2025 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame Graphic of Inductee - Hannah Neild (women's basketball).

General 7/6/2025 8:56:00 AM Sam Atkinson, Associate AD for Communications

Meet the 2025 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame Class: Hannah Neild, '20 & G-'21

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 sixth inductee of the 2025 Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame Class is Hannah Neild, '20 & G-'21.

Neild was a two-year letterwinner on the Gallaudet women's basketball team (2017-19). The Division II transfer from Merrimack College (2015-17), made an instant impact on the Bison program and racked up awards and statistics in both seasons. The Litchfield, N.H., native, became Gallaudet's first finalist for the Jostens Trophy, awarded to the outstanding NCAA Division III men's and women's basketball players who excel on the court, in the classroom, and in the community. During the 2018-19 season, she finished third in NCAA Division III for points (649), points per game (25.0), field goals made (226) and fourth in free-throw percentage (88.5). In two seasons with the Bison she compiled 1,299 points, 452 rebounds, 179 assists, 175 steals in 53 games. For her four-year career between Gallaudet and Merrimack she tallied 1,714 points and 622 rebounds in 108 games. Neild was named the 2018-19 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Women's Basketball Player of the Year and was picked twice to the D3hoops.com All-Region teams where she was a first team selection her senior year after being on the third team (2017-18) the season before. She was a two-time all-conference first team honoree (2017-19) as the Bison compiled a 30-24 (.555) record and 22-10 (.687) mark in NEAC play. Neild led the Bison to the 2019 NEAC championship game. Besides Neild's accomplishments on the court were the excellent achieved in the classroom. Neild became Gallaudet's first student-athlete to ever be named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Team in three different sports (basketball, soccer, softball). Neild took home the high honor of being named the 2018-19 CSC Academic All-America NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Team Member of the Year. Neild was Gallaudet's and the NEAC's nominee for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year. Lastly, Neild served as a graduate assistant in the Gallaudet Athletic Communications office (2019-20).

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.