LBC Echo Fall 2022 - 38

By Zach Freeman, Director of Advancement Operations
n early August, Lancaster Bible College and the Lancaster
Bible College Athletic Department announced the inaugural
class of the newly formed Lancaster Bible College
Athletics Hall of Honor. The inaugural class includes
Monica (Horning '15) Lambertson, women's soccer; Aubrey
(Folger '16) Bird, women's basketball; Lauren (Heliger '13)
Turner, women's volleyball and basketball; Sam Rempel ('01),
men's basketball; and Pete Beers, who served as Director of
Athletics from 2000-2021.
The inaugural class of the Athletics Hall of Honor features
some of the best student-athletes in the school's history,
as well as Beers who helped transform and shape the
department to what it is today. Beers began at Lancaster Bible
in 2000, and in addition to his role as the Director of Athletics,
he was also named men's basketball head coach. Beers also
had coaching stints with the women's soccer, men's soccer
and baseball programs.
As men's basketball head coach, Beers led the Chargers to
the 2007 and 2011 NCCAA East Region Championships. The
program also appeared in the 2010 and 2011 NCCAA Division
II National Tournament under Beers, and his 141 wins are still
the most in program history. In addition to mentoring and
guiding student-athletes in the men's basketball program,
Beers' biggest contributions came in shaping the Athletic
Department at LBC.
An NCCAA-only school when he arrived, Beers quickly began
playing NCAA Division III basketball teams, as did many other
programs at the school. The Chargers officially began the
process of becoming an NCAA Division III school in 2007, and
on Sept. 1, 2010, celebrated official membership. Beers was
also instrumental in LBC hiring full-time coaches for many of
the programs and spearheaded improvements to the Horst
Athletic Center and the construction of the Donald H. Funk
Field at Willis & Martha Herr Stadium. Throughout his tenure
as Director of Athletics, Beers' focus has been on impacting
the lives of student-athletes and growing their platform to
proclaim Christ. He has been, and continues to be, a firm
believer in the classroom of athletics and positioned Lancaster
Bible Athletics in a strong place for years to come.
Lambertson starred for the women's soccer program from
2011-14, helping the Chargers to back-to-back NCAA Division
III National Tournament appearances in 2011 and 2012. She is
the program's all-time leader in points with 144 and second
in program history with 56 goals. Her 32 career assists are the
most in program history, and Lambertson's four career hat
tricks are tied for the most in program history.
Lambertson was named 2012 NEAC Women's Soccer Player
of the Year and was an NEAC All-Conference selection in
each of her four seasons, including three straight NEAC AllConference
First Team selections from 2012-14. Lambertson's
20 goals during the 2012 season are the second-most in
a single season in program history, as she and teammate
Whitney Heise ('13) finished 1-2 in scoring in the NEAC in 2012.
Lambertson was selected to the NCCAA Division II AllAmerican
First Team in 2012 and 2013 and was also the 2012
and 2013 NCCAA East Region Player of the Year. In addition
to her play on the field, she was named to the 2014 CoSIDA
Academic All-District Team.
As Lambertson's collegiate career was ending, Bird's was
just taking off, as she was on her way to becoming the most
decorated basketball student-athlete in LBC history. Bird
helped the Chargers to the 2013 NEAC Women's Basketball
Championship during her freshman season and was named
NEAC Rookie of the Year the same year. Bird's junior and
senior seasons were dominant, as she was named NEAC
Player of the Year both years, becoming the first back-to-back
winner of the award in conference history.
Bird finished her career with 2,141 points, the most in program
history, and is second all-time with 1,249 rebounds. Bird
compiled 68 career double-doubles, the 14th-most in NCAA
Division III history, and she is one of 19 players in NCAA
Division III history with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Bird
was a four-time NEAC All-Conference First Team selection,
the only player in program history to accomplish the feat. Bird
is the program's all-time leader in blocks with 125 and games
played with 116. She was named to the D3hoops.com East
Region First Team in 2015-16 and was a three-time NCCAA
All-American.
Bird's appearance on campus for the 2012-13 season
coincided with Turner's final season in a Chargers uniform,
and the duo combined to lead the program to its only NEAC
Women's Basketball Championship and a 24-5 record. Turner
was the leader of the team with 16.6 points per game while
chipping in 5.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists per contest. She was a
two-time NEAC All-Conference First Team selection as well as
a two-time NCCAA Division II All-American. Her 1,516 points
were the most in program history when she graduated, and
she is currently fourth on the all-time scorers list. Turner's
347 assists are the third-most in program history, and her 547
career rebounds are the seventh-most in program history.
Turner's strong play wasn't limited to the basketball court, as
she is one of the best women's volleyball student-athletes
in program history. Turner is the program-leader in kills
with 1,286 and the only player to have over 1,000 kills. She
is second all-time with 1,778 digs, and her 137 aces are the
10th-most in program history. She was named an NCCAA
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Monica Lambertson
Aubrey Bird
Lauren Turner
Sam Rempel
Pete Beers
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