2026 Oregon Hall of Fame Class Announced

EUGENE, Ore. – One of the most prolific rebounders in Pac-12 history, a five-sport letterwinner, a three-time All-American cornerback, Oregon's all-time strikeout leader, a visionary track and field coach, and a team that won its first national championship in front of the home fans comprise the Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2026.

The 35th Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame class includes:

Jillian Alleyne – A two-time women's basketball All-American who set Oregon and Pac-12 records with 1,712 career rebounds.

Liz Brenner – Competed in five different sports, earned All-America honors in two of them and helped lead the Ducks' volleyball team to the 2012 NCAA championship match.

Ifo Ekpre-Olomu – A three-time All-American cornerback who started for teams that won the Rose, Fiesta and Alamo bowls.

Cheridan Hawkins – A three-time All-American pitcher and a three-time Academic All-American who still holds Oregon's career records with 108 wins and 1,081 strikeouts.

Vin Lananna - coach who led Oregon's storied track and field programs to six NCAA titles and 13 conference titles and sparked TrackTown USA's resurgence as the epicenter of the sport in the United States.

2016 Men's Golf NCAA Championship Team – An individual national title for All-American Aaron Wise and hometown hero Sulman Raza's unforgettable match-play run, capped by his birdie on the 21^st hole to defeat Texas, brought home Oregon's first NCAA championship in men's golf.

"With 12 sports represented, the Hall of Fame Class of 2026 truly exemplifies the broad-based success that is the cornerstone of athletics at the University of Oregon," said athletic director Rob Mullens. "Each inductee elevated their sport and left lasting legacies for future generations. We are excited to recognize each of them with our highest athletic honor."

To be eligible for induction into the Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame, which originated in 1992, former athletes, coaches, administrators and teams associated with the school's intercollegiate athletics program must have departed the University a minimum of 10 years earlier or, for individuals, have reached 70 years of age.

The 2026 honorees will officially join the exclusive club of 244 athletes and 31 teams previously selected at the Hall of Fame banquet that will be held on Friday, October 9, the weekend of the home football game against UCLA.

Jillian Alleyne, Women's Basketball, 2012-16
A relentless force around the rim, two-time All-American Jillian Alleyne set Oregon and Pac-12 records with 1,712 career rebounds, a mark that also ranked third in NCAA history. The 2016 Pac-12 Co-Player of the Year also scored 2,151 career points, which was the second-most in program history at the time of her graduation. Her 92 career double-doubles ranks third all-time in the NCAA record book. She owns seven of Oregon's top 10 single-game rebounding performances, and recorded 15 or more rebounds 56 times. Alleyne was the 2013 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and a freshman All-American. She was seventh in the nation and first among freshmen with a rebound average of 11.9. That season, she scored 38 points and grabbed an Oregon and Pac-12-tying record 27 rebounds in a win against Portland State. Her 519 rebounds as a sophomore set school and Pac-12 records and ranked fifth in NCAA history. She led the NCAA with 29 double-doubles, including a 34-point, 25-rebound effort against Washington. She also set UO season records with 190 free throws made and 268 free-throw attempts as a sophomore. Alleyne earned her first All-America award following her junior season after recording 28 double-doubles, including one with 30 points and 25 rebounds against UCLA. She averaged 18.4 points and 15.2 rebounds per game and was voted to the all-conference first team and all-defensive team. Alleyne was named the Pac-12 Co-Player of the Year as a senior and earned her second All-America selection with averages of 19.0 points and 13.6 rebounds per game for an Oregon team that advanced to the WNIT semifinals. She was awarded the 2016 Jackson Award as Oregon's top female senior athlete, after receiving the Higdon Memorial Trophy, given to the outstanding sophomore, in 2014.

