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Cross country runner posthumously inducted in MVCC Hall of Fame
Lisa Pollard was inducted posthumously in February into the Moraine Valley Community College 2020 Athletics Hall of Fame.
Lisa Pollard was inducted posthumously in February into the Moraine Valley Community College 2020 Athletics Hall of Fame along with four other athletes and one coach.
Pollard ran cross country as a freshman and was the only female on the team in 1989. At Moraine Valley, she was named NJCAA Region IV Runner of the Year, the only runner in the college’s program to earn this honor, after winning the Region IV Championship race in 17:55. Pollard ran at the NJCAA championship 5K race in 18:19, placing 14th overall, the highest placement by any Moraine Valley runner at nationals. It is still the college’s 5K record. For her efforts, Pollard was named to the NJCAA All-American second team, the first cross country runner at Moraine Valley to receive such an honor.
“I’m thankful to our current cross country coach, Dimitri Dimizas, for digging up the history on Lisa so we can appropriately honor her in our Hall of Fame. She earned her place among our illustrious group,” said Bill Finn, Athletics director. “The Hall of Fame inductions really affirm that Moraine Valley and the south suburbs of Chicago are very rich in athletic tradition and talented high-level athletes.”
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Pollard was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame along with baseball coach Al Budding, soccer players Alex Duncan and Erin Duncan, football player Harvie Herrington and basketball player Shane O’Donoghue.