Six individuals and one team have been selected to the Muhlenberg College Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

Scheduled to take their place among the College's greats on the evening of Saturday, April 15, are (left to right above) Mike Hiller '82, Alexandra Chili '12, Matt Rathbun '09, Tim Schmidlin '93, Jennifer Lynch '10, Dave Madeira and the 1980 baseball team.

Hiller was a four-year starter as a second baseman and outfielder in baseball, earning All-Middle Atlantic Conference honors three times and playing on three MAC Southwest championship teams. A career .336 hitter with 7 home runs and 55 RBI, he graduated as the Mules' all-time leader in hits (125), runs scored (83) and doubles (21) and was second in stolen bases (32).

Hiller also was a three-year letterwinner as a kicker and wide receiver in football. He booted a school-record 49-yard field goal in 1979 and led the 1981 team in receptions.

The only first-team All-American in Muhlenberg women's basketball history, Chili was a four-time All-Centennial Conference selection, making the first team three times. She was the first player in CC history (male or female) to score 2,000 points, setting the CC and school record with 336 career three-pointers (10th in Division III history). In addition to her scoring and three-pointers records, Chili also ranks fifth in program history in assists (356) and ninth in blocked shots (79).

Chili was an Academic All-American and a finalist for the Jostens Trophy as Division III player of the year as a senior in 2012. She helped the Mules to a 93-22 record and three CC championships in her four years.

Rathbun, a four-year letterwinner at linebacker, was a third-team All-American and Centennial Conference defensive player of the year as a senior in 2008. He set a school record with 8 career fumble recoveries and had career totals of 212 tackles (37 for loss) and 6 interceptions. Rathbun also set a school record (since broken) with 164 yards on interception returns in 2008.

Rathbun was the top tackler on the 2007 and 2008 teams that won outright CC championships and ranked in the top 15 in Division III in total defense. He served as a captain of the 2008 squad.

Schmidlin was a star at both ends of the soccer field for the Mules, earning All-MAC South honors as a forward in 1990 and as a back in 1991 and 1992. He was a first-team selection in 1992, when he also was named to the All-America third team. He finished his career with a total of 40 points on 16 goals and 8 assists.

Schmidlin helped Muhlenberg to a four-year record and four straight NCAA Tournament berths. He was a freshman letterwinner on the 1989 team that won the MAC championship.

Lynch had never run track and field before joining the Muhlenberg team as a junior but made the most of her two years. She was a three-time NCAA qualifier (outdoor 1500 once and indoor mile twice) and was named the 2010 Centennial Conference Most Outstanding Performer for track events. Lynch won CC gold medals in the mile and 3000 at the 2010 indoor meet.

Also a three-year starter in soccer, Lynch set school records that still stand in the outdoor 1500 and 3000 and indoor mile. She also established records that have since been broken in the outdoor 5000 and 4x800 and indoor 1000, 3000, 4x800 and DMR.

Madeira was head coach of men's basketball from 1988 to 2009 and retired as the winningest coach in Muhlenberg athletic history with a record of 311-247 in 22 seasons. He coached the Mules to Centennial Conference championships in 1995 and 1998 and led the team to double digits in wins in all but one season. Madeira's teams qualified for conference playoffs 13 times and conference playoff tiebreakers on two other occasions.

Prior to becoming head coach, Madeira spent five years as a men's basketball assistant coach. He also was an assistant coach on the 1991 softball team that is enshrined in the Hall of Fame and was head coach of men's tennis for one season.

The 1980 baseball team went 15-13 and won the MAC South championship (one of only two in program history). The Mules went 9-3 in the MAC Southwest and defeated Franklin & Marshall and nationally ranked Johns Hopkins in MAC playoffs; they were the only Muhlenberg baseball team until 2002 to win two postseason games in one season. The Mules ended the season by winning 12 of their last 14 games, including a nine-game winning streak that stands as the program's longest in the last 90 years. 

The 1980 team earned a bid to the ECAC Tournament, which was cancelled. Muhlenberg hit 26 home runs in only 28 games and had a .456 team slugging percentage, which ranks second best all-time.