A trio of Olympians among six new inductees to Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame.

The University of Kentucky’s newest class of inductees to its Athletics Hall of Fame should strike a note for anyone who spent the past couple weeks watching the Summer Olympics.

The six 2024 inductees announced Tuesday include 2024 Olympians Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who both won medals in Paris.

They are joined by men’s basketball star Jodie Meeks, football standout Corey Peters, NCAA champion and Olympic rifle sharpshooter Henrik Larsen and administrator/coach John Cropp.

The 2024 class will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend on September 20-21.

Here’s a closer look at each inductee:

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

(Women’s track and field, 2016-18)

▪ Two-time Olympic medalist in the 100-meter hurdles, winning gold at the Tokyo event and coming off a bronze finish in Paris.

▪ First athlete in Puerto Rico history to win two Olympic medals.

▪ Three-time NCAA champion, twice in the 100 hurdles (2016, ’18) and also the 4-by-100 relay (2017).

▪ Six-time SEC champion, twice in the 60 hurdles, three times in the 100 hurdles and once in the 4-by-400 relay.

John Cropp

(Administration, 1992-2013; assistant football coach 1991)

▪ Served UK athletics for 22 years, including assistant football coach (1991), athletics recruiting coordinator (1992-93), assistant athletics director for special projects (1993-95) and associate athletics director (1997-2013).

▪ Among numerous other responsibilities, he was founding administrator for UK softball in 1997, and John Cropp Stadium was named in his honor upon his retirement in 2013.

Henrik Larsen

(Rifle, 2018)

▪ Won team and individual national championships as a UK freshman before turning professional.

▪ Led Kentucky to the 2018 NCAA championship, posting the highest aggregate score on the team.

▪ Won the 2018 NCAA air rifle individual national championship.

▪ 2018 NCAA Shooter of the Year and NCAA Freshman of the Year.

▪ Represented his home country of Norway in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

(Women’s track and field, 2018)

▪ Four-time Olympic gold medalist, twice each in Paris and Tokyo in the 400 hurdles and 4-by-400 relay.

▪ Had a world-record performance in the 400 hurdles in each Olympiad, lowering the mark to 50.37 seconds in Paris.

▪ Won two gold medals in the 2022 World Championships and was named the 2022 World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year.

▪ In her one season at Kentucky, she was NCAA champion in the 400 hurdles and set the collegiate record (52.75 seconds) — which still stands — while winning the SEC championship; set the world junior indoor 400-meter record in the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Jodie Meeks

(Men’s basketball, 2007-09)

▪ NCAA consensus second-team All-American in 2009.

▪ Owns UK’s single-game scoring record with 54 points at Tennessee.

▪ Made a school record 10 3-pointers during that game.

▪ His 854 points during the 2008-09 season rank as the second-most in UK history.

▪ Finished his career ranked 33rd on the career scoring list with 1,246 points.

▪ Played 10 seasons in the NBA.

Corey Peters

(Football, 2006-09)

▪ Defensive tackle helped UK to four consecutive bowl appearances, including three bowl wins.

▪ Senior season featured 56 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, four quarterback sacks, five pass breakups and six QB hurries, earning All-SEC first-team honors.

▪ UK’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player his senior season.

▪ Winner of the Jerry Claiborne Award for academics and team attitude.

▪ Played 13 years in the NFL with Atlanta, Arizona and Jacksonville.

The UK Athletics Hall of Fame was started in 2005 to recognize and honor persons whose participation and achievements enriched and strengthened the university’s athletics program. A committee consisting of Hall of Famers, media members, campus representatives and current coaches and administrators elects new inductees each year.