Liz Brenner, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Track & Field and Softball, 2011-16
There has never been another student-athlete at the University of Oregon like Liz Brenner. She competed in five different sports and was an All-American in two of them. Best known for her accomplished career in volleyball, Brenner also competed in beach volleyball, women's basketball, softball and track and field, where she earned All-America honors in the javelin. Brenner was a cornerstone for the Duck volleyball teams that advanced to four straight NCAA Tournaments from 2011-14. The outside hitter helped lead Oregon to the 2012 NCAA national championship match against Texas with a 30-5 record and was named to the Final Four All-Tournament Team. Brenner holds Oregon career records for kills (1,617) and points (1,775.5) during the rally scoring era. She is also third in kills per set (3.52) and finished her career with 1,140 digs. Brenner was an AVCA second-team All-American and an AVCA all-region selection in both 2012 and 2013. She led the Pac-12 in kills as a junior and was named to the All-Pac-12 team three times – 2012, 2013 and 2014 – after being named to the league's all-freshman team in 2011. She still holds many top-10 single-match offensive marks in program history, including 28 kills against Arizona in 2013 (fourth) and 26 kills against California in 2012 (eighth). She also competed on the Ducks' first beach volleyball teams in 2014-15 and won three matches each season. In the winter, Brenner's focus turned to the hardwood, where she played in 81 games between 2012-16 and scored 423 points with 348 rebounds for the basketball team. As a senior, she played in 32 games and averaged 3.8 points per game off the bench for an Oregon team that went 24-11 overall and advanced to the semifinals of the WNIT. Brenner's brief stint with the softball team came during the 2012 season, when injuries left the Ducks depleted at catcher. She played in five games, starting two, for a team that advanced to the Women's College World Series. Brenner's fifth sport for the Ducks was track and field, where she finished eighth in the javelin at the 2013 NCAA Championships to become the first student-athlete in program history to earn All-America honors in both volleyball and track & field. Her mark of 168-9 from the NCAA Championships ranks seventh in program history. She finished third in the javelin at both the 2013 and 2014 Pac-12 meets, helping the Ducks win team championships in both seasons. Brenner was one of three finalists for the 2013 Sullivan Award, which honors the nation's top amateur athlete. She was also a finalist for Sports Illustrated's 2013 Female College Athlete of the Year. She was a two-time women's winner of the Bill Hayward Award honoring the best amateur athlete in the state of Oregon (2013, 2014). In 2014, Brenner was one of 10 volleyball student-athletes to be a finalist for the NCAA Senior CLASS Award.

Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Football, 2011-14
A three-time All-American at cornerback, Ifo Ekpre-Olomu played a prominent role in Oregon's 47-6 record in games he played, including victories in the Rose, Fiesta and Alamo bowls, as the Ducks won a pair of Pac-12 championships during his career. He was a three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree, one of just seven players in program history to achieve that distinction. Ekpre-Olomu played in 53 games and started 40 straight at one point. He ranked fourth on Oregon's all-time list in career pass breakups with 39 at the time of his departure, a total that remains in the top five on the Ducks' all-time list. He was selected by The Oregonian to Oregon's 1st-Team All-Quarter Century Defense (2000-2024). He played in all 14 games as a true freshman in 2011, including starting assignments against Washington State and Wisconsin (Rose Bowl), and recorded 34 tackles. He was named a third-team All-American and a Thorpe Award finalist as a sophomore in 2012, when he led the team in pass breakups with 20 and was fourth in tackles with 63. He tied for second nationally with six forced fumbles. Ekpre-Olomu also had four interceptions that season, including a return for a touchdown against Arizona. He was a second-team All-American and a Thorpe Award semifinalist as a junior, when he was second on the team in tackles (84), pass breakups (six) and interceptions (three). As a senior in 2014, Ekpre-Olomu earned his first consensus first-team All-America recognition and was a Thorpe Award finalist for the second time in his career. He was again second on the team in pass breakups (six) and interceptions (two) and was both a Bednarik Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy semifinalist.

Cheridan Hawkins, Softball, 2013-16
No one has struck out more batters or won more games in an Oregon uniform than three-time All-American pitcher Cheridan Hawkins. A three-time Academic All-American off the diamond, her career totals of 108 wins and 1,081 strikeouts remain the program standards a decade after her final pitch. She is also the Ducks' career leader in shutouts (33) and saves (17). She threw a program-best seven no-hitters, including a perfect game against Washington in 2015. In addition to owning the career strikeouts record, she also set the program records for strikeouts in a season, 330 in 2015, and strikeouts in a game when she fanned 18 batters Feb. 14, 2014, against UNLV. In her career, Hawkins went 108-20 with a 1.66 earned run average. Hawkins' teams won four consecutive Pac-12 championships between 2013-16 and advanced to the Women's College World Series twice. Hawkins was named first-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman her first season in Eugene in 2013. She made 19 starts in 31 appearances with a 19-5 record, 212 strikeouts and a 1.55 ERA in 140.1 innings pitched. Hawkins was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and first-team All-America as a sophomore after going 35-6 with a 1.66 ERA in 50 appearances over 249.1 innings pitched. She tossed 24 complete games with 12 shutouts as she set the program record with 330 strikeouts. The single-game record of 18 strikeouts against UNLV also happened in her sophomore season. Hawkins repeated as a first-team All-American and Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year as a junior, when she won 30 games against five losses and struck out 282 batters. She earned her third straight Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year award and All-America honors as a senior when she won 25 games and struck out 257. She still owns three of the top four single-season strikeout marks in program history. Hawkins also played at both the junior and senior levels for Team USA during her time at Oregon.

