Burnaby sports personalities are to be inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame.
The B.C. members of the 2012 Canadian Olympic women’s national soccer team, including Burnaby superstar Christine Sinclair, were among the nine individuals and one team recognized for induction at the 2015 annual banquet of champions at the Vancouver Convention Centre on May 28.
Karina LeBlanc, Sophie Schmidt, Brittany Timko and Emily Zurrer were also members of the women’s soccer team that won a bronze medal following a 1-0 victory over France at the 2012 Games after a controversial and much publicized semifinal loss to the United States.
Sinclair, Canada’s team captain, finished with an Olympic tournament-best six goals.
The bronze medal was also Canada’s first in a traditional summer team sport since 1936.
Also earning a place in the hall was Burnaby resident John Haar in the builder category for baseball.
Haar coached a national junior team to Baseball Canada’s one and only international gold medal at the 1991 world junior championships.
He also served as team manager for Canada’s entry at the 1986 World Cup in Cuba, helping the team qualify for the 1988 Olympics.
Haar was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
Also selected for induction in the athletes category were Shelley Winter Andrews in field hockey, Garett Hickling in wheelchair rugby, Denny Morrison in speedskating, Leah Pells in track and field and Burnaby Winter Club product Paul Kariya in ice hockey.
Denny Veitch joined Haar in the builder category, while Duncan Campbell was elected as a pioneer in wheelchair rugby. J. Paul McConnell made it in the media category.
