The Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome 10 former standouts this fall, with the induction ceremony scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26, and public recognition taking place Saturday, Sept. 27, during the Cardinal’s football game against San Jose State.

The Class of 2025 includes Sarah Beeson Andersen (softball), Erin Burdette (women’s tennis), David DeCastro (football), Ryan Garko (baseball), Dan Gill (men’s gymnastics), Kiley Neushul (women’s water polo), Kelley O’Hara (women’s soccer), Jeanette Pohlen (women’s basketball), Chasson Randle (men’s basketball), and Tank Williams (football).

Student-athletes are eligible for induction 10 years after their final competition season (Neushul and Randle are first-ballot selections this year). The selection process prioritizes collegiate athletic success (individual and team) and scholastic achievement, in addition to professional career honors, while also considering character, representation of Stanford University, and contributions to sport and society. Inductees must attend the ceremony in person.

Among the most notable achievements of the Class of 2025:

• All 10 inductees were honored as All-Americans, combining for 30 honors overall.

• 2 inductees were members of an NCAA championship team, while 2 inductees claimed NCAA individual titles.

• 5 inductees were honored as their sport’s national player of the year.

• 6 inductees led their team to a conference championship, while 5 inductees were named their conference’s player of the year.

• 3 inductees were recognized as CSC Academic All-Americans.

• 2 inductees were Olympic medalists, combining for 3 medals overall (2 gold, 1 bronze).

The Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame will feature 490 individuals (including 33 multi-sport athletes) following the induction of this year’s class.

The Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame was originated by Walt Gamage, a longtime sports editor of the Palo Alto Times. Gamage, who had previously worked on many neighborhood newspapers in the Chicago area, moved to Palo Alto in 1944 and quickly became interested in Stanford sports. In early 1954, Gamage organized a Hall of Fame. The first class of inductees, including 34 of the greatest names in Stanford sports history, was announced in a full-page spread in the Palo Alto Times on Dec. 21, 1954.

Sarah Beeson Andersen • Softball • 1999-2002

• 5th inductee from Softball and first since Lauren Lappin in 2023

• Led Cardinal to four NCAA appearances, including the program’s first NCAA Women’s College World Series berth in 2001, resulting in a semifinal finish

• Guided Stanford to 183 wins over four seasons, including a program-best 54 victories in 2001

• 3-time NFCA All-American (2000-02), one of only five players in school history to earn All-America status in at least three seasons, including first-team honors in 2001

• 4-time All-Pac-10 selection (1999-02), including first-team accolades in her final two seasons

• School record holder in career putouts (1,957) while also ranking second all-time in RBI (201), third in walks (115), fourth in games played (261), fourth in doubles (66) and sixth in hits (259)

• CSC Academic All-America First Team (2002), 4-time NFCA Scholar-Athlete honoree (1999-2002) and 3-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection (2000-02)

• NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient (2002)

Erin Burdette • Women’s Tennis • 2002-05

• 20th inductee from Women’s Tennis and first since Nicole Gibbs in 2023

• Member of three NCAA championship teams (2002, 2004-05) in addition to a runner-up finish in 2003

• Provided the clinching point in all three NCAA championship matches during her career, including the final two in Athens, Georgia, less than 80 miles from her hometown

• Fueled Cardinal to 56 wins combined over back-to-back undefeated seasons as a junior and senior, kick-starting an eventual 89-match winning streak that stretched into 2007

• NCAA Doubles champion (2005) with Alice Barnes, posting a 33-6 record

• 2-time ITA National Doubles Team of the Year member, pairing with Lauren Barnikow (2004) and Alice Barnes (2005)

• 6-time ITA All-American, honored in both singles and doubles during her freshman and sophomore seasons

• Powered Cardinal to four Pac-10 team championships and a 2-time Pac-10 Doubles Team of the Year honoree, pairing with Lauren Barnikow (2003-04)

