RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - The Arkansas Tech University department of athletics is pleased to announce that it will induct six individuals and two teams this coming fall into its Athletic Hall of Fame. This year's class is the fourth class of the ATU Athletic Hall of Fame, which started in 2022.
 

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ARKANSAS TECH ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME (CLICK HERE)

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The newest class will be formally inducted during a ceremony that starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 4 inside Tucker Coliseum. Prior to the ceremony, there will be a social hour from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. featuring heavy hors d'oeuvres. The class will also be publicly introduced at halftime of the October 4 home football game against Southeastern Oklahoma, which has a scheduled kick-off time of 6 p.m.
 
The 2025 ATU Athletic Hall of Fame Class is comprised of four former student-athletes, one service award honoree, one coach and two teams. Below is a list of those inductees:
 

Name	Category	Sport(s)	Years at Tech
David Bevis	Student-Athlete	Men's Basketball	1992-1995
E.O. Brown^	Coach	Football	1920-1932
Jerry Burns	Service	Tech Booster Club	Began serving in 1965
Perry Goodell	Student-Athlete	Football	1970-1972
Sammy May^	Student-Athlete	Football and Baseball	1951-1954
Jennifer Richardson	Student-Athlete	Women's Basketball	1994-1998
1999 Football+	Team	Football	1999
1998-99 Women's Basketball	Team	Women's Basketball	1998-1999

 
^ - posthumous induction
 
+ - if any player or coach on the 1999 Wonder Boys football team has not filled out the contact card information, please do so at the following link: https://questionnaires.armssoftware.com/b749a54e59ed.

This will allow the ATU Athletic Department to send out formal invitations and manage RSVPs. For additional information about the ATU Athletic Hall of Fame, contact: Amy Anderson - aanderson41@atu.edu – 479-498-6071