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A four-time NCAA Diving Coach of the Year (1992, 1993, 2007 and 2013), he also earned nine Pac-12 Diving Coach of the Year Awards (1995 \u2013 men, 1995 \u2013 women, 1997 \u2013 women, 1999 \u2013 women, 2000 \u2013 women, 2007 \u2013 women, 2008 \u2013 women, 2013 \u2013 men and 2014 \u2013 men).<\/p>\n<p>Schavone has coached divers to 18 national team championships (9 \u2013 NCAA men\u2019s, 8 \u2013 NCAA women\u2019s, 1 &#8212; AIAW women\u2019s), 50 conference team championships, 40 individual Pac-12 titles and 92-All-America honors. He coached at least one All-American in 30 of his last 32 seasons. Schavone guided many United States diving teams and coached at the last seven U.S. Olympic Trials. In 2012, he was assistant head coach of the U.S. Olympic Diving Team and helped coach Cardinal standout\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gostanford.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=208169948&amp;DB_OEM_ID=30600\" target=\"_blank\">Kristian Ipsen<\/a>\u00a0to a bronze medal in London. He received the USA Diving\u2019s Coach of the Year Award in 1984. A 1971 graduate of University of New Hampshire, where he was inducted into Hall of Fame last summer, Schavone completed his Ph.D. at Stanford in 1978.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Kirk, who won 11 NCAA titles in record-breaking times, became the first swimmer in NCAA history to win a breaststroke event for four consecutive years in the 100-yard breaststroke. She swam breaststroke leg on Stanford\u2019s winning 200 and 400 yard medley relay teams in 2001 and 2002 in addition to her seven NCAA individual crowns from 2001 to 2004. Kirk also won 14 Pac-10 titles, was a 17-time All-American and two-time team captain. She held American records in seven different events (five individual and two relay) while at Stanford, holding the American record in the 100 yard breaststroke for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk was undefeated in all 35 of her college races in the 100 breaststroke and won her final 19 collegiate 200 breaststroke races. During her senior year, Kirk set a world record in the 100-meter breaststroke (short course), captured the Honda Award, presented to the nation\u2019s Most Outstanding Collegiate Women\u2019s Athlete for swimming and diving, was named the NCAA Swimmer of the Year, and received the Honda-Broderick Cup, presented to the best college female athlete in the country.<\/p>\n<p>She has won 15 medals in international competition, including a silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Her younger sister, Dana Kirk, also a Stanford swimmer, also made the 2004 U.S. Olympic team, and they became the first sisters to swim on the same U.S. Olympic team. Kirk graduated with a BA in human biology and MA in anthropological sciences and was a Rhodes Scholar finalist in 2005. She works as an associate at the UPMC Center for Health Security, where her primary focus is improving public health policy and practicing to reduce the impacts of disasters and terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame class also includes Matt Gentry \u201905 (wrestling), Alex Karakozoff \u201977 (football), Ogonna Nnamani \u201905 (women\u2019s volleyball), Kyle Peterson \u201997 (baseball), Nicole Powell \u201904 (women\u2019s basketball), and Dana Sorensen \u201904 (softball).\u00a0The eight inductees will be honored at a private reception and dinner at Bing Concert Hall on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1933934707\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Friday, Oct. 16<\/span><\/span>. The class will also be introduced at halftime of Stanford\u2019s football game against UCLA on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1933934708\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday, Oct. 15<\/span><\/span> (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1933934709\"><span class=\"aQJ\">7:30 p.m. PT<\/span><\/span>, ESPN).<\/p>\n<p><i>The above article is a press release submitted to Swimming World. 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