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Eastern Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame

2026 EWU Hall of Fame Class GraphicSix Individuals and the 2004 Football Team Earn Hall of Fame Entry

Three Eastern Washington University All-America football players and three other individuals will join the 2004 football team as this year’s inductees into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame. The six individuals and team will be honored on Oct. 10 at EWU as part of the 22nd class of inductees.
 
The football players include quarterback Erik Meyer (2001-2005) and his favorite target, running back turned wide receiver Eric Kimble (2001-2005). The pair hooked-up a total of 201 times for 3,169 yards and 35 touchdowns in four seasons, breaking more than a dozen school records each and making their way up Big Sky Conference and NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) career listings.
 
Meyer and Kimble were a part of the 2004 Eagle squad, coached by Paul Wulff, which shared the Big Sky regular season title with Montana and went on to defeat No. 1 ranked and top-seeded Southern Illinois in the first round of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs (then I-AA). The Eagles lost their first two games of the season, but won nine of their next 10 to finish the year 9-4 overall and 6-1 in the league.
 
Meyer and Kimble were both two-time All-Americans, as was running back Jesse Chatman (1998-2001), who rounds out the trio of football players to be inducted. Chatman led FCS in rushing with 2,096 yards as a junior in 2001, then elected to skip his senior season to pursue his professional football dreams and eventually played seven seasons in the National Football League.
 
The other inductees include men’s basketball coach Steve Aggers (1995-2000), track and field standout Nancy Kuiper (1990-91) and women’s basketball point guard Nancy Sugarman (Taucher), who was at Eastern from 1988-92.
 
Aggers helped re-build Eastern’s basketball program, guiding the Eagles to their first-ever Big Sky regular season title in 2000. Kuiper, a four-time Big Sky champion in the shot put and two-time champ in the discus, was Eastern’s first-ever female representative at the NCAA Championships, both indoors and outdoors in 1991. Taucher earned first team All-Big Sky Conference honors in both 1991 and 1992, finishing her career with 1,105 points and 341 assists while playing all 109 Eastern games from 1989-92, including starts in her last 95 contests.
 
The induction ceremony will take place on Oct. 10 in conjunction with Eastern’s Homecoming football game versus Northern Colorado. Time and details for the ceremony will be announced, but is expected to take place in the late morning at the Pence Union Building's Nysether Community Room on the EWU campus in Cheney. More information, including cost and a link for guests to register, will be available this summer at http://GOEAGS.COM/HOF.

16atcpRoosHallofFame0862.JPGABOUT THE EWU ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

As a way of honoring former athletes, coaches, contributors and teams, the Eastern Washington University Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1996. The Hall of Fame is located on the East End of the Special Events Pavilion. A plaque permanently honoring each inductee is displayed. A 15-member Hall of Fame Selection Committee vote on a list of nominated candidates presented by the Hall of Fame Executive Committee. Inductees must receive a two-thirds vote of all selection committee members, with the final decision made by the executive committee. Nominations can be received at any time. For more information, call 509-359-6334 or e-mail Matt Kushar (mkushar@ewu.edu). CLICK HERE for nominating criteria.

To submit a nomination, send an email to mkushar@ewu.edu
 

OTHER HONORED GROUPS

Commemorating the 100th year of football at Eastern, the athletic department named 100 of the top players in school history to the "100 for 100" All-Time Football Team in the summer of 2008. View the list in its entirety here.

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2026

  • Steve Aggers View Bio
    Steve
    Aggers
    Induction: 2026
    Men's Basketball
  • Jesse Chatman View Bio
    Jesse
    Chatman
    Induction: 2026
    Football
  • 2004 Team Football View Bio
    2004 Team
    Football
    Induction: 2026
    Football
  • Eric Kimble View Bio
    Eric
    Kimble
    Induction: 2026
    Football
  • Nancy Kuiper View Bio
    Nancy
    Kuiper
    Induction: 2026
    Women's Track & Field
  • Erik Meyer View Bio
    Erik
    Meyer
    Induction: 2026
    Football
  • Nancy Sugarman (Taucher) View Bio
    Nancy
    Sugarman (Taucher)
    Induction: 2026
    Women's Basketball

