{"id":97735,"date":"2024-11-29T16:05:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=97735"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:42:59","slug":"badger-hall-of-fame-to-honour-new-wrestling-inductees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/11\/badger-hall-of-fame-to-honour-new-wrestling-inductees\/","title":{"rendered":"Badger Hall of Fame to honour new wrestling inductees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Sports will induct four athletes and one builder into the Badger Hall of Fame during a March 2025 ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Fame welcomed its <a href=\"https:\/\/gobadgers.ca\/news\/2024\/8\/3\/general-news-brock-sports-to-honour-new-badger-hall-of-fame-inductees.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first class since 2012<\/a> this fall, celebrating 10 new inductees who have made remarkable contributions to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a true privilege to host another Badger Hall of Fame this year,\u201d says Brock Sports and Recreation Executive Director Melissa <span data-teams=\"true\">Krist<\/span>. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to see this event coincide with the 2025 Wrestling Canada Lutte U SPORTS Invitational Championships, creating a memorable celebration of both the sport and the lasting legacy of the Badgers wrestling program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Fame ceremony is set to take place on Sunday, March 2 at Amici\u2019s Banquet and Conference Centre. Tickets can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.universitytickets.com\/w\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing the celebration of wrestling that weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobadgers.ca\/news\/2024\/10\/16\/general-news-brock-to-host-wrestling-canada-lutte-u-sports-invitational-championships.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 2025 Wrestling Canada Lutte U SPORTS Invitational Championships<\/a> will be held from Friday, Feb. 28 to Saturday, March 1 at Canada Games Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event promises to be a remarkable occasion where we honour the achievements of our athletes while showcasing the strength and tradition that define the Brock Badgers,&#8221; Krist says.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing in the spirit of celebrating Olympic excellence, this class will include five former student-athletes and coaches who have made outstanding contributions to the Olympic Games in the sport of wrestling. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colin Daynes (BA \u201998) \u2014 Atlanta 1996 (Athlete)<\/li>\n<li>Richard Deschatelets \u2014 Sydney 2000 (Builder)<\/li>\n<li>Michelle Fazzari (posthumously) (BPhEd \u201910, BEd \u201913) \u2014 Rio 2016 (Athlete)<\/li>\n<li>Evan MacDonald \u2014 Athens 2004 (Athlete)<\/li>\n<li>Tonya Verbeek (BRLS\u2019 00, BEd\u2019 03, MEd \u201906) \u2014 Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 (Athlete)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Sports will induct four athletes and one builder into the Badger Hall of Fame during a March 2025 ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,1,58],"tags":[3333,256,4437,13065,10286,14076],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97735"}],"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\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109417,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97735\/revisions\/109417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}