ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan Athletic Department announced Wednesday (August 20) the 2025 Hall of Honor Class. This year’s class consists of five former student-athletes – men’s cross country and track and field athlete Brian Diemer (1980-83), field hockey standout Kristi Gannon Fisher (2000-03), football player Jon Jansen (1995-98), men’s golfer Lion Kim (2008-11) and ice hockey center Kevin Porter (2005-08) – and two coaching leaders in softball coach Carol Hutchins (1985-2022) and men’s track and field coach Jack Harvey (1975-99).
The Hall of Honor induction ceremony will be held on Friday, Oct. 17, at the U-M Golf Course. The seven inductees will also be honored on Saturday (Oct. 18) at Michigan’s football game against Washington.
Criteria for consideration include being an NCAA champion or member of a national championship team, an All-American, Olympic medalist, Olympic team member, professional league champion or world championship team medalist/member, NCAA or conference player of the year, conference champion, record holder or all-conference award winner.
The U-M Athletics Hall of Honor was established in 1978 to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions as athletes, coaches and administrators to the tradition of Wolverine athletics and, in doing so, have enhanced the image and reputation of the University of Michigan.
Carol Hutchins is the winningest coach in NCAA Softball history, compiling a 1,707-551-5 (.755) record. She led Michigan to 22 Big Ten Conference Championships and 10 conference tournament crowns. Hutchins was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year on 18 occasions, the NFCA Regional Coach of the Year eight times and twice was selected as the NFCA National Coach of the Year (1995, 2005). At the national level, Hutchins’ teams appeared in 29 NCAA Tournaments with 12 of those appearances leading to the Women’s College World Series. Her 2005 team became the first program east of the Mississippi River to claim the NCAA national championship when it defeated UCLA in the championship series.
Jack Harvey led Michigan’s men’s track and field program for 25 seasons and guided the team to 10 conference crowns, winning four Big Ten Indoor Team Championships (1976, ’78, ’82, ‘94) and six Big Ten Outdoor Team Championships (1976, ’78, ’80-‘83). He mentored athletes to 50 Big Ten indoor titles and 64 Big Ten individual outdoor titles. Harvey’s athletes won six indoor NCAA national titles and five outdoor NCAA national titles and collected 104 All-American citations. His Wolverine squads placed in the top 10 of the NCAA indoors on six occasions.
One of Harvey’s athletes joining him in the Hall of Honor is Brian Diemer, a long-distance runner on the cross country and track and field teams. Diemer won the 1983 Big Ten and NCAA titles in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase. After graduating from Michigan, Diemer competed on the international circuit, winning the Gold Medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games and the Silver Medal at the 1995 Pan American Games. He was a three-time Olympian, competing in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, and won the bronze medal in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the 1984 games in Los Angeles with a career best time of 8:14.06. Diemer won the 1989 Glen Cunningham Award, presented annually to the top distance runner in the United States.
The recently hired head field hockey coach at Michigan, Kristi Gannon Fisher is being inducted into the Hall of Honor following a distinguished career as one of the great players in program history. Gannon was a two-time All-American (2002-03) and a member of the Wolverines’ 2001 NCAA Field Hockey National Championship Team. She was the 2003 Big Ten Player of the Year, the 2000 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and earned All-Big Ten first team honors all four seasons, an accomplishment achieved by only nine players in conference history. Gannon ranks among the top 10 in every major Michigan career scoring category with 37 goals, 26 assists and 100 career points. In receiving this honor, She joins her sister, Kelli, a 2020 inductee into the Michigan Hall of Honor.
Jon Jansen was captain of football’s 1997 National Championship Team and was a two-time captain on back-to-back Big Ten Championship teams in 1997 and 1998. He started a then school record 50 straight games at right tackle. Jansen was the 1998 Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year and earned All-American honors on the field and in the classroom that same season. After graduating from Michigan, he was a second-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins (now the Commanders) and played 10 seasons for Washington before playing his final season with the Detroit Lions. Jansen started 125 of his 137 career games in the NFL and was voted captain in Washington during his final seven seasons with the franchise.
One of the top golfers in Michigan men’s history, Lion Kim earned GCAA honorable mention All-American in 2009 and third-team honors in 2011. He was a three-time GCAA PING All-Midwest Region selection (2009-11) and is one of seven Wolverines to earn All-Big Ten honors twice during their career. Kim was co-champion of the 2011 NCAA Central Regional, the program’s first player to accomplish the feat, and had the lowest scoring average on the team as a sophomore and senior. During his time at Michigan, Kim won the 2010 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships and played in the 2011 Masters.
Kevin Porter captained the Wolverines’ 2007-08 team that reached the NCAA Frozen Four. He led the team to the Frozen Four by scoring four goals in the East Regional Semifinal against Niagara, earning him NCAA Regional Outstanding Player and NCAA All-Regional Team honors. Porter was named the CCHA Player of the Year, first-team All-CCHA and was a first-team All-American as a senior. He capped an outstanding career by winning the Hobey Baker Award as the top collegiate hockey player in the country. Porter played 162 games for the Wolverines, registering 85 goals and 98 assists for 183 points. After finishing his collegiate career, Porter played 13 seasons in the NFL with the Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins.
