Softball | 3/25/2026 11:17:00 AM

March 25, 2026-A national softball player of the year and a national champion triple jumper will be the newest Emporia State inductees into the MIAA Hall of Fame. Hornet softball player Miranda Campbell and track and field athlete Josh Honeycutt will join five other former student-athletes, three former coaches and/or administrators, one official and one team to make up the 12 member MIAA Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
 
Miranda Campbell was a three-time All-American for the Hornet softball program. She was the National Player of the Year as a senior in 2010 when she hit .490 with 14 home runs, 69 RBI with a .903 slugging percentage and .627 on base percentage, thanks to 59 walks, which included 14 intentional passes. Campbell earned second-team All-American honors as a sophomore and third-team honors as a junior. She was a career .410 hitter with 45 home runs, 204 RBI, 196 runs and 269 hits to rank in the top ten of the MIAA in each of those categories. She graduated as the NCAA Division II career record holder for walks and is currently ranked ninth with 160 walks in 243 games played, while her 20 career intentional walks still rank second in Division II history. Campbell led the Hornets to the NCAA Tournament all four seasons, including a trip to the 2008 National Championship game. She was also honored as an NFCA Scholar-Athlete, a MIAA Scholar-Athlete, and spent all four seasons as a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. The former Hornet was inducted into Emporia State University's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2021.
 
Josh Honeycutt was crowned the individual national champion of the men's triple jump at the 2009 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championships. He was also the national runner-up at the 2011 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships. He still holds the Emporia State school records in the triple jump with an indoor record of 51 feet, 10 inches and an outdoor record of 53 feet, 9.25 inches. The Iola, Kan. native was also a part of the Hornets' fourth-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships — the highest team finish in school's Division II era. Honeycutt captured seven of the eight possible MIAA Championship titles in the men's triple jump, winning four straight outdoor championships and three of four indoor championships. He was also a three-time MIAA champion in the men's long jump, winning the event at two outdoor championships and one indoor. In total, Honeycutt was a seven-time NCAA Division II All-American and an 11-time MIAA champion. He continued competing after graduation and went on to win the men's triple jump at the 2013 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Honeycutt was inducted into Emporia State University's Athletics Hall of Honor in 2022.
 
Campbell and Honeycutt bring the number of Hornets in the MIAA Hall of Fame to 13 individuals and two teams.

The 2026 class will officially be inducted into the MIAA Hall of Fame at the 2026 MIAA Awards Celebration Ceremony on June 1 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
 
Emporia State Inductees to MIAA Hall of Fame
Class of 2026
Miranda Campbell – Softball (2007-10)
Josh Honeycutt – Men's Track & Field (2007-11)
Class of 2024
Andy Vogelsberg – Men's Track & Field (2004-07)
Class of 2023
Brittney Miller Pitts – Volleyball and Women's Basketball (2007-11)
Cassondra Boston Richards – Women's Basketball (2006-10)
Class of 2020
Keith Hernandez - Baseball (2007-08)
1997-98 Emporia State Women's Basketball Team
Class of 2019
Melissa Stevens - Softball (2003-06)
Michelle Stueve - Women's Basketball (2004-08)
Class of 2017
Tyler Paul - Football (2000-04)
Class of 2015
Brian Shay - Football (1995-99)
2009-10 Emporia State Women's Basketball Team
Class of 2014
Heather Leverington - Women's Track & Field (1997-2002)
Class of 2012
Emily Bloss Carpenter - Women's Basketball (1997-2001)
Deandra Doubrava McBride - Women's Track & Field (1994-99)
 
MIAA HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2026:

• Miranda Campbell, Emporia State Softball Athlete
• Paul Engelmann, Central Missouri Faculty Athletics Representative
• Natalie (O'Keefe) Goatley, Southwest Baptist Women's Track & Field Athlete
• Josh Honeycutt, Emporia State Men's Track & Field Athlete
• Lizzy Jeronimus, Pittsburg State Women's Basketball Athlete
• Jessica Mainz, Washburn Women's Basketball and Soccer Athlete
• Ron McHenry, Washburn Women's Basketball Coach
• Terry Oglesby, Men's Basketball Official
• Kim (Shank) Reed, Missouri Southern Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Athlete
• Justin Yoder, Central Missouri Men's Golf Athlete
• Washburn Men's Basketball Team, 2000-01
• Dennis Franchione, Pittsburg State Football Coach and Athletics Director [LEGACY INDUCTEE]