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Jill (Shufelt) Tanis
Jill (Shufelt) Tanis
  • Graduation Year:
    2005
  • Induction Year:
    2022
  • Sport(s):
    Softball

Bio

You earned four varsity letters on the softball team. You were a two-time All-MIAA honoree in the outfield for the Comets. You were selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Central Region First Team in 2005. You rank among top 10 all-time at Olivet in career at-bats (tie for fourth, 367), runs scored (fourth, 74), base hits (third, 125), total bases (10th, 145), sacrifice hits (tied for sixth, 14), walks (third, 44), games played (eighth, 128); and games started (fifth, 124).

As a senior in 2005, you posted a .432 batting average to break the single-season record. The average currently ranks fifth. You became the first player in school history to hit two triples in one game and steal three bases in one game. The steals record has since been broken but you are still one of two players to hit two triples. Off the field, you were a member of Soronian literary society.

You live in Hart and work for Hart Public Schools as a human resource and payroll manager. Prior to that, you had a couple different job titles for six years at Tramec Sloan in Muskegon. However, your passion is sports, whether that has been coaching youth volleyball, soccer and softball teams or attending the games and being around the football players your husband has coached.

Olivet honors you and is proud to induct you into the Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame on this 7th day of October, 2022.