2025

  • Marc Axton View Bio
    Marc
    Axton
    Induction: 2025
    Men's Basketball
  • Jim Buzzard View Bio
    Jim
    Buzzard
    Induction: 2025
    Football
  • Hayley Hills View Bio
    Hayley
    Hills
    Induction: 2025
    Volleyball
  • Kyle Kelly View Bio
    Kyle
    Kelly
    Induction: 2025
    Men's Golf
  • Jason Marsh View Bio
    Jason
    Marsh
    Induction: 2025
    Football
  • 2004 Tean Volleyball View Bio
    2004 Tean
    Volleyball
    Induction: 2025
    Volleyball
  • Vic White View Bio
    Vic
    White
    Induction: 2025
    Men's Track & Field, Men's Basketball

2024

  • Cristy Cochran View Bio
    Cristy
    Cochran
    Induction: 2024
    Women's Basketball
  • Carolee Geaudreau-Gutierrez View Bio
    Carolee
    Geaudreau-Gutierrez
    Induction: 2024
    Women's Track & Field
  • David Peed View Bio
    David
    Peed
    Induction: 2024
    Men's Basketball
  • Derek Strey View Bio
    Derek
    Strey
    Induction: 2024
    Football
  • Rodney Stuckey View Bio
    Rodney
    Stuckey
    Induction: 2024
    Men's Basketball
  • Stephanie Ulmer View Bio
    Stephanie
    Ulmer
    Induction: 2024
    Women's Track & Field, Women's Basketball

2019

  • 1980 Team Men's Track & Field View Bio
    1980 Team
    Men's Track & Field
    Induction: 2019
    Men's Track & Field
  • Dario Romero View Bio
    Dario
    Romero
    Induction: 2019
    Football
  • Chris Scott View Bio
    Chris
    Scott
    Induction: 2019
    Football
  • Keva Sonderen View Bio
    Keva
    Sonderen
    Induction: 2019
    Contributor, Volleyball
  • Lisa Sorrell View Bio
    Lisa
    Sorrell
    Induction: 2019
    Contributor, Women's Track & Field

2018

  • Kurt Kraemer View Bio
    Kurt
    Kraemer
    Induction: 2018
    Men's Track & Field
  • Kim Maxwell-Dempsey View Bio
    Kim
    Maxwell-Dempsey
    Induction: 2018
    Volleyball
  • Jeff Ogden View Bio
    Jeff
    Ogden
    Induction: 2018
    Football
  • Alvin Snow View Bio
    Alvin
    Snow
    Induction: 2018
    Men's Basketball
  • 1998 Team Volleyball View Bio
    1998 Team
    Volleyball
    Induction: 2018
    Volleyball
  • 1999 Team Volleyball View Bio
    1999 Team
    Volleyball
    Induction: 2018
    Volleyball
  • Rick Worman View Bio
    Rick
    Worman
    Induction: 2018
    Football

2017

  • Tony Brooks View Bio
    Tony
    Brooks
    Induction: 2017
    Football
  • Tiera Como-Irby View Bio
    Tiera
    Como-Irby
    Induction: 2017
    Soccer
  • 1992 Team Football View Bio
    1992 Team
    Football
    Induction: 2017
    Football
  • Jackie Kellogg View Bio
    Jackie
    Kellogg
    Induction: 2017
    Football
  • Ronn McMahon View Bio
    Ronn
    McMahon
    Induction: 2017
    Men's Basketball
  • Ron Swords View Bio
    Ron
    Swords
    Induction: 2017
    Service & Contribution
  • Lt. William View Bio
    Lt. William "Bink"
    Wall
    Induction: 2017
    Service & Contribution
  • Fay Zwarych-Shaw View Bio
    Fay
    Zwarych-Shaw
    Induction: 2017
    Women's Basketball

