A 1989 graduate of SCHS, Propst wasted no time making a big splash on the track scene when she won a sectional championship and earned an eighth place finish at the Class AA state meet as a freshman in 1986. Propst’s leap of 5-5 that season stood as the school record for 14 years until Brittany Bowers broke it by one-half inch in 2000.

Propst still owns or shares three school track records including the 100 meter high hurdles at 15.2 set in 1989 and the 300 meter low hurdles of 45.8 set in 1987.

She is also part of the high hurdle shuttle relay record set in 1988 along with Carrie Bierman, Lisa Budde and Janis Donoho.

Propst, who also participated in volleyball and cheerleading while at SCHS, continued her track career with a scholarship at Indiana State University. During her time with the Lady Sycamores Propst set the Ball State Open Meet record in the heptathlon and ranks in the top five in Indiana State University history in that event.

Propst also ranks among the top five times in the 400 meter hurdles. Propst also ranks among the top five times in the 400 meter hurdles.

Propst, who resided at O’Fallon, MO. at the time of her induction, resumed her track career in 2008 when she became an assistant coach for Child of God Middle School.

While Tamminen competed in cross country and track during her high school career, the 1994 SCHS graduate made her biggest impact in volleyball and basketball.

Tamminen was an anchor in the middle for three consecutive Salem North Egypt Conference championship squads, a streak that began in 1991 and carried on through her senior season of 1993.

The Lady Wildcats also won regional championships during her junior and senior seasons.

Tamminen was an NEC and All-South First Team selection as a sophomore, junior and senior and won the NEC Most Valuable Player Award as a senior.

Tamminen was also highly successful on the hardwood and still holds school records for most rebounds in a season with 367 and most rebounds per game average at 15.3, both of which were set in her senior season in 1993-94.

In fact Husk holds the top two positions in the school record book in that category.

She pulled down 331 rebounds and averaged 12.3 boards per game as a junior.

Tamminen also holds two spots in the Lady Wildcats top ten record book for most blocked shots in a season.

Her 79 swats as a senior currently ranked no. 2, while her 20 blocked shots as a junior ranks no. 10.

Tamminen ranked no.4 on the school career scoring list at the time of her induction with 1,176 points.

She is one of only eight Salem girls’ basketball players who have scored 1,000 points in a career.

Tamminen was honored by the North Egypt Conference for her senior basketball season as the league’s Honorary Captain. Tamminen originally signed to play college basketball at McKendree College, but switched to Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa prior to the start of her freshman season.

Tamminen continued to play basketball and volleyball for her first two seasons at Graceland before she decided to concentrate solely on volleyball for her final two seasons.

Tamminen’s best season at Graceland came in 1997 when she was named to the Heart of America Athletic Conference Volleyball Team.

During that season Tamminen had been selected as the HAAC Player of the Week.

During her volleyball career at Graceland she was also selected to the St. Edwards Tournament Second Team.

Tamminen was part of some highly successful volleyball squads at Graceland.

During her stay at the school Graceland won the HAAC Preseason tournament the HAAC regular season championship, the HAAC postseason Tournament and a regional tournament qualifier where they took third place.

Tamminen resided in San Clement California at the time of her induction.

The 1943-44 Salem Wildcats basketball team ranks as one of the most successful in the program’s history.

Coach Kenny Farrar guided the squad to a 25-10 record, a share of the North Egypt Conference championship with Flora, a regional championship and advancement to the sectional championship game.

This particular group of Wildcats often had to come from behind to earn their success.

Salem had to win its final three games to get a piece of the NEC crown, which included a 37-33 win at Lawrenceville in the final conference game.

The Wildcats, who finished league play with a 10-2 record, overcame a five-point deficit in that contest thanks to ten-point outings by Don Wile and Jim Finks.

Salem beat three opponents by a combined 116 points to win its own regional championship, which at the time of its induction, is the last for the program.

The Wildcats blasted Sandoval 64-17 in the opening round behind 16 points from Francis Meador.

Salem then beat Kinmundy 56-27 in the semifinals behind 17 points from Finks.

Doc Laney and Meador also hit double digits with 11.

The Wildcats got a surprise opponent in the regional championship game, as Patoka upset heavily favored Centralia 41-29 in the other semifinal game.

The Warriors kept the game close for a half, but a 25-8 run by the Wildcats in the third quarter sparked Salem to a 76-38 win.

Finks, Wile and Meador combined for 68 of the 76 points led by 27 from the NFL Hall of Famer, 22 by Wile and 19 by Meador.

