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2023 - Amy Boswell Usevitch, Brigham Young University
One of the most accomplished women’s volleyball players in school history, Amy Boswell Usevitch helped continue BYU’s storied history during her time in Provo (2012-16). After a redshirt campaign to begin her career, Boswell led the Cougars to three NCAA Sweet 16 berths (2013, 2015-16) and a finals appearance in 2014. Along the way, BYU captured three WCC titles (2014-16) and posted four top-13 finishes, including a No. 3 ranking in 2014. Individually, Boswell earned All-America honors in 2014-16, garnering first-team recognition as a senior, and was a two-time all-WCC first-team selection (2015-16). The 2015 WCC Defensive Player of the Year was also a standout in the classroom, collecting the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year Award and twice being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2015-16). Boswell was also the recipient of the 2014 NCAA Elite 89 Award and named the 2016-17 WCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

2020 - Wally Joyner, Brigham Young University
A native of Decatur, Georgia, Wally Joyner came out west to Brigham Young University in 1981 and instantly became a driving force in one of the greatest eras in Cougar baseball history. A three-year starter at first base, Joyner was a two-time All-WAC and All-Region selection before being named an All-American his junior year in 1983 when the Cougars reached a No. 1 national ranking. Joyner set eight school and 11 conference records at BYU and is still in the top 10 in program history in career batting average, hits, doubles, home runs, total bases, RBI and putouts. Following his junior season, Joyner was picked in the third round by the California Angels and began his professional career. Three years later, the left-hander burst onto the Major League Baseball stage for the Angels. He not only started for the club, he also did so for the American League in the 1986 All-Star Game as a rookie in addition to tying for first in the Home Run Derby. He would eventually finish runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award. Joyner would go on to play 16 seasons in the majors, including stints with the Angels, Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves. He reached the postseason four times, including the 1998 World Series with the Padres after hitting .313 against his hometown Braves to win the NL pennant. He led the American League twice and the National League twice in fielding percentage at first base, finishing his career with a .994 fielding percentage. Joyner retired in 2001 after totaling a .289 batting average with 2,060 hits (including 409 doubles, 26 triples and 204 home runs), 973 runs, 1,106 RBI and 833 walks in 2,033 games played. Joyner has since enjoyed a productive and successful post-playing career. He was a coach for nine years, first as a hitting coach and instructor with the San Diego Padres, a hitting and first base coach with the Philadelphia Phillies and as the Detroit Tigers hitting coach. Joyner has also appeared in half a dozen movies, worked as a business executive and served and supported multiple non-profit institutions. He and his wife, Lesly, have been married for 37 years and have four children.

2019 - Tiffany Lott-Hogan, Brigham Young University
Tiffany Lott Hogan concluded her BYU career in 1998 as one of the most decorated female student-athletes in BYU history. Tiffany is an Olympian, a world record holder, a three-time NCAA Champion and in 2010 was inducted into the State of Utah Sports Hall of Fame. During her track and field career at BYU, Tiffany won three NCAA titles—the indoor 55-meter hurdles in 1997 and the outdoor heptathlon in 1997 and 1998. In 1997, she set a new NCAA record and a world best in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.30 at a meet in Fort Collins, Colorado. Tiffany was a 10-time NCAA All-American at BYU—twice in the indoor and eight times in the outdoor—and was inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 2008. After BYU, Tiffany went on to compete for the United States in the Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece, in 2004, where she finished 20th in the heptathlon. Previously, she was the 1999 World University Games champion in the heptathlon and later won the event at the 2003 Pan American Games. Born in Tucson, Arizona, Tiffany was raised in Leeds, Utah, where she attended Pine View High School. She was a student-athlete at BYU from 1994-98, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation management. Tiffany received numerous awards throughout her career recognizing her dedication and work ethic, including the Female Athlete of the Year by Track & Field Magazine, the Dale Rex Memorial Award from BYU, Utah Female Athlete of the Year by the Girl and Women in Sports Foundation and the Utah Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year by the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Tiffany is in her fourth season as an assistant coach for the Weber State men’s and women’s track and field program. Prior to joining the Wildcats, she spent the previous nine years coaching track and field at Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah. She helped lead the Desert Hills boys’ squad to two state championships and guided the girls’ team to one title. She coached four state record holders, 30 state champions and 135 All-State recipients in her time at Desert Hills. Hogan also worked as a strength coach at BYU from 2002-05, working with track and field, cross country, football, women’s soccer, women’s gymnastics and softball. In 2001, she spent one season coaching track at Idaho State. She and her husband, Brent, have three children.

