Wesleyan Athletics is pleased to announce its 2026 Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted on Friday, November 6 in Beckman Hall.
The 12
th class in school history features seven individuals and one team, bringing the total number of inductees into Wesleyan's Hall of Fame to 75 individuals and 10 teams. The Class of 2026 includes: Jeff Galloway '67 (posthumously), Cliff Hordlow '58, Suki Hoagland '78, Hannah Stubbs '06, Donnie Cimino '15, John Driscoll '62 (posthumously), former Equipment Manager Bob Chiapetta, and the 2010 Softball team.
The induction dinner will take place on Friday, November 6 in Beckham Hall (45 Wyllys Avenue | Middletown, CT | 06457) on campus. Cocktail hour runs from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, followed by dinner and the ceremony. Tickets are $125. Ten dinner guests are allowed per table. Capacity is limited to 200 so please register early using the link below. For sponsorship information, please visit the other link below.
Wesleyan Hall of Fame Class of 2026
Jeff Galloway '67 (posthumously- men's cross country, men's track & field)
A tireless ambassador for the sport of running, Olympian, and pioneer of the run/walk method, Galloway was a formative figure in running for decades. Running for Wesleyan, Galloway developed into an All-American in both cross country and track as a senior in 1966. On that 1966 squad, Galloway ran alongside a pair of Wesleyan Hall of Famers in Amby Burfoot '68 and Bill Rodgers '70. Jeff qualified for the 1972 United States Olympic Team competing in the 10,000-meter run. He later set an American 10-mile road race record, posting a time of 47:49 while placing fifth in the 1973 Boston Marathon. Galloway was a pioneer of the run/walk method, also known as the "Galloway Method" or "Jeffing," which instructed runners to add walking intervals into their runs. A founder of running stores, running groups, and running camps over his life, Jeff created races, was a sought-after speaker, and wrote a best-selling training book. Jeff passed away in late February 2026 and is survived by his wife Barbara and son Westin.
Cliff Hordlow '58 (men's soccer, men's basketball, baseball)
A three-sport captain, Cliff was a goalkeeper on the soccer team, forward on the basketball team, and a starting pitcher for baseball throughout his four years. Named the Most Outstanding Freshman Athlete in 1955, his best season came as a senior in 1958 for the baseball team, helping lift the Cardinals to a 13-2 record and Little Three title. He went 7-0 with a 1.39 ERA in 1958, allowing only 40 hits in 71 innings while striking out 72 batters. Hordlow defeated both Amherst and Williams twice, securing the Little Three crown, while he also earned wins over UConn and Yale. Upon graduation, he earned a tryout with the New York Yankees and later competed in the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Suki Hoagland '78 (field hockey, diving, women's lacrosse)
A transformative leader for women athletics at Wesleyan during the early years following Title IX, Suki participated in varsity sports in all 12 consecutive seasons throughout her undergraduate years. A 1972 National Silver Medalist in pairs figure skating, Hoagland competed in field hockey, diving, and lacrosse for the Cardinals, participating as a diver on the men's team before women's swimming & diving was established while she played a key role in the creation of women's lacrosse at Wesleyan. In her 12
th and final season of collegiate competition, Hoagland and the Cardinals' women's lacrosse team took down Amherst 12-7 in Middletown in what was her first-ever Little Three win. Towards the end of her junior year, after attending two end-of-year sports banquets without a single award for woman athletes, Suki used her own money and arranged for engraved trophies for several standout graduating women in their respective sports. The following year, five woman athletes were honored for their contributions to women's sports, all five of which having played multiple sports. Hoagland's family donated a sterling silver tray with the names of the five women engraved. That tray and a silver replica have been awarded by the Wesleyan Athletics Department annually ever since as the Suki Hoagland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Women's Sports.
Hannah Stubbs '06 (women's basketball)
A three-time First Team All-NESCAC honoree, Hannah led the Wesleyan women's basketball program to unprecedented success in her time in the red and black. From 2002 through 2006, Stubbs led Wesleyan to 81 wins, the winningest four-year run in program history, as well as back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2005 and 2006. The 2004-05 squad won a single-season team record 22 games while advancing to the Sweet 16 of the 2005 NCAA Tournament. Stubbs shot 62.5 percent from the floor as a junior in the 2004-05 season, averaging 16.6 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. She finished her career with 1,395 points, second all-time at Wesleyan when she graduated and currently third-most in program history. Stubbs still holds single-season records in field goal percentage (62.5) and career field goal percentage (58.8), played in all 102 possible games over her four years, while she was an Academic All-American as a senior.
