Hall of Fame
Rebekah (Kemp) Wiles named the NAIA “Athlete of the Year” by College Sports Magazine in 1995, after receiving 14 All-American athletic and academic honors. As a soccer player, Wiles made the NAIA National All-Tournament Team in 1994, and earned her fourth NAIA All-America honor, the last three being Second Team. During those same years, she was named three times to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America Team. The well-rounded Wiles was an NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete in 1993 and 1994. Wiles added more honors during track, earning NAIA Indoor All-America in 1994 with a fourth-place finish in the high jump. She was District Champion and high jump record holder in 1993 and 1994, and Mid-Ohio Conference champion and high jump record holder in 1995. She was an outdoor NAIA national qualifier three times and an indoor NAIA national qualifier twice. Wiles was again an NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete in 1995. In one season of basketball, Wiles was a member of an NAIA Division II national quarterfinalist and was an NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete in 1995. Wiles stayed true to her philosophy that “sports teach mental toughness, which is essential to success in every aspect of life.” Wiles and her husband, Philip, reside in White Lake, Mich., with their children, Gavin, Lauren, and Katelyn. After a one-year stint in the Women’s Premier Soccer League and several years of teaching and coaching. Wiles has been a special agent with the F.B.I., for the past five years.