Vin Lananna, Track & Field Coach/Administrator, 2005-19
Vin Lananna won six NCAA titles and 13 conference titles during his tenure as associate athletic director and head coach of Oregon's storied track and field programs. It was during his time at Oregon that Lananna founded TrackTown USA, Inc., a nonprofit organization that anchored Eugene's resurgence as the epicenter of track and field in the United States with NCAA Championships, U.S. Olympic Trials and national and international meets returning to Historic Hayward Field for the first time in decades. Two years after he was hired, Lananna led the Ducks to back-to-back NCAA men's cross country titles in 2007 and 2008, the program's first since 1977. Lananna delivered Oregon's first men's indoor track and field national title in 2009 and did the same on the women's side in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Oregon's dominance at the conference level was even more prolific. Lananna oversaw six consecutive conference titles in men's track and field between 2007-12, four straight league championships for the women's team from 2009-12 and three straight Pac-10 men's cross country crowns in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Lananna was recognized as the USTFCCCA national men's cross country coach of the year in 2007 and 2008. He was also recognized three times as the Pac-12's men's and women's track and field coach of the year. While leading the Men and Women of Oregon, Lananna coached 38 NCAA champions and 75 individual conference champions. Among them: six-time NCAA champion Galen Rupp, five-time NCAA multi-event winners Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen and three-time national champions Andrew Wheating, Matthew Centrowitz and Tommy Skipper. He stepped away from his coaching duties following the 2012 season to burnish Eugene's status in the national and international track communities. Lananna was the driving force behind the University's successful bids to host the 2008, 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, the 2009, 2011 and 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships and NCAA Championship meets in 2010 and 2013-18.

2016 Men's Golf Team
In one of the most iconic moments in the history of Oregon Athletics, Eugene native Sulman Raza won his match in the NCAA final against Texas on the third extra hole, clinching the Ducks' 3-2 win over the Longhorns on their home course, Eugene Country Club. Head coach Casey Martin's team of Aaron Wise, Zach Foushee, Thomas Lim, Edwin Yi and Raza delivered the first NCAA Championship for the men's golf program. Leading up to the NCAA Championships, the team had eight top-five finishes and shared medalist honors at the Husky Invitational. Oregon had one of its strongest showings of the season at the NCAA Tucson Regional. The Ducks were never lower than third place throughout the tournament and finished second at 17-under par to qualify for the NCAA Championships in Eugene. The Ducks' journey to the NCAA Championship was nearly derailed by an 11-over 291 in the opening round of stroke play that left Oregon tied for 19^th and well off the pace to advance to match play. Round two was a different story. The Ducks caught fire with the best round by any team in the field over either of the first two days, a 3-under 277, to jump 15 spots into a tie for fourth. Wise took over in the third round, shooting a 6-under 64 that kept Oregon in the top five. He then won the NCAA Individual title by two strokes with a final round of 71. The Ducks entered match play as the No. 5 seed. Wise, Foushee and Raza all won their matches to lead Oregon to a 3-1-1 win over LSU in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals against Illinois, Foushee won again, while Yi came through with the Ducks' second win of the match. With the score tied at 2-2, Raza sank a putt on No. 18 to win his match 1-up, sending Oregon on to the national championship against Texas. Foushee gave the Ducks an early advantage when the Longhorns' Beau Hossler had to withdraw from his match due to an injury. Then Yi put the Ducks ahead 2-0 with a 4-and-3 win. Texas rallied to even the match at 2-2 when Scottie Scheffler defeated Wise, 4-and-3 and Doug Ghim edged Lim, 2-and-1. That left things up to the Eugene native who had won in dramatic fashion on No. 18 the previous day. Raza trailed Taylor Funk by one heading to No. 17. But a delicate chip from the back of the 17th green set up a putt by Raza that won the hole and squared the match. The players halved No. 18 to send the deciding match to extra holes. Both golfers had a chance to win prior to the 21^st hole. Raza missed a five-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole, while Funk missed a birdie from six feet away on the 20^th hole. The two golfers then stepped to the tee box on No. 10 one last time. Raza striped his drive down the middle. Funk was shorter and on the first cut of rough, but had a good enough lie to chip up to about 17 feet out. Then Raza hit the shot of the tournament, a fairway approach that stuck within five feet of the pin. After Funk missed his long birdie try, Raza left no doubt, rolling his birdie putt into the heart of the cup to clinch the NCAA title.

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