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2022 SDIC Basketball Hall of Fame announced — DWU’s Chris Miller, Dan Duffy inducted

2022 SDIC Basketball Hall of Fame announced — DWU’s Chris Miller, Dan Duffy inducted

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The South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference has announced its 2022 Basketball Hall of Fame Class and it includes two former Dakota Wesleyan standouts – Chris Miller and Dan Duffy. 

SDIC Basketball Hall of Fame Chairman Myron Moen informed MitchellNow.com of the selections on Thursday afternoon.

Miller played for Dakota Wesleyan from 1971-1975 and was a four-year starter for DWU and helped lead his team to back-to-back SDIC conference championships in 1974 and 1975. 91

Dan Duffy was at DWU from 1979-193 and was a 3-time SDIC all conference selection and was recognized twice as being an academic All American.

Both had previously been inducted into the Dakota Wesleyan University Hall of Fame – Miller in 1991 and Duffy in 1999.

Listed is the rest of the 2022 Hall of Fame class:

Black Hills State: Jesse Dana; Josh McNames

Black Hills: Stacy Finkbeiner; Coach Mike Olson

Dakota State: Mike Peterreins; Jason Smidt; Paul Park

South Dakota Tech: Derek Knapp; Dave Becker; Jim Benjamen

Mount Marty: Matt Geiver; Aaron Kranz

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