By G. Wesley Garrison
02.13.25
Three sports are represented by the induction class.
CINCINNATI — Xavier University Athletics welcomed the outstanding 2025 four-member induction class for the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night, Feb. 14 at the James & Caroline Duff Banquet Center in the Cintas Center. Two men’s basketball stars, Jordan L. Crawford (’10) and Aaron S. Williams(’93), women’s basketball standout Amy L. Siefring (’96) and record-setting track and field student-athlete Zachary I. Polk (’18) make up this year’s class.
Jordan Crawford was a 2010 Sporting News Third Team All-American and helped lead XU to an A-10 Championship and the 2010 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Crawford led the Atlantic 10 Conference and was 21st in the nation in scoring at 20.5 ppg. in the 2009-10 season. Crawford, Sporting News and foxsports.comAtlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year, was voted First Team All-Atlantic 10 by the A-10 coaches. Crawford saved his best for last, earning a spot on the five-member 2010 NCAA Tournament All-West Region Team after averaging 29.0 ppg. for Xavier’s three games, including a career-high 32 points against Kansas State in the classic 101-96 double-overtime loss in the Regional Semifinal. He played six seasons in the NBA and continued his professional career overseas.
Zach Polk holds the all-time record for the most BIG EAST championship medals (17) and points in Xavier Track and Field History. Throughout his career, he ranked in the top five of every event he competed in — 100m dash, 200m dash, long jump, high jump and the 4×100 relay. Polk also set the school record in long jump and was a key member of the record-holding 4×100 relay team. His sophomore and junior years saw him earn All-BIG EAST honors for both Indoor and Outdoor seasons. In 2016, Polk made conference history by scoring a record-breaking 38 points in a single BIG EAST Championship, prompting the creation of the “High Point Performer of the Meet” award, which he won the following year.
Amy Siefring, who is now known by her married name Amy Meyer, helped the women’s basketball team win the 1993 MCC Tournament, earning a spot in its first NCAA tournament. She was a 1996 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team All-District selection and was chosen to the 1996 All-Atlantic 10 Second Team and 1993 MCC All-Tournament Team. She scored 1,340 points in her career, which ranks 15th on XU’s all-time scoring list. In her four years at XU, the Musketeers compiled 70 wins, including two straight 20-win seasons. Siefring led the team in scoring her senior season with an 18.3 average, which ranked her third overall in the Atlantic 10 Conference. She was named to the MCC Academic Honor Roll twice and was also a member of the A-10 Academic Honor Roll her senior season.
Aaron Williams helped Xavier reach three NCAA tournaments during his career, including its first-ever Sweet 16 in 1990. Williams, a 1992 First Team All-MCC selection, scored 1,073 points, recorded 197 blocks (second only to David West in XU history) and grabbed 713 rebounds (top 20 in XU history). He is tied with Tyrone Hill for the second-most NBA seasons by an XU alum with 14, trailing only West (15). Xavier recorded an 89-33 (.730) record during Williams’ four seasons, while winning three Midwestern Collegiate Conference Regular Season championships and one MCC Tournament Championship. XU made the 1990 Sweet 16 (first in school history), 1991 NCAA Second Round and 1993 NCAA Second Round.
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