Stanford Athletics' Hall of Fame will reach 500 total inductees this fall after the university named a 10-member class on Wednesday that includes four Olympians, three national players of the year.
The 2026 class spans seven sports and will be honored at a ceremony Friday, Sept. 25, with halftime recognition during Stanford's football game against Georgia Tech on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Brothers Erik and Kawika Shoji headline the class after helping Stanford men's volleyball complete a dramatic turnaround that culminated in the 2010 NCAA championship. Kawika was part of the 2007 team that went 3-25 before winning the national title three years later, while Erik joined the program in 2009 and was also part of the championship team.
Inky Ajanaku enters on the first ballot, 10 years after helping lead the 2016 NCAA championship volleyball team as Final Four MVP. A two-time national player of the year, she ranks third in Stanford history in career blocks (627) and hitting percentage (.413).
Bay Area diver Kristian Ipsen, a Clayton native who trained at Diablo Divers before enrolling at Stanford in 2011, earned three NCAA titles and a 2012 Olympic bronze medal in synchronized 3-meter diving. His family owns Skipolini's Pizza.
Ali Riley, a four-time Olympian representing New Zealand across the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Games, rounds out the international contingent. Stanford Women's Soccer celebrated her induction on X, noting her four Olympic Games and five World Cup appearances.
The class also includes quarterback Kevin Hogan, who led Stanford to two Rose Bowl wins and holds the school record for career rushing yards by a quarterback (1,249); fullback-linebacker Owen Marecic, the inaugural Paul Hornung Award winner in 2010 who once scored two touchdowns in 13 seconds against Notre Dame; rower Erika Roddy, part of Stanford's first NCAA championship rowing team in 2009; field hockey pioneer Onnie Killefer, only the second inductee from her sport; and Laura Shane, the Hall's first-ever lacrosse inductee, who holds school records in career saves (831) and led Stanford to its first NCAA lacrosse appearance in 2006.
The Hall of Fame traces its roots to this city. Walt Gamage, longtime sports editor of the Palo Alto Times, founded it in 1954, announcing the first class of 34 inductees in a full-page spread in the paper on Dec. 21 of that year.
Student-athletes become eligible 10 years after their final competition season, and inductees must attend the ceremony in person.





