2020 HOF Inductees

Darryl Anderson: Longtime coach at MACCRAY.   Many of his math league students went on to become math teachers.  He attended all the summer coaches conferences and was eager to keep on learning. Thanks to Darryl, MACCRAY, a small rural district that joined the league early, has remained in the League even when funds needed to be cut.

Tracy Bibelnieks:  Executive Director for 7 years, succeeding Wayne Roberts.  Tracy moved the League to its current site, Augsburg University.  She reestablished the Summer Math Institute, now in its ninth year.

Dan Butler and Mike Huberty:   Longtime coaches at Mounds View HS.  Dan and Mike established a culture of success and turned Mounds View into a perennial top 5 school.

Gary Kannel:  Longtime coach at Holy Family Catholic HS, Division Coordinator, and League Board member.  After many others failed at creating a league scoring website, Gary was able to do what the others couldn’t – he created our current scoring website.  Not only that, he was able to modify the site to allow students online access to the problems, thus allowing the League to operate during the pandemic.

Dana Koletar:   Associate Director for 11 years.  Dana was a leader with great insights, ideas, and organization, and a willingness to work hard to make the League better and better each year.

David McMayer:   Longtime coach at Southwest HS, Division Coordinator, and League Board member.  David is the force behind the Minneapolis division, helping to keep it together through tough years.   David coached the All State Math team for 6 years, focusing on expanding the opportunities for our All State members.

Curt Michener:  Longtime coach at Elk River HS, Division Coordinator, and League Board member.  Curt was instrumental in moving the League to its current section format.

Mary Rueter:  Longtime coach at St Cloud Cathedral and St. Johns Prep.  Here is an endorsement of Mary from fellow coach Ben Thell 

Mary has been a top-notch math team coach for a long time.  She has produced outstanding teams at two different schools since I've known her (St. John's Prep and Cathedral).  I can't tell you how many times she has brought a team to state or how many team/individual state accomplishments she has.  But I do know that it is considerable.  Mary has always been instrumental in bringing a high level of competition to the Central Gopher division.  Throughout the time I've known her, I've always appreciated the way that I could approach her and pick her brain on how to best help our elite math students realize their potential.  Mary is a great coach.  Every year at the board of directors meeting and at the summer coaches conference, I've heard the call for nominees for the Hall of Fame or people who should be recognized as they retire.  In my opinion, Mary is one of those Hall of Fame coaches.

Jerry Shouts:   Longtime coach at Delano HS, Division Coordinator, and League Board member.   Participating in math competitions was always popular in Delano. From Math Masters to High School Math League, their rosters were among the largest in the state - and with good coaching, they have always done very well. Jerry Shouts was an integral part of the team of math teachers/coaches in encouraging and celebrating their students’ success.