Pacific Lutheran University Athletics

KAREN BELLER
(Softball, 1987-88)

Karen Beller helped lead the Pacific Lutheran softball team to the NAIA national title in 1988. She played for two seasons and was an important asset to the team. In 1987 she was named to the All-District team as a catcher. In the 1988 national tournament Beller was named the Most Valuable Player. Beller was 10-17 with seven RBI at the tourney. She earned first-team All-American honors in 1988 as well after hitting .452 with six doubles, five triples, six home runs and 36 RBIs.

Karin Gilmer Kupp is seventh in the women's soccer career record book in assists with 27. She was PLU's freshman Most Valuable Player and was named the Most Inspirational Player following her senior season. Kupp was an NAIA second team All-American in both the 1989 and 1990 seasons. She was also named first-team All-Northwest Conference, NAIA All-District and first-team NAIA All-West Region in those two seasons, and also received National Coaches Association West Region first-team honors in 1989 and second-team recognition in 1990. Kupp was named an NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete in 1989, and received National Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete honors in 1989 and 1990. She helped the Lutes win the NAIA national championship in 1988 and 1989 and claim a runner-up finish in the national playoffs in 1990.

PAM KNAPP BLACK
(Women's Crew, 1980-84)

Pam Knapp Black rowed for PLU for four years and went on to compete internationally. She was a team commodore (captain) as a junior and senior. She was the first female rower in PLU history to win a gold medal at nationals, and won numerous races during her collegiate career. Academically, she was co-winner of the George Fisher Scholar-Athlete Award for Women in 1984. In 1983 she was invited to the pre-elite U.S. National Team. In 1986 she joined the U.S. National Rowing Team, which placed second in Women's Pair at the Goodwill Games in Moscow and took ninth place at the Rowing World Championships in Nottingham, England. She competed in the U.S. Sports Festival Women's Four in 1987 and in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in 1988, where her team took second place in Women's Pair.

CRAIG KUPP
(Football, 1987-89)

Craig Kupp was a three-year letter winner at PLU after transfering from Montana Tech. In his career, he completed 300-of-499 passes for 3,921 yards, 41 TDs and 11 interceptions. He holds the school record for fewest interceptions thrown in a season, with 3 in 1989 (out of 286 pass attempts), and shares the school record with 6 touchdown passes in a game, against Southern Oregon in 1989. In his senior season Kupp was a first-team all-conference and second-team Little All-Northwest selection after completing 64.7 percent of his pass attempts (185-286) for 2,398 yards and 25 touchdowns. He was a fifth round NFL draft pick after his career at PLU.

Dave Lashua earned All-Northwest Conference and All-District honors his final three seasons at PLU. He ranks No. 9 on the PLU career scoring list with 1,430 points, an average of 13.6 points per game. He scored a single-game high of 33 points. In his career, he also averaged 9.7 rebounds per game, a total of 1,015 rebounds. He led the team in points and rebounds his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. He was also voted the MVP of the Aid Association to Lutherans Basketball Tournament.

Jeff Rohr is Pacific Lutheran University's all-time career rushing leader with 2,800 yards. A four-year letter winner, he earned first-team All-Northwest Conference honors his junior and senior seasons and was a second-team all-conference selection as a sophomore. He was named to the first-team All-District and Little All-Northwest teams in 1982 and 1983, and was an honorable mention Little All-Northwest pick in 1981. In his senior season, Jeff led the team in rushing, scoring and punting and was named an NAIA First Team All-American running back.