Horning and Leonhardt Chosen to 2026 CSCAA Division III Hall of Fame

BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins’ alumni Mark Horning ’75 and Mike Leonhardt ’84 have been chosen to the 2026 College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division III Hall of Fame Class of 2026. Horning and Leonhardt are the seventh and eighth inductees with ties to Johns Hopkins.  
 
Horning and Leonhardt be part of Jonanthan Blank ’81, Timothy Collins ’80, Doug Morgan ’81 and Bill Smiddy ’79 and head coaches George Kennedy and Tim Welsh within the Hall of Fame. Johns Hopkins’ Hall of Fame inductees are the second most of any faculty within the nation.
 
This 12 months’s Hall of Fame class consists of twenty-one distinguished inductees, honored for his or her exceptional accomplishments and enduring affect on collegiate swimming and diving. The induction ceremony will happen on May 4, 2026, at Joe’s Live in Rosemont in the course of the CSCAA Annual Awards Celebration, hosted on the Loews Chicago.
 
As a senior, Horning grew to become the primary triple winner in NCAA Division III historical past, successful the 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly and 200 Individual Medley on the inaugural 1975 NCAA Championships. No stranger to NCAA titles, he received the 100 Backstroke on the 1973 NCAA College Division Championships and completed as runner-up in that very same occasion in 1972 and 1974. Horning dropped a full three seconds within the 200 IM as a senior to win the primary of his three NCAA Division III titles.
 
During his 4 years at JHU, Horning led the Blue Jays to 4 prime 10 crew finishes on the National Championships, culminating with a runner-up crew end in 1975. Additionally, he earned All-America honors 20 instances and was a nine-time Middle Atlantic Conference Champion. He led Hopkins to 4 straight MAC Team Championships and in 1997 he was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Athletic Hall of Fame.
 
As a freshman on the 1981 NCAA Division III Championships, Leonhardt established his legacy on the nationwide stage successful the five hundred and 1650 Freestyles. Overall, he received three particular person NCAA titles whereas incomes All-America honors 22 instances. He led the Blue Jays to 4 straight prime 5 finishes on the NCAA Division III Championships, together with a runner-up end in 1981. As a junior he repeated because the 1650 champion, and Leonhardt counts 11 particular person occasion prime six finishes amongst his accomplishments on the nationwide championships.
 
Leonhardt was a six-time Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Champion and led Johns Hopkins to 4 consecutive MAC crew titles. He set the varsity document within the 200 Free with a third-place end on the 1984 NCAA Championship. That document stood for almost 20 years. Leonhardt was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.