*All inductee information current up to the year they were inducted.
Steve Neal
Football | Wide Receiver | 1997-2001
Inducted 2024
Benton Harbor, Mich.
- Three-time First Team All-MAC selection (1998, 1999, 2000)
- First 1,000-yard receiver in program history
- 14 career 100-yard receiving games
- Set WMU career records in career receptions (235), receiving yards (3,599), and touchdown receptions (27)
- Set WMU season records in receptions (74), receiving yards (1,113 and 1,121), and touchdown receptions (11)
- Tied the then-program record for receiving touchdowns in a game with three
- Helped WMU to a MAC Championship Game appearance (2000)
Manny Newsome
Basketball, 1962-64
Inducted 1974
Gary, Indiana
- 1964 All-American and three-time All-American Conference first-team selection.
- Holds school career record for points (1,786), field goals (729) and per game scoring average (26.3)
- Owns Western Michigan season point record (653 in 1964) and per game scoring average (32.2) and is former record holder for field goals (262 in 1964). Twice led MAC in scoring and finished second in other season.
- Held positions as assistant dean for student activities at Indiana State University and as dean of student affairs at the University of Toledo.
- Charter inductee into Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame (1988).
Thomas Nutten
Football, 1991-94
Inducted 2009
Osprey, Florida
- Named first-team All-MAC in 1994
- Received Honorable Mention All-America by Football News in 1994
- Three-year starter and played every game during his true freshman season in 1991
- First player taken in 1995 Canadian Football League Draft
- Drafted in seventh round (221st overall) by Buffalo in 1995 NFL Draft
- Started in Super Bowl XXXIV and Super Bowl XXXV as a member of the St. Louis Rams
- Only Bronco to win a Super Bowl, defeating the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV
- Fifth WMU player ever selected to play in the East-West Shrine game
- Second WMU player ever selected to play in the Hula Bowl All-Star Game
- One of four team captains in 1993 and 1994
- Received the Mike Gary Sportsmanship Award in 1994
