WASHINGTON - The Gallaudet University Athletics Department is proud to announce its 2023 Athletics Hall of Fame Class. Over the course of one week the department will introduce one member of the seven-person class each day.
The seven-person class will be released in alphabetical order. Each release will include a brief summary of the inductees' career at GU along with a video of Athletic Director Warren Keller contacting each inductee or member of their family to share the news of being selected to the Athletics Hall of Fame.
At the conclusion of the week, a general overall release about the entire Athletics Hall of Fame class will be shared along with ticket information for the event.Â
Our second inductee of the 2023 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame Class is Patrick Deas, '00.
Deas was a highly decorated men's track and field sprinter and hurdler for the buff and blue from 1995 to '98. Deas was a two-time Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Player of the Year (1996, '97), a feat that has only happened four times in the 29-year history of the CAC, which is now known as Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference. Deas and Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Famer Wayne Langbein, '96, are two of the four to earn back-to-back CAC Player of the Year awards. Langbein was honored in 1992 and '93. The duo were Gallaudet's only selections to the CAC Silver Anniversary Team in 2014-15. Deas earned eight individual all-conference honors in his four years (1995-98) which included five first-team honors. Deas was back-to-back CAC champion in the 400-meter hurdles (1996, '97). Deas earned all-conference second team honors in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1995 CAC championships. At the 1996 CAC championship, Deas won the 100- and 200-meter dash events and the 400-meter hurdles. He was also an all-conference second team finisher in the 110-meter hurdles. The following year, Deas won the 110- and 400-meter hurdle events. He completed his career with a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles. Deas still currently holds the Gallaudet men's track and field indoor record in the 55-meter dash (6.30 seconds) that was set January 31, 1998, at the Hagerstown Invitational. Deas was also a member of the Bison football team during his time at GU.
The 2023 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame event will take place during Homecoming Weekend on campus. The induction ceremony is set for Sunday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m., in the Peikoff Alumni House ("Ole Jim").
The Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame Induction is one of the premier events of the year for the GU Athletics Department. The special event recognizes the individuals, past and present, whose contributions to Gallaudet University Athletics have been deemed worthy of induction into the Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame.
To be considered for the Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame one must be a former Bison student-athlete, coach and/or contributor that is five years removed from the University. One must be nominated in writing and submitted to the Gallaudet University Athletics Department during an open nomination period. Inductees can be deaf, hard of hearing or hearing. All nominations are then screened and reviewed by the Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame committee.
2023 Athletics HOF Class - Receiving The Call: Patrick Deas (1995-98)
Link:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JhzfGueiHQ
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