Eligibility Guidelines:
- Alumni/ae: Must have graduated a minimum of 5 years ago and will be evaluated on athletic achievements, sportsmanship, leadership, and team play. Their actions must have brought credit to themselves, their team, and the school.
- Coach: Must either be retired or have left Wooster and will be evaluated on their performance as a coach – keeping in mind such qualities as teaching skills, life lessons, building character, etc…
- Other: Any other individual with an official tie to Wooster – such as an athletic trainer, long-time volunteer, or a “friend” to the program.
Eligibility Considerations:
- All seniors who have earned either the Outstanding Athlete Award or the Scholar-Athlete Award will be eligible for consideration.
- All school record holders, which have stood the test of time (minimum of 10 years) will be eligible for consideration.
- All multiple MVP award winners will be eligible for consideration.
- All other nominations must have the approval of the Nominating Committee to be eligible for consideration.
Inductions: Frequency, Preferences, and Numbers of:
- Inductions will occur annually until such time when inductees become scarce. At such time, the rate at which members are inducted will be revisited.
- It is preferable to select recipients who are in a Reunion year, whenever possible.
- To launch the program, we will induct 10-12 individuals into the Hall of Fame.
Selection Procedure:
- The Nominating Committee will collect nominations from a variety of sources and make recommendations of those individuals it deems worthy of inclusion to the Selection Committee.
Nominating Committee: (Will be announced shortly)
- Members of the Nominating Committee will be announced shortly.
Selection Committee:
- Members of the Nominating Committee will be announced shortly.
Time Line:
- Early June: Class Agents send out letters to classmates seeking nominations – with a July 31 deadline. Nominations are also sought from various groups – Nominating Committee, Alumni Council, Athletic Department, Development Office … with the same deadline.
- Early June to Early August: The Nominating Committee works to find nomination-worthy candidates.
- Month of August : The Nominating Committee meets to discuss all nominees and narrows the list to just the finalists.
- Early September: The Nominating Committee meets to discuss and prioritize the finalists. The Committee forwards the prioritized list to the Selection Committee.
- September: The Selection Committee meets and determines the recipients for induction.
- October: The names of those to be inducted into the Hall of Fame are announced.
