Hall of Fame

Nominations for the 2026 class will open in the Fall of 2025. A person or organization can be nominated in two ways. The first is to use the form at the bottom of this page. The second is to send an email to ksflyingdiscsa@gmail.com and include your name, the name of the person or organization being nominated, their email address and cell phone number and a short reason why you are nominating them. If it is an organization or team you are nominating, please include the information for a person that represents the organization. Please note, it will be the responsibility of the person being nominated to submit to the Board the information for consideration, which will help with the process.

The 2022 Class was announced on April, 28th, 2022 in Emporia, KS in conjunction with the Dynamic Discs Open.

The 2024 Class was announced in July of 2024 at the PDGA Master’s Worlds at Champion’s Landing in Emporia.

The Hall of Fame will be an every other year occurrence, and will be held on even numbered years.

The Kansas Flying Disc Association has created the Kansas Flying Disc Hall of Fame (KSFDHOF) to honor and document those that have had a meaningful impact on the sport through organizing, supporting or competing at the state, regional, national or world level.

The following is the selection process established by the Board of Directors:

  1. The nomination process will open up on the fall months of each odd year and will close at the end of said year.  The class for that year will be announced by the end of April of that year.  For example, for the class of 2022, nominations will open on the fall of 2021 and closed on December 31st, 2021. The announcement of the class of 2022 was at the end of April 2022

  2. There is no limit to the number of nominations in any given year.

  3. The general public as well as the Board of Directors may nominate candidates.

  4. Nominations from the 2024 class that were not voted in, will be considered for subsequent classes in following years.. This will be the process going forward.

  5. A maximum of 7 individuals will be awarded each cycle.

  6. Each year depending on nominations, there is the potential of one KSFDHOF spot that will be reserved for a person that had an impact on the sport but didn’t meet the residency and career requirement below.  This will be called a Kansas Flying Disc Legacy Award and is described below.

  7. The KSFDHOF is mostly reserved for individuals, but teams and/or clubs, may also be nominated and considered for entering into the KSFDHOF. A maximum of one organization will be in a class of the Hall of Fame.

  8. Voting will be by the Board of Directors.

  9. All winners will be notified of the results prior to the results being made public.

 

The following is the criteria to be considered for the KSFDHOF:

  1. Have a favorable standing in the flying disc community and in the overall community as a whole.

  2. The majority of the person's flying disc career must be while residing in the State of Kansas. The exception to this is the Kansas Flying Disc “Legacy Award” described below.

  3. Demonstrate a sustained and recent residency in the state within 10 years of the nomination, unless the majority of the person’s playing career was while living in Kansas. The exception to this is the Kansas Flying Disc “Legacy Award” designation as described below.

  4. Make or have made significant contributions to the sport of Flying Discs through development, promotion, leadership, ambassadorship, volunteerism, sportsmanship and competition in a manner that merits recognition, remembrance and respect from peers.

  5. Have begun their playing career or their contribution to the sport no less than twenty (20) years prior to their nomination for induction.

The following is the criteria to be considered for the Kansas Flying Disc “Legacy Award”:

  1. The Kansas Flying Disc Association "Legacy Award" recognizes individuals whose contributions have had a significant and lasting impact on Kansas Flying Disc Sports but who do not meet the residency requirement for standard Hall of Fame eligibility.

  2. Recipients of the Legacy Award are evaluated using the same standard of excellence applied to Hall of Fame candidates. The award honors individuals whose work, leadership, or influence materially advanced the growth, development, or culture of Flying Disc sports in Kansas. 

  3. The limit to preserve the distinction of this recognition is no more than one Legacy Award recipient may be selected in a given cycle.

Submit a nomination: