Prince George’s Amanda Asay will be inducted in the BC Sports Hall of Fame next year.
She died in a skiing accident in 2022.
One of Canada’s greatest female baseball players, Asay led Canada to five medals (two silver, three bronze) at the Women’s Baseball World Cup during her career. At the 2006 tournament where Canada won bronze, she was the only Canadian named to the World Cup All-Star team. She led Canada to an historic silver medal in women’s baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, the first major multi-sport Games to feature women’s baseball. Two-time winner of Baseball Canada’s female player of the year award (2006, 2016). In 2017, Baseball America ranked her seventh overall in the world among all female baseball players, the only Canadian named to the list. At the time of her tragic death in 2022, she was the longest-serving member of the Canadian women’s national baseball team, first joining the team at age 17 and remaining a member for the next 17 years.
The 2024 Induction Class being welcomed into the Hall of Champions includes:
Athletes
- Amanda Asay – Baseball
- Ryan Cochrane – Swimming
- Justin Morneau – Baseball
- Cassie Sharpe – Freestyle Skiing
- Richard Zokol – Golf
Builders-Coaches
- Beverley Felske – Ringette
- Bob McCormack – Sports Medicine
- Wayne Norton – Baseball
Team
- Langley Little League All-Stars Boys Baseball
- Team Members: Andrew Bell, Faizan Choudhry, Clayton Deglan, George Duda (coach), Jeff Duda, Mike Erickson, Brad Fraser, Mark Henderson, Jared Krause, Jordan Lennerton, Brett Logan, Brad MacDonald, Dave Mihalech (coach), Tanner Mikesh, Karl Reddick, Brian Sargent (manager), Sean Sargent.
Pioneer
- 1921-22 Vancouver Amazons Women’s Hockey Team – Ice Hockey
- Team Members: Lorraine Cannon, Thelma Elmsley, B.E. Green (chaperone), Nan Griffith, Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Hinds, Florence Johnson, Mayme Leahy, Greta Maddison, Isabel McLeod, Guy Patrick (manager), Kathleen (Carson) Patrick, Norah Senkler, Phebe Senkler, Helen Tees, Amelia Voitkevic.
Media
- Don Taylor
W.A.C. Bennett Award
- Glen Ringdal
“After months of anticipation, we’re energized to begin telling the stories and marking the outstanding achievements of our Class of 2024,” said Tom Mayenknecht, Chair of the BC Sports Hall of Fame. “Honouring the past – and inspiring the future – is at the very heart of the mission of the BC Sports Hall of Fame and this year’s honourees truly exemplify the best of sport in this province and beyond. On behalf of our Board of Trustees, Selection Committee chaired by Stan Wong and management team led by Chief Executive Officer Michelle Kitchen, we congratulate our deserving inductees and look forward to coming together again in person to fully honour the Class of 2024 at our BC Sports Hall of Fame Induction Gala next year.”
Induction into the BC Sports Hall of Fame is the highest sporting honour in British Columbia, celebrating the extraordinary individuals and moments that make up the fabric of B.C.’s diverse sport history.
Since 1966, the BC Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 452 individuals and 69 teams to its Hall of Champions, ensuring their legacies will continue to inspire future generations. The formal Induction Gala for the Class of 2024 is scheduled to be held in May 2024, with details to be announced in the coming months.