Salem advanced to the Centralia Sectional where it faced a Mt. Vernon team that had drilled the Wildcats 47-25 during the regular season.

This time was a different story, as Salem racked up a double-digit lead in the first half and went on to beat the Rams 46-33 behind a team-high 18 points from Wile and nine more from Finks.

The Wildcats faced another tough obstacle in the sectional championship game where they met West Frankfort, another team that beat Salem during the regular season.

The Redbirds, who beat Salem 44-38 the last week of the regular season, got off to a strong start in the rematch and went on to post a 41 -27 win despite nine points each from Meador and Finks.

While the 1995 Salem Lady Wildcats golf team was not large in numbers with seven players, they still rank as the most successful team in school history at the time of their 2010 Hall of Fame induction.

Six of the team’s seven members were returnees from the 1994 squad that finished 11th at the state meet. The only newcomer was freshman Candice Vogt.

Coach Mary Riley’s squad compiled an amazing 77-8 record, which included two wins over eventual state champ Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin.

In fact, those were the only two blemishes Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin had the entire season.

After a regular season that included championships at the Olney and Benton Invitationals, Salem won its own regional championship by a 32-stroke margin over runner-up Massac County, 354-386.

Melissa Cantrell and Gretchen Clark tied for the individual championship with identical rounds of 84. Cantrell then defeated Clark in a one-hole playoff to claim the individual title.

Salem also got top ten finishes from Carrie Eller and Janelle Hopkins, who finished tied for tenth with rounds of 93. Spring Riley’s 12th place mark of 93 and Randa Vogt’s 13th mark of 95 rounded out the scoring.

The Lady Wildcats were denied a second straight sectional championship, as they were derailed at the Decatur Eisenhower Sectional by the host school 329-351.

The second place finish was still good enough to earn another trip to state.

Cantrell had a sixth place individual finish at the sectional with a 79 to lead the Lady Wildcats.

Clark followed with an 86, Eller with a 92 and Randa Vogt with a 94 to complete the team scoring.

Riley and Hopkins also competed and had scores of 97 and 99 respectively, Salem improved its team score by 24 strokes and its team finish by four spots at the state meet, as it ended the season with a seventh place finish.

Once again the Lady Wildcats got off to a bit of a slow start at the state meet, as they stood in tenth place after day one.

Salem had the fifth best team score on day two, which enabled them to move up three positions.

Eller led the Lady Wildcats at state with a 46th place mark and a score of 177.

Clark was 46th with a 187, Cantrell was 52nd at 189 and Hopkins was the final counter in 89th place to 203.

Randa Vogt and Riley also competed and had respective rounds of 205 and 214.

More often than not the history book followed the 1994 Salem Lady Wildcats golf team. Under the direction of first-year coach Mary Riley, the Lady Wildcats had an undefeated regular season in nine-hole matches wi1h a 25-0 record.

That regular season record also included first place finishes at the Benton and Olney Invitational’s, a second place mark at the Edwardsville Invitational and a fourth place effort at the Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin Blazer Classic.

The Lady Wildcats broke school team records for lowest nine-hole and 18-hole scores. Melissa Cantrell also broke the school record for the lowest individual score in an 18-hole match.

A furious pace on the back nine enabled the Lady Wildcats to win the Carbondale regional championship by 19 strokes over the host school, 383-402.

Salem trailed by three strokes through the first nine holes, but out shot the Lady Terriers by 22 strokes over the final nine.

Elisabeth Somer led the Lady Wildcats with a fourth place individual finish with an 89. Gretchen Clark and Cantrell compiled rounds of 97 and Janelle Hopkins was the final counter with 100.

Salem advanced to the Mattoon Sectional where it came away with its first sectional crown since 1991 and just the second in the program’s history.

The Lady Wildcats once again ran away from the rest of the competition, as their winning score of 393 beat runner-up Edwardsville by 21 strokes.

Only four players were able to shoot below 100 in extreme windy conditions.

Salem had two of those, as Cantrell led the way with a 94 and Somer followed with a 97.

A 100 by Clark and a 102 by Carrie Eller rounded out the top four team scoring.

Salem ended its season with an 11th place finish out of 13 teams at the state meet.

The Lady Wildcats were last in the field after day one with a 396, but improved that score by nine strokes in day two of the competition to move ahead of two schools.

Randa Vogt and Clark led Salem with identical two-day totals of 191, while Somer was two shots back with 193.

Cantrell and Eller tied for the final counter spot with 212.

Hopkins also competed for the Lady Wildcats at state and shot a 219. Salem finished the season wi1h a 58-15 record.