University of St. Francis (III.)

The triad is now complete with Julia Kruger Blair entering the Hall of Fame this year. She, along with teammates Debbie Walsh Wiseman and Sheavoun Pivaronas Lambillotte, both of whom were inducted over the course of the past three installments, helped start a current run of nine straight Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference titles and championships at the district level in eight of those years beginning in 1986. That same team ranked as high as 11th in the national polls. The third all-time leading attacker in school history in terms of kills with 1,121, Blair, a middle hitter, made her mark at the district, conference and national level during her four-year stay. A three-time choice of both the All-Conference and All-District teams in her final three seasons, Blair achieved one of the highest honors at the collegiate level when she was named as an NAIA National Scholar-Athlete not once, but twice. She also gained induction into Delta Epsilon Sigma, a National Scholastic Honor Society, at St. Francis. A two-time co-captain, as well, she is currently employed as an Internal Control Manager for the Motorola Corporation in Schaumburg. A Certified Public Accountant, she is also a member of two professional societies, the American Institute of CPA's and the Illinois CPA Society.