Donnie Cimino '15 (football, baseball)
One of the most-decorated players in the history of Wesleyan Athletics, Donnie is an eight-time All-NESCAC honoree across his career as a baseball and football player. Cimino earned All-NESCAC honors in all four baseball seasons, earning First Team honors as a sophomore and junior, while he earned four All-NESCAC honors in a three-season span for the football team in 2012-14. He is Wesleyan baseball's all-time leader in hits (240), games played (163), and at-bats (646) while he owns the single-season hits record (69). Sporting a career .373 batting average, Cimino was a two-time NESCAC batting champion, two-year team captain, and led Wesleyan to back-to-back NESCAC Championships in 2014 and 2015. On the gridiron, Cimino was a two-year team captain and four-time All-NESCAC selection, earning three of those All-NESCAC honors as a defensive back. He led Wesleyan football to its first NESCAC Championship in program history in 2013, as the Cardinals split the title with Amherst and Middlebury after going 7-1. That historic 2013 season also saw the Cardinals defeat Amherst and Williams, becoming the first Wesleyan team to win an outright Little Three Championship since 1970. He finished his career with 112 tackles, seven interceptions, and 18 passes defended. Upon graduation, Cimino was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 37
th round of the 2015 MLB Draft, joining Jeff Hopkins '66 as the only two players in Wesleyan baseball history to be drafted in the MLB Draft.
John Driscoll '62 (posthumously - football, Alumni Director)
From playing as the quarterback on Wesleyan's football team, to serving as Alumni Director for 33 years, John enjoyed a unique, lifelong connection to the University through his passing in June 2022 at the age of 82. Driscoll joined the Wesleyan staff in 1982 as Alumni Director, he had an unsurpassed ability to make friends, to engage alumni of all ages, and to build Wesleyan's community worldwide. A faithful and ever-enthusiastic fan of the Wesleyan football team, John led a revival of the Wesleyan Fight Song, teaching it to generations of Wesleyan first-year students. When he retired in 2015, John became the first Wesleyan administrator to receive "emeritus" status. Then in 2017, John and his wife Gina received the Raymond E. Baldwin Medal for extraordinary service to the University, the highest honor the Alumni Association bestows. In 2019, the Driscoll Gate on Andrus Field was named in his honor.
Bob Chiapetta (Equipment Manager)
An integral member of the Wesleyan Athletic department for 37 years, Bob Chiapetta will long be remembered for his tireless work ethic, dedication, and commitment in countless roles that go way beyond his title as Equipment Manager. Bob first arrived on campus in August 1985 to an equipment room located in Old Fayweather Hall that featured just one dryer and one 'sweat machine' as he referred to it as. Within a few years, a second equipment room was added, and Bob saw areas that he could help improve and start working towards, but his number one goal was to make sure that the changes were to benefit the athletes and help teams win. One of those initial changes, that was quite unheard of at the time, would see Bob be in the Freeman Athletic Center to greet teams when they arrived home from an away trip. It did not matter what time of night it was, Bob felt teams deserved to have someone there to welcome them back home and either congratulate them or console them. Despite not technically falling under the Equipment Room umbrella, because Bob noticed that coaches were having to take care of game day operations and not wanting that responsibility to distract from winning, Bob added operations to his list of duties. Chiapetta supervised countless student workers over his tenure, expecting them to show up on time and give 100 percent, and in return he'd show them loyalty and an appreciation that extended well beyond a student's graduation. Competitive by nature, Bob would always say, 'we don't want anyone thinking we aren't running the best Equipment Room in all of Division III.' Bob impacted nearly every person that he connected with throughout his 37 years at Wesleyan and his commitment and dedication to the job, coaches, athletes, and his student workers will be forever remembered.
2010 Softball
The first women's team in school history to win a NESCAC Championship earns its place in the Wesleyan Hall of Fame. Coached by Jen Lane, the Cardinals came into 2010 having finished as the NESCAC Runner-Up in each of the previous two seasons. After a 20-win regular season, Wesleyan defeated the three-time defending NESCAC Champion Tufts with a 13-3 win in the opening round of the NESCAC Tournament. Wesleyan followed with a 12-6 triumph over Bowdoin to advance to the final day where the Cardinals needed just one win to take home the title. Wesleyan was defeated by the Polar Bears in a 5-2 loss to start the final day, but still had one more chance in a decisive game 7 of the tournament where the Cardinals used an eight-run outburst to break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third inning. The Cardinals went on for a 10-1 victory in five innings over Bowdoin to capture its first-ever NESCAC crown. Wesleyan finished the 2010 season with what was then a single-season team record 24 wins while the squad set single-season records in hits (391), runs (278), RBI (232), doubles (69), and home runs (22) that still stand today.
