EUGENE, Ore. – The greatest American distance runner of his generation, two national championship cross country teams, one of the best centers in program history, Oregon's first two-time women's javelin national champion, the school's first NCAA Women's College World Series team and the Ducks' winningest football coach highlight a star-studded Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2019.
The University's 28th Hall of Fame includes football coach Mike Bellotti (1995-2008), six-time NCAA track and field champion and Olympic medalist Galen Rupp (2005-09), All-American center Max Unger (2005-09), two-time NCAA javelin champion Rachel Yurkovich (2006-09), the 2007 and 2008 back-to-back national champion men's cross country teams and the 1989 softball team, which was the first Duck squad to advance to the NCAA Women's College World Series.