The University of Pennsylvania inducted its inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame class, consisting of 46 members, on April 13, 1996. Since then, 12 more classes have been elected, the most recent being Class XII (pictured above) which was inducted on September 27, 2024.
Candidates for the Hall of Fame must have earned their last letter at least 10 years prior to their induction; coaching candidates must have coached at least five years at Penn and no longer be actively coaching at the University. Candidates must be nominated by a third party to be considered for induction.
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INAUGURAL CLASS
Inducted April 13, 1996
Robert G. Allman C'39 L'42 (wrestling)
Diane Marie Angstadt C'81 (field hockey/women's basketball)
Francis "Reds" Bagnell C'51 (football)
Hope Barnes C'81 (women's rowing)
Ernie Beck W'53 (men's basketball)
Charles Bednarik Ed'49 (football)
Barney Berlinger, Sr. W'31 (men's track & field)
Barney Berlinger, Jr. ME'60 (football/men's track & field)
Joseph W. Burk W'34 HON'88 (men's heavyweight crew)
Gardner A Cadwalader C'70 GAr'75 (men's heavyweight crew)
David "Corky" Calhoun W'72 (men's basketball)
Richard J. Censits W'58 (men's basketball)
Donald A. Clune C'74 (football)
Bruce R. Collins C'74 (men's track & field)
Lajos S. Csiszar (men's fencing – COACH)
Eleanor "Ellie" Daniel CW'74 (women's swimming & diving)
Richard DiBatista Ed'43 GEd'46 (wrestling)
Paul R. Friedberg W'81 ChE'81 (men's fencing)
Ronald Haigler C'79 (men's basketball)
Dick Harter Ed'53 (men's basketball)
William M. Hollenback D'08 (football)
Peter H. Hollis C'77 (men's lacrosse)
Donald S. Kellett W'34 (baseball/men's basketball/football)
Jack Kelly C'50 (men's heavyweight crew)
Henry Kozloff C'35 M'40 (baseball/men's basketball/soccer)
Bernie Lemonick W'51 (football)
William E. Lingelbach, Jr. C'25 (men's soccer)
Howard "Zip" Long C'26 (baseball)
H. Hunter Lott, Jr. C'36 (men's squash)
P. Todd Makler, Jr. C'68, M'72 (men's fencing)
Sherry A. Marcantonio C'83 SW'85 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
Alicia McConnell C'85 (women's squash)
Edward F. McGinley, Jr. W'25 (football)
David A. Merrick W'76 (men's track & field)
Anthony "Skip" Minisi W'48 L'52 (football)
Robert Morse C'72 (men's basketball)
George Munger Ed'33 (football – COACH)
Bob Odell C'43 (football – COACH)
Mary Jane O'Neill C'86 (women's fencing)
Michael R. Page W'77 (men's lacrosse)
Palmer T. H. Page W'72 (men's squash)
Anthony Price W'79 (men's basketball)
Francis X. Reagan W'41 (baseball/football)
Charles R. Scott W'36 GEd'42 (men's soccer)
Stanley E. Startzell W'72 (men's soccer)
Julia Ann Staver CW'74 V'82 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
CLASS II
Inducted May 16, 1998
Erv Antoni C'48 GEd'59 (baseball/soccer)
Stephen H. Baumann C'74 (men's soccer)
Edward "Eddie" Bell, Sr. C'54 (football/men's track & field)
J. Howard Berry W'18 (baseball/football/men's track & field)
Steve Bilsky W'71 (men's basketball)
Bill Carr W'33 (men's track & field)
Frances Childs C'88 (women's track & field)
Cynthia Johnson Crowley CW'52 (softball/women's basketball/golf/badminton)
Howie Dallmar (men's basketball – COACH)
Chuck Daly (men's basketball – COACH)
J. Kenneth Doherty (men's track & field)
Michail "Mike" Dorizas G'15 Gr'24 (wrestling)
Edward C. P. Edwards C'81 (men's squash)
Auretha L. Fleming EAS'84 (women's basketball)
J. Christopher Flynn C'88 (football/men's lacrosse)
Gene D. Gisburne Ed'37 (football/men's lacrosse/swimming)
Penny Teaf Goulding CW'64 GEd'65 (field hockey/softball/women's basketball/lacrosse/badminton)
John R. Haines W'56 (men's track & field)
T. Truxton Hare C'01 (football)
Robert Hays W'43 (men's golf)
Charles "Kid" Keinath W'09 (football/men's basketball)
Nancy Lock Kiley C'82 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
Alvin C. Kraenzlein D1900 (men's track & field)
Donald F. Lippincott W'15 (men's track & field)
Dorothy L. Maloney Ed'32 GEd'37 (field hockey/softball/women's basketball/swimming/track & field)
