After its initial announcement in April, the 2025 Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame class was officially inducted during an intermission in Clemson’s Nov. 8 victory over Florida State. In total, 10 former players and staff members who made meaningful impacts both on and off the field were honored.
DeAndre Hopkins played from 2010-2012 and completed his Clemson career with 206 receptions for 3,020 yards and 27 receiving touchdowns. By the end of his career, Hopkins had brought in the most touchdowns and receiving yards of any player in school history.
Over a decade later, he remains tied for the most touchdowns and ranks second in receiving yards.
Hopkins was part of the 2011 squad that delivered Clemson its first ACC Championship in 20 years. During the campaign, the Hall of Famer hauled in five touchdowns and racked up 978 receiving yards. Hopkins went on to be selected in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans and currently ranks No. 16 in all-time receptions, No. 21 in all-time receiving yards and No. 26 in all-time receiving touchdowns.
The Hall of Fame selections went beyond football, though. Stewart Ralph, a trailblazer for Clemson track and field, was also selected as part of the 2025 class.
Ralph was a track and field athlete from 1975 to 1978 and competed in the javelin. He was named an All-American three times, the first African American track athlete to earn the honor in Clemson history.
At the end of his Clemson career, Ralph was the second track athlete in any event to be named a three-time All-American and is just one of two Clemson athletes to do so in javelin. Ralph was a three-time ACC champion, including in his freshman year, and podiumed at the NCAA Championships three times, with a career-best second-place finish in 1978.
Former Clemson sports information director Tim Bourret was also inducted into the Hall of Fame. Bourret was previously inducted into the College Sports Information Directors Hall of Fame in 2017.
During his time at Clemson, Bourret won the “Super 11” Award from the Football Writers Association five times. Additionally, he edited more than 100 Clemson publications that were ultimately selected to win awards.
Bourret was in attendance for the game against Florida State, and head coach Dabo Swinney said after the game that Bourret had high expectations for the team going into the matchup.
“Tim Bourret told me that there was no way we were losing on the same day he was going in the Hall of Fame,” Swinney said. “I felt pretty good; Tim don’t talk a lot of trash. He’s like the Babe, he called his shot.”
Others inducted into the 2025 class include golfer Oswald Drawdy, track and field athlete Natoya Goule, wrestler Donnie Heckel, cross-country athlete Dov Kremer, football player Chester McGlockton, swimmer Jennifer Mihalik and tennis player Sophie Woorons.
