🥇U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee Announces 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees: Serena Williams, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Allyson Felix, Gabby Douglas, and more!
- AWSN Editor
- 7 days ago
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Updated: 5 days ago
Congrats to all the women who were inducted. These icons shaped women's sports tremendously, trailblazing and inspiring generations!
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee today announced the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame, Class of 2025, which will be honored and inducted in a special ceremony held Saturday, July 12 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Bound by excellence and defined by legacy, the Class of 2025 brings together eight individual Olympic and Paralympic athletes, two teams, two legends, one coach, and one special contributor, together representing some of the most celebrated names in Olympic and Paralympic history.
Women inductees include: Gabby Douglas (artistic gymnastics), Anita DeFrantz (legend: rowing), Allyson Felix (track and field), Susan Hagel (Para archery, Para track and field, wheelchair basketball), Flo Hyman (legend: indoor volleyball), Kerri Walsh Jennings (beach volleyball), Marla Runyan (Para track and field), Serena Williams (tennis), and the 2004 Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team.
USA Volleyball said of Flo Hyman and Kerri Walsh: "In addition to their Olympic honors, both athletes have been recognized by USA Volleyball for their profound impact on the sport. Walsh Jennings is among six volleyball legends who will be inducted as All-Time Great Athletes into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame during the annual Dorothy C. Boyce Banquet on May 21, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. Hyman was previously inducted into the USAV Hall of Fame in 1985."
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