The 35th West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame class was announced on Friday.
Four of the six members of the 2025 hall of fame class come from the Mountaineer football program - Bill Kirelawich, Pat McAfee, Bill Stewart and Darrell Whitmore, who also played baseball.
The other two inductees are Chelsea Carrier-Eades (track and field) and Petra Zublasing (rifle).
The six inductees bring the number of members to 243. They will be inducted ahead of the WVU-Utah football game on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Bill Stewart
Stewart served as an assistant coach for eight seasons under Don Nehlen and Rich Rodriguez before being named head coach on Jan. 3, 2008, the day after a 48-28 Fiesta Bowl victory against Oklahoma.
When he was announced as the new coach, he became the 33rd leader of the Mountaineer football program.
He was the head coach of WVU for three seasons from 2008-10, posting a winning percentage of .700. He won 28 games as head coach.
Stewart led the Mountaineers to three consecutive nine-win seasons, which included appearances in the Meineke Car Care, Gator and Champs Sports Bowl.
His nine wins in 2008 were the most by a first-year coach at WVU. Thirty players, including quarterback Pat White, earned All-Big East honors in his three seasons.
Eighteen of his players were drafted into the NFL.
Stewart, a Grafton native, got his college coaching start at Salem, where he served as an assistant from 1977-78.
He had stops as an assistant at UNC (twice), Marshall, William & Mary, Navy, Arizona State and Air Force before earning his first head coaching gig at VMI from 1994-96.
He had two stops as an offensive coach in the Canadian Football League, where he was with the Montreal Alouettes and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Stewart also served on staff at Sistersville High School in 1975.
Pat McAfee
McAfee is arguably the most well-known modern-day Mountaineer.
McAfee did it all on special teams for the Mountaineers, as he took on the punting, kickoff, extra point and field goal duties.
The native of Plum, Pennsylvania, was on four bowl-winning teams - 2006 Sugar Bowl, 2007 Gator Bowl, 2008 Fiesta Bowl and 2008 Meineke Car Care Bowl.
McAfee still holds WVU football career records for points (384) and point after attempts made (210). He played in 51 career games for WVU.
His longest field goal was a 52-yard kick, which he made twice in the same season against Villanova and Cincinnati.
McAfee was drafted in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts and made two Pro Bowl appearances.
He played eight seasons in the NFL and retired in 2017.
McAfee has created a sports analyst persona since giving up football, as he is the host of "The Pat McAfee Show" on ESPN as well as an analyst on the widely popular "College GameDay." McAfee also dabbles in the wrestling world in WWE as a color commentator.
Bill Kirelawich
Kirelawich was a member of the WVU football program from 1979-2011. He left the program as the winningest assistant football coach in WVU history.
Kirelawich was on staff for 23 bowl appearances, which included an appearance in the 1988 Fiesta Bowl.
His last game with the Mountaineers came in the 2012 Orange Bowl when WVU beat Clemson 70-33.
Kirelawich got his start when Frank Cignetti hired him in 1979 then quickly transitioned to Don Nehlen's staff in 1980, where he was the defensive line coach.
His roles at WVU varied from being a defensive line coach (1980-87, 1991-00, 2003-11), outside linebackers and administrative assistant.
Kirelawich's defensive lines were in part of WVU leading the Big East in rushing defense and scoring defense four times.
The Pennsylvania native coached five All-Americans - Johnny Dingle, Bruce Irvin, Chris Neild, Johnson Thornton and Henry Slay.
Kirelawich played his college football career at Salem College for coach Donnie Young. He had an 89-yard interception for a touchdown still stands as the longest in program history.
Darrell Whitmore
Whitmore made his impact felt on the gridiron and baseball diamond.
Whitmore played four seasons at safety for the Mountaineer football team, where he totaled 14 career interceptions.
He appeared in 45 career games in the gold and blue. Whitmore recorded 204 total tackles, including 132 of his total tackles came in the 1989 and 1990 seasons.
Whitmore intercepted four passes in the 1988 and 1990 seasons, with the 1989 and 1991 seasons seeing him intercepting three passes.
The Virginia native played two seasons for the Mountaineer baseball team, playing in 1989 and 1990.
Whitmore started in 60 of 71 games played for the WVU baseball team. He had a career batting average of .392 with 78 hits. He also drove home 72 runners, while recording 18 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs (with 10 coming in 1990).
Whitmore struck out just 20 times in 199 plate appearances.
Chelsea Carrier-Eades
Carrier-Eades left WVU as one of the more recognized track and field athletes. She received eight All-American honors from 2008-12.
Carrier-Eades stayed in West Virginia to compete for the Mountaineers and made the short commute from Buckhannon to Morgantown.
It's been over a decade since Carrier-Eades last competed for the Mountaineers. However, she is still the program record holder in the 60-meter hurdles (8.08 seconds), pentathlon (4,170 points), 100-meter hurdles (12.78 seconds) and heptathlon (5,927 points).
When Carrier-Eades left the Mountaineers as an 11-time NCAA individual qualifier while being named Big East champion 10 times.
She competed in Germany in the Thorpe Cup for Team USA, finishing third in the heptathlon.
She claimed 11 state championships in track while competing for Buckhannon-Upshur. She was a two-time Gatorade Athlete of the Year, while winning the Ray McCoy Award twice, which is given to the state's top amateur track and field athlete.
Petra Zublasing
Only one Mountaineer has won three individual NCAA rifle championships and that was Petra Zublasing, who competed from 2011-13.
Zublasing's final season saw her win the air rifle and smallbore disciplines, marking the first Mountaineer to win both.
Zublasing received All-American honors five times at WVU. She earned it three times in air rifle (2011-13) and twice in smallbore (2012-13).
She is a native of Italy and graduated from WVU in 2013.
