2026 SF&F Hall of Fame Inductees
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The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) announced the 2026 inductees to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame: Lois McMaster Bujold and Tim Burton were honored as creators. “Metropolis” and the X-Men franchise were also recognized as exceptional creations in genre media. Inductees are added to the SF&F Hall of Fame display in the museum. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame was founded in 1996 and then relocated from the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy at the University of Kansas to its permanent home at MoPOP (formerly EMP) in 2004. For more information, including a complete list of Hall of Fame members, see the MoPOP website. The post 2026 SF&F Hall of Fame Inductees appeared first on Locus.
After helping the UCLA Bruins win the program’s first-ever national title back in 1964, Walt Hazzard was named to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday. Hazzard would go on to spend 10 years in the NBA which included one All-Star Game appearance.
Hazzard was one of six inductees in this year’s class, joining Jay Wright, Glen Rice, Tubby Smith, Ted Owens and Danny Ainge. The inductee comes 15 years after Hazzard’s passing, with the former Bruin passing away in 2011 at age 69.
Former UCLA standout guard Walt Hazzard has been selected for induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Hazzard helped lead UCLA to its first NCAA men’s basketball title in 1964.
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Following Hazzard’s college career at UCLA, he stayed in Los Angeles, with the Lakers taking him with the fifth pick in the 1964 Draft. Hazzard spent three seasons with the Lakers before playing for the Seattle Supersonics, the Atlanta Hawks, the Buffalo Braves and the Golden State Warriors.
Hazzard’s final college season was the first of UCLA’s 12 national championships, with the 6’2” guard teaming up with Gail Goodrich to lead the Bruins to a perfect 30-0 season under John Wooden.
In the championship season, Hazzard was a First Team All-American, putting up 18.6 points per game with 4.7 rebounds. Over Hazzard’s 87 games with UCLA, he put up 16.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per night.
Hazzard returned to the Bruins as the team’s head coach in 1984. Hazzard remained with UCLA until 1988, leading UCLA to their first NIT championship. Hazzard went 77-47 with the Bruins but made just one NCAA Tournament appearance during his tenure.
UCLA inducted Hazzard to their athletics Hall of Fame back in 1984 and has his No. 42 jersey retired by the Bruins, which has been hung in the rafters since 1996 but Hazzard permitted forward Kevin Love to use the number during Love’s time with UCLA.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA great inducted to National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame