Tickets for 'A Night of Champions,' the 2026 TCNJ Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony, are now on sale.

Members of the public wishing to purchase tickets can do so at this link. Registration is due by December 1 to take advantage of the $150 ticket price; beginning December 2, tickets will increase to $200 per person.
 
The star-studded showcase will take place Saturday, December 19 at CURE Arena in Trenton, a fitting venue for a celebration of Trenton State College and TCNJ's singular pedigree of success in Division III. 
  
The 'Night of Champions' will officially induct the following national championships teams into the Hall of Fame:

• Field Hockey: 1983, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2014
• Lacrosse: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006
• Men's Soccer: 1965 (NAIA)
• Women's Soccer: 1994
• Softball: 1992, 1994, 1996
• Wrestling: 1985, 1987

The following individual national champions and relay national champions are also set to be inducted into the TCNJ Athletics Hall of Fame:

• Men's Swimming & Diving: Joe Dunn, Ryan Gajdisz, Stephen Gibson, Philip Hawley, Jason Ivins, William Kasper, Brett Pedersen, Brian Perez, Steve Swenson, Matt Stoll, Stephen Tarnowski, Scott Vitabile
• Women's Swimming & Diving: Diane Maise, Danica Roskos
• Women's Tennis: Debbie Daniel, Jackie Schtemberg
• Wrestling: Mike Denver, Larry DeSimone, Steve Fernandes, Dave Ilaria, Greg MacDonald, Chris Potter, Vic Pozsonyi, Steve Rivera, Glen Sandull, Justin Totten
• Men's Track & Field: Jeff Zodda, Nick Ricco
• Women's Track & Field: Tonya Anderson, Jessica Bonelli, Brittny Boyd, Margaret Brent, Tiffany Clark, Helene Duffield, Carolyn Gray, Sandy Humphrey, Judy Hunt, Miriam Khan, Khristelle Manuyang, Kate Powell, Angela Tecco, Jill Watts, Melissa Wenczel

Former head coaches Brian Bishop (men's swimming and diving), Rick Dell (men's soccer, baseball), Steve Dolan (men's and women's cross country and track and field), and Joe Russo (women's soccer) will also be enshrined alongside many of their former charges.
 
Bishop spent nearly three decades as head coach of the men's swimming and diving program, racking up 232 dual meet victories, 18 Metropolitan Conference titles, and eight NJAC team trophies during his career. Bishop led the Lions to 23 top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships, twice placing as high as sixth in the team standings, and coached two individual and four relay national champions. He was the NCAA's national Coach of the Year in 2015.
 
Dell spent 25 years as head baseball coach and another 14 as head men's soccer coach, piling up a combined 890 career victories between the two programs. In 1991, he guided both teams to the NCAA championship game, and still ranks as the College's all-time leader in coaching wins for both baseball and men's soccer. Dell is currently Major League Baseball's general manager for operations in Asia, the post for which he left TCNJ in 2007.
 
Dolan led the cross country and track and field programs from 1993 to 2004, coaching 66 All-America award winners who combined to earn 126 All-America citations. That group featured five NCAA champions, including a pair of relays at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Dolan was honored as the NCAA Division III Regional Coach of the Year 12 times.
 
Russo is a legend in women's soccer, having started the TCNJ program in 1990 and quickly establishing it as the best in Division III. Russo took the Lions to the NCAA Tournament in all but the first of his 31 seasons at the helm, which included 13 Final Four appearances and a trio of national championships (1993, 1994, 2000). The 1993 Division III Coach of the Year, Russo compiled 20 NJAC titles and 556 victories during his career.  
 
The late Al Bridges '69 will also be enshrined in the Hall of Fame as part of this ceremony. Bridges served his alma mater for many years as vice president to the Dean of Admissions and later as vice president for government and community affairs before retiring in 2002. During his last year at the College, "Bridges worked in government relations because he had wonderful contacts throughout the state," former TCNJ president R. Barbara Gitenstein said at the time. "He knew everyone and was kind to everyone."
 
Bridges played basketball at Trenton State, and was part of the 1967 team that won the New Jersey State Conference championship and earned an appearance in the NAIA Tournament, the first TSC men's basketball team to compete in a national postseason tournament.  
 
Bridges was also part of the Ewing Township Committee and in 1994 became the town's first directly elected mayor when the township changed to a mayor-council form of government. Bridges served two terms in this role after earning re-election in 1998.
 
Following the 'Night of Champions,' every national champion in the history of TSC and TCNJ athletics – with the exception of a handful of individuals who captured their titles too recently for inclusion – will permanently reside in the Athletics Hall of Fame.