Michigan State athletics Hall of Fame 2023 class: Javon Ringer, champion QB Al Dorow

The Michigan State athletic department announced its 2023 class for its Hall of Fame on Wednesday and it features nine former student-athletes and one who later became a head coach.

The class will be inducted on Sept. 15, the day before MSU's home football game against Washington.

Here are the nine new inductees:

Javon Ringer

The most notable name is former running back Ringer, the school's all-time leader in all-purpose yards (5,426). In 2008, Ringer was a first-team All-American after leading the country in scoring (132 points) and setting a school record with 22 rushing touchdowns.

The Dayton, Ohio, native helped MSU win nine games in that senior season, was the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and and was a fifth-round pick in the 2009 NFL draft. He played four seasons with the Tennessee Titans. After a recent stint on the University of Toledo staff, he is now a recruiting assistant with MSU.

Guy Busch

After 50 years, Busch remains the schools all-time leading scorer in men's soccer with 130 points. He's also second all-time in goals with 54. The St. Louis, Missouri, native was a first-team All-American in 1965, as a sophomore, after scoring 24 goals and helping MSU to national runners-up.

He followed up his sophomore season with 20 goals and nine assists in 1966 and another 14 goals and five assists in 1967 as a senior captain. He is the fourth player on that 1967 team to make the MSU Hall of Fame, joining coach Gene Kenney, Joe Baum and Trevor Harris.

Nicole Bush

After never running the 3,000-meter steeplechase in college, Bush became a track and field star for MSU, finishing third in the event in the 2006 Big Ten Championships and sixth in the NCAAs. It was her first first-team All-America honors.

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But Bush's true claim to fame was cross-country, in which she finished fifth in the NCAAs in 2007, the highest finish ever for a Spartan. The Wyoming native later claimed All-American honors, finishing fourth in the 5,000-meter run and sixth in the 3,000-meter run in the 2008 Indoor NCAAs. She returned to competition after training to make the Olympic team and in 2009 she won the Big Ten titles in cross-country and the steeplechase.

Al Dorow

The star all-around athlete out of Imlay City was the starting quarterback on MSU first national championship (team in 1951, going 9-0 that season. As a starter, Dorow was 17-1 from 1950-51 for coach Biggie Munn. His college career started as a track athlete in 1947, but after injuries, both of his own and others, he was thrusted into the quarterback position in 1949 despite no high school or prior college experience.

The 1951 season featured a 10-point, fourth-quarter comeback at No. 7 Ohio State, in which threw for a touchdown and caught another. After a stint in the Air Force and a decorated playing career in the NFL, CFL and AFL, Dorow eventually an assistant coach under Duffy Daugherty from 1965-71, helping MSU win two more national titles.

Dorow died in 2009 at the age of 80.

Stan Drobac

The patriarch of the MSU men's tennis program, Drobac played for the Spartans from 1952-53 and was the head coach from 1958-89. He was the Big Ten title as a singles player in 1953 and won a pair of doubles championships in 1952 and 1953.

During his 32-year run as head coach, MSU won the Big Ten title in 1967, 10 singles conference titles and four doubles championships. He was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990 and helped develop the first wheelchair tennis program at the school.

Drobac died in 2016 at the age of 89.

Rob Ellis

The Grand Rapids native had a short career at MSU, but had a major impact in the baseball program. As a sophomore in 1970, Ellis collected a then-school-record 60 hits and carried a .380 average. After moving from second base to the outfield in 1971, Ellis hit .407 and notched a school-record .848 slugging percentage.

That season, he also hit 14 home runs, a school-record that was passed by Kirk Gibson in 1978. Ellis helped MSU win the Big Ten title that season, and later was the third overall pick in the 1971 MLB draft. He played parts of three seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Nance Lyons Hall

A two-sport star at MSU, Lyons Hall started her college career in 1976 on the field hockey team, where she ranks second all-time in school history for career points (150) and first in goals (75). At the same time, she played on the softball team and helped the Spartans in the 1976 national title.

The Westport, Connecticut, native has four of the top six single-game scoring marks in MSU field hockey, including a seven-goal, 14-point game against Grand Valley State in 1978.

David Morgan

In back-to-back seasons, Morgan was the most successful wrestler in MSU history, winning 44 matches in both 1997 and 1998 at 118 pounds.

The Ferndale native finished his three seasons in East Lansing (after starting college at Morgan State) with 129 wins, second-most in MSU history. He won the Big Ten championship in 1996-98 and was a three-time All-American at 118 pounds. And Morgan never lost a match at home at Jenison Field House (35-0).

Emily Regan

The 2010 Big Ten Rowing Athlete of Year and two-time All-Big Ten selection helped the MSU rowing team win two Big Ten championships and finish in the top 10 in the NCAAs three straight seasons. And the Williamsville, New York, native used her college career to propel her to international fame, helping Team USA win gold in the 2016 Rio Games.

Her resume includes five golds in the World Championships and four more in the World Cup. Not bad for someone who didn't start rowing until she was a freshman in East Lansing.

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