• Returned to The Farm for seven seasons as the program’s volunteer assistant coach (2015-21), helping lead Stanford to three more NCAA titles while on staff

David DeCastro • Football • 2008-11

• 100th inductee from Football and first since Stepfán Taylor in 2024

• Member of three bowl teams, highlighted by a 40-12 victory over Virginia Tech in the 2011 Orange Bowl

• Recognized as the best guard in program history, starting all 39 games he played in while producing 316 knockdowns, 68 touchdown-resulting blocks and a blocking consistency grade of 91.63%

• All-American (2011), one of only 10 unanimous first-team honorees in school history

• Outland Trophy finalist (2011), awarded to the best interior lineman in college football by the Football Writers Association of America

• First-Team Freshman All-American (2009) by College Football News, starting all 13 games as a redshirt freshman

• 2-time All-Pac-10 first-team selection (2010-11)

• Selected in the first round (No. 24 overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers

• In nine seasons (2012-20) with Pittsburgh, was a six-time Pro Bowl selection (2015-20) and three-time All-Pro (2015-17)

Ryan Garko • Baseball • 2000-03

• 50th inductee from Baseball and first since Carlos Quentin in 2024

• Guided Stanford to four NCAA College World Series appearances (2000-03), including runner-up finishes in 2000-01 and 2003 and a semifinal effort in 2002

• 2-time member of the NCAA College World Series All-Tournament Team (2001, 2003)

• Johnny Bench Award recipient (2003), presented annually to college baseball’s top NCAA Division I catcher

• First-Team All-American (2003), closing out a senior season in which he led team in batting average (.402), doubles (24), home runs (18) and a school-record RBI (92) while striking out only 17 times

• One of six players in school history to hit .400 or better in a season and boasted a career batting average of .350

• Co-Pac-10 Player of the Year (2003), 2-time all-conference pick (2002-03) and member of two Pac-10 championship teams (2000, 2003)

• Selected in the third round (No. 78 overall) of the 2003 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians, beginning a six-year MLB career that also included stops with the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers

• Returned to The Farm as an assistant coach in 2014 and also served as the head coach for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers (2016-17) and University of the Pacific (2018-19)

Dan Gill • Men’s Gymnastics • 2001-04

• 6th inductee from Men’s Gymnastics and first since Josh Stein in 2018

• Member of four teams that qualified for NCAA Championships, with the Cardinal placing sixth overall in 2002 as the best season during his career

• Nissen-Emery Award winner (2004), presented annually to the top senior gymnast in the nation and one of seven honorees in program history

• NCAA champion (2002) on vault, one of six Cardinal gymnasts to win an individual national title on that apparatus

• 9-time NCAA All-American (2001-04), earning at least one honor in each of his four seasons

• Earned five All-America honors as a senior (2004), one of four gymnasts in school history to achieve five All-America accolades at a single NCAA championship

• MPSF Gymnast of the Year (2004), the first gymnast in school history to receive the honor and one of seven recipients overall

• Member of the U.S. National Team (2003-04) and competed on the bronze medal-winning squad at the Pan American Games that year

Kiley Neushul • Women’s Water Polo • 2012-15

• 7th inductee from Women’s Water Polo and first since Annika Dries in 2024

• Member of three NCAA championship teams (2012, 2014-15), with the Cardinal also delivering a runner-up finish (2013)

• Clinched 2015 NCAA title when she converted the game-winning penalty shot with 11 seconds remaining in a 7-6 victory over UCLA – one of her five goals in the match

• 2-time Peter J. Cutino Award recipient (2012, 2015) and ACWPC Player of the Year (2012)

• 4-time All-American, one of 16 players in school history to earn recognition in all four seasons

• MPSF Newcomer of the Year (2012) and member of the 2014 MPSF championship team

• 2-time NCAA All-Tournament Team pick (2014-15) and 3-time MPSF All-Tournament selection (2012, 2014-15)

• Ranks seventh in school history in career goals (222)

