The 2006 Mid-Continent Conference men’s tennis Player of the Year, Nic Kooyers entered the Hall of Fame alongside his collegiate coach, Jim Daugherty. Kooyers earned All-Conference accolades in each of his four seasons playing for Valpo, including a pair of First Team honors. Kooyers set what was then a program record with 20 singles victories during the 2005-06 season. He concluded his time in the Brown and Gold with 56 career singles wins and 54 career doubles victories, marks which ranked second and third, respectively, in program history at the time of his graduation. A 2007 graduate of Valparaiso University, Kooyers went on to earn a Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.