Buffs Great Van Goor To Be Inducted Into Pac-12 Hall of Honor
March 06, 2019 | Women's Basketball, Alumni C Club
SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 Conference today announced the 2019 class to be inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor. Formal induction will take place on Friday, March 15 during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2019 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament, presented by New York Life. Following induction, the class will be honored during a special halftime ceremony of the day's first semifinal matchup at T-Mobile Arena on Friday, March 15 with tickets available at Pac-12.com/tickets.
The 2019 Hall of Honor class will be the 18th since its creation in 2002, and the second to feature legendary figures from an array of sports after the Pac-12 last season expanded the field to be inclusive of the broad-based athletics success across the Conference of Champions. From NCAA champions, Super Bowl champions and World Series champions to Olympic medalists to legendary coaches, the 2019 class features a star-studded list of inductees with (click to watch):
The first and only player in Colorado history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds in a career, men's or women's, Lisa Van Goor finished her collegiate career nearly averaging a double-double (18.0 points and 9.8 rebounds). The Buffs' first true star in women's basketball and one of the first in all women's sports, Van Goor helped build the foundation for a program that would perennially become one of the nation's best. She helped lead CU into the Big Eight Conference in the early 1980's as the AIAW was absorbed by the NCAA, paving the way for major conferences to sponsor championships in women's basketball. A finalist for the NCAA Player of the Year Award in each of her last three seasons, she earned All-Big Eight honors in the inaugural 1983 season. A three-time U.S. National Team Member (1981-83), she exited CU as its all-time leader in scoring, rebounds and blocked shots and was inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, just the second class to be enshrined and the first female athlete to be honored. Since then, she has remained active with her alma mater with Buffs4Life, an organization of CU letter winners who provide a support system to former CU athletes in need.
Among the many combined accolades of this year's inductee class includes: 14 Olympic medals, nine bowl victories, eight members named to a Pac-12 All-Century Team, seven All-Americans, five Olympic athletes, five NCAA team or individual national championships as collegians, four Super Bowl victories, two members of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, two members of the College Football Hall of Fame, two members of their country's Olympic Hall of Fame, one member of the Naismith Hall of Fame and one back-to-back World Series winner.
Celebrating the broad-based example of excellence, the 2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class is part of a rich history of champions for the Conference. The Pac-12 leads the list for the most NCAA titles by any league with 516 across 29 different sports, including nation-leading totals for men's (301), women's (185) and combined (30).
The 2019 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament will take place Wednesday – Saturday, March 13-16 with an action-packed 11 games over four intense days in the event's third year at Las Vegas' hottest new sports and entertainment venue, T-Mobile Arena. Since moving to T-Mobile Arena, the event has enjoyed back-to-back years of total attendance over 80,000, just the second time in Tournament history that total attendance surpassed 80,000 in successive years, including an event-record 86,910 in 2017's debut at the venue. All-Tournament Passes for this year's event, which provide fans the best locations for the best price, and single-session tickets are available at Pac-12.com/tickets.
The 2019 Hall of Honor class will be the 18th since its creation in 2002, and the second to feature legendary figures from an array of sports after the Pac-12 last season expanded the field to be inclusive of the broad-based athletics success across the Conference of Champions. From NCAA champions, Super Bowl champions and World Series champions to Olympic medalists to legendary coaches, the 2019 class features a star-studded list of inductees with (click to watch):
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The first and only player in Colorado history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds in a career, men's or women's, Lisa Van Goor finished her collegiate career nearly averaging a double-double (18.0 points and 9.8 rebounds). The Buffs' first true star in women's basketball and one of the first in all women's sports, Van Goor helped build the foundation for a program that would perennially become one of the nation's best. She helped lead CU into the Big Eight Conference in the early 1980's as the AIAW was absorbed by the NCAA, paving the way for major conferences to sponsor championships in women's basketball. A finalist for the NCAA Player of the Year Award in each of her last three seasons, she earned All-Big Eight honors in the inaugural 1983 season. A three-time U.S. National Team Member (1981-83), she exited CU as its all-time leader in scoring, rebounds and blocked shots and was inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, just the second class to be enshrined and the first female athlete to be honored. Since then, she has remained active with her alma mater with Buffs4Life, an organization of CU letter winners who provide a support system to former CU athletes in need.
Among the many combined accolades of this year's inductee class includes: 14 Olympic medals, nine bowl victories, eight members named to a Pac-12 All-Century Team, seven All-Americans, five Olympic athletes, five NCAA team or individual national championships as collegians, four Super Bowl victories, two members of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, two members of the College Football Hall of Fame, two members of their country's Olympic Hall of Fame, one member of the Naismith Hall of Fame and one back-to-back World Series winner.
Celebrating the broad-based example of excellence, the 2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class is part of a rich history of champions for the Conference. The Pac-12 leads the list for the most NCAA titles by any league with 516 across 29 different sports, including nation-leading totals for men's (301), women's (185) and combined (30).
The 2019 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament will take place Wednesday – Saturday, March 13-16 with an action-packed 11 games over four intense days in the event's third year at Las Vegas' hottest new sports and entertainment venue, T-Mobile Arena. Since moving to T-Mobile Arena, the event has enjoyed back-to-back years of total attendance over 80,000, just the second time in Tournament history that total attendance surpassed 80,000 in successive years, including an event-record 86,910 in 2017's debut at the venue. All-Tournament Passes for this year's event, which provide fans the best locations for the best price, and single-session tickets are available at Pac-12.com/tickets.
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