WINONA, Minn. – Two Winona High School athletes, classmates who graduated in 1988, are among six new inductees into the school’s hall of fame. Michelle Brewer Mesenburg and Jackie Lindseth Larson will be honored September 28 during homecoming along with other inductees, will be honored. Mesenburg and Larson remain life-long friends and live within walking distance of each other in the Twin Cities. The 2024 inductees:

Brewer.

Larson.

Michelle Brewer Mesenburg and Jackie Lindseth Larson. Brewer was originally a little hesitant to come out for cross country as a seventh-grader, but friend Jackie Lindseth assured her it would be fun. It was — not just in cross countrybut also Nordic skiing and track and field. The pair were part of six state tournament teams, including the 1986 state championship cross country team, as well as a 4×800 relay that won a state title in 1985.

Ray Felton. He started serving as an announcer for Winona High girls swim meets in 1991. He then branched out and did boys swimming, soccer, football and baseball for the Winhawks. In 2019 he announced his 1,000th Winona High athletic event — and he never took a dime for his services. Felton lives in Winona.

Matt Papenfuss (2008). He earned his first varsity letter as a seventh-grader, then spent the next few years rewriting the record books. He finished as a four-time state qualifier and set school and section records in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle. He went on to swim at the University of Minnesota, where he was a member of the Big Ten runner-up 100 freestyle relay tem. He competed in the 2012 Olympic trials. He lives in St. Paul.

Beckie (Smith) Rolbiecki. She dominated on the bars and vault at both Winona High and Winona State. She became a high sxhool coach at Cochrane-Fountain City and took a last-place team to a conference title in three years. Later she was she was a head coach at Winona High, Winona State and KidSport.  She was an eight-time Big Nine Coach of the Year and the 2004 Minnesota Gymnastics Coach of the Year. At Winona State, she coached four event national champions and was named the national coach of the year in 2010.

Chuck Wally (1956). He was a three-sport athlete at Winona High, in football, basketball and baseball. He was a starting pitcher as a sophomore and played in the outfield when he wasn’t pitching. He was a basketball captain and helped lead the team to its first state tournament appearance in 22 years. At Hamline College, he played basketball and baseball. The basketball team won two conference titles. He coached at Wells High School. One season his Rebels swept a baseball doubleheader iver the Wnhawks. He also taught in Pine Iland and overseas in Libya and Saudi Arabi. He lives in Wabasha.