Colorado Springs, CO (My Sportsbook) - The United States Olympic Committee announced the class of 2006 for its Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

The 1984 men's gymnastics gold medal-winning team consisting of Bart Conner, Tim Daggett, Mitch Gaylord, Jim Hartung, Scott Johnson and Peter Vidmar highlighted the list of inductees. They combined for seven individual medals.

Track and field star Evelyn Ashford, swimmer Rowdy Gaines, sprinter Bob Hayes, gymnast Shannon Miller, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, Paralympian Diana Golden-Brosnihan, ice hockey coach Herb Brooks, speedskater Jack Shea and NBC chairman Dick Ebersol were also on the list.

Ashford is a five-time U.S. Olympian (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992), which includes four gold medals and one silver. Gaines competed in two Olympics (1980,1984) and was a 17-time national champion, while swimming to three gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Hayes, known as the "world's fastest human" earned a pair of Olympic gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Games. He was also a member of the 1972 Super Bowl- winning Dallas Cowboys and became the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.

The most decorated gymnast in U.S. history, Miller earned five Olympic medals at the 1992 Barcelona Games and two gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games, while Yamaguchi won gold in ladies singles at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games.

Brooks was the architect of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team that defeated Finland to win the gold medal. However, it was the USA's 4-3 victory over Russia in the semifinals that became known as the "Miracle on Ice" that earned him the highest accolades. He also returned to coach the 2002 U.S. Olympic Men's Team to the silver at the Salt Lake Winter Games.

In 2003, Brooks died in a car accident in his home state of Minnesota. He was 66-years-old.

"Herb Brooks is quite simply one of the greatest hockey coaches who ever lived," said Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey. "He is the architect of the most famous achievement in American hockey history, and we are extremely pleased to learn that he will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame."

Shea was a double-gold medalist in speedskating at the 1932 Olympic Winter Games, while Ebersol is chairman of NBC Universal Sports and Olympics.

The inductees will be honored during the Hall of Fame ceremony, set for December 8 at the Harris Theatre in Chicago.

The finalists for the Hall of Fame class were selected from a nominating committee of athletes, members of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, historians and USOC representatives. The winners were selected via on-line voting by the general public and Olympic family members.

Shea was honored in the veterans category and Ebersol as a special contributor. They were chosen to the Hall of Fame by the nominating committee.