RUGBY HALL OF FAME

The trustees of the University of Arizona Rugby Alumni Association are stewards of the Hall of Fame. The Association annually recognizes select members of the UofA Rugby community who have realized significant achievements and made lasting contributions to the competitiveness, growth, stature and culture of Wildcat Rugby. These people honor their community, the sport’s ethos and lasting traditions, possessing a unique quality called The Corinthian Spirit.

The Corinthian Spirit is derived from the Greek games on the Isthmus of Corinth (Greece, 582 BC), which ran adjacent to the Olympic Games (776 BC). Unlike the Olympian’s games, the games of Corinth were open to all citizens, not just the trained soldiers and athletes from the stables of wealthy patrons. Corinthian Games were for people that wanted to test themselves for love of sport. Amateurs training like professionals. In it for the sport, not merely the prize.

Over time the best British schools adopted these principles, and the Corinthian Spirit meant the highest standard of character of a sportsman, including:

- Love of competition
- Heroic sportsmanship
- Abundant generosity
- Mettle
- Mateship
- ‘Humorous indecency' 

Those chosen for our highest honor include: 

2017 – Coach Mike Veth
2018 – Brad Cox
2019 – Coach William David Sitton
2020 – Ryan Kelly, All-American
2020 – Bill Clements
2021 – None
2022 – None
2023 – Coach Graeme Menzies
2023 – Coach David King
2024 – Chris Kron
2024 – Dr. Nathan ‘Doc’ Conlee

DISTINGUISHED RUGBY ALUMNI