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<\/p>\nFlorida State athletics has announced its 2026 Hall of Fame class, one that features national champions, All-Americans and a two-time Olympian.<\/p>\n
FSU will induct Nick O\u2019Leary and Bjoern Werner (football), Sean Gilmartin (baseball), Kassey Kallman (soccer), Maurice Mitchell (track), Jace Pardon (beach volleyball) Katrina Young (diving) and former Director of Athletics Dave Hart into the school\u2019s Hall of Fame on September 25.<\/p>\n
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The full release from Florida State:<\/p>\n
Florida State\u2019s 2026 class features football stars\u00a0Nick O\u2019Leary\u00a0and\u00a0Bjoern Werner, baseball All-American\u00a0Sean Gilmartin, former Director of Athletics\u00a0Dave Hart, soccer ACC Defensive Player of the Year\u00a0Kassey Kallman, three-time NCAA track national champion\u00a0Maurice Mitchell, FSU\u2019s first-ever beach volleyball hall of fame selection\u00a0Jace Pardon\u00a0and two-time Olympian and two-time All-American diver\u00a0Katrina Young.<\/p>\n
In addition to the formal induction ceremony Friday night, the inductees will be recognized at the football game against Central Arkansas on Saturday.<\/p>\n
A limited number of tickets for the induction ceremony will be available for purchase at a later date through Seminole Boosters, Inc.<\/p>\n
Sean Gilmartin<\/p>\n
Baseball (2009-11)<\/p>\n
One of the finest pitchers in FSU history\u2026named a freshman All-American and was first team All-ACC his freshman season\u2026earned second team All-America honors as a freshman\u2026named first team All-ACC as a junior\u2026posted a 12-3 record with a 2.09 ERA and 130 strikeouts over the 2011 season\u2026finished his FSU career with a 33-13 record, .357 EAR and 321 strikeouts\u2026 drafted in the 1st round by the Atlanta Braves\u2026played six years in the majors for the Mets, Orioles and Rays.<\/p>\n
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Dave Hart<\/p>\n
Coaches and Administration (1994-2007)<\/p>\n
Served as Director of Athletics beginning with the 1994-95 athletic season through 2006-07\u2026during his leadership, Florida State won a football and two men\u2019s outdoor track national championships along with 33 ACC championships\u2026263 student-athletes earned All-America honors and 577 were ACC Honorees\u2026credited with developing a comprehensive plan of excellence for every sport and worked with Seminole Boosters to design, finance and construct state of the art facilities and increase budgets allowing Seminole teams the best opportunity for success nationally.<\/p>\n
Kassey Kallman<\/p>\n
Soccer (2010-13)<\/p>\n
Started all four years as a defender on Seminole soccer teams that finished fifth, third, third and second in the country over her career\u2026the 2013 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, she earned consensus first team All-America honors the same season\u2026was named a first team Freshman All-American and earned a spot on the All-ACC Freshman team in 2010\u2026voted first team All-American and first team All-Conference as a junior\u2026led Seminole defenses that posted 57 shutouts over her career.<\/p>\n
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Maurice Mitchell<\/p>\n
Track & Field (2009-2012)<\/p>\n
One of the most dominant sprinters not only in FSU history but the ACC and NCAA as well\u2026a 13-time All-American and three-time NCAA Champion including twice in the outdoor 200m\u2026was named ACC Indoor Track Performer of the Year three times and Outdoor Performer of the year twice\u2026 a 14-time ACC Champion including winning eight individual event\u2026earned Indoor and Outdoor ACC All-Conference honors all four years\u2026represented the United States in the 2012 Olympics in London.<\/p>\n
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Nick O\u2019Leary<\/p>\n
Football (2011-2014)<\/p>\n
Considered one of the best tight ends ever at Florida State and in the ACC\u2026started as sophomore, junior and senior, and lettered as a freshman\u2026won the John MacKey Award as the nation\u2019s best tight end in 2014\u2026a first team Consensus All-American as a senior\u2026was voted third team All-American as a junior and was a freshman All-American in 2011\u2026earned spots on All-ACC teams from 2012-14\u2026most productive tight end in school history with 114 receptions, 1,591 yards and 17 touchdowns\u2026played five years in the NFL with the Bills, Dolphins and Jaguars.<\/p>\n
Jace Pardon<\/p>\n
Beach Volleyball (2012-16)<\/p>\n
The first FSU athlete from beach volleyball to be voted into the Hall of Fame\u2026earned All-America honors as a sophomore, junior and senior\u2026FSU beach volleyball joined the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) in 2016 and Jace and her partner earned CCSA Pair of the Year and tournament MVP honors\u2026named \u00a0first team CCSA and to the all-tournament team in 2016\u2026set the FSU record at the time with 155 career victories\u2026highly recruited out of Manhattan Beach, California.<\/p>\n
Bjoern Werner
Football (2010-12)
A native of Berlin, Germany who became one of FSU\u2019s all-time great pass rushers\u2026earned NCAA Unanimous All-America honors following his junior season in 2012\u2026was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year as a junior along with first team All-Conference honors\u2026honorable mention All-ACC as a sophomore\u2026totaled 99 tackles, 35 tackles for loss, 23.5 quarterback sacks, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, an interception, 13 quarterback hurries and 17 passes broken up over his three-year career\u2026went on to play three years in the NFL with the Colts.<\/p>\n
Katrina Young<\/p>\n
Diving (2011-15)<\/p>\n
Recruited out of Shoreline, Washington, Young became one of the greatest divers in Seminole history\u2026earned All-America honors on the one-meter in 2015 and on the platform as a freshman in 2013\u2026won the ACC Championship on the platform as a sophomore in 2012 and her junior year in 2014\u2026won the ACC Championship on the one-meter as a senior and earned All-Conference honors all four years\u2026competed for the United States at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and in 2020 in Tokyo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State athletics has announced its 2026 Hall of Fame class, one that features national champions, All-Americans and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[43275,106419,106426,3731,3603,106422,106423,106424,106421,42159,106425,106420,232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-240544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-beach-volleyball","9":"tag-bjoern-werner","10":"tag-dave-hart","11":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","12":"tag-fsu","13":"tag-jace-pardon","14":"tag-kassey-kallman","15":"tag-katrina-young","16":"tag-maurice-mitchell","17":"tag-mets","18":"tag-nick-o39leary","19":"tag-sean-gilmartin","20":"tag-tallahassee","21":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","22":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}