Sun Devil 2023 Hall of Fame Class Announced

Men’s track and field coach Greg Kraft will enter the Hall of Distinction on Hall of Fame weekend (Oct. 6-7), and will be joined by thrower Jordan Clarke (four-time NCAA champion), baseball’s Jason Kipnis, football wide receiver and local star Shaun McDonald, water polo’s Addison McGrath and volleyball’s Regina (Stahl) Mannix, who has become a local coaching legend.

The 2007 women’s track and field team, who won the NCAA indoor title, the Pac-10 title, the NCAA West Regional and the NCAA Championship in a four-month period, will become the second full team to enter the Hall of Fame, following the 1995 NCAA women’s golf team that went undefeated en route to its NCAA title. The 1995 women’s golf team was inducted in 2019.

The SDA Hall of Fame was established in 1975 to honor the school’s most distinguished student-athletes in all sports. Student-athletes become eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame 10 years after their senior class has graduated. The Hall of Distinction, recognizing outstanding contributions from coaches and administrators, was inaugurated in 1982.

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JORDAN CLARKE — MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD/2008-13

Jordan Clarke arrived from Anchorage and became one of the greatest throwers in Sun Devil history. He won four NCAA titles, five conference titles and earned All-America honors eight times, including notching first-team honors six times. He helped the Sun Devils to two NCAA team trophies and high conference finishes and collected three golds and a bronze in ASU’s 2012 and 2013 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) titles. He earned his NCAA titles in the 2011 outdoor shot, 2012 indoor and outdoor shot, and 2013 outdoor shot. His conference titles were earned in the 2011 outdoor shot, 2012 indoor and outdoor shot, 2013 indoor shot, and the 2013 weight throw. His best collegiate marks in both versions of the shot, weight throw, and hammer all remain top-five in ASU’s records a decade after his graduation. Clarke continued to compete post-collegiately too and collected 11 gold medals across three years of professional…