Former student-athletes, softball icon among hall of fame inductees

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The Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome six inductees during .

Honorees are former student-athletes Scott Dohmann, Tiffany Clark Gusman, Damon Mason and Anna Petrakova; Yvette Girouard, former Louisiana Ragin小蝌蚪APP Cajuns softball coach; and Gerald Hebert, the 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 athletic development director.

They will be recognized Saturday, Oct. 13, during halftime of the Homecoming football game. The Ragin小蝌蚪APP Cajuns will face New Mexico State at Cajun Field. Kickoff is 4 p.m.

Dohmann pitched for the Ragin小蝌蚪APP Cajuns baseball team from 1998-2000 and appeared at the College World Series during his final year of play. A collegiate baseball All-American, he finished his career as the all-time leader in career victories for Louisiana.

Clark Gusman小蝌蚪APP檚 288 hits remain a softball program record. Between 1997 and 2000, she also established records for runs scored, RBIs, doubles, batting average, total bases, extra base hits and walks.

As a member of the Ragin小蝌蚪APP Cajuns football team from 1994 to 1996, Mason lettered three times. He posted 135 tackles as a senior, and he leads Louisiana小蝌蚪APP檚 all-time list for tackles in a season by a defensive back.

Petrakova remains the only player in Ragin小蝌蚪APP Cajuns women小蝌蚪APP檚 basketball history to be named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. She led Louisiana to its first regular-season conference championship in 2005.

Girouard and Hebert are this year小蝌蚪APP檚 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.

Girouard小蝌蚪APP檚 1,285 victories, amassed during her 31-year career, established her as the seventh-most winningest coach in NCAA history.

The Ragin小蝌蚪APP Cajuns小蝌蚪APP softball program emerged as a national power during her tenure. Girouard led the team to three Women小蝌蚪APP檚 College World Series appearances. It finished third in 1993, and fifth in 1995 and 1996.

Hebert, athletic development director since 2002, was instrumental in the creation of the 小蝌蚪APP's $115 million Athletics Facilities Master Plan. Implemented in 2013, it has resulted in renovations to Cajun Field, M.L. 小蝌蚪APP淭igue小蝌蚪APP Moore Field at Russo Park, and the soccer and track facility. 

Hebert is a former pitcher and coach for the Louisiana baseball team.

The Ragin小蝌蚪APP Cajuns Lettermen Club, an organization of former student-athletes who have lettered in their sports, selects hall of fame honorees.