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2026 DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame Class Revealed

Greencastle, Ind. - Six alumni have been selected for induction into the DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame. The public ceremony for the class of 2026 is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Kresge Auditorium in DePauw's Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts.

Inductees include: 

Spud Dick '10 (football)
Ali Murtaugh Harris '08 (women's golf)
Jennifer Kosinski '12 (softball)
Elizabeth "Liz" Hamilton Macy '00 (field hockey)
Jim Sandgren '88 (men's basketball/baseball)
Graham Wellman '05 (men's cross country/men's track and field)

Spud Dick (2010), Football
Dick was co-recipient of the 2010 Phil Eskew Jr. Award as the DePauw Outstanding Senior Male Student-Athlete. One of four finalists for the Gagliardi Award (presented annually as the top football award in Division III honoring excellence in athletics, academics and campus/community service), Dick was the D3football.com South Region Offensive Player of the Year in 2009 and quarterbacked the Tigers to their first NCAA postseason appearance in program history after tying for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference title. Dick was a first team all-SCAC selection in 2009 and second team in 2007 and 2008. His 9,312 career passing yards remain a DePauw and SCAC record, while his 9.293 career total offense yards are second in DePauw history and third in the SCAC. Dick's 76 career touchdown passes are the third-highest in DePauw history and fourth in the SCAC. The Tigers' and SCAC single-season completion percentage record holder at 71.3 percent, Dick still holds DePauw career records for pass attempts (1,195), pass completions (783) and games with 300 or more passing yards (16). He was one of two quarterbacks named to the SCAC's 30th anniversary team in 2020.

Ali Murtaugh Harris (2008), Women's Golf
Harris was a three-time all-America honoree as she earned second team accolades in 2007 and honorable mention in 2006 and 2008. The four-time all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference first team selection helped lead the Tigers to conference titles in 2005 and 2006 and was part of two teams which finished second at the NCAA Division III Championships and two that placed third. Harris finished no worse than fourth at each of the four SCAC Championships and tied for the top spot in 2006 before falling to teammate and DePauw hall of famer Sarah Gates in a playoff. Her 80.59 career stroke average was second in program history at the time of her graduation and still ranks ninth. In 2008, Harris shot a 303 at the Division III Championships to finish tied for sixth after posting a pair of 15th-place showings her first two years and 23rd as a junior. Over the course of 46 total events, she placed in the top 10 32 times including 22 top-five finishes. Harris earned all-region honors each of the three years it was presented and was one of 15 student-athletes who were named to the SCAC's 30th anniversary women's golf team in 2020.

Jennifer Kosinski (2012), Softball
Kosinski earned third team all-America honors as a designated player in 2009 and was a four-time all-region honoree including first team in 2009 and 2012. A three-time first team all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference choice, Kosinski was also a first team selection in the North Coast Athletic Conference in 2012. Kosinski was selected to the SCAC's 30th anniversary softball team in 2011 and to the SCAC All-Tournament team that season. She led the SCAC in batting average (.403), runs scored (49) and RBI (49) in 2010 and in doubles (19) in 2011. She shared the SCAC lead with 60 hits in 2010. Her seven RBI against Rhodes in 2010 and Ohio Northern in 2011 are still tied for the single-game program record. She still holds program career records for runs (168), hits (217) and RBI (166). Her 19 doubles in 2011 and 49 RBI in 2010 are tied for single-season program records.

Elizabeth "Liz" Hamilton Macy (2000), Field Hockey
Macy earned second team all-America honors in 1999 as a goalie for the Tigers after leading DePauw to a 17-3 record including the program's second appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship and a final ranking of 11th in the nation. She spearheaded a defense that allowed opposing teams just nine goals all season and recorded 15 shutouts. Individually, Hamilton recorded 11.5 shutouts and a 0.40 goals against average which still ranks in a tie for 14th in Division III history. In the Tigers' 2-1 overtime loss to Rowan in the NCAA postseason, Hamilton recorded 14 saves. A second team regional all-America in 1998, Hamilton was selected to the 1998 all-state team. She still holds school records of 530 career saves and the single-season mark of 234 in 1998.

Jim Sandgren (1988), Men's Basketball/Baseball
Sandgren earned four letters each in men's basketball and baseball. On the hardwood, Sandgren still ranks ninth in program history by shooting 56.8 percent from the field over the course of 93 games and holds two of the top 12 field goal shooting seasons in program history. The 1987-88 team most valuable player, Sandgren led the Tigers that season in rebounding (6.9/game), blocked shots (16) and steals (34) and was second in field goal percentage (.594) and scoring (12.6/game). In a game at Illinois Wesleyan in February 1988, Sandgren just missed a "triple-double" as he scored 11 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out nine assists. In January of that season, DePauw earned the program's first number-one Division III ranking. On the diamond, he finished his career with a .339 batting average which ranked third in program history at the time of his graduation and a .530 slugging percentage which was fourth. His 10 home runs were tied for the most in DePauw history at the time of his graduation.

Graham Wellman (2005), Men's Cross Country/Men's Track and Field
Wellman earned all-America honors in cross country with a 33rd-place finish in 2004 and was a two-time all-America honoree in indoor track and field, finishing fifth in 2003 and seventh in 2005. Wellman also garnered all-America accolades in the outdoor 5,000 meters with a fifth-place finish in 2005. He turned in a ninth-place performance in the outdoor 5,000 meters at the 2005 NCAA Championships and also competed in the 2001 NCAA Cross Country Championships. In 2004, he helped lead DePauw to a 13th-place national finish in cross country which remains the best in program history. Wellman was a three-time Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's cross country champion (2002, 2003, 2004) and finished sixth in 2001. A three-time SCAC title holder in the outdoor 5,000 meters (2003, 2004, 2005), Wellman also doubled up with 10,000-meter wins in 2004 and 2005. Additionally, he earned all-SCAC distinction in the outdoor 1,500 meters with a third-place showing in 2003 and held the indoor program record in the 3,000 meters until 2021. His 5,000-meter indoor time of 14:26.78 remains a program record. Wellman also ran on the school-record distance medley relay which currently ranks third. He was among 12 student-athletes named to the SCAC's 15th anniversary men's cross country team in 2005 and was also chosen to the men's track and field team in the 5,000-meter run.

The 2026 class joins more than 200 student-athletes, coaches, administrators and teams who have earned induction since 1986. A complete hall of fame listing is available here.

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