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 fourth inductee of the 2023 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame Class is Pia Marie Paulone, '07.
Paulone is the all-time assists leader in Gallaudet women's volleyball history with 4,840 assists (10.43 assists per set) accumulated from 2003-06. The three-time all-conference honoree helped guide Gallaudet to 90 wins in four years as the Bison made multiple appearances in the NCAA tournament. In 2006, she tallied a career best 1,578 assists in the season (12.52 assists per set), which ranks second all-time in Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), now known as the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, rankings while her 4,840 assists is the most in CAC history. Paulone finished the 2005 season with 1,478 assists (11.92 assists per set), which ranks sixth in CAC history, as she landed on the 2005 All-CAC First Team. Paulone was an all-conference second team selection in 2004 and '06. Paulone holds Gallaudet's record for assists in a four-set match when she tallied 69 against Catholic on Oct. 13, 2004. The mark was ranked 16th in NCAA Division III history after the 2004 season.Â
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: Pia Marie Paulone (2003-06)
Link:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_IzC4pvlN4
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