WAYNE, Neb. – Cleveland State women's basketball head coach Chris Kielsmeier will be inducted into the Wayne State College Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, joining five other honorees to form the 2024 induction class. 
 
Kielsmeier was the women's basketball head coach at Wayne State from 2008-18, leading the Wildcats to records of 237-72 overall and 166-50 in Northern Sun Conference play. He is the all-time wins leader and winning percentage leader, helping Wayne State to seven 20-win seasons in his 10 years at the helm of the Wildcats.
 
Under his guidance, Wayne State captured four NSIC regular season titles (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015), two NSIC tournament titles (2010, 2012) and had five trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) – including the program's first-ever trip to the Elite Eight.
 
As a two-time NSIC Coach of the Year and WBCA Region 7 Coach of the Year, Kielsmeier led the Wildcats to the most successful season in school history, as the 2011-12 team won a school-record 32 games (32-3), while earning a #1 national ranking.
 
This will be the second Hall of Fame honor for Kielsmeier, as he was also inducted into the Howard Payne University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. Kielsmeier spent eight seasons at HPU, leading the Yellow Jackets to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including a national title in 2008.