FAYETTEVILLE — Erick Walder, who won 10 individual NCAA championships for the University of Arkansas in the long and triple jumps from 1992-94, will be among 30 inductees in the inaugural class of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame.
There will be an induction ceremony June 6 in the Hult Center for Performing Arts in Eugene, Ore., during the week the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships are held at Oregon’s Hayward Field.
Walder, who came to Arkansas from Mobile, Ala., capped his collegiate career by sweeping all four long and triple jump titles at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 1994.