{"id":96837,"date":"2026-01-28T03:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=96837"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:39:26","slug":"nominations-for-2026-varsity-t-hall-of-fame-class-due-april-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_28_2026\/nominations-for-2026-varsity-t-hall-of-fame-class-due-april-24","title":{"rendered":"Nominations for 2026 Varsity T Hall of Fame Class Due April 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nominations for the 2026 class of the Varsity T Hall of Fame are being accepted now and are due Friday, April 24.<\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on\u00a0a date to be determined in the fall, with the 2026 class being presented at halftime of a Toledo football game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-96838\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Varsity-T-HOF-2026-side.jpeg\" alt=\"Graphic announcing that nominations for the 2026 class of the Varsity T Hall of Fame are being accepted now and are due Friday, April 24.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Varsity-T-HOF-2026-side.jpeg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Varsity-T-HOF-2026-side-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Nominations may come from any source. Nominations from previous years automatically carry over to the next year.<\/p>\n<p>Student-athletes whose final year of participation occurred at least 10 years prior to June 30 are eligible for nomination. For the 2026 class, nominees must not have been active on or after July 1, 2016. For coaches and administrators, the waiting period for nominations remains at five years after their last date of participation in their role.\u00a0For the 2026 class, nominees must not have been active on or after July 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations for the 2026 class may be submitted online, by email or by U.S. mail. Supporting documents may be emailed or mailed.<\/p>\n<p>Submit online nominations at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utrockets.com\/form\/147\">Varsity T Hall of Fame Nomination website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Email nominations\u00a0can be sent to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utrockets.com\/staff-directory\/paul-helgren\/12\">Paul Helgren<\/a>\u00a0at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:paul.helgren@utoledo.edu\">paul.helgren@utoledo.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hard copy nominations may also be mailed to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utrockets.com\/staff-directory\/paul-helgren\/12\">Paul Helgren<\/a><br \/>\nUniversity of Toledo<br \/>\nAthletic Communications Office-MS #302<br \/>\n2801 W. Bancroft<br \/>\nToledo, OH 43606<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_28_2026\/nominations-for-2026-varsity-t-hall-of-fame-class-due-april-24\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Varsity-T-HOF-2026-side-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Graphic announcing that nominations for the 2026 class of the Varsity T Hall of Fame are being accepted now and are due Friday, April 24.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The 2026 class will be inducted in a ceremony next fall and presented at a UToledo Football game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":96838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,56,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96837"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96841,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96837\/revisions\/96841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}