2018 - Miles Batty, Brigham Young University
Miles Batty concluded his BYU career in 2012 as one of the most decorated student-athletes in BYU history. An eight-time USTFCCCA All-American in track and cross country, Batty was named the 2011 National Indoor Track Athlete of the Year as a junior, after winning the mile at the NCAA Indoor National Championships and also leading the BYU distance medley relay team to a national title. As a senior in 2012, Batty broke the NCAA record in the mile, with a time of 3:54.54. Later that year, he was awarded the prestigious NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship, the West Coast Conference Postgraduate Scholarship and the NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award. Batty, who graduated magna cum laude from BYU in June 2012 with degrees in neuroscience and exercise science, was equally impressive in the classroom. He was twice named CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year for men’s track and cross country (2011 and 2012), and as a senior was named the USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the WCC Mike Gilleran Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. After graduation, Batty signed a professional running contract with Team Asics Elite, where he competed professionally from 2012-14. Batty is currently in his third year of medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Following medical school, he plans to be an orthopedic surgeon.

2017 - Tina Gunn Robison, Brigham Young University
During her four-year career at BYU, 6-foot-3 center Tina Gunn Robison led the Cougars to three 20-plus win seasons and three IAC conference championships, including the school's first title in 1977-78. As a junior in 1978-79, she scored a school record 56 points in a 103-94 overtime victory over UNLV and later that year became the first BYU women's basketball player to be named an All-American. Following her junior season, Tina played for Team USA at the Spartacade Games in Moscow, Russia. As a senior in 1979-80, Tina scored 967 points to lead the nation in scoring and points per game (31.2). She was also fourth in rebounds per game with 14.9. Tina was named AIWA All-Region VII and a first team All-American by Kodak and the American Women's Sports Foundation (AWSF). In addition, she was a finalist for the prestigious Wade Trophy and was named the AWSF National Player of the Year. Nearly four decades later, Tina still holds several BYU career records including total points (2,759), scoring average per game (27.3), rebounds (1,482), rebounds per game (14.7) and is second in field goal percentage (.569). After graduating with a degree in chemical engineering, Tina was drafted in the first round of the 1980 Women's Basketball League (WBL) draft by the Milwaukee Does. She was inducted into the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990 and on January 31, 2004, Tina became the first female athlete in BYU history to have her jersey retired.

2016 - Dylann Duncan Ceriani, Brigham Young University
The most decorated female student-athlete in BYU history, Dylann Duncan Ceriani rewrote the school and NCAA volleyball record books, while leading the Cougars to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988). She set an NCAA career record of 2,188 kills and still holds five BYU career marks. Dylann was a two-time All-American (1987, 1988) and a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American (1986, 1987, 1988). As a senior, she received the distinguished NCAA Top 6 Award and earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Following graduation from BYU in 1989 with a degree in electrical and computer engineering, Dylann played for the U.S. National Team and professionally in the U.S. and Switzerland. She has been inducted into the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame, CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Utah Hall of Fame. In 2013, Dylann was one of just six former student-athletes to receive the prestigious NCAA Silver Anniversary Award. Dylann is currently a principal engineer/director of product development at Symbient Product Development in Vista, California. She has been issued eight patents with two pending in biomechanical engineering and received a master of science in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1996.

2015 - Aleisha Rose Cramer, Brigham Young University
Aleisha Cramer Rose was a soccer phenom long before arriving in Provo. She was the third youngest player to ever suit up for the U.S. National Team at the age of 16 and was named National High School Player of the Year in 1999 before starting her BYU career in 2000. In her four years at BYU (2000-03), Rose never scored fewer than six goals and never had fewer than nine assists in a single season. She was a four-time All-American, including three first-team awards and was named the 2000 ESPN/Soccer Times National Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore in 2001, she was named the Chevy Young Female Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Soccer Federation. Rose led BYU to four straight MWC titles, four trips to the NCAA tournament and was a two-time candidate for soccer's highest national honor, the Hermann Trophy. As a senior, Rose set the BYU career assist record and the single-game assist record on the same September night against Southern Utah. Her four assists against the Thunderbirds pushed her past Michelle Jensen Peterson to No. 1 on the career list. Neither record has been seriously threatened in the decade since she graduated. The team went on to reach the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time in program history, beating Colorado, Idaho State and Villanova before finally losing to Connecticut on the road. Rose is still the BYU career leader in NCAA tournament assists. Her playing career ended after her senior season as she had previously decided to give up playing on the U.S. Women's National Team for personal reasons. She earned 16 caps for the senior national team in her career. Rose began her coaching career the season after she graduated and she can still be found on the sidelines as an assistant to BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood. Rose graduated in April 2005 with a degree in marriage, family and human development.

