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Soccer star inducted in Moraine Valley Athletics Hall of Fame
Erin Duncan was inducted in February into the Moraine Valley Community College 2020 Athletics Hall of Fame with five others.
Erin Duncan, of Chicago, was inducted last month into the Moraine Valley Community College 2020 Athletics Hall of Fame with four other athletes and one coach.
Duncan spent just one season competing on the women’s soccer team but left her mark on the program. She played one year of Division I soccer at Loyola University before feeling burned out and transferring to Moraine Valley in fall 2003. The burnout, however, nearly kept her from attending tryouts at Moraine Valley, which she decided to do the day before. The center midfielder went on to help her team go 16-5 overall and win the program’s first NJCAA Region IV championship. In the process, she ended the season with 49 points, 37 assists and six goals, and earned All-Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference, Skyway MVP of the Year, All-Region IV, Division I Region IV MVP, Skyway Conference All-Academic Team, Moraine Valley team MVP and NJCAA Division I All-American third team.
“This was a huge part of my life and huge part of who I am as a person and the values I have and values I try to instill in my students, too. The decision to try out for the soccer team definitely influenced some of my decisions later on in life. I learned to have fun and play hard thanks to my coach,” Duncan said.
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“It’s exciting to induct this illustrious group. I love it when we can go back through our rich athletic history and for one day each year relive some of the amazing contributions that have set the stage for what Moraine Valley Athletics now offers our community,” said Bill Finn, Moraine Valley Athletics director. “Erin had so much talent and was so influential in our women’s soccer program. The Hall of Fame really affirms that Moraine Valley and the south suburbs are rich in athletic tradition and talented high-level athletes.”
Duncan was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame along with baseball coach Al Budding, her soccer playing brother Alex Duncan, football player Harvie Herrington, basketball player Shane O’Donoghue and cross country runner Lisa Pollard.