HALL OF HONOR

2025 HALL OF HONOR

September 6, 2025 | 12:00 p.m.

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Indiana Wesleyan University is a Christ-centered academic community committed to changing the world by developing students in character, scholarship, and leadership. In this matter, every inductee into the Indiana Wesleyan University Athletic Hall of Honor must embody this mission from their time on the playing surface and throughout their daily lives. The Indiana Wesleyan University Athletic Hall of Honor recognizes those former athletes, coaches, administrators, and supporters that have been able to successfully represent and support Indiana Wesleyan University Athletics and the mission of Indiana Wesleyan University.

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NOMINATION

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HALL OF HONOR NOMINATION CATEGORIES

INDIVIDUAL ATHLETES

• Candidates nominated in this category must have shown constant success in athletics, continued integrity, and leadership on and off the playing surface. Former athletes should have earned a minimum of TWO years enrolled as a student-athlete at Indiana Wesleyan University. To be considered eligible the athlete must have completed their time at Indiana Wesleyan University at least FIVE years prior to nomination. The athlete's overall win percentage, career statistics, playing achievements, awards received, and moral references will be included in the consideration for nomination and induction into the Athletic Hall of Honor.

INDIVIDUAL COACHES

• Candidates nominated in this category must have shown the ability to teach and mentor student athletes on and off of the field, court, or course. The coach must have lived out the Indiana Wesleyan University Athletics Mission Statement, which is as follows: The Mission of Indiana Wesleyan University's Department of Athletics is to impact the world for Christ through Intercollegiate Athletics and to encourage Spiritual Growth, Academic Achievement, Leadership Development, and Athletic Excellence within our students by:
  • Investing in our student-athlete's lives through intentional mentoring relationships grounded in Christ's love
  • Teaching Christ-like values in real life situations through sports
  • Creating an atmosphere of success by challenging student-athletes to consistently use their God given talent to achieve at the highest level of competition while developing their leadership potential to impact the world for Christ
  • Challenging student-athletes to consistently use athletic competition as an act of worship and a form of ministry
  • Cultivating maturity by encouraging student-athletes to maximize their gifts and talents while preparing for their future profession
• Candidates must have coached (head coach or assistant coach) for a minimum of FIVE years for Indiana Wesleyan University Athletics, and at the time of induction must have been away from athletic duties for a minimum of THREE years. Coaching candidates must have shown success through winning, developing mature student-athletes, and positively representing Indiana Wesleyan University on and off of the field, court, or course. The coach's overall winning percentage, conference winning percentage, conference championships, tournament appearances and performance, awards received, and conference recognition will be taken into consideration during nominations and inductions.

SUPPORTER / CONTRIBUTOR / ADMINISTRATOR

• Candidates nominated in this category must have shown significant time, effort, and impact on the Indiana Wesleyan University Athletic Department and community. This impact may have been made as a former administrator within the athletic department or university, as a supporter of IWU Athletics or as a volunteer who has left a lasting mark ori the athletic program.

TEAM

• Candidates nominated in this category must have shown athletic achievement that warrants their accomplishments to standout from other teams of the same sport. Any team nominated must have been dissolved for no less than FIVE years to be considered eligible. Overall team nominations will include the consideration of overall athletic achievement, team awards, overall record, season statistics, adherence to the Indiana Wesleyan University mission, and the impact that they left on the community after they finished playing. Each team nominated in this category may submit a personal letter written by the coach and/or former player describing the team dynamics and successes throughout the given season that will be read and taken into consideration by the selection committee.

INDUCTION PROCESS

The Indiana Wesleyan University Athletic Hall of Honor Selection Committee is responsible to vote for their top 12 nominees. For this vote to take place, there must be a minimum of a quorum present, or a minimum of SIX members of the committee present. Any nominee that is on a minimum of 80% of the ballots shall be considered eligible for induction into that year's class for the Indiana Wesleyan University Athletic Hall of Honor. The only exception to this rule is that the committee may not induct more than FIVE individual inductees (SIX if one inductee is deceased) and ONE team each year. If the number of possible inductees exceeds the maximum allowed, then the committee must vote for their top five nominees, and the five nominees with the most votes will be inducted into that year's hall of fame class. Once a class of inductees has been agreed upon by the committee, the pending class will be presented to the president of the university for final approval. There is no limit to the number of years that a candidate may be on the nomination list.

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