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Hall of Fame

Tamijo Foronda Coleman

Tamijo Foronda Coleman

  • Class
    2008
  • Induction
    2017
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Volleyball

Foronda Coleman is the most accomplished women's volleyball player in school history. Foronda played five seasons (2002-07), after being sidelined with an injury in 2005, the team went 84-65 with her in the line-up. She helped the Bison win the 2003 CAC championship during her sophomore season and guide the Bison to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament during the 2006 season. Foronda was a two-time CAC Player of the Year (2004, '06) and was a three-time All-CAC first team selection (2003, '04, '06). GU has had several players earn American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American honorable mention honors over the years but Foronda was the first and only Bison to make one of the three teams when she was selected to the third team (2006). Foronda was named the 2006-07 CAC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, the first in school history. Foronda was one of seven Gallaudet women's volleyball players named to the CAC Silver Anniversary Team in 2014-15.

Foronda had her #9 women's volleyball jersey retired by Gallaudet Athletics on Oct. 26, 2018.

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