FULTON, Mo.—The 2015 William Woods University Athletics Hall of Fame Class has been announced and the third year inductees will be Ashley Morgan (women's soccer), Saysha Sappenfield (Nevins) (softball) and current Owls softball coach Tracy Gastineau (coach/contributor).

These three inductees will join an already stellar WWU Hall of Fame Class, which includes, Fulton native and Olympic Champion Helen Stephens, former athletic director Roger Ternes, all-time leading scorer in women's basketball Lana Unnewehr-Brooks, the 2002 men's volleyball team, women's soccer player Erin Jewell, softball player Ashley Windmiller and women's basketball player Patty Wilderman.

The induction ceremony will take place on the morning of January 17^th, 2015 and all three new inductees will be again announced later in the afternoon at the men's and women's basketball games against Missouri Baptist University.

This 2015 class was selected from a pool of nominees submitted by the Hall of Fame Nomination Committee, including suggestions from members of the public and current WWU Hall of Fame Inductees. Each of the members of this class received 75 percent of the vote or better from the Hall of Fame Voting Committee members.

Morgan, was on the women's soccer team from 2005-2008, and during her time with the Owls, she accumulated numerous individual records, while guiding the team to a 33-36-3 overall record.

"I was completely surprised and humbled, as it was really amazing to hear that I was being inducted," said Morgan.

She is currently the all-time leader in points (151) and assists (29), while coming in third with 61 career goals. In just her first season with WWU, Morgan made an impact right away, as she earned AMC Newcomer of the Year honors, was named to the All-AMC first team and the NAIA All-Region V team.

Morgan went on to be named AMC Player of the Year in 2007, while earning All-AMC first team honors for three more years and was a two-time NAIA All-American Honorable Mention selectee (2007, 2008).

Sappenfield, was on the softball team from 1995-1998 and during her tenure with the team, WWU went 79-24 in four seasons.

"My first reaction was joy when I found out about being inducted, but then was immediately followed by sadness that my father, who passed away in July, was not here to share the accomplishment with me," said Sappenfield. "I did not even fathom that an award like this was possible for me."

Sappenfield had a stellar career on the mound for WWU, as she is the all-time leader in wins (79), saves (12), appearances (130), games started (101), complete games (74), innings pitched (675.1), batters faced (2,812) and second in strikeouts (581).

She was also a three-time All-AMC first team honoree, three-time NAIA Region V first team selectee two-time AMC and NAIA Region V Pitcher of the Year (1995, 1996), two-time NFCA All-Region first team selectee and earned NFCA All-American second team honors.

Gastineau, the current WWU softball coach and Associate Athletic Director, has an impressive resume while coaching the Owls since 1998.

"Jason Vittone was gracious enough to call my coach (Roger Ternes) and he was the one that called and let me know I was inducted," said Gastineau. "So that was special, when the person that gave you the opportunity to be where you are as an athlete and as a coach, give you the call."

She added, "Obviously it is a high honor and I love William Woods, as it is my alma mater and I've got ties as a student-athlete, coach and now as an administrator."

In her first season with the team, Gastineau was named AMC and NFCA Midwest Coach of the Year, after guiding the Owls to a 45-13 overall record and going 9-1 in the AMC.

Since then, she has continued to add on to her already impressive coaching career, as she has accumulated 592 wins, five AMC Coach of the Year honors, two Region V Coach of the Year awards, four AMC regular and postseason titles and led the team to six NAIA National Tournament appearances.

Prior to her coaching at WWU, Gastineau was a standout athlete at William Woods, where she received softball all-district honors in both 1992 and 1993. She was also an all-district performer on the Owls basketball team during her senior season.

Fans make sure to stay updated on wwuowls.com in the coming months for individual stories on each inductee prior to the January 17^th Hall of Fame Ceremony.