2026 Hall of Fame Inductees

Inducted 

Jake Scott

Jake Scott, who was born and grew up in Lewiston, played for four teams during his 10-year NFL career. He graduated in 1999 from Lewiston High, where he also threw the shot put and discus for the track team.

Jake walked on to the University of Idaho football team in the fall of 1999, where he redshirted his first year. He earned a starting position as a freshman and went on to start 46 games at weak-side tackle during his UI career. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and earned academic honors.
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AJ Christoff

AJ had a 45-year successful college and professional coaching career that included being defensive coordinator for 18 seasons at six colleges and having a Top 20 defensive ranking in 10 seasons as defensive coordinator/secondary coach. He was on the coaching staff for teams that made 14 bowl games and won conference championships in the SEC, Pac 12, Conference USA, and Big Sky.

AJ played offensive and defensive line at the University of Idaho during the mid-1960s after a successful prep career at Ritzville High in Washington. After earning his education degree in 1967, he started his college coaching career when he was hired by his old Vandal coach Dee Andros at Oregon State University as an assistant in 1969. He earned his Masters degree there with a perfect 4.0 GPA. In 1970, he joined the Idaho staff and was the secondary coach when the Vandals won the league title in ’71 and had their best season in 67 years. He then moved to New Mexico State as secondary coach and recruiting coordinator for two years.
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Corky Fazio

Corky has officiated high school football, basketball and baseball games as well as college baseball games for more than 40 years. He also served as assistant baseball coach for Hall of Fame Lewis-Clark State College baseball coach Ed Cheff where the Warriors won several NAIA national championships.

Corky arrived in Lewiston in the 1970s and played baseball at LCSC. He then played three years in Italy and was a member of the Italian National Team that won the European Championship in 1997. He was awarded a silver medal of honor from the Italian Olympic Federation.
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Roger Stewart

Roger Stewart also has dedicated more than 40 years to athletics in northern Idaho, including being a football official at the high school, college and professional levels. He officiated 12 years in the Arena Football League, including the Arena Bowl championship in 2016 along with two conference championships.

Roger is well known in the NCAA football world. He started officiating NCAA DII and DIII games in 1995 and worked seven postseason assignments between 1998-2005. In 2003, he was hired by the Big Sky Conference where he worked 234 games. He was selected to officiate 23 Division IAA and later FCS assignments, including three national semifinal contests. He retired from officiating Big Sky games in 2025 and is moving to the booth as a replay official in 2026, He served on the Big Sky Officials Association Board for 15 years and also served a term as board president.
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