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By: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian
BOULDER — The 20th class to be inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame this November will feature nine Golden Buffaloes who excelled in their day, representing five different sports and including one of the most popular administrators in athletic department history.
Also recognized will be two additions to each of the Hall's Legacy Wing and the revived Athletic Hall of Honor.
All have their special place in the school's history. The inductees, including one who will be honored posthumously, cover a period starting in the late 1930s through this past spring, representing seven different decades between all. The eight Hall athletes to be inducted hail from football (three), men's basketball (two), women's track (two) and women's skiing (one); the other three are two contributors and one administrator.
Five of the 11 are women, the most to be inducted in any class to date, with the Legacy Wing selections are two unique individuals who have been involved intimately a long time with the program for a combined 11 decades between them. The Hall of Honor inductees represent women's Nordic skiing and football.
The 2025 Hall of Fame class will be the 20th inducted into the Hall since it was conceived in 1998, and the 11 will join 166 individuals (including seven Legacy Wing inductees along with the 1959 ski team as a unit) who have been enshrined to date (25 previously have been honored posthumously). Those to be inducted this November into the Athletic Hall of Fame are (complete bios follow in this release):
Athletic director Rick George has personally notified the living members of every class of their impending induction since 2014, as well as the next of kin for the one who has passed, including the veteran committee's selection. This year's choice was Jim Willcoxon, one of the first two basketball All-Americans under the legendary (and Hall of Fame coach) Frosty Cox in the late 1930's when CU was often referred to as one of the best programs west of the Mississippi.
All inductees were nominated by their peers or by members of the selection committee; several of the 30 semifinalists emerged from new names submitted over the last couple of years. There will now be 177 members (plus the '59 ski team, CU's first national champions in any sport) in the CU Athletic Hall of Fame since its inception in 1998, including nine in the Legacy Wing, and there will now be 77 in the Athletic Hall of Honor, which was founded in 1969.
The group – Athletic Hall of Fame and its Legacy Wing and the Hall of Honor – will officially be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend over the course of Nov. 20-22 (final details pending); they will also be featured in the Pearl Street Stampede parade on Friday night and will be introduced at halftime of the CU-Arizona State football game on Saturday, Nov. 22.
Snapshots of all inductees follow, then the complete biographies of all 13 Buffalo legends to be celebrated this fall, as well as the all-time CU Athletic Hall of Fame members as listed by induction class later in this release.
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(More detail on each honoree available in the article.)
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CU Athletic Hall Of Fame To Induct Eleven In 2025 Class
20th Class To Be Inducted This November; Includes Two Selections For The Legacy Wing & The Athletic Hall of HonorBy: David Plati, SID-Emeritus/Athletic Historian
BOULDER — The 20th class to be inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame this November will feature nine Golden Buffaloes who excelled in their day, representing five different sports and including one of the most popular administrators in athletic department history.
Also recognized will be two additions to each of the Hall's Legacy Wing and the revived Athletic Hall of Honor.
All have their special place in the school's history. The inductees, including one who will be honored posthumously, cover a period starting in the late 1930s through this past spring, representing seven different decades between all. The eight Hall athletes to be inducted hail from football (three), men's basketball (two), women's track (two) and women's skiing (one); the other three are two contributors and one administrator.
Five of the 11 are women, the most to be inducted in any class to date, with the Legacy Wing selections are two unique individuals who have been involved intimately a long time with the program for a combined 11 decades between them. The Hall of Honor inductees represent women's Nordic skiing and football.
The 2025 Hall of Fame class will be the 20th inducted into the Hall since it was conceived in 1998, and the 11 will join 166 individuals (including seven Legacy Wing inductees along with the 1959 ski team as a unit) who have been enshrined to date (25 previously have been honored posthumously). Those to be inducted this November into the Athletic Hall of Fame are (complete bios follow in this release):
- Jeff Campbell, Football (1986-89)
- Mason Crosby, Football (2003-06)
- Shalaya Kipp, Cross Country & Track (2009-14)
- Kris Livingston, Administrator (1994-2025)
- Pam Owen McCartney, Track & Field (1989-93)
- Joanne Reid, Skiing (2010-13)
- Barry Remington, Football (1982-86)
- Richard Roby, Basketball (2004-08)
- Jim Willcoxon, Basketball (1937-39)
Athletic director Rick George has personally notified the living members of every class of their impending induction since 2014, as well as the next of kin for the one who has passed, including the veteran committee's selection. This year's choice was Jim Willcoxon, one of the first two basketball All-Americans under the legendary (and Hall of Fame coach) Frosty Cox in the late 1930's when CU was often referred to as one of the best programs west of the Mississippi.
All inductees were nominated by their peers or by members of the selection committee; several of the 30 semifinalists emerged from new names submitted over the last couple of years. There will now be 177 members (plus the '59 ski team, CU's first national champions in any sport) in the CU Athletic Hall of Fame since its inception in 1998, including nine in the Legacy Wing, and there will now be 77 in the Athletic Hall of Honor, which was founded in 1969.
The group – Athletic Hall of Fame and its Legacy Wing and the Hall of Honor – will officially be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend over the course of Nov. 20-22 (final details pending); they will also be featured in the Pearl Street Stampede parade on Friday night and will be introduced at halftime of the CU-Arizona State football game on Saturday, Nov. 22.
Snapshots of all inductees follow, then the complete biographies of all 13 Buffalo legends to be celebrated this fall, as well as the all-time CU Athletic Hall of Fame members as listed by induction class later in this release.
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(More detail on each honoree available in the article.)