Mike Conley among 2023 induction class for Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame

FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas legend Mike Conley is among a 14-member class chosen as 2023 inductees into the Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame, announced by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The induction ceremony is set to take place at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene, Oregon, on September 14, prior to the 2023 Diamond League Final, the Prefontaine Classic, being held September 16-17, in Eugene.

Conley is the second Razorback in the Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame, joining Erick Walder, who was part of the 2022 induction.

A prolific competitor in college, Conley claimed a total of nine NCAA titles between the long jump and triple jump while earning 17 All-America honors. Conley captured all eight long jump and triple jump NCAA titles in 1984 and 1985, sweeping the indoor and outdoor titles each year.

Conley’s indoor triple jump best of 57-1 (17.40) as a Razorback set a collegiate record in winning the 1985 U.S. Indoor title and maintained collegiate record status until this year when another Arkansas jumper, Jaydon Hibbert, broke it in the process of winning the NCAA Indoor title with a mark of 57-6.5 (17.54).

Conley’s outdoor best in the triple jump while at Arkansas is a wind-aided 58-1.25 (17.71) that claimed the 1985 NCAA title. A wind-legal 57-6.5 (17.54) among his NCAA series still serves as the UA outdoor school record and ranks second on the all-time collegiate list while still holding the American collegiate record status.

Twice Conley produced a NCAA Outdoor meet record distance of 27-2 (8.28) as runner-up in 1983 and in winning the 1985 long jump title, while his 1984 NCAA Outdoor victory was a wind-aided 27-0 (8.22). Conley finished runner-up in the 1982 NCAA long jump, as his 26-10.5 (8.19) was three-quarters of an inch behind the winning mark with freshmen claiming all three medal positions.