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The Simon Fraser University Athletics Hall of Fame will be re-established on Wednesday, February 29 with 13 new inductees being honoured at a luncheon, hosted at the Diamond Alumni Club on SFU’s Burnaby Campus.

The inductees include nine athletes, four coaches and two teams.

"It's a great cross section of athletes, teams and coaches,” said Lorne Davies, Founding Athletic Director.  “The biggest problem with coming off a hiatus of not having inductees being placed in the Hall of Fame is we have so many deserving athletes but we can't put them all in at once in this year of renewal, but it does make this year’s class a little more special.”

The women’s basketball team will be represented by one coach and one player.

Legendary coach Allison McNeill enters, coaching the SFU women’s basketball program for 13 years.  

Her first 12 years at the helm were in the NAIA before one season coaching in the CIS.

McNeill’s players were named NAIA All-Americans 15 times while two were named the NAIA Player of the Year.

After a successful run with the Clan, McNeill went on to coach the Canadian National Team and is the head coach of Canada's women today. She also served as the associate head coach for the University of Oregon from 2001-2005.

Six of her players went on to play with the Canadian National team.
 

Michelle Hendry is one of McNeill’s players who achieved great success.

Hendry was a two time NAIA Player of the Year and three time All-American.  She is SFU’s all-time scoring leader and played in the Olympic Games for Canada.

To read the entire release from Simon Fraser University, press here.

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