2016

  • Steve Kiesel View Bio
    Steve
    Kiesel
    Induction: 2016
    Men's Track & Field, Contributor, Men's Cross Country
  • 1976-77 Team Men's Basketball View Bio
    1976-77 Team
    Men's Basketball
    Induction: 2016
    Men's Basketball
  • Becky Nelson-Clark View Bio
    Becky
    Nelson-Clark
    Induction: 2016
    Contributor, Women's Track & Field
  • Michael Roos View Bio
    Michael
    Roos
    Induction: 2016
    Football, Contributor
  • Michael & Katherine Roos View Bio
    Michael & Katherine
    Roos
    Induction: 2016
    Service & Contribution
  • Ed Waters View Bio
    Ed
    Waters
    Induction: 2016
    Contributor, Men's Basketball

2015

  • Dean Adams View Bio
    Dean
    Adams
    Induction: 2015
    Football, Men's Track & Field, Contributor
  • 1966 Team Baseball View Bio
    1966 Team
    Baseball
    Induction: 2015
    Baseball
  • Randy Buss View Bio
    Randy
    Buss
    Induction: 2015
    Men's Basketball
  • Randy Carruthers View Bio
    Randy
    Carruthers
    Induction: 2015
    Contributor, Men's Gymnastics
  • Gary Glasgow View Bio
    Gary
    Glasgow
    Induction: 2015
    Contributor, Baseball
  • Kathleen Nygaard-Kaut View Bio
    Kathleen
    Nygaard-Kaut
    Induction: 2015
    Women's Basketball
  • Lawson & Ruth Van Kuren View Bio
    Lawson & Ruth
    Van Kuren
    Induction: 2015
    Service & Contribution

2014

  • Judy Crabb View Bio
    Judy
    Crabb
    Induction: 2014
    Contributor
  • Greg Gavin View Bio
    Greg
    Gavin
    Induction: 2014
    Football, Contributor
  • Jack Perrault View Bio
    Jack
    Perrault
    Induction: 2014
    Men's Basketball
  • Janelle Ruen-Allen View Bio
    Janelle
    Ruen-Allen
    Induction: 2014
    Volleyball, Women's Basketball
  • 2001 Team Volleyball View Bio
    2001 Team
    Volleyball
    Induction: 2014
    Volleyball
  • 2002 Team Volleyball View Bio
    2002 Team
    Volleyball
    Induction: 2014
    Volleyball

2013

  • Tom Ackerman View Bio
    Tom
    Ackerman
    Induction: 2013
    Football
  • Larry Hattemer View Bio
    Larry
    Hattemer
    Induction: 2013
    Football, Contributor
  • Mick Landmark View Bio
    Mick
    Landmark
    Induction: 2013
    Football
  • Vic Wallace View Bio
    Vic
    Wallace
    Induction: 2013
    Service & Contribution
  • Hal Werner View Bio
    Hal
    Werner
    Induction: 2013
    Men's Track & Field, Contributor
  • 1986-87 Team Women's Basketball View Bio
    1986-87 Team
    Women's Basketball
    Induction: 2013
    Women's Basketball

2012

  • 1997 Team Football View Bio
    1997 Team
    Football
    Induction: 2012
    Football
  • Scott Garske View Bio
    Scott
    Garske
    Induction: 2012
    Football, Men's Track & Field
  • Jon Heimbigner View Bio
    Jon
    Heimbigner
    Induction: 2012
    Service & Contribution
  • Don Kallem View Bio
    Don
    Kallem
    Induction: 2012
    Contributor, Men's Golf
  • Joyce Rainwater-Blount View Bio
    Joyce
    Rainwater-Blount
    Induction: 2012
    Women's Track & Field

2011

  • Holt Brewer View Bio
    Holt
    Brewer
    Induction: 2011
    Football, Men's Track & Field, Men's Basketball
  • Ken Dolan View Bio
    Ken
    Dolan
    Induction: 2011
    Service & Contribution
  • H. George Frederickson View Bio
    H. George
    Frederickson
    Induction: 2011
    Service & Contribution
  • Rob Friese View Bio
    Rob
    Friese
    Induction: 2011
    Football, Contributor
  • Russ Hartman View Bio
    Russ
    Hartman
    Induction: 2011
    Service & Contribution
  • Jim Kirschbaum View Bio
    Jim
    Kirschbaum
    Induction: 2011
    Service & Contribution
  • 1949-50 Team Men's Basketball View Bio
    1949-50 Team
    Men's Basketball
    Induction: 2011
    Men's Basketball
  • Jack View Bio
    Jack "Rabbit"
    Roffler
    Induction: 2011
    Contributor, Men's Basketball
  • Richard View Bio
    Richard "Curly"
    Rousseau
    Induction: 2011
    Contributor, Baseball
  • Bill Shaw View Bio
    Bill
    Shaw
    Induction: 2011
    Service & Contribution
  • Suzanne Vick View Bio
    Suzanne
    Vick
    Induction: 2011
    Volleyball

