The Ultimate Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the slate of player-candidates selected for consideration for the 2025 Hall of Fame class. This year, ten player-candidates were elevated as finalists from the Women’s division, ten player-candidates were elevated from the Open division, and ten player-candidates from the Mixed division. Contributor nominees are still under consideration for 2025, focusing on Coaches. The 30 player-candidates advance to the next stage of the 2025 Ultimate Hall of Fame selection process.
Congratulations to these Ultimate Hall of Fame (HoF) finalists and all the nominees. It is indeed a high honor to be nominated and selected from the respective Open, Women’s division, and Mixed division player Peer Pools. This year’s candidates include those who competed at their best against the best in their primary division of play during the 2008 to 2016 peak playing years.
Candidate-submitted player competitive histories and photos are included below.
Allison Maddux
Alyssa Weatherford
Carolyn Finney
Cree Howard
Georgia Bosscher
Kaela Helton
Kath Ratcliff
Manisha Daryani
Sandy Jorgensen
Val Dion
Tim Gehret
Kurt Gibson
Jeff Graham
John Hassell
Jared Inselmann
Brett Matzuka
Mike Natenberg
Moses Rifkin
Mac Taylor
Ben Wiggins
Rosalyn Ano
Sarah Carnahan
Alicia Carr
Michael Faris
Josh Hemmesch
Greg Marliave
Sean Murray
Dan Patisteas
Evan Patisteas
An-Chi Tsou
The next steps in the HoF Selection Process includes finalizing the Contributor/Coach candidates by mid September and then the Call to Community, which will take place in early October 2025. The ultimate community will be invited to share their commentary on the 2025 Slate.
From the final slate of 10 Open, 10 Women’s division, and 10 Mixed division player candidates, the eligible voting members of the Hall will cast their ballots for up to 5 Open division, up to 5 Women’s division, and up to 4 Mixed division players in 2 rounds of voting to select those individuals to be inducted into the Ultimate Hall of Fame. All final ballot player-candidates must achieve at least a 2/3rds majority to be inducted into the Hall. The Hall member vote will be held in early November with the 2025 Hall inductees announced ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thanks to the Hall of Fame Vetting Committee
Suzanne Fields, Hall Administrator & Vetting Committee Chair
Women’s division Peer Pool Co-leaders: Gwen Ambler, Katey Forth, Miranda Roth Knowles Open division Peer Pool Co-leaders: Bart Watson, Jim Parinella, Josh Ziperstein & Josh Markette
Mixed division Peer Pool Co-leaders: Kendra Frederick, Emily Smith-Wilson, Raha Mozaffari, Scotty Conway, & Kevin Seiler
Contributor Coordinators: Henry Thorne, David Barkan, & Jennifer Donnelly
Committee member: David Blau, President, Ultimate Hall of Fame Board