Jane Allison McCollister Ed'40 GEd'41 (women's swimming)
E. LeRoy Mercer, M.D. M'13 (football/men's track & field)
J.E. Ted Meredith W'16 (men's track & field)
David M. Micahnik C'59 (men's fencing)
Al Molloy (men's squash/tennis – COACH)
Michael C. Murphy (men's track & field – COACH)
Francis T. Murray C'37 (football/men's basketball)
George Orton G1894 Gr1896 (men's track & field)
Fred A. Samara W'73 (men's track & field)
Dr. George M. Savitsky Ed'48 D'54 GD'59 (football)
Jane Austin Stauffer Ed'49 (women's squash/women's tennis)
Douglas Stewart (men's soccer – COACH)
Walter B. Tewksbury D1899 (men's track & field)
James Tuppeny (men's track & field – COACH)
Ann D. Wetzel Ed'52 (women's squash/women's tennis)
John Edgar Wideman C'63 HON'86 (men's basketball)
David B. Wohl C'71 (men's basketball)
CLASS III
Inducted November 11, 2000
Lisa Romig Atkins C'82 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
DeBenneville "Bert" Bell C'20 (football)
Eliot W. Berry C'71 (football/men's squash/men's tennis)
Doris Dannenhirsch/Beshunsky Ed'47 Ged'48 (women's swimming)
Lawrance A. Brown W'22 (men's track & field)
Barbara L. Cantwell W'82 (women's gymnastics)
Nathaniel J. Cartmell W'07 (men's track & field)
Denis Elton Cochran-Fikes C'74 WG'79 (men's track & field)
Sean Padraic Colgan C'77 (men's heavyweight crew)
Robert L. Cragg, Jr. C'75 (men's swimming & diving)
Betsy Crothers Hawthorne Ed'46 Ged'48 (field hockey/women's basketball/lacrosse/tennis)
Elizabeth "Nicky" Hitchens C'89 (field hockey/women's lacrosse
Lou Kozloff, C'65 M'69 (men's swimming)
Jack McCloskey Ed'48 GEd'52 (baseball/men's basketball/football)
Josiah C. McCracken M'01 H'27 (football/men's track & field)
Andrew Muhlstock W'75 (baseball)
Jeff Neuman W'66 WG'67 (men's basketball)
Donald M. Norbury W'60 (men's golf)
Bob Parmacek W'53 (men's fencing)
Stan Pawlak C'66 (men's basketball)
David Pottruck C'70 WG'72 (football/wrestling)
Lawson Robertson (men's track & field)
Anne B. Townsend Ed'27 (field hockey/women's basketball/lacrosse)
CLASS IV
Inducted May 10, 2003
Francis F. Bartone C'53 (men's fencing)
Perry D. Bromwell C'87 (men's basketball)
L. John Clark W'63 WG'68 (men's lacrosse)
Richard Comizio W'87 (football)
Fred F. Doelling C'60 (football)
John Engles C'76 WG'80 (men's basketball)
Donald E. Frey (wrestling)
John D. Hartigan C'63 WG'65 (men's heavyweight crew)
Mary Ellen T. Olcese CW'73 (women's swimming)
Glenn R. Partridge C'76 (baseball/men's soccer)
John "Bull" Schweder W'50 (football)
Paul Scull W'29 (football)
William E. Straub W'73 (men's soccer)
Betty Tuppeny C'82 (softball)
Christelle Williams W'89 (women's track & field)
BJ Zellers C'84 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
CLASS V
Inducted November 5, 2005
Jane Hall Carter C'89 (women's fencing)
Howard Coonley C'66 (men's squash)
Earl W. Eby W'21 (men's track & field)
Robert A. Evans C'53 (football)
Steven L. Galetta C'79 GM'87 (sprint football)
Karen A. Kelso C'85 (women's squash)
Barton B. Leach C'55 (men's basketball)
Christine H. Lundy C'92 V'96 (women's track & field)
Christopher S. O'Loughlin C'89 (men's fencing)
H. Raymond "Dutch" Peck W'20 (men's basketball)
John B. Taylor W'1908 (men's track & field)
Joseph W. Valerio C'91 (football)
CLASS VI
Inducted May 10, 2008
Kirsten M. Brendel C'91 (women's basketball)
Betty J. Costanza (women's track track & field – COACH)
Kenneth B. Dietz W'71 (men's track & field)
Edward K. James, M.D. C'76 (men's track & field)
Bryan J. Keys C'90 (football)
Herbert E. Lyon W'50 (men's basketball)
Stephen Netburn W'65 (men's fencing)
Catherine O'Hern Lyons C'86 (women's track & field)
Roger Andrew Reina C'84 WEV'05 (wrestling – COACH)
Brandon D. Slay W'98 (wrestling)
John M. Welsh, Jr. W'43 (football)
Morton H. Wilner W'30 (baseball/football)
CLASS VII
Inducted May 8, 2010
John Adams W'1972 (men's tennis)
Dionne E. Anthon W'1992 L'2005 (women's basketball)
Bob Atkinson C'1973 (men's swimming)
Francis Crossin C'1947 (men's basketball)
Doug Glanville ENG'1992 (baseball)
Walter Hynoski W'1955 (baseball/football)