• Olympic medalist with Team USA (2016 gold)

Kelley O’Hara • Women’s Soccer • 2006-09

• 9th inductee from Women’s Soccer and first since Teresa Noyola in 2024

• Led Cardinal to four NCAA appearances (2006-09), back-to-back NCAA College Cups (2008-09) and a national runner-up finish (2009)

• MAC Hermann Trophy Award recipient (2009) – the first recipient in school history – along with Soccer America Player of the Year (2009) and NSCAA Player of the Year (2009), leading the nation in goals (26) and points (65) as a senior

• 3-time NSCAA All-American (2007-09) and NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team pick (2009)

• Pac-10 Player of the Year (2009), fueling the Cardinal to its first conference title in seven seasons, and a 4-time All-Pac-10 selection (2006-09)

• Ranks fourth in school history in points (146), fourth in goals (57), and fifth in shots (344)

• 3-time Olympian with Team USA (2012, 2016, 2020) and two-time medalist (2012 gold, 2020 bronze), concluding her USWNT career with 160 caps and playing in every senior world championship from 2011-23

• 4-time World Cup participant with Team USA (2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) and three-time medalist (2011 silver, 2015 gold, 2019 gold)

• Competed 11 seasons in NWSL, winning championships with Gotham FC (2023) and Washington Spirit (2021) while also collecting a title with FC Gold Pride (2010) of the WPS

• CSC Academic All-America First Team (2009), NSCAA National Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2009), Senior CLASS Award finalist (2009), 3-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection (2007-09)

Jeanette Pohlen • Women’s Basketball • 2007-11

• 16th inductee from Women’s Basketball and first since Chiney Ogwumike in 2024

• Led Stanford to four NCAA Final Fours (2008-11), two national runner-up finishes (2008, 2010) and records of 137-14 (overall) and 69-3 (conference)

• Associated Press First-Team All-American (2011), John R. Wooden All-America Team (2011), U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-American (2011)

• Pac-10 Player of the Year (2011), 3-time all-conference honoree (2009-11) and member of four conference championship teams that swept the regular-season and tournament titles each year

• Ranks third in school history in minutes played (4,355), fourth in games played (150), fourth in career three-pointers (268) and sixth in career assists (560)

• Signature moment was a buzzer-beating, coast-to-coast layup with 4.4 seconds left to propel Stanford past Xavier 55-53 in the 2010 NCAA Regional Final, advancing to the Final Four

• Selected in the first round (No. 9 overall) of 2011 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever, playing 148 career games for the franchise and winning a WNBA title (2012) while leading the league in three-point shooting percentage (2011)

• Returned to The Farm and enters her fifth season as a member of the coaching staff, serving as an assistant coach

Chasson Randle • Men’s Basketball • 2011-15

• 44th inductee from Men’s Basketball and first since Arthur Lee in 2023

• Guided Cardinal to NCAA Sweet 16 appearance (2014) and a pair of NIT championships (2012, 2015)

• Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American (2015), leading team in scoring (19.6 ppg), assists (112) and steals (50) while ranking 19th nationally in free throw percentage (87.7)

• 2015 NIT Most Outstanding Player, averaging 23.6 points over the tournament run, including a game-high 25 points in the title game over Miami

• Program’s all-time leader in scoring (2,375 points), games started (142) and minutes played (4,791) while also ranking second in school history in career three-pointers (304), third in career field goals (760), third in career steals (167) and fourth in career free throws (551)

• 2-time All-Pac-12 First Team selection (2014-15) and a member of the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2012)

• CSC Academic All-America First Team (2015), Senior CLASS First-Team All-American (2015), Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2015) and 3-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection (2013-15)

• Played four seasons in NBA (2017-21) while also a member of championship teams in the NBA G League (2021, 2025), EuroLeague (2018), Liga ACB (2018) and NBL (2016)

