 2007
Oscar W. Strahan (D) - 1970
William G. (Bud) Suter (D) - 1968
David Terre - 1982
William R. Thompson - 1996
Michael Thorpe - 2004
Donald L. Tidrick (D) - 1975
Terry Trieweiler - 1992
Charles B. Tupper (D) - 1968
Danielle Tyler - 2012
Robert Underwood (D) - 1978
Cary F. Viktor - 1994
Tricia Wakely Watts - 2015
Rick Wanamaker - 1994
Doree Ward - 2013
Herman Watson - 1978
Maurice White (D) - 1971
Warren Whitted - 2010
Harley A. Wilhelm (D) - 1968
Alicia Mundahl Wollmering - 2002
Jerry Wollmering - 2002
Harold L. Wright (D) - 1974
James Wright (D) - 1973
Robert W. Wright (D) - 1976
Emil Wroblicky - 1989
Catherine Yeagley - 1997
Daniel J. Zarazan - 1997
D - Deceased
