MIAMI – Nominations are now open and being accepted for the 2026 FIU Athletics Hall of Fame Class, which will be only the third class ever inducted.
 
The deadline to nominate candidates for potential inclusion in the Class of 2026 is 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, Mar. 1, and can be submitted by clicking here or the link at the top of this release. All inductees of the FIU Athletics Hall of Fame must be nominated.
 
Former student-athletes, teams, coaches, administrators and contributors of FIU Athletics are eligible to be nominated; however, a minimum of 10 years must have passed from a student-athlete's final season of eligibility and a minimum of five (5) years for all others. For a complete list of criteria, please review the FIU Athletics Hall of Fame Constitution by clicking here.
 
Originally created in 2005, the FIU Athletics Hall of Fame welcomed its inaugural class in November of 2006 but had no new members until the department revitalized the HOF last year and inducted the second class in September of 2025.
 
CLASS OF 2006

• Pat Bradley – Women's Golf
  • World Golf Hall of Famer, 6x LPGA Major Champion
• Mike Lowell – Baseball
  • 4x MLB All-Star, 2x World Series Champion
• Andrea Nagy – Women's Basketball
  • 2x All-American, 2x NCAA Season Assist Leader
• Dwight Stewart – Men's Basketball
  • FIU's Only 2,000-Point Scorer
• Judy Blucker – Coach/Administrator
  • Established Women's Athletics At FIU

CLASS OF 2025

• Munga Eketebi – Men's Soccer
  • 3x All-American, 1984 National Champion
• T.Y. Hilton – Football
  • 4x NFL Pro Bowler, 2016 NFL Receiving Yards Leader
• Karl Kremser – Men's Soccer
  • 2x National Champion Head Coach (1982, 1984)
• Tayna Lawrence – Women's Track
  • 3x Olympic Medalist (1 Gold, 2 Silver)
• Cindy Russo – Women's Basketball
  • Program's All-Time Winningest Coach (667 Victories; 707 Career)

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Pro Bowl wide receiver T.Y. Hilton caught touchdowns here. Olympic gold medalist Tayna Lawrence sprinted here. Major League All Star and World Series champion Mike Lowell swung for the fences here. Here, under the South Florida sun, is where more than 400 student-athletes compete in 17 Division-I sports as proud members of Conference USA and affiliate members of the American Conference in men's soccer and swimming and diving. FIU Athletics has produced nearly 120 All-Americans, 50 NCAA Tournament appearances and record-setting academic performances at a Top 50 preeminent public research university with more than 55,000 students.
 
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