Tank Williams • Football • 1998-2001

• 101st inductee from Football, joining David DeCastro in 2025

• Member of two bowl teams, competing in the 2000 Rose Bowl and 2001 Seattle Bowl

• First-Team All-American (2001), becoming the first defensive back in school history to earn such recognition thanks to his elite combination of size and speed

• First-Team All-Pac-10 (2001) selection and team co-captain as a senior, producing a team-high five interceptions while leading the Cardinal to its most victories (9) since 1992

• Second-Team All-Pac-10 (2000) honoree and cornerstone of the Cardinal’s 1999 Pac-10 championship team, recording six tackles as a starter in the Rose Bowl

• Nine career interceptions rank tied for 10th in school history

• Selected in the second round (No. 45 overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans, finishing fourth in the 2002 Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year voting after registering 16 starts, two sacks, one interception and six passes defended

• Totaled 70 games, 59 starts, five interceptions and 283 total tackles over a seven-year NFL career, playing for the Tennessee Titans, Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots

• Returned to The Farm and begins his second season as a defensive quality control analyst

An estimated 20,000 people attended a Summer Bhangra Jam in Surrey over the weekend.

The Aug. 2 event, billed as a “celebration of music, dance, and culture” with free admission, was hosted by radio station RED-FM for a second year, with Scotiabank sponsorship.

At Holland Park, the Saturday event also featured food stalls, a marketplace and a kids’ zone.

“This was one of the most electrifying Punjabi events of the season and more than 20,000 people attended the all day-event, headlined by two of the hottest names in Punjabi music – Gurnam Bhullar and Harjit Harman,” according to Pooja Sekhon, program director.

“The high-energy celebration was packed with thumping beats, colourful vibes, and non-stop entertainment, bringing together Bhangra lovers for a day of pure desi magic.”

 

 

 

The Trump Administration updated its visa guidelines Monday to bar transgender women athletes from competing in women’s sports.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its policy manual to reflect President Donald Trump’s executive order from February, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” Several visa categories for “exceptional ability” are impacted, which include both athletic performance and other specialties like science, art, education, and business. It also affects national interest waivers, a process by which people can self-petition for a green card by saying their work benefits the national interest. The policy went into effect immediately and applies to any pending applications.

The new policy does not include the word “transgender,” but rather USCIS refers to “male aliens seeking immigration benefits” to compete in women’s sports.

“Men do not belong in women’s sports. USCIS is closing the loophole for foreign male athletes whose only chance at winning elite sports is to change their gender identity and leverage their biological advantages against women,” USCIS spokesperson Matthew Tragesser said in a statement. “It’s a matter of safety, fairness, respect, and truth that only female athletes receive a visa to come to the U.S. to participate in women’s sports. The Trump Administration is standing up for the silent majority who’ve long been victims of leftist policies that defy common sense.”

The Trump Administration has pushed hard to bar transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. The Department of Justice has sued Maine and California for their trans athlete policies.

In July, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee updated its policy to exclude any transgender women from competing in women’s sports, citing the executive order, and said that national governing bodies needed to follow its guidance. The NCAA made a similar rule change shortly after the executive order in February.

Los Angeles is hosting the Olympics in 2028, and combined with the recent USOPC guidance, the new USCIS policy further indicates transgender athletes won’t be allowed to compete in any women’s sports competitions at the Games. The other major international women’s sports tournament on the horizon for the U.S. is the 2031 Women’s World Cup, which it will host along with Mexico.

The administration has also used visas as a way to control sporting events. Its list of banned countries has exceptions for players in the FIFA men’s World Cup, for example, but not for fans. As it currently stands, fans from popular tournament teams like Haiti won’t be able to attend any matches held in the U.S. A Venezuelan Little League World Series team was also denied their visas to compete, but on Tuesday The Athletic reported they had received a “national exemption.”

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BOCA RATON, Fla — Jessica Carter has been named an assistant coach for the Florida Atlantic women’s track & field and cross country team, announced by Head Coach Alex Smolka on Tuesday. 

