ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR THE BIG ISLAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME
The following guidelines shall be used by the Big Island Sports Hall of Fame Committee in the
judging and selection of applicants for candidacy in the BIG ISLAND SPORTS HALL OF
FAME.

1. Eligibility for nominations shall be limited to those athletes and service nominees who
   qualify under one following guidelines.
   • 1A. Big Islanders and others who may or may not reside on the Big Island of Hawaii,
     but who attended a public or private high school or college located on the Big
     Island and who have achieved sports fame.
   • 1B. Big Islanders and others who may or may not currently reside in Hawaii, but who
     resided on the Big Island through their high school or college years and who
     achieved sports fame.
   • 1C. Those Big Islanders who do not qualify under 1a or 1b above, but who have
     achieved fame at some sports level after taking up residence on the Big Island
     and who continued to reside on the Big Island during or after that achievement
     for at least 10 years at the time of their selection.
   • 1D. Those who do not meet the residence requirements under a, b, or c, but who
     has been active in the Big Island sports scene for a period of at least 20 years
     and whose outstanding performance or leadership in the area of sports warrants
     consideration in the Special Category.
2. There shall be no restrictions related to education, religion, sex, race or nationality.
3. The nominee must be at least 35 years of age on or before December 31st of the year
   in which the application is submitted. If the nominee is deceased, the application cannot
   be submitted until the year he/she would have reached the age of 35 had he/she lived.
   The birth date of the nominee must be entered on the application.
4. Awards shall cover all phases of competitive athletic participation such as: baseball,
   basketball, football, bowling, boxing, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track,
   wrestling, MMA, etc.
5. Applicant must have gained sufficient local, area, state, national or international
   recognition and achievement, so as to be accepted as a respected nomination by the
   general public. Unique accomplishments shall also be considered in the section of
   candidates.
6. Applicant must have a good record of continuous good moral character.
7. Anyone shall be given the opportunity to submit applications at any time for
   consideration to the Big Island Sports Hall of Fame. All applications must be submitted
   on the official Nomination Application Form.
8. Applications will be active in the BISHOF process for a minimum of five years.

• To allow for proper consideration of all applications, only those received prior to the due date
  will be processed and judged for the next induction class.
  Revised 08/2018