PROVO, Utah — Brigham Young University will induct five former All-Americans into the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame at a banquet hosted by the Cougar Club on Friday, Sept. 11.
The 2026 class includes Amy Boswell Usevitch (women’s volleyball), Jason Buck (football), Wally Joyner (baseball), Shauna Rohbock (women’s soccer and track) and Kyle Van Noy (football). The five inductees will also be honored during a special halftime presentation at the football game versus Arizona on Saturday, Sept. 12 at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Since the inaugural class in 1975, nearly 250 individuals and 11 teams have been inducted into the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame.
Below is a bio with the career achievements of each of the 2026 inductees.
Amy Boswell Usevitch | Women’s Volleyball
Amy Boswell is one of the most accomplished defensive players and student-athletes in BYU women’s volleyball history. A three-time All-American from 2012-16, Boswell helped lead the Cougars to four consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearances, including BYU’s first-ever national championship match appearance in 2014.
Boswell earned AVCA All-America honors in each of her final three seasons, including first team honors in 2016, third team in 2015 and honorable mention in 2014. She was also named to the 2014 NCAA Seattle Regional All-Tournament Team and earned Volleyball Magazine second team All-America honors in 2016.
A dominant presence at the net, Boswell ranked second nationally with 1.68 blocks per set as a sophomore in 2014. She went on to finish her BYU career with 555 blocks, seventh-most in program history, while her .345 career hitting percentage ranks third all-time at BYU. In 2016, she hit .882 against Cal State Northridge, a single-match record at BYU.
Boswell was equally accomplished in the West Coast Conference, earning AVCA Pacific South First Team honors three times from 2014 to 2016. She was named the 2015 WCC Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-WCC First Team honors in 2015 and 2016, along with Honorable Mention recognition in 2014. She also helped BYU capture three consecutive WCC championships from 2014 to 2016.
Off the court, Boswell was one of the nation’s premier student-athletes. She was named the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and earned First Team Academic All-America honors in both 2015 and 2016. She received the 2014 NCAA Elite 89 Award with a 3.92 GPA and was named the 2016-17 WCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In 2018, she was also recognized as an NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 honoree.
Boswell graduated from BYU with a 3.87 GPA after earning a degree in nursing and a minor in gerontology. During her time as a student, she volunteered hundreds of hours in the emergency room at Timpanogos Regional Hospital and traveled with the BYU nursing program to Sapa, Vietnam, where she helped teach first aid and hygiene.
Boswell was inducted into the West Coast Conference Hall of Honor in 2023.
Jason Buck | Football
Jason Buck arrived at BYU following two successful seasons at Ricks College where he was a junior college All-American and selected as the top defensive player of the year nationally by J.C. Gridwire. Over two seasons as a Cougar, Buck posted 112 career tackles, 25 sacks, 44 quarterback hurries and 45 tackles for loss in two seasons. Despite playing just two seasons, his 25 career sacks are No. 6 all-time at BYU.
As a senior in 1986, Buck became the first BYU defensive player to be named Consensus All-America and was honored as the winner of the Outland Trophy, presented annually to the best college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America.
Buck, originally from St. Anthony, Idaho, led the 1986 Cougars with 218.5 defensive points and registered 26 unassisted tackles, 33 assisted tackles, 13 tackles for losses, 17 quarterback hurries and 12.5 sacks. Hawai’i head football coach Dick Tomey called Buck “the most dominating player I’ve seen.”
Following his senior season, Back was named first team All-America by the American Football Coaches Association, FWAA, The Sporting News, Kodak, Scripps Howard, Newspaper Enterprise Association, CFPN, while receiving second team recognition from Football News.
In addition, Buck was named Western Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was a two-time All-WAC First Team selection in 1985 and 1986, leading BYU to the 1985 Citrus Bowl and the 1986 Freedom Bowl. He was later named to the WAC 1980s All-Decade Team.
Following his senior season, Buck received the Dale Rex Memorial Award, awarded annually to an individual who contributed the most to amateur athletics in Utah. He was also named the Utah Sportsman of the Year.
Buck was selected in the first round—17th overall pick—in the 1987 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played in 97 NFL games over seven seasons with 31 starts. Buck won a Super Bowl XXVI ring with the Washington Redskins and also played in Super Bowl XXIII.
Since retiring from professional football, Buck has been involved with a variety of charities and non-profit groups including the American Lung Association, Children's Miracle Network, Boy Scouts of America, Ronald McDonald House, Forever Young, Special Olympics, Make-A-Wish, National Kidney Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Buck has also been a volunteer youth football and softball coach for three decades.
Wally Joyner | Baseball
Wally Joyner is widely considered one of BYU’s all-time great baseball players. In his three seasons as a Cougar from 1981-83, Joyner earned his way into the BYU record books and stamped his name as one of the most dominant players the school has produced.
Joyner’s most notable accomplishment came in 1983, when he was named first-team All-America by the American Baseball Coaches Association. In addition, Joyner was also named First Team All-WAC following the 1982 and 1983 seasons.
Despite playing more than four decades ago, the Atlanta, Georgia native still ranks among the top 10 in several offensive categories at BYU. Joyner is tied for second in career doubles with 67, while his .419 batting average is third all-time.
