Hall of Fame Induction By Year

We value and honor the exceptional dedication and longevity in martial arts that exemplifies the highest potential of very woman and girl. We celebrate our Hall of Fame members and applaud their achievements.

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2024

(from left:)	HoF Award
Grandmaster Sunny Graff	50
Grandmaster Jaye Spiro	50
Shinshii Janet Aalfs	40
Grandmaster Yu Wen Mei	60
Soke Nahid Farzinzad	40
Sifu Helen Yee	40
Sifu Wendy Lathrop	40
Instructor Lisa Santi	40

2023

(from left:)	HoF Award
Sensei Katie Murphy Stevens	30
Professor Jane Carr	60
Shifu/Sensei Koré Grate	50
Shihan Diane Wallander	40

2021

	HoF Award
Sifu Kimberly Ivy (pictured left)	40
Professor Nerissa Freeman	30
Master Mary Davis Cates	30

2020

(from left:)	HoF Award
Master Sensei Lisa Frazer	40
Sensei Jamie Leno Zimron	40
Goeroe Silvia Smart	30

2019

(from left:)	HoF Award
Professor Janice Okamoto	40
Grandmaster Odette Russell	30
Sensei Denise Gonzales	50
Sensei Janet Nelson	40
Sifu Debbie Leung	40
Hanshi Zosia Gorbaty	40
Professor Sheryl Hager	50
Sigung Sonya Richardson	30

2018

(from left:)	HoF Award
Sensei Delina Fuchs	40
Shihan Nahid Farzinzad	30
Sensei Doris Eastbury	30

2016

(clockwise from upper left:)	HOF Award
Shihan Dara Masi	30
Professor Keiko Fukuda	50
Gloria Boldizar	30
Shihan Melanie Fine	40
Master Su Zifang	40
Sensei Karen C Brown	30
Grandmaster Sunny Graff	40
Master Wasentha Young	40

2015

(from left:)	HOF Award
Master Allyson Appen	30
Sensei Miyako Tanaka Price	50

2014

(from left:)	HOF Award
Master Kim Geary	30
Sifu Restita De Jesus	30
Sifu Michelle McVadon	30
Sensei Teru Hendry	50
Master Didi Goodman	30
Master Ricky Kay	40

2013

(from left, back row:)	HOF Award
Sifu Wendy Lathrop	30
Instructor Lisa Santi	30
Angela Lee	30
Sifu Marieta Delacruz	30
Sensei Rachael Beatty	30
Monica Alayra	30
Tatiana Deef	30
Master Terri Giamartino	30
Sifu Michelle Dwyer	30

(from left, front row:)
Hanshi Vera Harrison	40
Vicki Dello Joio	40
Professor Jane Carr	50
Professor Barbara Bones	40
Anne McCabe	40

2012

The inaugural year of the Hall of Fame Award!

(from left, back row:)	HOF Award
Sensei Ilene Smoger	30
Sifu Debbie Leung	30
Lea Bancroft	30
Deborah Bancroft	30
Sensei Nicola Smith	30
Sensei Jamie Leno Zimron	30
Anne Kuzminsky	30
Shihan Darlene DeFour	30
Sigung Jen Resnick	30
Sifu Kimberly Ivy	30
Master Kathy Long	30
Marjory Allingham	30
Sifu Barbara Feldman	30
Deborah Payne	30
Grandmaster Sunny Graff	30
Professor Janice Okamoto	30
Sifu Helen Yee	30
Hanshi Zosia Gorbaty	30
Sensei Delina Fuchs	30
Peg Strain	30
Graciela Casillas	30

(from left, front row:)
Barbara Christensen	40
Arlene Limas	40
Grandmaster Jaye Spiro	40
Shifu/Sensei Koré Grate	40
Master Virginia Burnside	30
Professor Bernice Jay	60
Sensei Denise Gonzales	40
Grandmaster Carol Middleton	40
Grandmaster Elba Cookie Melendez	40

(not pictured:)
Nadia Telsey	40

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