The 12 New Inductees to the Ultimate Hall of Fame

These are the newest members of the Ultimate Hall of Fame in the class of 2025.

The Ultimate Hall of Fame has announced the Ultimate Hall of Fame Class of 2025. 12 members of the ultimate community were granted the honor across the mixed, open, and women’s divisions including contributing coaches, and a “Johnny Appleseed” Special Merit to David “Stamen” St. Amand as key figure in the early development and growth of ultimate.

Ultimate Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Women’s Division

Carolyn Finney
Cree Howard
Georgia (Bosscher) Shriwise
Kaela (Jorgenson) Helton
Sandy Jorgensen

Open/Men’s Division

Kurt Gibson
John Hassell

Mixed Division

Michael Faris

Contributor

Robin Davis (Coach)
Alex “Dutchy” Ghesquiere (Coach)
Matty Tsang (Coach)

Special Merit – The Johnny Appleseeds

David St. Amand

Vetting Comittee

Suzanne Fields (Chair, Hall of Fame Vetting Committee) – HoF Inaugural Class of ‘04
Bart Watson (Open Peer Co-lead) – HoF Class of ‘22
Jim Parinella (Open Peer Co-lead) – HoF Class of ’14
Josh Markette (Open Peer Co-lead) – HoF Class of ’23
Josh Ziperstein (Open Peer) – HoF Class of ‘24
Gwen Ambler (Women’s Division Peer Co-lead) – HoF Class ’21
Katey Forth (Women’s Division Peer Co-lead) – HoF Class of ‘21
Miranda Roth Knowles (Women’s Division Peer Co-lead) – HoF Class of ‘22
Kendra Frederick (Mixed Division Co-lead) – HoF Class of ’23
Emily Smith-Wilson (Mixed Division Co-lead) – HoF Class of ‘22
Scotty Conway (Mixed Division Co-lead) – HoF Class of ’22
Kevin Seiler (Mixed Division Co-lead) – HoF Class of ‘23
Henry Thorne (Contributor lead) – HoF Class of ‘24
Jennifer JD Donnelly (Contributors) – HoF Class of ’21
David Barkan (Contributors) – HoF Class of ‘10
Dave Blau (President, UHoF Board of Directors) – HoF Class of ‘17

You can see the full Selection Process and Timeline guidelines here.

  1. Keith Raynor
    Keith Raynor

    Keith Raynor is a Senior Editor and the Business Development Manager at Ultiworld. He co-hosts the Deep Look podcast and does play-by-play and color commentary. He coaches Wesleyan Vicious Circles in the D-III Women's division. You can reach him by email ([email protected]) or on Twitter (@FullFieldHammer).

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