Joyner also collected 205 RBIs, good for fifth, and was sixth in hits with 277. He is also seventh in total bases with 479 and remains tied for ninth all-time in home runs, hitting 43 round-trippers over three seasons. Additionally, Joyner ranks 10th all-time in slugging percentage at .725.
Following his stellar collegiate career, Joyner was selected in 1983 MLB Draft by the California Angels in the third round with the 67th overall pick.
Joyner made his MLB debut in 1986, where he became a “Wally World” phenom during his rookie year. Starting at first base for the AL in the All-Star Game and winning a share of the Home Run Derby, Joyner would finish the season as runner-up for the AL Rookie of the Year.
Following six seasons with the Angels, Joyner went on to play for the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves before returning to Anaheim for his final season of his 16-year MLB career with the Angels. The five-time AL Player of the Week played in the postseason four times, including the 1998 World Series with the Padres.
In 2,033 major league games from 1986-2001, Joyner finished with a career batting average of .289, earning 2,060 hits, 204 home runs and 1,106 RBIs. He also secured 409 doubles, 26 triples, 833 walks and 973 runs. In addition, the first baseman led the American and National Leagues in fielding percentage two-times each.
Following his playing career, Joyner would go on to work as an assistant coach for three MLB teams from 2007-16.
Shauna Rohbock | Women’s Soccer & Track
Shauna Rohbock was one of the most accomplished multi-sport athletes in BYU history, earning All-America status in both soccer and track & field from 1995-98, while establishing herself as the most prolific scorer in BYU soccer history.
Rohbock earned NSCAA All-America recognition in all four seasons at BYU, receiving second-team honors in 1995, 1996 and 1997 and third team honors in 1998. She was also named to the NSCAA All-West Region First Team three times in 1996, 1997 and 1998, after earning second-team honors in 1995.
Within the Western Athletic Conference, Rohbock was a three-time Pacific Division First Team selection in 1996, 1997 and 1998, while also earning WAC Pacific Division All-Tournament honors all three seasons. She was also named WAC Tournament MVP in both 1996 and 1997. In track & field, Rohbock added another national honor, earning All-America recognition in the heptathlon after placing eighth at the 1997 NCAA Championships. She later captured the WAC Outdoor Heptathlon championship in 1998.
Rohbock’s name remains throughout the BYU soccer record book. She is BYU’s career all-time leader in goals (95), shots (368) and points (216). Her 1996 season remains one of the most prolific in program history, where she recorded 35 goals, 108 shots and 79 points in 23 games. She also set the South Field single-game record with four goals twice during her career, against Pepperdine in 1996 and Colorado in 1998. In BYU’s inaugural season, she scored the program’s first goal and recorded its first hat trick, both against Utah on Sept. 8, 1995.
Following a stellar BYU career, Rohbock continued her athletic pursuits at the highest levels. She played professionally for the San Diego Spirit of the Women’s United Soccer Association during the 2002–03 season before turning her focus to bobsled. Rohbock went on to represent the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal in bobsled. She went on to become part of the most decorated U.S. bobsled team in World Cup history, winning more World Cup medals than any other U.S. pair from 1999 to 2011.
Rohbock continues to make an impact in the sport of bobsled as a coach. Leading team USA men’s and women’s teams at the 2018, 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympic games. Rohbock is a member of the Utah Army National Guard. In 2020, she was appointed to serve as a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition.
She was inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
Kyle Van Noy | Football
Kyle Van Noy is one of the most decorated athletes in BYU football history. Over four seasons from 2010 to 2013, the Reno, Nevada native earned more than 25 national and independent honors and finished his collegiate career fifth all-time in sacks with 26.0.
A dominant force at linebacker, Van Noy led BYU's defense to a No. 3 national ranking in total defense as a junior and topped the team in tackles for loss in both his junior and senior seasons, recording stats in all 10 defensive categories each year.
By the time he left Provo, eight different organizations had awarded Van Noy All-American recognition, including the Associated Press, Walter Camp, Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports, Athlon Sports, Phil Stelle, Lindy’s Sports and College Sports Madness.
In addition, Van Noy was the College Football Performance Awards Defensive Player of the Year in 2012, the Independent Defensive Player of the Year in 2013 and a finalist or semifinalist for the Bronco Nagurski Trophy, Lombardi Award, Chuck Bednarik Award, Butkus Award and Senior CLASS Award.
Selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft, Van Noy has gone on to build one of the more quietly remarkable careers in recent NFL history, playing across five franchises over 12 seasons and still going.
Van Noy was a key contributor on two Super Bowl championship teams with the New England Patriots in 2017 and 2019, earned a spot on the Patriots' 2010s All-Decade Team and added Pro Bowl honors with the Baltimore Ravens, proving that what was built at BYU has never stopped paying off.
Off the field, Van Noy and his wife Marissa founded the Van Noy Valor Foundation, dedicated to supporting foster and adopted youth through resources, mentorship and opportunity. Van Noy brings that same sense of commitment and purpose to his family and community that he has always brought to the game.