Hall of Fame
With the inclusion of this year's Hall of Fame class, 31 people have now been inducted into the CSF Hall of Fame. Of those, nine have made their mark in more than one sport. That latter list now includes Colleen Fitzgerald, who competed in basketball for four seasons and volleyball in each of her first three years. As a spiker, she made an immediate impact helping the Saints land their first-ever appearance at the NAIA national tournament in 1981 as a first-year middle blocker. Nonetheless, basketball is where she made her mark. In fact, she's one of only four players in the history of the program to have scored more than 1,000 points and to have pulled down more than 950 rebounds. That, plus her career .498 field goal percentage still ranks atop the leader board today. The conference's MVP as a junior, Fitzgerald averaged 17.1 points and 11.1 rebounds per game that season on her way to NAIA Honorable Mention All-American accord. She followed that up by again being named to the All-League team as a senior when she averaged a career-best 18.8 ppg thanks to a .547 shooting clip from the field and a school record .835 reading from the foul stripe. That same year, she authored a 45-point performance against Wisconsin-Milwaukee based, in part, on 17 field goals. Those two single-game marks still sit in the #1 spot as do her perfect readings from the field (10-of-10 vs. Rosary, 1985) and the free throw line (12-of-12 vs. Wake Forest, 1984).
