CU Athletic Hall of Fame

The University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1998 to recognize outstanding individual and team accomplishments and to preserve the heritage and tradition of the CU Athletic Department.

Appropriately, one of CU's most distinguished alumni, former United States Supreme Court Justice Byron "Whizzer" White, was the lone member inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 1998.

The 2026 class will be announced soon and will be the 21st inducted into the Hall since it was conceived in 1998. This year's honorees will join 177 individuals (including seven Legacy Wing inductees along with the 1959 ski team as a unit) who have been enshrined to date.

The class of 2026, which will include Athletic Hall of Fame and its Legacy Wing and the Hall of Honor, will officially be inducted the weekend of October 29-31, with the induction ceremony taking place on Thursday, October 29. The class will then be featured in the Pearl Street Stampede parade on Friday, October 30 before being introduced at halftime of the home football game against Kansas State on Saturday, October 31.