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 fifth inductee of the 2023 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame Class is Alexandra Polivanchuk, '15.
Polivanchuk was an accomplished women's swimmer for the Bison program from 2011 until 2014. The Orebro, Sweden, native, was named 2012 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Swimmer of the Year. The three-year letterwinner, was named NEAC Swimmer of the Week five times and earned 15 all-conference honors (11 first-team honors). During the 2013-14 season, she was a member of the 400-yard freestyle relay team that broke a 23-year-old Gallaudet record. Polivanchuk still holds four individual (50- and 100-breaststroke, 50-butterfly and 200-IM) and four relay (200- and 400-freestyle, 200- and 400-medley) program records. She served as a student-assistant coach during the fall of 2014.
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: Alexandra Polivanchuk (2011-14)
Link:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxV4YLunK6E
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