2014 Hall of Fame: honoring the 1999-00 basketball X-Men
Leading up to the StFX Sports Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on October 9th, we will be profiling all the inductees. Today we honor the 1999-00 X-Men basketball team.
2014 StFX Sports Hall of Fame Inductee – TEAM CATEGORY
1999-00 StFX X-Men Basketball Team
The 1999-2000 X-Men basketball team won the program's second national championship with a memorable 61-60 victory over the Brandon Bobcats in the CIAU (now CIS) championship game at the Halifax Metro Centre. Led by Randy Nohr, the CIS Tournament MVP, the X-Men staged a furious rally in the closing minutes of the final game, scoring the game's final ten points to pull out the one point win in dramatic fashion.
The team was led by All-Canadian Fred Perry during the season and finished the year with a 28-7 overall record, 28-4 versus CIS competition. Along the way to the national championship, the X-Men finished the AUS regular season with a 16-4 record, averaging 84.5 points per game. The blue and white knocked off long-time rival Saint Mary's 68-62 to win the AUAA (now AUS) conference championship.
Team members include: E.L. Adams, Jordan Croucher, Jonathan Daniel, Tom Kennedy, Jason Kerswill, Greg Marenick, Randy Nohr, Dennie Oliver, Billy O'Neill, Fred Perry, Paul Ricketts, Krzysztof Stach, head coach Steve Konchalski, assistant coach Ron MacDonald, student assistant Vince Marra, student assistant Jeff Starratt, student therapist Jim Hardy, and student manager Jeff Peterson.
The 2014 complete list of StFX Sports Hall of Fame inductees are as follows:
Athletes
Bill McIntyre, Football (1987)
Susan (MacEachern) MacDonald, Field Hockey (1988)
Trevor Reddick, Soccer (1995)
Patricia (MacDougall) White, Soccer (1997)
Builder
Bernie Chisholm, Cross Country & Track and Field (1973, 1974)
Teams
1950-1951 X-Men Hockey
1999-2000 X-Men Basketball
2000-2001 X-Men Basketball
The St. Francis Xavier University Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 1976 and exists to honour those individuals who have contributed significantly to StFX sports as athletes, teams, or as builders. Those chosen inductees have exemplified the spirit and ideals of Xaverian athletics in their professional and community lives.