Arkansas has named eight people to the 2026 University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor class, mixing football and basketball standouts from the early 2000s with a softball ace, a golf champion, a world-class pole vaulter and a trainer who spent almost 40 years on the sideline.
Former letterwinners and members of the A Club picked the class through a vote.
Ronnie Brewer headlines the group after helping the Hogs reach the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and ending a five-year drought for the program.
He posted career averages of 15.7 points 5.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists from 2004 through 2006 and picked up All-American honors along with two First-Team All-SEC nods.
The Utah Jazz took him 14th overall in the 2006 NBA Draft and he played 10 pro seasons.
Brewer’s dad Ron Brewer Sr. earned the same Hall of Honor honor back in 1993 which makes this a family milestone.
Bua and Peters bring football flavor
Tony Bua and Jason Peters both suited up for Arkansas football from the early 2000s and turned into program legends in different ways.
Bua broke the school’s career tackle record with 408 stops during his 2003 senior year passing Ken Hamlin’s old mark.
He now sits second on that career list behind Bumper Pool. Miami picked Bua in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft and he spent time on practice squads with Dallas and Cincinnati.
Peters arrived in Fayetteville as a defensive lineman before Houston Nutt moved him to tight end. He caught 21 passes for 218 yards and four scores in 2003 which earned him Second-Team All-SEC recognition.
Buffalo signed him as an undrafted rookie in 2004 and he grew into a seven-time Pro Bowler who won a Super Bowl ring with Philadelphia. Peters retired in 2025 after 21 NFL seasons and later made the league’s All-Decade team for the 2010s.
Baseball softball and golf round out the class
Brett Eibner played both ways for Razorback baseball from 2008 through 2010 and smashed three homers in a single postseason game against Grambling State.
He finished with 42 career homers which ties for third in program history.
Heather Schlichtman Scharf still owns the school career strikeout record with 886 and a career ERA of 1.59 from her run between 2001 and 2004.
Bud Still won the 1995 SEC individual golf title and pushed Arkansas to a team championship that same year while picking up SEC Golfer of the Year in 1994.
Tina Sutej won two NCAA indoor pole vault titles and later represented Slovenia in four Olympic Games while medaling at the 2025 World Championships.
Longtime trainer honored posthumously
Dave England worked with Razorback athletics for nearly four decades and rose to head athletic trainer for men’s basketball starting in 1989.
He traveled to three Final Fours and worked the 1994 national title run before retiring in 2021. England will be inducted posthumously alongside the rest of the class.
The ceremony is set for Friday Sept. 25 at the Walton Arts Center. That’s the night before Arkansas football hosts Tulsa at Razorback Stadium and the honorees will get recognition during that Saturday game too.
Key takeaways
- Arkansas picked eight people for its 2026 Sports Hall of Honor class through a former-letterwinner vote
- Ronnie Brewer Tony Bua and Jason Peters headline a group that also includes Brett Eibner Heather Schlichtman Scharf Bud Still and Tina Sutej
- The induction ceremony happens Friday Sept. 25 at the Walton Arts Center the night before Arkansas hosts Tulsa
