The 2025 class to be inducted into the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame was recently announced. The 17th class to be inducted into the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame will be honored during special ceremonies surrounding Liberty’s Hall of Fame and Homecoming Weekend football game against Delaware on Nov. 1 at Williams Stadium.
The Hall of Fame now includes 94 members who have helped shape the Liberty Athletic program which was established in 1972. As the Hall of Fame has now got a good sample size, here is a look at who is in the Hall of Fame, including the Class of 2025, broken down by sport.
Football (18)
Kelvin Edwards
Chip Smith
Fred Banks
John Sanders
Robby Justino
Wayne Haddix
Eric Green
Sam Rutigliano (coach)
Steve Kearns
Richard Shelton
Rashad Jennings
Mickey Paige
Morgan Hout (coach)
James McKnight
Glenn Inverso
Rupert Wright
Dre Barnes
Mike Brown
Track & Field/Cross Country (18)
Gina [Gibson] Richardson
Heather [Sagan] Zealand
Ryan Werner
Mike Decker
Jake Matthes
Delethea Quarles
Annie Hunt Fairchild
Sam Chelanga
Danielle [McNaney] Detmer
Johnnie Engelhardt
Henry Elliott
Andrea [Wildrick] Hampson
Jacob Swinton
Todd Pettyjohn
Jennifer [Klugh] Margraff
Clendon Henderson
Brant Tolsma (coach)
Men’s Basketball (12)
Karl Hess
Mark Chafin
Bailey Alston
Matt Hildebrand
Ed Vickers
Julius Nwosu
Peter Aluma
Steve Isaacs
Larry Blair
Jeff Meyer (coach)
Jesse Sanders
Women’s Basketball (8)
Elena [Kisseleva] Bengds
Theresa Bream (women’s basketball/volleyball)
Sharon [Snodgrass] May
Katie [Feenstra] Mattera
Sharon [Wilkerson] Emory
Megan [Frazee] Leuzinger
Sarah [Wilkerson] Erps
Kristal [Tharp] Bechtold
Baseball (8)
Sid Bream
Lee Guetterman
Al Worthington (head baseball coach and athletics director)
Pat Sipe
Randy Tomlin
Renard Brown
Jeff Mincey
Keith Butler
Admin/Misc. (6)
Dr. Jerry Falwell (founder/former University chancellor)
Arthur L. Williams (athletics financial supporter)
Jerry Edwards (radio play-by-play)
Dave Williams (strength and conditioning coach)
Chuck Burch (athletics administration/athletics director)
Bill Gillespie (men’s track & field/football/strength and conditioning coach)
Wrestling (5)
Bob Bonheim (coach)
Jesse Castro
Mike Hatch
Warren Stewart
Pat Bussey
Volleyball (4)
Brenda Bonheim (volleyball and women’s basketball coach)
Anthonia [Akpama] Oyedele
Kyrie [Dorn] Adams
Erin [McKeown] Hagen
Men’s Soccer (4)
Paul Annan
Bill Bell (coach)
Samuel Johnson
Jose Gomez
Softball (4)
Katie [Phillips] Bigham
Jessica Moore
Paul Wetmore (coach)
Stacy [Radulovich] Neal
Golf (3)
Todd Setsma
Frank Landrey (coach)
Robert Karlsson
Women’s Soccer (2)
Nancy [Davis] White
Holly Van Noord
Swimming & Diving (2)
Brye Ravettine
Alicia [Finnigan] Cardie
Field Hockey (1)
Natalie [Barr] Lyttle
Women’s Tennis (1)
Jonita [Randolph] Joseph