2010

  • Ernie Afaganis View Bio
    Ernie
    Afaganis
    Induction: 2010
    Service & Contribution
  • Seville Broussard-Hering View Bio
    Seville
    Broussard-Hering
    Induction: 2010
    Women's Track & Field
  • 1950 Team Football View Bio
    1950 Team
    Football
    Induction: 2010
    Football
  • Curt Hisaw View Bio
    Curt
    Hisaw
    Induction: 2010
    Men's Track & Field
  • Albert Harold View Bio
    Albert Harold "Abe"
    Poffenroth
    Induction: 2010
    Football
  • Bill Smithpeters View Bio
    Bill
    Smithpeters
    Induction: 2010
    Women's Basketball
  • Arthur C. View Bio
    Arthur C. "Woody"
    Woodward
    Induction: 2010
    Service & Contribution

2009

  • Curt Byrnes View Bio
    Curt
    Byrnes
    Induction: 2009
    Football, Wrestling
  • Ed Fisher View Bio
    Ed
    Fisher
    Induction: 2009
    Football, Men's Track & Field, Contributor
  • George Gablehouse View Bio
    George
    Gablehouse
    Induction: 2009
    Contributor, Men's Basketball
  • Mike Reed View Bio
    Mike
    Reed
    Induction: 2009
    Wrestling
  • 1989 Team Volleyball View Bio
    1989 Team
    Volleyball
    Induction: 2009
    Volleyball
  • Tracy Walters View Bio
    Tracy
    Walters
    Induction: 2009
    Men's Track & Field, Contributor
  • Jim Wasem, Sr. View Bio
    Jim
    Wasem, Sr.
    Induction: 2009
    Service & Contribution

2008

  • Jack Benson View Bio
    Jack
    Benson
    Induction: 2008
    Contributor, Men's Gymnastics
  • Maxine Davis View Bio
    Maxine
    Davis
    Induction: 2008
    Women's Gymnastics
  • Gary Lindeblad View Bio
    Gary
    Lindeblad
    Induction: 2008
    Contributor, Men's Golf
  • Chuck Randall View Bio
    Chuck
    Randall
    Induction: 2008
    Service & Contribution
  • Kevin Sargent View Bio
    Kevin
    Sargent
    Induction: 2008
    Football

2007

  • Kim Exner View Bio
    Kim
    Exner
    Induction: 2007
    Volleyball
  • John Lothspeich View Bio
    John
    Lothspeich
    Induction: 2007
    Service & Contribution
  • Kari McKay View Bio
    Kari
    McKay
    Induction: 2007
    Women's Track & Field, Women's Cross Country
  • 1982 Team Men's Cross Country View Bio
    1982 Team
    Men's Cross Country
    Induction: 2007
    Men's Cross Country
  • Meriel Michelson View Bio
    Meriel
    Michelson
    Induction: 2007
    Football
  • Pamela Parks View Bio
    Pamela
    Parks
    Induction: 2007
    Contributor, Volleyball
  • Thorne Tibbitts View Bio
    Thorne
    Tibbitts
    Induction: 2007
    Contributor, Men's Gymnastics
  • 1977 Team Wrestling View Bio
    1977 Team
    Wrestling
    Induction: 2007
    Wrestling

2006

  • Bill Diedrick, Jr. View Bio
    Bill
    Diedrick, Jr.
    Induction: 2006
    Football, Contributor

