WASHINGTON - The Gallaudet University Athletics Department is proud to announce its 2025 Athletics Hall of Fame Class. Over the course of a week plus the department will introduce one member of the eight-person class each day.
The eight-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 to share the news of being selected to the Athletics Hall of Fame.
At the conclusion of the rollout, a general overall release about the entire Athletics Hall of Fame class will be shared along with information for the event.
Our second inductee of the 2025 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame Class is
Kristina Burke, '08.
Burke was a four-year letterwinner on the Gallaudet women's volleyball team from 2003-06. The electric outside hitter finished her career with 1,329 kills, 1,484 digs, 162 aces, 78 assists, 72 blocks in 103 matches. The two-time all-conference honoree helped to 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 670 kills, 527 digs, 63 aces and 47 assists. Her 670 kills still ranks sixth all-time in Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), now known as the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, rankings for kills in a season. Burke is behind Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Famers
Ronda Jo Miller, '02Â (first, second, third and fifth most) and
Tamijo Foronda, '08 (fourth most). She ranks sixth all-time in NCAA Division III history for total attacks with 30-point scoring format (2001-07) with 1,920 attacks in 139 sets and ranks 12th in attacks per set (13.81). Foronda ranks second with 2,084 attacks and third for attacks per set (14.99) during the same season. Burke was selected to the 2006 AVCA All-Region First Team and the All-CAC First Team that season. Her other appearance on the all-conference team came in 2005 with a second team selection.Â
The 2025 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame event will take place during Homecoming Weekend on campus. The induction ceremony is set for Sunday, Oct. 26, 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.
2025 Athletics HOF Class – Receiving The Call: Kristina Burke (2003-06)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lsE1UXjkpA
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