Lakeland University will induct five standout athletes into its Athletic Hall of Fame during a brunch on Sunday, Sept. 27, as part of Lakeland's Homecoming weekend.
 
The class includes:

• Seitu Smith '95 - football
• George Schultz '98 - football
• Kyle Vogt '02 – men's basketball
• Casey Thousand '04 – women's basketball
• Kim (Linger) Hornes '10 women's volleyball

 
The induction brunch will begin at 10 a.m. Reservations are required. Registration will be available when Lakeland launches its Homecoming website in early June.
 
The incoming class increases membership in Lakeland's Hall of Fame to 202.
 
Smith is one of the most prolific receivers in Lakeland football history.
 
When he graduated, Smith was the career leader in receiving yards (2,134) and receptions (135) and his senior year he set single-season records for receiving yards (950), receptions (60) and receiving yards in a game (197).
 
He is currently fifth on the career receiving yards list, fifth in single-season yards and third in single-game receiving yards.
 
Smith was named First Team All-Illini-Badger Conference and the team's most valuable player as a senior in 1994. He was also named honorable mention All-IBFC in 1992.
 
Smith lives in Coral Springs, Fla., with his wife, Marilou. They have three children. He works as a math teacher and assistant athletic director at J.P. Taravella High School.
 
Schultz was a key player for some of the football program's most successful teams.
 
A three-time First Team All-Illini-Badger Conference selection, he graduated as career receptions leader with 178 (currently third all-time). He was most valuable receiver for the high-powered 1995 team and led the 1996 team in scoring with 11 touchdowns.
 
Schultz led the unbeaten 1997 team in receptions and was nominated by the team as offensive MVP and was a preseason academic All-American. He finished his career with 1,800 total receiving yards. He also served as the team's punter, finishing 13th in Division III in net yards in 1997. He played in the All-American Bowl at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn.
 
The Muskies were 24-5-1 overall and 14-2 in conference with two IBFC titles his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
 
Schultz lives in Munising, Mich., with his wife, Amber, and their three daughters. He is the owner/head brewer of ByGeorge Brewing Co and a pharmacist at Putvin Drug store.
 
Vogt is one of the best shooters in Lakeland basketball history. He finished with 1,123 career points, 29^th best on the all-time list, and 183 career 3-pointers, fourth on the all-time list. He shot 91 percent from the free throw line as a senior, the third best season in program history.
 
He is a three-time All-Lake Michigan Conference honoree, including first team honors as a junior and senior and the league's All-Rookie Team as a freshman. He was a key part of the program's resurgence that included a second-place conference finish his junior year and a conference championship his senior year.
 
Vogt has been a college basketball coach for 25 seasons and twice been named to Silver Waves Media's annual Top 100 Mid-Major Assistant Coaches list.
 
He is in his 14th season at the University of California-Davis and has been part of the program's most successful stretch. His tenure has totaled over 200 wins, three Big West regular season or tournament championships and the program's first NCAA Division I Tournament victory.
 
Other coaching stops include UW-Platteville, Bradley University and Western Illinois University. He was an assistant during Bradley's 2006 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 run.
 
Vogt and his wife, Erin, live in Davis, Cal., with their three children.
 
Thousand was a key player for some of the women's basketball program's best teams.
 
Thousand was a four-time All-LMC honoree including First Team honors as a senior. She helped lead Lakeland to an undefeated conference season and an NCAA Tournament berth in her senior year and was part of three Lakeland teams that won the conference championship and tournament and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Lakeland's conference record was 43-5 during her four seasons.
 
She graduated among the career leaders in assists (253-currently 13th), steals (140) and 3-pointers made (88) and was in the top 10 in single-season steals (55 in 2003-04).
 
Thousand is in her 21^st season as a college basketball coach, including 14 seasons as a head coach with 200-plus career wins. She recently completed her fourth season as head coach of NCAA Division II Northern Michigan University after spending three seasons as an NMU assistant coach earlier in her career. The program has made three trips to the NCAA tournament, including two trips to the Round of 32 and a 25-win season this past year.
 
She has also served as head women's basketball coach at Division II University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) and at Edgewood College. She was an assistant coach at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis., and at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill.
 
She joins her brother, Chris, a 2012 inductee, in the Hall of Fame.
 
Hornes was a key player for some of the women's volleyball program's best teams.
 
She is seventh in career kills (1,104), third in career hitting percentage (.284) and was fifth in individual match kills (23). She was a two-time First Team All-Conference honoree and was named to the conference All-Rookie as a freshman.
 
Hornes helped lead teams to three Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season and tournament titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances. Lakeland had a 34-2 record in conference play her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
 
She lives in Oshkosh, Wis., with her husband, Blaine, a 2010 Lakeland graduate, and their four children. She is a cardiology family nurse practitioner at SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic.
 
To nominate someone you feeling is worthy of induction into the LU Hall of Fame, click here to access a nomination form.