2014 - Ed Eyestone, Brigham Young University
Ed Eyestone became a 10-time NCAA All-American, and in 1984, went undefeated in NCAA cross-country events. Eyestone is one of only three runners, along with Gerry Lindgren and Suleiman Nyambiu, to capture the NCAA "Triple Crown" by becoming the 1985 NCAA Champion in cross-country, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. In 1985, the Academic All-American and recipient of the NCAA Top Six Award set a then-NCAA record in the 10,000 meters with a time of 27:41:05. He finished his collegiate career with four NCAA Championships and set the school record in the 10,000 meter, 5,000 meter, 3,000 meter and 2 mile races. Eyestone claimed conference championship titles for BYU in 1983 and 1984 in cross country, in 1984 and 1985 for the 5,000, in 1984 for the indoor mile, and in 1985 for the indoor two-mile and 10,000. He was the first non-football player to win the WAC's Stan Bates Award. He also won the NCAA Top Six Award in 1986. As a professional runner, Eyestone was an Olympic marathoner twice, first in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, and then in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Eyestone has a career-best marathon time of 2:10:59. was a five-time U.S. Road Racer of the Year, and won the San Francisco Bay to Breakers 12KM race and is the last American (and only since 1981) to win what is considered the world's largest footrace. Eyestone has also served as a commentator for ESPN and Fox Sports Elite Racing for 12 years and has been a columnist for Runners World magazine since 1999. In 2008, Eyestone was the head distance analyst for NBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics. As the men's cross country coach since 2000, Eyestone has guided the Cougars to eight Mountain West Conference Championships and two WCC Championships. Eyestone earned WCC Cross Country Coach of the Year accolades in 2011 and 2013.

2013 - LaVell Edwards, Brigham Young University
A coaching icon whose success and longevity are paralleled by few, LaVell Edwards guided Brigham Young to heights never before reached in the program's illustrious history. For 29 seasons as head coach from 1972-2000, Edwards roamed the football sidelines at BYU, a tenure that ranks fifth all-time for coaches at one school. In 20 of those 29 seasons, the Cougars claimed conference championships as they dominated their competition while earning 22 bowl invitations. Edwards reached the pinnacle of coaching success in 1984 by guiding BYU to the football national championship with a perfect 13-0 season. Edwards amassed 257 wins during his 29 years overseeing the BYU program, which ranks sixth overall in NCAA Division I-A history. Edwards compiled a .722 win percentage with a 257-101-3 overall record and coached one Heisman Trophy winner, two Outland Trophy recipients, four Davey O'Brien awardees, 34 All-Americans and six College Football Hall of Famers. BYU's success did not come without personal reward for Edwards either. He was named NCAA District 8 Coach of the Year eight times, Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year in 1979 and AFCA National Coach of the Year in 1984. Edwards was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004 and the BYU Hall of Fame in 2006. The BYU football stadium now bears his name, LaVell Edwards Stadium. Edwards and his wife Patti are the parents of three children, Ann [Cannon], John and Jim.

2012 - Elaine Michaelis, Brigham Young University
Elaine Michaelis guided the BYU women's volleyball program for 40 seasons before retiring from coaching in May 2002. She also served as Director of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics at BYU from 1995-2004, overseeing one of the country's most successful intercollegiate women's athletics programs. A legend in the coaching profession, Michaelis retired as the all-time leader in victories among female coaches in collegiate volleyball at any level with 886 wins (which included only the 33 seasons since volleyball records were maintained at BYU starting in 1969). She ranks second overall in Division I women's volleyball victories, trailing only UCLA's Andy Banachowski. When Michaelis retired from coaching, only six other female coaches (all softball coaches) had ever achieved more wins than Michaelis in an NCAA Division I sport. While compiling an overall record of 886-225-5 (.792), Michaelis never suffered a losing season. With a 20-9 mark in her final season, Michaelis completed her 28th consecutive 20-win season while advancing the team to her 12th straight NCAA tournament. Overall, her teams qualified for 30 of the 33 national tournaments, including 20 of 21 NCAA tournaments.