The 2007 national championship softball team is among seven new entries into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame. 

The Pacific Office Automation Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet is Saturday, November 11 in Ted Wilson Gymnasium. Reserved tickets are required for the event and go on sale starting October 1. The 2017 inductees include:
 
The 2007 softball team set 18 new school records and won 45 games on the way to becoming the first women's program from Linfield to capture a national title. The Wildcats went 4-0 in elimination games, outscoring NCAA playoff opponents 99-23.
 
Scott Carnahan '73 surpassed 600 career coaching victories this spring in leading the baseball team to the NWC crown and a berth in the regional playoffs. His teams won 12 NWC championships in his 26 seasons as head coach. Carnahan is completing a remarkable 21-year run as Linfield athletic director during which time Linfield's sports facilities took quantum leaps forward.
 
An NAIA All-American and NAIA Academic All-American as a senior in 1982, Martin Jaqua '82, a three-time NWC champ in the discus and has held the school record in that event for 35 years.
 
Jason Clinch '97 was a three-time NAIA All-American in the men's high jump, finishing as the national runner-up three times. He was a member of two NWC championship teams, helping Linfield place as high as fifth as a team at the NAIA Championships.
 
Ray Lions '04 excelled in track and football, earning All-America honors in each sport. He ranks second all-time at Linfield in the javelin and is fifth on the career assisted tackles list.
 
Jay Gustafson '66 was a member of four straight NWC championship baseball clubs and was a first team All-American on the 1966 national champion baseball team. A three-year starter in center field, he hit .417 as a senior.
 
A tennis All-American in both singles and doubles, Becca Johnson '07 won 60 singles matches and 58 doubles matches during a splendid four-year career that saw the Wildcats compile a 63-0 NWC record. A two-time conference and regional player of the year, Johnson twice competed at the NCAA Championships.
 
The inductees were chosen by a 20-person Hall of Fame committee comprised of current staff and coaches, members of the media, past inductees, and graduating athletes representing each of the past six decades.