Five former student-athletes and one honorary member from Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Academy of Miner Athletics during the group’s fall meeting, held Oct. 3.

Founded in October 2011, the academy recognizes alumni who have brought honor to the university’s athletic department through their accomplishments on the playing field, in their careers and through community leadership. Academy members support the department through coordinated gifts of time, experience and money. 

During the banquet, the academy also awarded a $1,000 scholarship to two S&T athletes. They are:

Morgan Luebbering, a senior in early childhood education from St. Thomas, Missouri, who is a member of the women’s basketball team. 

Zander Street, a sophomore in mechanical engineering from Festus, Missouri, who is a member of the baseball team.

New academy members are:

Tom Benassi of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, senior vice president of client solutions at Cerris Systems, earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering management from Missouri S&T in 2000. As a student-athlete, he was a four-year letterman on the football team and served as co-captain in 1999. He also competed in track and field. In 1998, he earned all-conference honorable mention as a defensive back and was named to the academic all-district team. Off the field, Benassi served as president of both the M Club and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, as well as on the Student Council Advisory Board. Benassi has established a successful career in industrial and commercial construction, specializing in project development, design-build delivery, operations and business development. His work includes projects in data centers, hospitals, manufacturing, power, and water infrastructure. In his current role, he supports 11 offices and projects nationwide. He also has held leadership positions with the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, including president of the Kansas City chapter.

Brian Bradley of O’Fallon, Missouri, who retired from the rotating equipment industry after 28 years, earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Missouri S&T in 1986. A walk-on in 1981, he lettered in football as a freshman and went on to become a four-year letterman as a defensive back. He also earned a varsity letter in baseball. In 1984, Bradley was selected as a captain of the football team, and in 1983 he was part of the program’s last MIAA conference championship team, earning second-team All-MIAA honors as a defensive back. After graduation, Bradley built a career in the rotating equipment industry, and retired after 28 years, including 22 years in sales with Flowserve. He served as an at-large member of the Miner Alumni Association board of directors from 2018 to 2024, and is now active in fundraising for the S&T athletic programs.

Colette (Neal) Hosie of St. Louis, founder of 3rdQTR LLC, earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Missouri S&T in 1995. She also holds an MBA from the University of Dallas. A standout on the women’s basketball team, she is a member of the 1986-87 women’s basketball team that was inducted into the Miner Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. Over the past three decades, Hosie has built a distinguished career as an executive in automotive, semiconductor and luxury retail industries, where she has successfully guided start-ups and turnarounds, driven operational efficiency, developed training programs, and mentored professionals. She has held leadership roles with Harley-Davidson, Texas Instruments, Tiffany & Co., Amazon and Nike Inc. In 2022, she founded 3rdQTR, LLC, a firm focused on coaching and professional development, and she is a certified professional behavior and motivators analyst and emotional intelligence coach. Hosie is a member of the Omicron Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and serves on the boards of the 62nd and 65th Regiments Legacy Foundation and the United Way of Greater St. Louis. At Nike, she has been an executive sponsor for both the Black Employee Network and the Women of Nike Network. For more than 15 years, she was an NCAA-certified basketball coach.

Humphries Lewis Payne, formerly of Valley Park, Missouri, was inducted posthumously as an honorary member. Payne earned bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and engineering management from Missouri S&T in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He began his career as a packaging engineer at Anheuser Busch. Payne died in 1994. After his death, Payne’s widow established the No Payne No Gain Memorial Scholarship to benefit deserving students. A member of the S&T football and wrestling teams, Payne was active in the National Society of Black Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Management, the Association of Black Students and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He was a minority engineering and science program advisor, a resident assistant at Thomas Jefferson Hall and a baritone with the Voices of Inspiration Choir. 

Joseph Stehly of Los Angeles, a section manager at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Missouri S&T in 2003 and 2004, respectively. A four-year letterman in track and field, he specialized in sprinting events and was captain of the men’s team during the 2002-03 season as well as a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In addition to athletics, Stehly co-chaired the Residence Hall Association 2000-01 and was a member of the National Residence Hall Honorary. In 2004, he joined the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as an aerospace engineer. His contributions to deep-space missions include Deep Impact, the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Phoenix Mars Lander, the Mars Science Laboratory and the Europa Lander. Most recently, he served as lead engineer during the implementation phase of the Europa Clipper mission, which successfully launched in October 2024. Today, as section manager at JPL, Stehly oversees the work and careers of over 150 engineers.

Amy (Volmert) Wilson of Rolla, Missouri, a forest engineer with the U.S. Forest Service, earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1989. As a student-athlete, she competed on the women’s cross country team, earning all-conference honors, and played softball for two years. She was an active member of M Club and an officer in the American Society of Civil Engineers. Wilson has dedicated nearly 38 years to the U.S. Forest Service, with all but two of those years spent at Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest. Her career has included planning and designing facility projects, developing road and transportation geographic information system data, and serving as a transportation planner. For the past 16 years as a forest engineer, she has overseen the forest’s engineering program, budget and staff. Wilson has been a licensed professional engineer in Missouri since 1995, and she is a member of the Association of Conservation Engineers. In 1994, Wilson was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Rolla chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, and in 2020 and 2023, she was recognized as the Region 9 Forest Service Managerial Engineer of the Year. The region covers the northeastern United States and 15 other national forests.