The USJF Hall of Fame Committee is pleased to announce that the nominations for the Class of 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award (USJF LAA) is now open.
The US Judo Hall of Fame Committee is soliciting nominations of individuals for consideration for induction to the USJF Lifetime Achievement Award Class of 2025. Only USJF Yudanshakai Presidents, the USJF President, the USJA or USA Judo Presidents (if they are USJF Life Members), and previous US Judo Hall of Fame recipients are able to submit recommendations.
Each Yudanshakai President may propose one candidate for the USJF LAA with no more than 6 recipients named annually.
Each nomination should include a judo biography showing career highlights as well as some favorite photos of the candidate. These materials may be included in the Lifetime Achievement Award Gallery on the website for each Annual Class (materials submitted should be prepared with this in mind). Letters of recommendation will also be considered by the committee and may be included in the published biography.
Below are the links to specific information for each award. It is strongly suggested to read the criteria for each award category.
All nomination materials need to be submitted via email by the end of business March 7, 2025 with attachments. After initial review by the Hall of Fame Chair (or his appointee) feedback will be provided to ensure completeness of the documents. Once approved for review they will be forwarded to the committee for final deliberations. The document formats for the recommendations are Microsoft Word or plain text files. The document format for photos are .JPEG. ALL nomination materials should be EMAILED to Neil Simon, committee chair at NJSimon@aol.com
The submission DEADLINE is EOB March 7, 2025. No late entries will be accepted. Please feel free to submit your nominations sooner rather than later for early review.
Thank you very much for your kind considerations and nominations.
Neil Simon, Chairperson US Judo Hall of Fame Committee
USJHOF and USJF LAA Award Information Links
- Specific information about the USJF Lifetime Achievement Award can be found at the following USJF website links: · Gallery of previous awardees https://www.usjf.com/lifetime-achievement-award-committee/lifetime-achievement-gallery/
- Explanation of the USJF Lifetime Achievement award and criteria Instructions for nominations https://www.usjf.com/committees/lifetime-achievement-award-committee/ · Instructions for Nominations https://www.usjf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/031821-LAA-Nomination-Instructions.pdf · Nomination form https://www.usjf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/020321-LAA-Nomination-Fillable-Form-3.pdf