The Class of 2023 includes Joe Borchard (baseball/football), Kori Carter (women’s track and field), Grace Fattal Luczak (women’s rowing), Nicole Gibbs (women’s tennis), Paul Goldstein (men’s tennis), Lauren Lappin (softball), Arthur Lee (men’s basketball), Andrew Luck (football), Melissa Seidemann (women’s water polo) and Tom Wilkens (men’s swimming and diving).
This year’s class will be inducted in an evening ceremony on Friday, Sept. 29, and recognized publicly on Saturday, Sept. 30, during Stanford’s football game against Oregon.
Among the most notable achievements of the Class of 2023:
- Five inductees were members of an NCAA championship team, combining to win nine national titles overall
- Three inductees were NCAA individual champions, accounting for nine national titles overall
- All 10 inductees were honored as All-Americans, combining for 35 honors overall
- Seven inductees led their team to a conference championship, resulting in 15 conference crowns overall
- Three inductees were Olympic medalists, combining for five medals overall (three gold, one silver, one bronze)
Multiple inductees were also honored as their sport’s national player of the year or remain school record-holders in various categories.
Student-athletes are eligible for induction 10 years after their final competition season (included below).
The Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame will include 470 individuals (including 32 multi-sport athletes) following the induction of this year’s class.
The Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame was originated by Walt Gamage, a longtime sports editor of the Palo Alto Times. Gamage, who had previously worked on many neighborhood newspapers in the Chicago area, moved to Palo Alto in 1944 and quickly became interested in Stanford sports. In early 1954, Gamage organized a Hall of Fame. The first class of inductees, including 34 of the greatest names in Stanford sports history, was announced in a full-page spread in the Palo Alto Times on December 21, 1954.
Joe Borchard • Baseball/Football • 1998-2000
- Led Cardinal to back-to-back NCAA College World Series appearances (1999-2000), including a runner-up finish in 2000 while starting 185 of 188 possible games in his three-year career
- All-Tournament selection at 2000 College World Series, batting 7-for-14…
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