Athletics | 1/29/2016 8:00:00 PM

Western Oregon Athletics inducted six new members in the Hall of Fame Friday night at a ceremony in the Pacific Room at the Warner University Center. Bruce Hamilton (football and baseball, 1940's), Tyler Walker (softball, 2007-10), Tony Burris (football, 1985-87), Bridget Johnson (track and field, 2003-06), Casey Cosler Pape (women's basketball, 1985-87) and Robert Day (men's basketball, 2001-04) are the 11^th class enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Bruce Hamilton
Football/Baseball
Bruce Hamilton was a member of the football and baseball teams at Oregon College of Education in the late 1940's. He was awarded the school's Outstanding Athlete award in 1949 and was a member of the football team in 1949 that went undefeated, one of only two football teams to do so. He was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics District 2 Hall of Fame. Bruce remains a loyal fan today and hardly misses a home football game.

Tyler Walker
Softball
Tyler Walker was a member of the WOU softball team from 2007 - 2010. She is one of only two softball players in the history of Western Oregon to be named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American (Honorable mention in 2009.) That same year, she was selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year, a first-team all-region and first team all-conference selection. Walker was a four-time first team all-conference selection as a Wolf. She still ranks among the top 10 in many statistical categories for single game, season and career records. Walker played a pivotal role for the 2008 team that went on to the NCAA West Regional. Walker is married to Western Oregon head baseball coach Kellen Walker and is owner of Gracy Lu's in Monmouth.

Tony Burris
Football
Tony Burris was a member of the Western Oregon football team from 1985-1987. He was a two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics honorable mention All-American quarterback who played during the highly successful "Air Wolf" era. Led by Burris, the team went 15-4 over two seasons including a trip to the NAIA playoffs in 1985. Burris was a two-time First-Team All-College Football Association selection during his time as a Wolf. He ranks second in WOU career passing yardage, despite playing only two seasons, throwing for 4,791 career yards. Burris is third in career touchdown passes and still ranks in the top 10 at the school for career completions, yards, touchdown passes and completion percentage. Tony went on to play in the Canadian Football League and Arena Football League and now owns a construction business that sticks to his football roots, Red Zone Construction.

Bridget Johnson
Track and Field
Bridget Johnson was a member of the track and field team at Western Oregon from 2003-2006. She remains the school record holder in the Heptathlon with 5,080 points and is tied for the most points scored at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships with 115. Was named an NCAA Division 2 All-American in the Heptathlon in 2005 and 2006 and was a two-time NCAA National Championship participant in the Javelin (2005-06). She was a member of the GNAC Championship 4x400 relay team, in the Heptathlon, and 100m Hurdles. She was named to the All-Academic GNAC team for the 2005-2006 seasons. Johnson is currently the Associate Commissioner of the GNAC, was the meet referee for the NCAA Division 2 National Cross Country Championships, was member of the Division 3 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Coaches Committee, and is the organizer of the GNAC Women in Sports career seminar.

?Casey Cosler Pape
Women's Basketball
Casey Cosler was a member of the women's basketball team at Western Oregon from 1985-1987. She was a third-team National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American, NAIA District II Player of the Year and a two-time first-team All-District selection. She still holds the school record for most field goals scored in a game with 18 and is second on the school's single-season scoring list with 694 points. Despite only playing two seasons, she ranks in the top 10 all-time in career scoring (1,222), second in career scoring average with 19.4 points a game and shot an impressive 55.6 percent from the field over her two year-career, which is second in the school record books. She is a member of the Cascade Collegiate Conference Hall of Fame and Northwest Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. Casey is currently a social studies teacher at Dallas (OR) High School.

Robert Day
Men's Basketball
Robert Day was a member of the men's basketball team for the Wolves from 2001-2004. He was selected as a member of the All-Little Northwest Team in 2001-2002, selected to the second team National Association of Basketball Coaches Division 2 All-West Region Team (one of two players in the history of WOU to do so), second team NCAA Division 2 All-West Daktronics Team and All Pacific West Coast Conference honorable mention. Academically, Day was honored on the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-Region First Team and two times an All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference Academic Team. He still ranks among the top 10 in many statistical categories for single game, season and career records including the all-time leading scorer with 2,110 points. Day is currently playing professionally in Brazil.