University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Ogden to Join Pac-12 Hall of Honor
March 04, 2020 | Football
SAN FRANCISCO โ The Pac-12 Conference today announced that UCLA football great Jonathan Ogden is a member of the 2020 class to be inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor, the Conference's most prestigious recognition of the greatest on and off-field contributors to Pac-12 athletics.ย Formal induction will take place on Friday, March 13 during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2020 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament, presented by New York Life. Following induction, the class will be honored during a special halftime ceremony of the day's first semifinal matchup at T-Mobile Arena.
Ogden was a four-year starter at offensive tackle for the Bruins in the 1992-95 seasons under Hall of Fame head coach Terry Donahue. He won the 1995 Outland Trophy, was runner-up for the Lombardi Award and earned consensus All-America honors that season. Ogden was selected All-Pac-10 Conference following the 1994 and 1995 campaigns and was awarded the Morris Trophy, as the conference's best offensive lineman in 1995. He helped the Bruins to a share of the Pac-10 title in 1993 and an appearance in the 1994 Rose Bowl. Ogden's No. 79 UCLA jersey was retired in February of 1997. He was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame in the 2012 Class.
The first-ever draft choice of the Baltimore Ravens, Ogden was chosen with the fourth pick of the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played tackle for 12 seasons with Baltimore, from 1996-2007, and went on to appear in 11 straight Pro Bowls. In 2001, Baltimore won Super Bowl XXXV against the N.Y. Giants. A member of the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 2000's, Ogden was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2013.
Ogden was recently named to the All-Time College Football All-American team selected by ESPN as part of the network's yearlong celebration of College Football's 150thย season. He was also chosen as #72 on the NFL Network's list of the 100 greatest players of all time.
The 2020 Hall of Honor class will be the 19th since its creation in 2002, and the third to feature legendary figures from an array of sports after the Pac-12 expanded the field to be inclusive of the broad-based athletics success across the Conference of Champions. Each year a new inductee from each Pac-12 university is welcome into the Hall of Honor.
"The extraordinary achievements of this year's Hall of Honor class represent the very best of our universities' rich history of excellence athletically, academically and professionally," said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott. "The Pac-12 is incredibly proud to call them our own and to honor their legacies."
From Olympic Gold Medalists and Super Bowl Champions to NBA and WNBA veterans to NCAA Champions and collegiate athletics trailblazers, the 2020 class features another star-studded list of inductees, including:
- Sean Rooks (Arizona)
- Melissa Belote Ripley (Arizona State)
- Don Bowden (California)
- Bill Marolt (Colorado)
- Dan Fouts (Oregon)
- Joni Huntley (Oregon State)
- Jennifer Azzi (Stanford)
- Jonathan Ogden (UCLA)
- Barbara Hedges (USC)
- Kathy Kreiner-Phillips (Utah)
- Lincoln Kennedy (Washington)
- Jeanne Eggart Helfer (Washington State)
Tickets for the 2020 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament are available at Pac-12.com/tickets.
