{"id":94781,"date":"2024-08-02T13:16:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=94781"},"modified":"2024-08-07T11:55:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:55:44","slug":"brock-sports-to-honour-new-badger-hall-of-fame-inductees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/08\/brock-sports-to-honour-new-badger-hall-of-fame-inductees\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Sports to honour new Badger Hall of Fame inductees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Sports will celebrate a new Badger Hall of Fame induction class during a ceremony set to take place next month.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gobadgers.ca\/honors\/hall-of-fame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Badger Hall of Fame<\/a> commemorates the achievements of former student-athletes, coaches and others associated with Brock to preserve the history and tradition of the University\u2019s athletic programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe induction into the Badger Hall of Fame is more than just an honour; it&#8217;s a celebration of the unwavering dedication and remarkable achievements of our Brock Badgers,\u201d said Brock Sports and Recreation Executive Director Melissa Krist. \u201cThis event is a chance to reflect on our storied past while also looking forward to an exciting future filled with promise and potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The induction will take place at Amici\u2019s Banquet and Conference Centre on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. Tickets can be purchased on <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.universitytickets.com\/w\/event.aspx?id=2274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s honourees include 10 former student-athletes, coaches and staff who have made remarkable contributions to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joel Finlay (BA \u201971) \u2014 Mexico City 1968 (Rowing)<\/li>\n<li>Elisabeth Walker-Young (<span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">BPhEd \u201902, LLD \u201922<\/span>) \u2014 Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 (Para Swimming)<\/li>\n<li>William Tyler Emmett (<span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">BSM \u201907<\/span>) \u2014 Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 (Para Swimming)<\/li>\n<li>Iain Brambell (BA \u201997) \u2014 Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 (Rowing)<\/li>\n<li>Jacqui Cook (BPhEd \u201901) \u2014 Athens 2004 (Rowing)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Doey (<span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">BAdmin \u201985<\/span>) \u2014 Los Angeles 1984 (Rowing)<\/li>\n<li>Herb de Bray (Posthumously) \u2014 Sydney 2000 (Para Swimming)<\/li>\n<li>Joe Kenny (MEd \u201985) \u2014 Calgary 1988 and Atlanta 1996 (<span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Athletic Therapist<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Dunbrack (BPhEd \u201903) \u2014 London 2012 (Para Coach)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Bilotta (<span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">BPhEd \u201994, MEd \u201906<\/span>) \u2014 Atlanta 1996 (<span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Athletic Therapist<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A second set of inductees will be announced later this year with a ceremony taking place in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Sports will celebrate a new Badger Hall of Fame induction class during a ceremony set to take place next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":94784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,1,58],"tags":[3333,256,4437,13065,10286,582,4620],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94781"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94828,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94781\/revisions\/94828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}