SMU Athletics Broadcasts 2026 Hall Of Fame Class

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU and SMU Athletics, together with the SMU Lettermen’s Association, have introduced the most recent class of the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame. The inductees are three-time javelin NCAA champion Windy Dean; two-time Olympic swimmer Gitta Jensen; soccer All-American and SMU’s all-time main scorer Kamal Khalilian; Olympic gold medalist and 16-time All-American swimmer Rich Saeger; and three-time Southwest Conference males’s basketball champion Charles Beasley, who earns the glory posthumously. The inductees shall be acknowledged on the annual Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony offered by Westdale Asset Management on Friday, October 16 in Armstrong Fieldhouse.
 
Windy Dean – Track & Field 1995-98
Windy Dean’s SMU throwing profession stays among the many most adorned in program historical past as a three-time NCAA Champion and seven-time All-American from 1995-98. Dean is the one lady in Division I historical past to win three consecutive NCAA javelin titles, a distinction she earned in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Her success prolonged throughout two disciplines: 4 All-American honors within the javelin and three within the hammer throw, making her the primary lady to attain on the NCAA Championships in each occasions throughout a number of seasons. She received eight convention titles, sweeping the javelin and hammer throw in every of her 4 seasons at SMU. Dean was additionally among the many earliest pioneers of girls’s hammer throw within the U.S., competing within the occasion’s inaugural NCAA championship in 1996. Her success on the nationwide stage started with a U.S. Junior javelin championship in 1995, and culminated in a spot on the 1996 U.S. Olympic group following a second-place end on the U.S. Olympic Trials.
 
Gitta Jensen – Women’s Swimming 1991-95
Gitta Jensen was a nationwide champion, 14-time convention champion and 26-time All-American from 1992-95. In 1995, she helped the Mustangs win the NCAA title within the 800 free relay. She additionally claimed seven particular person convention titles (100 free 4x, 200 free 2x, 200 IM) and 7 relay titles to go along with 10 particular person All-America honors (50 free 2x, 100 free 4x, 200 free 4x) and 16 relay honors. The Mustangs completed fourth within the group standings on the NCAA Championships in every of her 4 seasons. She received three particular person races to assist SMU declare college group crown on the 1993 U.S. Open swimming championships. Jensen represented Denmark on the 1988 Olympics in Seoul (4 occasions) and the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (4 occasions), serving to her 4×100 freestyle relay to a sixth-place end in 1992. She additionally claimed three relay titles in 1991 on the World and European Championships.
 
Kamal Khalilian – Men’s Soccer 1980-82
Kamal Khalilian was an All-American ahead for the Mustangs from 1980-82, and nonetheless holds this system’s data for objectives and factors in a season and profession. In 1980, he led SMU to the second spherical of the NCAA Tournament and was a first-team All-American. He additionally set SMU season data of 27 objectives and 65 factors and single-game program marks of 5 objectives and 13 factors. He is nineteenth all-time within the NCAA with 2.83 factors per sport in his profession, and his 65 factors nonetheless ranks twentieth in NCAA historical past for a single season. He led the Mustangs in objectives and factors in every of his three seasons, led assists in 1981 and 1982, ending with data of 58 objectives and 153 factors. His 37 profession assists nonetheless rank second in SMU historical past.

Rich Saeger – Men’s Swimming 1982-86

Rich Saeger was an Olympic gold medalist, a 16-time All-American and 3-time Southwest Conference particular person champion swimmer from 1982-86. Following his sophomore season, he made the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team and helped the 4 x 200 free Relay win a Gold Medal on the Los Angeles Games. In 1983, he received a Gold Medal within the 4 x 200 Relay at The Pan American Games and in 1982 received a Gold Medal within the 4 x 200 Relay at The World Championships in Ecuador. The Mustangs completed within the high 7 within the group standings on the NCAA championships every of his 4 years together with a Runner-up end in 1983. His collegiate profession included 3 particular person Southwest Conference Titles and a runner-up end within the 200 free at NCAA’s his freshman 12 months. He claimed 6 particular person All-American awards and picked up 10 extra Relay honors all through his profession at SMU.

 

Charles Beasley – Men’s Basketball 1964-67

Charles Beasley was a two-time first-team All-Southwest Conference honoree that helped the Mustangs to a few SWC titles throughout his profession from 1964-67. SMU made the NCAA Tournament all three seasons, reaching the 1967 regional remaining when he earned the Lank Majors Award as group MVP. He completed with 1,204 profession factors, averaging 15.4 as a Mustang. His 83.9% free-throw capturing was the all-time greatest when he graduated and nonetheless ranks fourth in program historical past. He was chosen by the Cincinnati Royals within the seventh spherical of the 1967 NBA Draft earlier than taking part in 4 seasons within the ABA with the Dallas Chaparrals and The Floridians.

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