The honorees include Dantonio, Sam Vincent (men’s basketball), Kori Moster (volleyball), Nick Simmons (wrestling), Caroline Powers (women’s golf) and Tony Keyes (men’s soccer).

The induction ceremony for this year's class will be held on Sep. 12 with a special recognition of the members the following day when MSU squares off against Youngstown State on the gridiron. 

“The six members of the Michigan State Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025 embodied excellence throughout the course of their Spartan careers,” said Michigan State Athletic Director J Batt. “They are among the very best to ever wear the Green and White, as their impact has established a foundation for future success. We look forward to welcoming these great Spartans back to campus and celebrating their achievements this September.”

Dantonio's legacy will be remembered in the record book at MSU for decades. After retiring in 2020, Dantonio has been inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame and even the Polish American Sports Hall of Fame. 

Dantonio’s 114 wins are the most all-time in East Lansing, with the most Bowl appearances in school history (12). Dantonio's leadership reshaped the football program into a national name in the 2010s. The Spartans won three Big Championships in 2010, 2013 and 2015 with a College Football Semi-Final appearance in 2014. 

Three first-round NFL draft picks, Darqueze Dennard, Trae Waynes and Jack Conklin, played under Dantonio on championship teams, lifting them to professional careers. 

“For 13 years, we pushed forward to build something special–something timeless,” said Dantonio. “This achievement reflects the dedication and hard work of all those individuals who excelled and helped create a team.”

“This honor embodies the legacy we built together at MSU. Together, we ‘Dreamed Big’ and didn’t just make history–we became a part of it.” 

Dantonio is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in MSU Football history, coaching 238 graduates and 219 Academic All-Big Ten honorees.

Sam Vincent will be joining the Hall of Fame after his time with MSU Basketball from 1981-85. Forty years removed from MSU, Vincent ranks No. 8 all-time in scoring for the Spartans, one behind his brother Jay. Vincent was one to seldom take a day off, starting in 109 of 110 games played. In his time in the green and white, he averaged 16.8 points per game over his career, 52.9% from the field.

“It means everything, really, it does,” Vincent said. “I think coming from Lansing, neighboring East Lansing, playing at (Lansing) Eastern and having always looked over to Michigan State as the ultimate destination and to be part of, and to make it there and to now be recognized as a Hall of Fame honoree, it’s special. And to be one of the names in the 2025 Class, including Coach (Mark) Dantonio, who signifies everything you want to be connected to as a coach and a person, it’s just such an honor to be in the Hall of Fame and associated with this class.”

In 2024, Vincent served as the grand marshal at the annual MSU Homecoming Parade. For him, it was a chance to come back to the community that served him for so long.

“I think coming back in 2024 and having a chance to be the grand marshal was very special,” Vincent said. “It gave me a chance to reconnect with the community in a deeper sense. I was on campus more and spent more time with people and appreciated the opportunity and the journey I had.”

Kori Moster took the court for MSU Volleyball from 2011-14, leading the Spartans to some of their best years of all time as a libero. Moster holds the MSU record in digs at 2,218, leading the next highest individual by over 700. Her mark at digs ranks No. 3 all-time in the Big Ten as she also owns four of the top-10 single-season dig totals in Spartan history.

Moster joined current MSU coach Kristen Kelsay for three seasons, earning back-to-back trips to the Sweet Sixteen. During Moster’s sophomore year, a paramount win over reigning national champion UCLA catapulted her and Kelsay to the 2012 Sweet Sixteen. Moster cites that win as a career-defining moment, continuing to talk with Coach Kelsay about their time together. 

“The one memory that very much sticks out to me is when we played UCLA at UCLA in the NCAA Tournament and they were the reigning national champions,” said Moster. “We were on their home court and nobody expected us to win. It was one of those ‘whole bench flooded the floor’ moments. I actually remember the feeling of playing in that game. It could make me cry because it was just so much determination. It was such a grind, point after point. That team was huge and so strong and we just grinded it out. One of those moments you’ll just never forget.” 

Nick Simmons, a legendary Spartan wrestler from 2001-07, will join the class as the 13th MSU wrestler in the hall of fame. Simmons was masterful at pinning his opponents; his 46 career pins rank first all time, with no Spartan coming within punching distance since. 

The four-time NCAA All-American won three Big Ten Championships, 125 lbs in 2005 and 2006, and 133 lbs in 2007. After a redshirt freshman season, Simmons finished his time in East Lansing with a 109-8 record.

“I had a lot of really good people around me between all of the great coaches and teammates,” said Simmons. “Obviously, I would wrestle with my brother Andy a lot, but Chris Williams was one of my main training partners who would later become one of my coaches. We had a bunch of good guys, Ryan L’Amoreaux, the Frutigers, the Tromblys and Franklin Gomez, who came in during my last two years.”

Caroline Powers was a force on the links for MSU Women’s Golf from 2009-13. The Bowling Green, Ohio, native won Big Ten Player of the Year in 2013 and was named to the First Team All-Big Ten three times. Her 74.26 scoring average placed her No. 1 all-time at MSU; that mark now ranks seventh. 

“I wasn’t even expecting it and when I got the call, I got chills,” Powers explained. “Stacy was playing (in the Michigan Open) so I couldn’t wait to call her, say thanks and chat about it. It was really, really exciting.”

Powers earned the Spartans' best finish in NCAA Tournament history at sixth in 2011. In her senior season in 2012–13, Powers capped her Spartan career with six top-10 finishes across 11 tournaments and a scoring average of 73.81 — the third-lowest single-season mark in program history at the time.

After her time at MSU, Powers took over as the head coach at Notre Dame for three years before moving back to East Lansing with her family. 

“I think that when you are in it, it seems very obvious. ‘Of course we’re going to win a conference championship and be at the national championships.’ But when you get on the coaching side, you realize how hard it is to do what Stacy has continued to do for her entire career,” Powers said.

Six decades after his time at MSU, Tony Keyes will join the class of 2025. The top goal scorer in MSU Men’s Soccer history (56), Keyes was one of the most dominant Spartans on the pitch in its history from 1966-68. Keyes was a part of the monumental pipeline of players from Jamaica, including Trevor Harris, Frank Morant and Les Lucas. 

“It means a lot, because I know all these people personally, so that makes a very big difference,” Keyes said. “We're friends, and I know them all, and it was a good incentive for me to be looking forward to it one day if I got into the Hall of Fame. I will be in very good company.”  

An All-American in 1966 and 1968, Keyes helped lead MSU to back-to-back co-national championships in 1967-68. His 28 goals in 1968 still stand as the single-season record at MSU. Keyes praised his fellow Jamaican teammates for helping him feel at home. 

“We had a very good understanding because Trevor Harris and I had been playing together on high school teams since we were about 13 years old,” Keyes said. “I’ve known him all my life. He's my best friend. And then Payton Fuller, who was also an All-American soccer player, told Gene Kenney about me. And that was when he started recruiting me from Jamaica. So, playing with my fellow countrymen, that felt really good, because I was far away from home.”