Diverse group inducted into Acadia Sports Hall of Fame


Dr. Millard Cherry, inducted into the 2011 Acadia Sports Hall of Fame Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, acknowledges the applause as Hugh Bray, 1st Vice-President of the Associated Alumni of Acadia University (background), prepares to present the award.

A diverse group was welcomed into the Acadia Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 17 at Festival Theatre in Wolfville.

A CIAU Coach-of-the-Year, multiple All-Canadian athletes, two national finalist teams, hockey’s fastest goal scorer and Acadia’s number one fan were inducted into the university’s Sports Hall of Fame. The event featured a reception starting at 6 p.m. and then the induction ceremony.

There was certainly a soccer flavour that night when Laura Sanders, CIAU Coach-of-the-Year and championship coach of Acadia Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer multiple CIAU All-Canadian Cindy (Montgomerie) Tye (’94) and the 1988 Acadia Women’s Soccer squad were honoured in the Builder, Individual and Team categories respectively.

Members of the 1988 team included: Sanders, Bridget Anakin, Roxane Ashe, Lise Belliveau, Belinda Campbell, Janice Cossar, Jennifer Fanjoy, Kimberly Hill, Joanne Lebans, Maureen MacDonald, Kim MacQuarrie, Cathy McAuley, Dara Moore, Kirsten Pinfold, Kyran Pinfold, Jodi Silke, Heidi Stanish, Alison Tuton and Wendi Wells.

In addition, Dr. Millard Cherry, often referred to as Acadia’s number one sports fan over the past 40 years, was inducted as a Builder, joining Sanders and Connie MacNeil, (’52, ’53), a significant contributor to Acadia Axemen hockey and well known for his record three goals in six seconds as an Axemen.

Joey Wells (’76), Men’s Basketball multiple CIAU All-Canadian, joined Tye in the Individual category. Adding to the roundball excitement, the 1972 Acadia Men’s Basketball contingent was honoured in the Team classification. Inductees included: George Beattie, Jon Beausang, Sean Casey, Gib Chapman, Jim Faulkner, Gary Folker, John Godden, Lawrence Kennedy, Jim Logue, John McGrattan, Roy Mercer, Steve Pound, Paul Talbot, Glenn Taylor and Joey Wells.

Athletic Director Kevin Dickie applauded the inductees, saying, “as a first-year AD at Acadia, I couldn’t be more pleased with this group. We have former students, student-athletes, builders and teams. Collectively, this group exemplifies the positive qualities, rich tradition and outstanding heritage of Acadia University athletics and I look forward to sharing the evening with them, our alumni and the greater community.”


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