Patricia Kennedy C'1987 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
W. Kelso Morrill III W'1985 (men's lacrosse)
William Byrd Page B.S. 1887 M.E. 1888 (men's track & field)
Gail Rossmann Kedoin C'1988 (women's fencing)
Bob Seddon (baseball/soccer – COACH)
Earle Craig Sweeten W'1937 (special award)
CLASS VIII
Inducted May 5, 2012
Diana M. Caramanico W'2001 LPS'2011 (women's basketball)
Debra Censits Donnally Nu'1981 GNu'1983 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
Timothy D. Chambers C'1985 (football)
Willis N. Cummings, D.D.S. D'1919 (men's track & field)
Melissa D. Ingalls C'1990 (women's volleyball)
Bruce A. Lefkowitz C'1987 (men's basketball)
Robert P. Levy C'1952 (special award)
Timothy D. Ortman C'2001 (sprint football)
Joseph B. Sturgis, Sr. C'1956 L'1959 (men's basketball)
Paul A. Toomey C'1977 (men's soccer)
John J. Tori C'1954 (men's fencing)
Robert Weinhauer (men's basketball – COACH)
CLASS IX
Inducted May 3, 2014
Clifford S. Bayer W'2003 WG'2003 (men's fencing)
Jerry Berndt (football – COACH)
Samuel D. Burley C'2003 CGS'2006 (men's track & field)
Craig P. Connolly C'1990 CGS'1998 (baseball)
Julie Heller Dembert C'1981 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
Paul F. Miller, Jr. W'1950 HON'1981 PAR'1978 (special award)
David G. Proctor W'1987 GEX'2010 (men's squash)
James J. "Booney" Salters W'1980 (men's basketball)
Jack L. Shanafelt W'1954 (football)
Dr. Mary Turner DePalma C'1984 (women's track & field)
CLASS X
Inducted May 6, 2017
Brian T. Chaput C'2004 (men's track & field)
Francis J. Dunphy (men's basketball – COACH)
Robyn Fortsch C'1987 GEd'1988 (women's basketball/women's track & field)
Thomas J. Gilmore C'1986 (football)
Patrick J. Goodwillie W'1996 (football)
Ruthlyn Greenfield-Webster Nu'1992 (women's track & field)
Joshua M.D. Hall III W'1985 (men's lacrosse)
Bruce D. Konopka W'1978 (men's lightweight crew)
Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan C'2004 (women's volleyball)
Donna Mulhern Woodruff C'1990 GEd'2000 (field hockey/women's lacrosse)
John H. Outland 1899 (football)
Matthew P. Valenti C'2007 (wrestling)
Eugene G. Venzke Ed'1936 (men's track & field)
George A. Weiss W'1965 HON'2014 (lifetime achievement award)
CLASS XI
Inducted May 4, 2019
Jeffrey G. Brown W'1997 (men's swimming)
John A. Chatzky C'1978 (men's heavyweight crew)
Jewel A. Clark C'2004 (women's basketball)
Kathryn A. Cross C'2005 (women's soccer)
Clay W. Hamlin W'1967 WG'1972 (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Riva Gensib Johnson C'1984 (women's track & field)
Christina S. Khosravi C'2008 (softball)
Annie Kinsey Schu C'2008 (softball)
Miles T. Macik C'1996 (football)
Brett E. Matter W'2000 (wrestling)
Keven R. McDonald C'1978 (men's basketball)
Mary J. Pedersen C'1994 (gymnastics)
Paul R. (Herky) Rubincam W'1960 (Director's Award)
Ellen Vagelos Masseur C'1990 (field hockey)
Sarah M. Waxman C'2008 (women's lacrosse)
CLASS XII
Inducted May 7, 2022
Stan Bergman (men's heavyweight rowing – COACH)
Jesse Carlin C'2008 GR'2014 (women's track & field)
Ali DeLuca Cloherty C'2010 (women's lacrosse)
Jessica DiMauro C'1999 G'2000 (women's squash)
Matthew Feast W'2005 (wrestling)
Michael Jordan C'2000 (men's basketball)
Margaret Majer Kelly (Director's Award)
David Pottruck C'1970 WG'1972 (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Paul E. Raudenbush W'1954 (men's track & field)
Vincent Scarpetta W'1974 (men's golf)
Gail Silberthau Silverman W'1984 (women's volleyball)
CLASS XIII
Inducted September 27, 2024
Eldo "Al" Bagnoli (football - COACH)
Alyssa Baron C'2014 (women's basketball)
Erin Brennan W'2012 (women's lacrosse)
Natalie Capuano C'2009 (women's soccer)
Shelby Fortin C'2014 (women's swimming & diving)
Henry Laussat Geyelin AB'1877 LLB'1879 AM'1880
Kristen E. Lange C'2010 (women's squash)
Yoshi Nakamura W'2002 (wrestling)
Ugonna Onyekwe W'2003 (men's basketball)
John Pescatore C'1986 (men's heavyweight rowing)
Karl D. Thornton C'1972 (men's cross country/track & field)
Tom Wecal W'1976 (men's golf)