2005

  • Vic, Tony & Fred Carpine View Bio
    Vic, Tony & Fred
    Carpine
    Induction: 2005
    Men's Track & Field, Contributor
  • Dick Edwards View Bio
    Dick
    Edwards
    Induction: 2005
    Men's Basketball
  • 1985 Team Football View Bio
    1985 Team
    Football
    Induction: 2005
    Football
  • Jerry Krause View Bio
    Jerry
    Krause
    Induction: 2005
    Contributor, Men's Basketball
  • Jo Anderson McDonald View Bio
    Jo Anderson
    McDonald
    Induction: 2005
    Contributor, Women's Gymnastics

2003

  • Lisa Comstock-Schultz View Bio
    Lisa
    Comstock-Schultz
    Induction: 2003
    Contributor, Women's Basketball
  • Wayne Gilman View Bio
    Wayne
    Gilman
    Induction: 2003
    Contributor, Men's Basketball
  • Wanda Jewell View Bio
    Wanda
    Jewell
    Induction: 2003
    Contributor, Shooting
  • 1945-46 Team Men's Basketball View Bio
    1945-46 Team
    Men's Basketball
    Induction: 2003
    Men's Basketball
  • Bob Picard View Bio
    Bob
    Picard
    Induction: 2003
    Football, Men's Basketball

2001

  • Juli Argotow View Bio
    Juli
    Argotow
    Induction: 2001
    Volleyball
  • 1967 Team Football View Bio
    1967 Team
    Football
    Induction: 2001
    Football
  • Jerry Martin View Bio
    Jerry
    Martin
    Induction: 2001
    Men's Track & Field, Contributor, Women's Track & Field
  • Ron Raver View Bio
    Ron
    Raver
    Induction: 2001
    Contributor, Men's Basketball, Men's Tennis
  • Dave Svendsen View Bio
    Dave
    Svendsen
    Induction: 2001
    Football
  • Pat Whitehill View Bio
    Pat
    Whitehill
    Induction: 2001
    Men's Track & Field, Contributor, Men's Basketball

1999

  • Ron Chadwick View Bio
    Ron
    Chadwick
    Induction: 1999
    Men's Track & Field
  • Ed Chissus View Bio
    Ed
    Chissus
    Induction: 1999
    Football, Men's Track & Field, Baseball
  • Maria Loos-Lefler View Bio
    Maria
    Loos-Lefler
    Induction: 1999
    Women's Basketball
  • Mel Stanton View Bio
    Mel
    Stanton
    Induction: 1999
    Football
  • Patsy Utter View Bio
    Patsy
    Utter
    Induction: 1999
    Contributor
  • Dick Zornes View Bio
    Dick
    Zornes
    Induction: 1999
    Football, Contributor

1998

  • Ron Cox View Bio
    Ron
    Cox
    Induction: 1998
    Men's Basketball
  • Dick Eicher View Bio
    Dick
    Eicher
    Induction: 1998
    Men's Basketball
  • C. Peggy Gazette View Bio
    C. Peggy
    Gazette
    Induction: 1998
    Contributor
  • Herm Pein View Bio
    Herm
    Pein
    Induction: 1998
    Football, Boxing
  • Kurt Schulz View Bio
    Kurt
    Schulz
    Induction: 1998
    Football
  • Brenda Souther-Robinson View Bio
    Brenda
    Souther-Robinson
    Induction: 1998
    Women's Basketball

1996

  • Lanny Davidson View Bio
    Lanny
    Davidson
    Induction: 1996
    Wrestling
  • Dave Holmes View Bio
    Dave
    Holmes
    Induction: 1996
    Football
  • Irv Leifer View Bio
    Irv
    Leifer
    Induction: 1996
    Men's Basketball
  • Bob Maplestone View Bio
    Bob
    Maplestone
    Induction: 1996
    Men's Track & Field, Men's Cross Country
  • Launi Meili View Bio
    Launi
    Meili
    Induction: 1996
    Shooting
  • Red Reese View Bio
    Red
    Reese
    Induction: 1996
    Football, Men's Track & Field, Men's Basketball
  • Ed Simmons View Bio
    Ed
    Simmons
    Induction: 1996
    Football