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Four make up 2020 Lakeland Athletics Hall of Fame class

Lakeland University will induct three standout athletes and one of the institution's best coaches into its Athletic Hall of Fame this fall.
 
The class includes:
  • Chad Schreiber, former men's and women's volleyball coach.
  • Kris Saiberlich, a 2008 graduate, for basketball.
  • KC (Blahnik) Kuehl, a 2010 graduate, for basketball and softball.
  • Brittanie (Paulus) Martin, a 2010 graduate, for volleyball.
 
An induction banquet will he held on Friday, Oct. 9, as part of Homecoming weekend. Reservations are required. Details will be announced closer to the date.
 
The incoming class increases membership in Lakeland's Hall of Fame to 180.
 
Schreiber is among the institution's best coaches, leading the creation of a powerhouse women's volleyball program and serving as the architect for the men's program.
 
In 16 seasons as Lakeland's head women's volleyball coach, the Muskies were 310-247 with eight conference championships and six trips to the NCAA Division III national tournament, tied for the best in school history among all programs.
 
In 2001, the women's program won its first Lake Michigan Conference championship since 1986, followed by Lakeland's inaugural NCAA tournament appearance in 2002 with a program-best 32-5 record. In 2002, Muskies became the first team in conference history to win every game of each conference match.
 
The program won five consecutive LMC titles from 2001-05, and made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2002-05. Off the court, Schreiber's teams won the National Team Award for Academic Excellence five times, and he coached numerous all-conference and all-region players.
 
Schreiber established Lakeland's men's club volleyball program in 1996, and quickly guided the team to national prominence, winning the club national championship in 2008 and playing for the national title in three out of five seasons at one stretch. The program was ranked in the nation's top 25 for 11 consecutive seasons. In 2007, he was named National Coach of the Year by NIRSA.
 
A leader nationally in volleyball, Schreiber served as head coach of USA Volleyball's Badger Region boys youth national team and chair of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball and NCAA Midwest Regional committees.
 
He was one of eight memorable coaches featured during Lakeland's All-College Reunion as part of Lakeland's 150th anniversary celebration in 2012. The same year, he was inducted into the Wisconsin Volleyball Conference Hall of Fame.
 
Schreiber is director of the Professional Division of QPS Employment Group. He and his wife, Stephanie, have three children, Cameron, Logan and Carter.
 
Saiberlich was a four-time first team all-conference player for the men's basketball team. He finished with 1,494 points, currently 11th on the career scoring list, and he's still the career leader in every 3-point shooting category with 324 in his career, 110 in a season and 10 in a game. He's also Lakeland's career free throw shooting leader at 91.5 percent.
 
A conference All-Rookie selection as a freshman, Saiberlich played in 106 games in his four-year varsity career, starting 104. He was regularly among the nation's NCAA Division III leaders in free throws and 3-point shooting, finishing third in free throw percentage and fourth in 3-point field goals made per game (3.8) as a senior.
 
As a senior, he helped lead the Muskies to the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference postseason tournament championship, winning three road games, all in overtime, to claim the title as the No. 6 seed, the lowest to ever win the tournament. The Muskies also won the LMC regular season championship his sophomore season. He also played baseball for three seasons.
 
Saiberlich, a mortgage loan officer with National Exchange Bank and Trust, lives in Fond du Lac with his wife, Jillian, who received her MBA at Lakeland in 2011. They have two sons, Myles and Eli.
 
Kuehl is one of the most decorated athletes in Lakeland history. She was named 2010 NACC Woman of the Year and was the conference's Player of the Year and an all-region performer in both women's basketball and softball.
 
She was a four-time CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team honoree and a two-time Academic All-American, as well as a four-time NACC Scholar-Athlete and two-time Lakeland Female Athlete of the Year.
 
As a softball player, Kuehl was a two-time Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Great Lakes Region team honoree, three-time first team all-conference and second team as a freshman. She is the career record holder in hits, runs, HR and walks and single season record holder in batting average, runs, HR and walks. Kuehl helped lead the 2009 softball team to a 30-win season.
 
As a basketball player, Kuehl was first team All-Conference and D3hoops.com 2010 All-Region Second Team as senior, second team all-conference as junior and sophomore and a member of the conference all-Freshman team. She is seventh in career scoring (1,192), third in career rebounds (798) and eighth in career steals. She helped lead the 2009-10 women's basketball team to a conference tournament championship and an NCAA Division III Tournament berth.
 
Kuehl, a commercial lines underwriter at Acuity Insurance, lives in Sheboygan with her husband, Steve, and their son, Conner.
 
Martin is one of the most decorated players in Lakeland volleyball history. She was a two-time American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III All-America honorable mention and two-time AVCA Division III All-Midwest Region team member. She was 2007 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Player of the Year and a three-time All-NACC first team honoree.
 
A three-year team captain, Martin graduated with program records for digs in season (550) and career digs (1,882). She is currently second in career digs and second in career kills (1,357).
 
She was also a 2009 CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine All-District 5 women's volleyball academic third team honoree. As a freshman, she was an honorable mention all-conference selection and a member of the league's all-rookie team.
 
Martin was a leader in helping the Muskies to three straight conference regular season and tournament titles and two consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Martin, an inside sales professional with Power Solutions International, lives in Magnolia, Texas, with her husband, 2007 Lakeland graduate Matt Martin, and their two sons, Bennick and Mace.
 
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