The University of Windsor Alumni Association will induct four former Lancer greats into its Sports Hall of Fame during a November 11 reception in the CAW Student Centre’s Ambassador Auditorium.
This year’s inductees include:
Beth (Stroud) MacIntosh (BA 2000, BComm 2002) competed for the women’s volleyball team, but it was her track and field accomplishments that won her accolades. A member of the 1999 Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship team, she was the Ontario University Sport champion in high jump and pentathlon and was named an all-Canadian. She twice received the Banner Shield as Lancer Female Athlete of the Year, in 1999 and 2001—the latter year the CIS named her its Female Track Athlete of the Year.
Don Hollerhead (BPE 1975, BEd 1976) played as a defensive back on the 1975 Yates Cup-winning Lancer football team during a career that included four selections as an OUAA first-team all-star. Hollerhead received the 1975 DeMarco Award as top male student-athlete. His career punt return yardage stood as a provincial record for 36 years.
Georgia Risnita (BA 1998) was named OUA West women’s basketball rookie of the year and to the national all-rookie team in 1995 and followed that with a four-year run as a divisional all-star. Her athletic highlights include leading the CIAU in rebounding twice, and the OUAA three times; she was named the Lancer MVP three straight years.
Dan Devin (BA 1976, BEd 1977) played Lancer men’s basketball for five years, participating in the CIAU champion tournament. He was named Windsor’s MVP in 1976, led the team in scoring in the 1976/77 season, and capped his career with an OUAA all-star berth in 1977.
The ceremonies and reception will begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, November 11, and all are welcome. Besides the inductees listed above, the event will see the conferring of Sport Achievement Awards on Lou Pocock (1964), Dave Prpich (1967, 1968), and posthumously on Bob Weepers (1962) and will honour the achievements of the provincial champion teams in men’s basketball from 1971, 1972 and 1973 and men’s fencing in 1973 and 1974.