{"id":27482,"date":"2026-07-20T20:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/?p=27482"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:51:36","slug":"pitt-athletics-hall-of-fame-2026-class-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/pitt-athletics-hall-of-fame-2026-class-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame 2026 Class Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PittHallofFame.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-27483\" src=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PittHallofFame.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PittHallofFame.png 860w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PittHallofFame-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PittHallofFame-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>University of Pittsburgh Athletic Director\u00a0<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghpanthers.com\/staff-directory\/allen-greene\/4030\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"4030\">Allen Greene<\/a><\/dfn> announced the 2026 Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame Class.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-member class will receive enshrinement at the <strong>Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner, presented by PNC, on Friday, Sept. 11<\/strong>, at the Petersen Events Center. The group will then be recognized at Acrisure Stadium on <strong>Saturday, Sept. 12, during the Panthers&#8217; football game against UCF.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 inductees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Curtis Aiken<\/strong>\u00a0(Men&#8217;s Basketball)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antonio L. Bryant\u00a0<\/strong>(Football)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meagan Dooley<\/strong>\u00a0(Volleyball)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dominic Giordano<\/strong>\u00a0(Swimming &amp; Diving)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Randy Holloway<\/strong>\u00a0(Football)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bryant J Salter<\/strong>\u00a0(Track &amp; Field \/ Football)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan Ujevich\u00a0Bellhy<\/strong>\u00a0(Swimming &amp; Diving)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marcedes Walker<\/strong>\u00a0(Women&#8217;s Basketball)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The depth of excellence represented in this year&#8217;s class is a testament to what Pitt Athletics has meant to so many student-athletes across generations and sports,&#8221; Greene said. &#8220;This class captures the full breadth of our tradition, from a national championship diver to a Biletnikoff Award winner to a two-sport standout who earned All-America honors in the same era Pitt was winning national titles in football. It was a privilege to deliver the news personally to each of them, and I look forward to honoring them in September.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nominations for the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame were solicited from the public. Candidates must be five years removed from their final year of collegiate competition and not currently be playing professionally.<\/p>\n<p>The Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame selection committee then evaluated the candidate pool and provided a recommendation on the class to the athletic director.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Hall of Fame Dinner ticket information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pittsburghpanthers.com\/halloffame\">pittsburghpanthers.com\/halloffame<\/a>\u00a0or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:events@athletics.pitt.edu?subject=2026%20Hall%20of%20Fame\">events@athletics.pitt.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghpanthers.com\/news\/2026\/6\/2\/general-pitt-athletics-hall-of-fame-2026-class-announced\">Click Here for 2026 Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame Class Biographies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Pittsburgh Athletic Director\u00a0Allen Greene announced the 2026 Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame Class. The eight-member class will receive enshrinement at the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner, presented by PNC, on Friday, Sept. 11, at the Petersen Events &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/pitt-athletics-hall-of-fame-2026-class-announced\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":["2026-09-14 00:00"],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":["to_drafts"],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-09 16:33:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27484,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27482\/revisions\/27484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}