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AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State Letterwinners Club unveiled the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2025 today. Six former Cyclone athletes/administrator will be inducted into the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 24 in a ceremony at the Sukup End Zone Club in Ames.
To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, athletes and coaches must be 10 years removed from their final season of competition at Iowa State. The 10-year waiting period can be waived if a coach or administrator ends his/her career in the Iowa State University intercollegiate athletics program.
Registration will open at a later date.
Public tickets are $50 and athletic alumni are encouraged to join us for the entire weekend with ISU Letterwinners club member benefits.
The Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1997. A total of 216 Cyclone legends have been bestowed the highest honor by the Iowa State Athletics Department via a selection committee comprised of Iowa State administrators and athletic alumni.
2025 Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees
Chris Bono (1994-1997) – Wrestling
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State Letterwinners Club unveiled the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2025 today. Six former Cyclone athletes/administrator will be inducted into the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 24 in a ceremony at the Sukup End Zone Club in Ames.
To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, athletes and coaches must be 10 years removed from their final season of competition at Iowa State. The 10-year waiting period can be waived if a coach or administrator ends his/her career in the Iowa State University intercollegiate athletics program.
Registration will open at a later date.
Public tickets are $50 and athletic alumni are encouraged to join us for the entire weekend with ISU Letterwinners club member benefits.
The Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1997. A total of 216 Cyclone legends have been bestowed the highest honor by the Iowa State Athletics Department via a selection committee comprised of Iowa State administrators and athletic alumni.
2025 Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees
Chris Bono (1994-1997) – Wrestling
- Three-time All-American (1995-1997)
- NCAA Champion at 150 pounds (1996)
- Runner-up NCAA Champion at 150 pounds (1997)
- Two-time conference champion (1996- Big Eight; 1997- Big 12)
- Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Big 12 Championship (1997)
- Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year (1997)
- Ended career with a 130-35 mark, the fifth-most wins in school history
- Helped the Cyclones finish second at the NCAA Championship (1996)
- Three-time World Team member (2001, 2002, 2005)
- Enjoyed a two-time stint as an ISU assistant coach (1998-2005; 2010)
- Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee (2018)
- Seven-time All-American (2003-2006)
- First Team All-American in all-around (2006)
- Two-time Big 12 Champion on bars (2004, 2006)
- Qualified to four NCAA Championships (2003-2006)
- Earned All-Big 12 recognition nine times (2003-2006)
- Three-time NCAA Regional champion (2003, 2005, 2006)
- Big 12 Newcomer of the Year (2003)
- First Cyclone freshman to earn All-America honors (2003)
- Leader on ISU’s Big 12 Champion and NCAA Super Six team (2006)
- Two-time First Team All-Big 12 linebacker (2011-2012)
- Honorable Mention All-American (2012)
- Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2011)
- Three-time All-Big 12 pick (2010-2012)
- Fourth-most tackles in Iowa State history with 361
- NCAA record four career interception returns for a touchdown by a linebacker
- A member of three Bowl teams (2009, 2011, 2012)
- Fifth round NFL Draft pick (2013)
- Started 82 games in an 11-year NFL career (2013-2023)
- NCAA Champion on high bar (1975)
- Big Eight Champion on high bar (1975)
- All-American on high bar (1975)
- Performed a 9.70 in the finals to win the NCAA high bar title (1975)
- Team co-captain (1975)
- Ended career with school record on vault at 9.70
- Member of four Big Eight champion teams (1972-1975)
- Member of two NCAA Championship teams (1973, 1974)
- Third Team All-American by Easton (2002)
- Three-time First Team All-Big 12 selection (2001-2003)
- Two-time NCAA All-Region pick (2001, 2002)
- Ranks in ISU’s career top 10 in batting average (.311) and strikeouts thrown (391)
- Led the team in 10 hitting/pitching categories in 2002
- Led the Big 12 in batting (.383) and tossed 175 strikeouts in 2002, both ISU season top 10 marks
- Ended career with school records in home runs (27), RBI (88) and walks (71)
- One of four All-Americans in Iowa State softball history
- Iowa State Athletics Director (1993-2000)
- Facilitated massive facility improvement, including the Jacobson Athletics Building (1996)
- Advocated the renaming of the football stadium to Jack Trice Stadium (1997)
- Implemented the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame (1997)
- Cyclone teams won conference titles in six different sports and one NCAA title (1994 men’s cross country)
- Hired Dan McCarney, who led ISU to its first bowl win and five bowl games in a six-year period
- Hired Tim Floyd, who led ISU men’s hoops to the 1996 Big Eight Tournament title and 1997 Sweet Sixteen
- Hired Larry Eustachy, who led ISU to back-to-back Big 12 regular-season men’s hoops titles (2000, 2001)
- Hired Bill Fennelly, who resurrected ISU women’s hoops with 22 NCAA Tournament appearances
- In his final season as AD, ISU claimed five Big 12 titles in the month of March (2000)
- Two-time Sports Business Journal A.D. of the Year (2010, 2016)
- Inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame (2024)
- Earned the Gerald R. Ford Award by the NCAA (2025)
