Hamm, Mourning, Larranaga to join DC Sports Hall of Fame

A new class of Washington icons is set to enter the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame at Nationals Park next month.

The organization announced its newest class — including NBA great Alonzo Mourning, women’s soccer star Mia Hamm and Washington Capitals analyst Craig Laughlin — on Tuesday. 

The full class also features former Washington Mystic Alana Beard, former George Mason basketball coach Jim Larranaga, Georgetown basketball announcer Rich Chvotkin and local basketball legend Johnny Dawkins.

The Super Bowl-winning Washington Redskins from the 1991 season will be honored as this year’s “Team of Distinction.”

The inductees will be honored at Nationals Park on Aug. 3 ahead of a Nats game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

“The DC Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 is notable for its impressive range of exemplary achievements and the representation in the high school, college, professional, media and contributor categories,” said Bobby Goldwater, chair of the hall’s selection committee. “Our committee is once again grateful for the ongoing support of the Washington Nationals and the Lerner family for their annual collaboration in conducting the induction ceremony at Nationals Park.”

To be eligible for the local Hall of Fame, individuals must be nominated for having acclaim in the Washington region. Players like Mourning, an NBA Hall of Famer, and Dawkins, an NBA player turned coach, were born and raised in the area. Mourning starred at Georgetown before winning big with the Miami Heat. Dawkins was a prominent guard at Duke.

Hamm — who played her high school soccer in Fairfax, Virginia — made international headlines by leading the U.S. to a Women’s World Cup title in 1999. She returned to the region in 2001 as the biggest star on the Washington Freedom of the now-defunct Women’s United Soccer Association.

Transplants like Larranaga and Laughlin became ingrained into the region during their careers. Larranaga, a longtime coach, led George Mason’s basketball team to a legendary Final Four run in 2006 before leaving to accept a position at Miami.

After six seasons as a Capitals player, Laughlin joined the team’s local broadcasts in 1990 as a color analyst, becoming a beloved voice among the region’s hockey fans.