Carter joins the staff after spending the past seven years at Charles Flanagan High School, where the boys’ cross country team won the district title. She also coached the girls to back-to-back district titles in the last two years. Carter was the 4A-3A Boys Coach of the Year in 2025. Prior to coaching high school, Carter spent eight years at FIU as an assistant and head coach of the track and field program. She started her time as a Panther as an assistant coach, mainly focused on long sprints, and after four years, was elevated to head coach. 

Prior to her time at FIU, she spent three years as an assistant men’s and women’s track and field coach at Morgan State University, where she was responsible for recruiting long and short sprinters. 

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Head Coach Alex Smolka

“I’m incredibly excited to welcome Jessica Carter to our Florida Atlantic women’s track & field program as our new sprints coach. Her passion for the sport, wealth of experience, and commitment to developing student-athletes make her an outstanding addition to our staff. I’m confident she will have a tremendous impact on our team culture and competitive success moving forward.” 

Assistant Coach Jessica Carter

“I am eager to get back into college coaching and excited and honored to be a part of the program. There is a world of potential in these young ladies, and the sky is the limit. Looking forward to new beginnings and an ‘owlstanding’ season.”

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – The K-State track and field teams had 34 Wildcats featured on the Academic All-Big 12 Teams as announced by the conference on Tuesday (August 5).
 
Twenty-six Wildcats, eight men and 18 women, were named to the Spring Team while eight freshmen were named to the All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
 
Six Wildcats achieved the honor by earning a 4.00 GPA– Devin Chappel, Jourdin Edwards, Cecilia Fisher, Emil Uhlin and freshmen Brock Olsen and Peyton Willbanks. Fisher achieved  4.00 GPA for a consecutive season.
 
Uhlin, a native of Falun, Sweden, was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team on July 16 while Edwards, Nate Collier, Tommy Hazen and Tavon Underwood earned similar accolades with the CSC Academic All-District Team in June.
 
To qualify, student-athletes must maintain at least a 3.20 GPA either cumulative or over two previous semesters and must have participated in 20% of their team’s scheduled events. Seniors who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
 
2025 Academic All-Big 12 Track & Field Team
Devin Chappel, So., Kinesiology*
Nate Collier, Jr., Kinesiology
Alex Gutierrez, Sr., Finance
Matthew Hauser, Sr., Architectural Engineering
Tommy Hazen, Sr., Operations & Supply Chain Management
Riley Marx, So., Business Administration, Pre-Professional
Emil Uhlin, Sr., Biology*
Tavon Underwood, So., Mechanical Engineering
Ludivine Aubert, Sr., Political Science
Paige Baker, So., Business Administration, Pre-Professional
Claire Bybee, Jr., Communication Sciences & Disorders
Charlotte Cattermole-Williams, Sr., Kinesiology
Lindsey DeWitt, Jr., Elementary Education
Jourdin Edwards, Jr., Modern Languages- Spanish*
Sharie Enoe, Jr., Athletic Training & Rehabilitation Sciences
Cecilia Fisher, Jr., Mathematics Education*
Christine Jerono, So., Athletic Training & Rehabilitation Sciences
Brooklyn Jones, So., Integrative Human Sciences
Tamaiah Koonce, Jr., News and Sports Media
Kate Kowalik, Sr., Marketing
Grace Meyer, Jr., Kinesiology
Alexa Rios, Jr., Dietetics
Jaycee Schroeder, Sr., Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology
Saydee Tanking, Jr., Management
Grace Thompson, Sr., Leadership
Delaney Wright, Jr., Accounting
 
2025 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Track & Field Team
Lucas Holdren
Brock Olsen*
Lance Owen
Jack Steger
Ariana Jackson
Stella Miner
Peyton Willbanks (Cross Country)
Bree Newport (Cross Country)*
 
 

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The Long Beach State softball program welcomed in the fifth head coach in program history with the hiring of Kendall Fearn, who will get her first crack at a head coaching job with the Beach.

