PURPOSE
The purpose of the Eckerd College Athletic Hall of Fame is to honor and recognize those individuals or teams who have made exceptional contributions to the achievements and regard of Eckerd College Athletics. These inductees are honored either by virtue of their performance on athletic teams representing the College, or by meritorious efforts in the years after their graduation.

HALL OF FAME REQUIREMENTS

• Individuals who attended Eckerd College for a minimum of two years (for those who did not graduate must have left in good academic standing). 
• Teams who demonstrated significant achievement such as an SSC championship or National Tournament appearance. Championship season must have occurred not less than ten (10) years prior to nomination.
• The athlete will not be considered until ten (10) years after the class in which the nominee entered graduates.
• A coach or athletic administrator must have served at EC for at least ten (10) years.
• The nominee must have departed Eckerd College in good standing and continued to demonstrate loyalty, integrity and morality. The record of the nominee must be so outstanding that there is no question as to qualifying for the Hall of Fame.
• The Selection Committee will use rank choice voting among the nominees. That ranking shall be a point system in which the members with the lowest point total shall receive induction into the Athletics Hall of Fame. 
  • Ex: "one" (1) to their top choice, “two” (2) to their second choice, etc.
• No more than three former student-athlete nominees and one administrator/coach/team/friend of the program may be elected to the Hall of Fame in a single year. 
• There is no limit, however, to the number of times an individual may be considered. In exceptional cases, the above requirements may be waived by a unanimous vote of the committee.
• The nominee must be present at the induction ceremonies in order to be inducted. However, individuals may be inducted posthumously. If a person is voted in but unable to attend the ceremonies, that person will be contacted in the years to follow until he or she is able to attend.

Basic Selection Criteria

• Participation with distinction in intercollegiate athletics as a member of a College team, OR a recognized success in a sport after graduation, who has conferred prestige and honor upon Eckerd’s athletics program. 
  • Participation with distinction shall be defined as one, or more, of the following: 
    • Two-year letter winner at minimum, or one letter each in two separate sports. 
    • Team captaincy
    • All-Conference selection
    • All-Region or All-America selection
    • Academic all-district or All-American selection
    • School record holder in a significant statistical category at time of graduation 
• General contributions to society as evidenced by leadership in the community, professional, and/or community affairs.

Process

• Individuals wishing to nominate individuals for the Athletics Hall of Fame may fill out a nomination form found on EckerdTritons.com. The Intercollegiate Athletics Department and Selection Committee may also solicit suggestions as to prospective nominees to the Athletics Hall of Fame, shall collect biographical information concerning such nominees, shall maintain a permanent record thereof, and shall make such names and data available in written form to the Committee. 
• The identification of all candidates will be reviewed in the summer prior to the academic year.
• Finalists are selected and voted on by the committee at the beginning of Fall Term.
• Inductees are notified in the Fall by the Director of Athletics.

Committee

• The nominating and selection committee is made up of Athletics Historian Bill Thornton, SWA Becky Clark, Assistant Director of Athletics, for Marketing and Communications Amanda Green, Director of Athletics Tom Ryan, one faculty representative, and one male and one female Eckerd Athletic Staff member (both serving a two-year term). 

CLICK HERE to nominate a former student-athlete, coach, administrator or friend.