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2015 Hall of Fame Selection Committee

November 08, 2015

Listed below are the members of the 2015 Hall of Fame Selection Committee. Each was chosen for his or her place in the history of the game. For the 2015 committee, players with 150 or more lifetime Pro Points are assigned to that category unless they are also a current Hall of Fame member.

First, the man responsible for creating the Pro Tour:

  • Skaff Elias

An aggregate vote from Magic fans around the world, organized by the Magic Community Team:

  • Magic Community (details to be provided on DailyMTG.com July 7)

Longtime reporters and commentators of the Pro Tour:

  • Todd Anderson
  • Monty Ashley
  • Dan Barrett
  • Josh Bennett
  • Ben Bleiweiss
  • Marc Calderaro
  • Brian David-Marshall
  • Melissa DeTora
  • Kelly Digges
  • Evan Erwin
  • Mike Flores
  • Craig Gibson
  • Simon Görtzen
  • Richard Hagon
  • Tobias Henke
  • Zac Hill
  • Nathan Holt
  • Matthias Hunt
  • Patrick Jarrett
  • Jim Jen
  • Glenn Jones
  • Paul Jordan
  • Masami Kaneko
  • Florian Koch
  • Shawn Kornhauser
  • Frank Lepore
  • Javier Luna
  • Koichiro Maki
  • Sean McKeown
  • Diogo Meyer
  • Rashad Miller
  • Keita Mori
  • Tomoya Nakajima
  • Cedric Phillips
  • Nate Price
  • Blake Rasmussen
  • Mike Rosenberg
  • Steve Sadin
  • Asako Seo
  • Chapman Sim
  • Bill Stark
  • Adam Styborski
  • Adrian Sullivan
  • Patrick Sullivan
  • Marshall Sutcliffe
  • Ben Swartz
  • Hanno Terbuyken
  • Kar Yung Tom
  • Naoaki Umesaki
  • Jacob Van Lunen
  • Ray Walkinshaw
  • Tim Willoughby
  • Yuusuke Yoshikawa

High-level judges, scorekeepers, and similar tournament officials:

  • Federico Calo
  • Sean Catanese
  • Kevin Desprez
  • Cristiana Dionioso
  • Toby Elliott
  • Nick Fang
  • Damian Hiller
  • Carlos Ho
  • Daniel Kitachewsky
  • Scott Larabee
  • Jason Lemahieu
  • Scott Marshall
  • Sheldon Menery
  • Chris Richter
  • Jared Sylva
  • Riccardo Tessitori
  • Kim Warren

Certain administrative officials from the DCI, who have been responsible for the establishment of policy directly pertaining to the Pro Tour:

  • Dale Aitken
  • Héléne Bergeot
  • Ron Foster
  • Toby Maheras
  • Dieter Schoeters
  • Kyoko Yoshida

Other people from inside and outside Wizards of the Coast who have had the occasion to directly observe and influence the Pro Tour:

  • Elaine Chase
  • Chris Galvin
  • Matthieu Poujade
  • Mark Purvis
  • Mark Rosewater
  • Lee Sharpe
  • Brian Trunk

Members of the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Hall of Fame:

  • Dirk Baberowski
  • Kai Budde
  • Randy Buehler
  • Patrick Chapin
  • Alan Comer
  • Kamiel Cornelissen
  • Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
  • Robert Dougherty
  • Jon Finkel
  • Tsuyoshi Fujita
  • Nicolai Herzog
  • Tommi Hovi
  • David Humpherys
  • William Jensen
  • Anton Jonsson
  • Frank Karsten
  • Darwin Kastle
  • Brian Kibler
  • Raphaël Lévy
  • Robert Maher Jr. (Bob Maher)
  • Makihito Mihara
  • Zvi Mowshowitz
  • Shuhei Nakamura
  • Gabriel Nassif
  • Masashi Oiso
  • Steven O'Mahoney-Schwart
  • Olle Råde
  • Paul Rietzl
  • Ben Rubin
  • Antoine Ruel
  • Olivier Ruel
  • Luis Scott-Vargas
  • Bram Snepvangers
  • Ben Stark
  • Kenji Tsumura
  • Mike Turian
  • Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
  • Jelger Wiegersma
  • Gary Wise

Key Wizards employees with first-hand experience playing on the Pro Tour:

  • Tim Aten
  • Ian Duke
  • Aaron Forsythe
  • Mark Globus
  • Bryan Hawley
  • Ben Hayes
  • Sam Heckman
  • Masami Ibamoto
  • Mons Johnson
  • Erik Lauer
  • Jackie Lee
  • Tony Pagliocco
  • Adam Prosak
  • Sam Stoddard
  • Matt Tabak
  • Gavin Verhey
  • Worth Wollpert

All players with 150 or more lifetime Pro Points not previously listed in other categories:

  • Akira Asahara
  • Samuel Black
  • Lukas Blohon
  • Christian Calcano
  • Marcio Carvalho
  • Tiago Chan
  • Paul Cheon
  • Patrick Cox
  • Andrew Cuneo
  • Jeff Cunningham
  • Antonio De Rosa
  • Reid Duke
  • Willy Edel
  • Gerard Fabiano
  • Ivan Floch
  • Eric Froehlich
  • Justin Gary
  • Svend Geertsen
  • Eugene Harvey
  • Alexander Hayne
  • Mark Herberholz
  • Rich Hoaen
  • Tsuyoshi Ikeda
  • Michael Jacob
  • Lukas Jaklovsky
  • Mattias Jorstedt
  • Robert Jurkovic
  • Martin Jůza
  • Tomohiro Kaji
  • Tzu-Ching Kuo
  • Ari Lax
  • Osyp Lebedowicz
  • Matthew Linde
  • Michael Long
  • Marijn Lybaert
  • Antti Malin
  • Tom Martell
  • Kazuya Mitamura
  • Chikara Nakajima
  • Brad Nelson
  • Kenny Oberg
  • David Ochoa
  • Koutarou Ootsuka
  • Jamie Parke
  • Brock Parker
  • Michael Pustilnik
  • Jeroen Remie
  • Carlos Romao
  • Kyle Rose
  • Johan Sadeghpour
  • Tomoharu Saito
  • Shahar Shenhar
  • Lee Shi Tian
  • Alex Shvartsman
  • Geoffrey Siron
  • Terry Soh
  • Matthew Sperling
  • Yuta Takahashi
  • Gerry Thompson
  • Jens Thoren
  • Owen Turtenwald
  • Josh Utter-Leyton
  • Gaudenis Vidugiris
  • Tomi Walamies
  • Ruud Warmenhoven
  • Yuuya Watanabe
  • Craig Wescoe
  • David Williams
  • Conley Woods
  • Shota Yasooka
  • Ken Yukuhiro
  • Adam Yurchick
  • Matej Zatlkaj
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