Fearn comes to Long Beach from San Diego State, where she was the top assistant and recruiting coordinator with the Aztecs for the past three seasons. It was a successful stretch at SDSU, which included a Super Regional appearance in 2023, with the Aztecs ending up a win away from the Women’s College World Series.

A native of Carlsbad, Fearn was thrilled to get the chance to move up to the role of head coach while remaining in Southern California, and she said she’s had an admiration for the history of the Long Beach State program. So when the job came open following the retirement of head coach Kim Sowder after her 19 years at the helm, it was an opportunity she couldn’t pass up.

“That’s one thing that’s really drawn me to Long Beach is the community,” said Fearn. “This is a place that has a lot of pride in what makes Long Beach great, and I want the team to reflect our community. I think that it’s a very hard-working, proud, gritty, and culturally diverse place, and I love it.”

As an athlete herself, Fearn was a four-year starter as an infielder at UNLV, playing for Long Beach State coaching legend Pete Manarino. After her playing days, she immediately transitioned into coaching–first with the Rebels, then at Georgia Southern and at Marshall.

Fearn spent five seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Indiana before returning home to Southern California to coach at San Diego State in 2023. At each stop, she’s worked with the offense and defense, but her specialty may lie on the recruiting trail, which will be a major point of emphasis in keeping LBSU among the top programs in the Big West.

“Being able to continue that success, it’s all about a high level of recruiting, which has been a huge part of my career,” Fearn explained. “I have a process, our staff is really gifted with recruiting, and then once you get great athletes in the program to go with the current ones that we have, it’s all about culture, player development and relationships. And when those things are taken care of, the wins take care of themselves.”

Fearn acknowledged the importance of the transfer portal in modern college athletics, and said a solid portion of Long Beach State’s roster will be filled out via the portal each season. She’s already made a splash in her first month on the job, bringing in a handful of Division I transfers already.

All five of those transfers are Southern California natives, including Long Beach Poly High grad Bella Alonso, who has pitched at conference rivals CSUN the past three seasons. She’ll join pitcher Jailynn Banda (St. John’s), infielder Jiselle Hernandez (Penn State), catcher Audree Mendoza (Penn State) and infielder Brooke Subia (Portland State) as incoming players for the Beach in 2026.

Long Beach State also offers some added familiarity for Fearn, who worked with LBSU Athletic Director Bobby Smitheran at San Diego State, along with Deputy AD Gladie Jaffe. Fearn is the latest high-profile coaching hire to join the Beach from SDSU, following the likes of men’s basketball head coach Chris Acker.

“They’re incredible leaders, they’re innovative, and driven to make Long Beach State successful,” Fearn said. “Bobby has family ties to Long Beach State, and there’s a lot of pride there. And I want to win for this admin. My experiences with them at San Diego State, when we went to Super Regionals, they were a huge piece of our support team, helping provide a great experience for not only our players, but our coaching staff.”

Fearn said her first call in filling out her coaching staff went to Tyler Heil, who accepted the position of assistant coach at the Beach. He was the head coach at Santa Barbara City College last season, and has Division 1 coaching experience at New Mexico and UCF.

Heil will help oversee the offense and defense for the Beach, and Fearn said she’s planning to build a roster that has a “robust combination of speed and power”, as she hopes to put an aggressive, fast-paced product on the field that puts pressure on the opposition.

Beyond softball, Fearn said she’s committed to creating a welcoming culture that focuses on more than just wins and losses, and provides a platform for her athletes to succeed not just on the diamond, but wherever life takes them.

“I’m a transformational coach that’s deeply invested in their process and in their journey, and I want to give them all the tools to be successful on the field, off the field, socially, academically, all those things,” Fearn explained. “The goal is championships, but at the end of the day, the goal is building strong, confident women to take on not only college softball, but also life after.”