1. Eligibility shall not begin until 5 years after a student-athlete has last participated in intercollegiate athletics for Niagara University. Student-athlete candidates must have attained a bachelor’s degree from Niagara University.
2. Eligibility shall be based primarily on the athletic accomplishments of the individual.
a. The individual shall be chosen on the basis of playing ability, integrity, character, leadership, sportsmanship and his or her contributions to the athletics teams on which he or she played as well as to Niagara University in general.
b. The student-athlete must have participated in an intercollegiate sport at Niagara University for at least two years.
c. Since graduation, the selectee’s life must have reflected favorably on the University.
3. No individual’s election shall be based solely on a single spectacular performance or single individual record.
4. No more than three members may be elected in each calendar year.
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Honorary Selections: Special consideration may be given to individuals who have made a significant contribution to intercollegiate sports at Niagara without having been a student-athlete. An Honorary nominee’s eligibility shall not begin until five years after his or her contributions with the University have ended. Special consideration may be applied in certain cases.
6. The Hall of Fame Committee accepts nominations beginning Sept. 1 of each year and adds top performers from each team, following the five-year period after graduation, onto the ballot.
a. Significant background information on the potential candidates shall be forwarded to the Hall of Fame Committee at least one week prior to the initial voting meeting.
b. Each Hall of Fame Committee member will rank his or her Top-10 candidates from 1-through-10. The 10 nominees who garner the most votes will be placed on a final ballot. Following a discussion of the 10 finalists by the committee, a final vote will be held to name the three Hall of Fame inductees.
c. A nominee who does not receive votes for the Top-10 for two consecutive years will have his or her name withdrawn from the ballot. He or she can then be re-nominated two years after being removed from the ballot.
d. Names of those finally selected by the Hall of Fame Committee shall be subject to final review and approved by the president of Niagara University or his designee.
e. Results of the balloting and names of those selected will be kept strictly confidential until proper publicity can be presented and release by the Hall of Fame Committee.
7. In the event an elected candidate cannot attend the induction ceremony, he or she shall be inducted in the following year’s class. Avenues will be exhausted to have the inductee present at the induction ceremony. If the elected candidate chooses not to attend, he or she will be inducted in the class they were chosen.
8. Those elected to the Niagara University Athletics Hall of Fame shall be honored and receive appropriate awards during the induction ceremony organized in conjunction with an NU athletic event. The names and accomplishments of those selected shall be prominently displayed in the Niagara University Athletics Hall of Fame.
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