The Class of 2024 (l-r): John Fry, Judy MacDougall, Mark Suda, Dr. Thomas Earl Reed, Ashley Collins, Brigid Barrett and Dr. Brian Caputo.

Brigid Barrett (2000-02) Click here for Brigid's speech
Brigid Barrett shined as a two-year starter in basketball and team captain at point guard for fellow inductee Thomas Earl Reed's teams. She completed her career at the top of the NJCAA by helping COD win the 2002 championship and earning tournament MVP honors. The Jacksonville, Fla., native was a two-time All-N4C and Region 4 selection along with earning conference and region MVP honors her sophomore season and received second-team All-American honors. Her teams were ranked No. 1 throughout both seasons and totaled a 51-7 overall record.
 
Dr. Brian Caputo (2019-24) (Click here for Brian's speech)
Dr. Brian Caputo's unwavering support of Chaparral Athletics has been a constant in his five years at the helm. His advocacy helped bring the Athletic Hall of Fame to fruition in 2019. His consistent presence at athletic events, men's and women's, and support of all 21 Chaparral sports teams played a key role in COD's return to national excellence in the National Junior College Athletic Association. COD has won 10 national championships in five sports since 2021, capped by the College winning the 2022-23 LEARFIELD Directors' Cup as the nation's most successful junior college athletic program. His tenure achievements include accomplishing numerous facility improvements to support athletics; introducing the first institutional scholarships to support NJCAA sports teams (men's and women's basketball); and the addition of four new athletic teams (women's golf, men's volleyball, men's and women's lacrosse). 

Ashley Collins (2008-09) (Click here for Ashley's speech)
Two-time All-American Ashley Collins led the NJCAA soccer in points in each of her two seasons with the Chaparrals. She scored a nation-best 30 goals with 20 assists in 2008 and scored 15 goals with 32 assists for 62 points as a sophomore. The Crown Point, Ind., native was the N4C Most Valuable Player and Region 4 Player of the Year both seasons, helping COD to a pair of Region 4 titles. She received an athletic scholarship to play at Indiana State University, where she was a two-year regular for the Sycamores.

John Fry (2006-2007) (Click here for John's speech)
John Fry, a five-time NJCAA track and field national champion and COD's first individual cross country national champion, remains among the all-time greats for the storied Chaparral track and field champion. As a freshman, the Elmhurst native won the NJCAA 5,000 and 10,000 meters and placed second in the 1,500. That fall, he won the cross-country title, and as a sophomore on the track, repeated in the 5,000 and 10,000 and added the 3,000-meter steeplechase for his fifth individual track title. He was a seven-time track and field All-American, a two-time NJCAA athlete of the meet, and helped COD to the team title in 2006. He remains the school record holder in the 10,000 m and was named to the NJCAA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2013.

Bob MacDougall (1976-96) (Click here for Jim MacDougall's speech)
Bob MacDougall built the Chaparrals into a perennial NJCAA football power in his 21 seasons at the helm. His teams set the NJCAA all-time winning streak of 36 consecutive games that included three consecutive unbeaten seasons (1993-95). His 174-59 record included 11 Region IV titles, and eight straight (1989-96), and eight N4C titles, including four consecutive (1992-95). He coached 37 All-Americans and six of his players went on to the National Football League, including fellow COD Athletic Hall of Famers Paul Spicer, Mike Bellamy, and Aaron Bailey. He led Joliet Junior College to the NJCAA title in 2002 and was named national coach of the year. He was named to the NJCAA Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1997 and Region 4 Hall of Fame in 2006. He passed away Oct. 3, 2021, at the age of 77.
 
Dr. Thomas Earl Reed (1991-2019) (Click here for Earl's speech)
Dr. Thomas Earl Reed, a coach, administrator, and professor during his 28 years at COD, served as the head women's basketball coach for 11 seasons (1991-2002). His teams won two NJCAA championships (2000 and 2002), five Region 4 titles (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002) and coached 11 All-Americans. He also coached the men's program for three seasons (2014-16) and served as an assistant men's tennis coach (1995-97), helping the Chaps to an NJCAA title in 1997. COD won five NJCAA team titles in his four years as athletics director (2002-06) and earned three NATYCAA athletic program of the year honors (2004-06). He served 24 of his 28 years as a professor of physical education.
 
Mark Suda (1991-92) (Click here for Mark's speech)
Two-time, first-team All-American Mark Suda starred for the men's soccer program. He scored 41 goals with 17 assists as a freshman and guided the Chaps to the NJCAA soccer championship where the Chaps finished fifth in 1991. The following season, he scored 25 goals with 10 assists and guided the Chaps back to the NJCAA championship, finishing fourth. The Downers Grove native's teams went 42-4-3 overall in two seasons when the NJCAA recognized just one division of men's soccer. He later played on scholarship at DePaul, where he was named to the Great Midwest All-Newcomer team in 1993.