Pitt Seeking Nominations for 2025 Athletics Hall of Fame Class

Pitt is looking for help from the fans to fill out the 2025 Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame class.

The University of Pittsburgh is taking nominations here, through Feb. 14, for the class. There are a few requirements for nominees, though. The student-athlete must be five years removed from the final year of college competition and not currently playing professional sports.

The 2025 class will be inducted at the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame dinner this fall (with a date yet to be announced).

Former Pitt Director of Athletics Heather Lyke announced the creation of the Hall of Fame in 2018, giving Pitt the chance to honor its notable student-athletes, coaches and athletic department members in a new way.

“Over the past year, I’ve learned so much about the rich athletics history at the University of Pittsburgh,” Lyke said in 2018. “It’s a history that is impressive, inspiring and in need of a fitting showcase. That’s our inspiration for creating the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame: to celebrate and pay tribute to those individuals who set the standards of excellence while wearing the Blue and Gold.”

The class of 2025 will certainly include some names that have waited a while for enshrinement and deserve the recognition at a university level.

2024 Class

DeJuan Blair (Men’s Basketball)

Dick Groat (Broadcaster; Posthumous)

Bill Hillgrove (Broadcaster)

Amy Jackson (Women’s Swimming)

Brianna Kiesel (Women’s Basketball)

George McLaren (Football; Posthumous)

Jamie Pelusi (Women’s Soccer)

Darrelle Revis (Football)

Al Romano (Football)

Steve Lewis (Track and Field Coach; Posthumous)

2023 Class

Richard Bradshaw (Coach: Swimming and Diving)

Ruben Brown (Football)

Matt Cavanaugh (Football)

Chris Doleman (Football; Posthumous)

Larry Fitzgerald (Football)

Keith Gavin (Wrestling)

Bobby Lewis (Coach: Baseball; Posthumous)

Joe Luxbacher (Men’s Soccer Student-Athlete and Coach)

Maureen McCandless (Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country)

Suzanne Pulley-Klacik (Women’s Swimming)

Clive Vaughan (Men’s Basketball)

Allison Williams-Murphy (Women’s Track and Field)

2022 Class

Keisha Demas (Women’s Track and Field)

Russ Grimm (Football)

Larry Harris (Men’s Basketball)

Rickey Jackson (Football)

Jerome Lane (Men’s Basketball)

Debbie Lewis (Women’s Basketball)

Angela Lopez Callahan (Women’s Swimming)

Jerry Richey (Men’s Track and Field)

Rande Stottlemyer (Wrestling Student-Athlete and Coach; Posthumous)

2020-21 Class

Jennifer Bruce (Women’s Basketball)

Chantee Earl (Women’s Track and Field)

Bobby Grier (Football)

Craig “Ironhead” Heyward (Football; Posthumous)

Brandin Knight (Men’s Basketball)

Ann Marie Lucanie (Volleyball)

Ken Macha (Baseball)

Curtis Martin (Football)

Bob Peck (Football; Posthumous)

Donna DeMarino Sanft (Gymnastics Student-Athlete and Coach)

Pat Santoro (Wrestling)

Jackie Sherrill (Coach: Football)

Arnie Sowell (Men’s Track and Field)

Glenn Scobey “Pop” Warner (Coach: Football; Posthumous)

2019 Class

Sam Clancy (Men’s Basketball)

Jimbo Covert (Football)

Najuma Fletcher (Women’s Track and Field)

Don Hennon (Men’s Basketball)

Sue Heon (Women’s Swimming)

Charley Hyatt (Men’s Basketball)

Lorri Johnson (Women’s Basketball)

John Majors (Coach: Football)

Mark May (Football)

Lee McRae (Men’s Track and Field)

Peery Family (Rex, Ed and Hugh Peery) (Wrestling)

Joe Schmidt (Football)

2018 Class

Henry Clifford “Doc” Carlson (Athlete: Football, Basketball, Baseball; Coach: Basketball)

Mike Ditka (Football)

Tony Dorsett (Football)

Herb Douglas (Track and Field)

Bill Fralic (Football)

Marshall Goldberg (Football)

Hugh Green (Football)

Roger Kingdom (Track and Field)

Billy Knight (Basketball)

Dan Marino (Football)

Lisa Shirk (Gymnastics)

Trecia-Kaye Smith (Track and Field)

Charles Smith (Basketball)

Kathy Stetler (Swimming)

John Bain “Jock” Sutherland (Athlete: Football; Coach: Football)

John Woodruff (Track and Field)