Burnaby, BC – Simon Fraser University Athletics will induct six athletes, a coach, a builder and a team into the SFU Clan Athletics Hall of Fame on March 31, 2014.

Late Clan football player and local hero Tim Jones will be the second inductee into the Terry Fox Honourary Inductee category, and the first nominee following Fox himself.

Jones became the volunteer team leader of the North Shore Rescue, a mountain search and rescue team based out of Vancouver, BC. He raised over one million dollars to fund his rescue team's work, and introduced helicopter based long line rescue protocols to the program. Jones also served as the Paramedic in Charge with the BC Ambulance Service outside of his volunteer endeavours, saving countless lives between the two over 30 years of service. He tragically lost his life on January 19, 2014, but will be remembered by all the communities touched by his contributions throughout his lifetime.

Athletes entering the hall this year will be Harold Willers (track and field), Sara Maglio (soccer), Eugene Gyorfi (swimming and diving), Ed Sernoski (wrestling), Andrea Schnider (basketball) and Jim Jardine (football).

Legendary men's basketball coach Stan Stewardson will be inducted in 2014, as will Dr. Jack Taunton in the builder's category and the 2001-02 women's basketball team who were SFU's first Canadian Interuniversity Sport Champions.

Willers was a member of the Clan track and field program from 1976-80, specializing in the hammer throw. He was a three time NAIA Champion in the discipline in 1978, 79 and 80 with SFU before a successful post-collegiate career that saw him win four Canadian Championships in the event from 1981 to 1984. He competed for Canada at the Commonwealth Games and the Pan American Games. As of his induction in 2014 he still holds the SFU record in the hammer with a toss of 67.28-metres, a record over 25 years old.

Maglio was a four-time NAIA All-American during her time with the Clan, a feat accomplished by few athletes over the course of their careers. As a freshman she won an NAIA title with the Clan in 1996 and was the team's leading scorer that season. She went on to become a member of the Canadian U-20 National and Canadian National teams, making an appearance in the 1999 World Cup. Post-college, Sara played for four years with the Vancouver Whitecaps, including the 2004 Championship team that was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame.

Gyorfi joined the Clan in 1981, already an accomplished swimmer who competed for the Canadian Olympic and Pan American Games teams in 1980 and 1979. With the Clan he led the men to a 1983 NAIA National Team Championship, while earning several individual titles. He was a three-time NAIA champion in 1983, winning the 500 freestyle, the 1650 freestyle and the 800 freestyle relay. In 1984 he would win three more titles in the same three events, for a total of six NAIA titles.

Sernoski was a prominent wrestler with the Clan, winning two NAIA championships at 150-pounds in 1986 and 1988, and was the runner-up in 1987. He won an NAIA team title with the Clan in 1988, leading the team through their championship schedule. As of his induction in 2014 Sernoski still holds the Clan's single season win record, dating from his 1988 season where he posted a 73-3 win-loss record. Post-college he was the Canadian champion at 74-kilograms and would go on to compete at the 1989 World Championships for the Canadian National team.

Schnider played for the Clan women's basketball program from 1988-92 and was a member of legendary coach Alison McNeil's first recruiting class. She was an NAIA All-American in 1991 and 1992, and was a member of the first Clan women's basketball team to qualify for an NAIA National Championship. As of her induction in 2014 she is still the NAIA all-time assist leader with 926 in her career. She also holds the Clan record for assists in a game with 17 and assists in a season with 283.

Rounding out the 2014 induction class of athletes is James Jardine who was a charter member of the SFU football team, recruited by the Clan's Founding Athletic Director and first head football coach Lorne Davies. He was originally recruited as the team's quarterback but switched to the defensive back position after his freshman season, leading the team's defence throughout his career. After graduation Jardine became a BC Provincial Court Judge.

Stan Stewardson served as head coach of the SFU men's basketball program for nine seasons from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1984 to 1989, including the 1986-87 season where his team won 24 games. He coached 11 Canadian national team players, and 16 players that would go on to professional basketball careers, including Clan Hall of Famers Jay Triano and Canadian hero Terry Fox. He is also a recipient of the Metro Vancouver Basketball Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award and is a Basketball BC Hall of Famer.

Being inducted as a builder is Dr. Jack Taunton who has an incredible resume in the city of Vancouver and throughout Canada, but began his sports medicine journey as a Kinesiology graduate student at SFU, finishing the program in 1983. His link with the Clan remained strong following his graduation, and he provided the Clan with countless hours and expertise treating injured student-athletes above and beyond his numerous career duties. Dr. Taunton served as Chief Medical Officer for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and under his leadership, that event was honoured by the IOC as having the best sport medicine platform in Olympic Games history.

Finally, the 2001-02 SFU women's basketball team had a record breaking season, earning 35 wins and not a single loss throughout the year. The team played in the CIS, and was the Pacific Division, Canada West and CIS National Champions. They were named the Basketball BC and Sport BC Team of the Year for the season and have also been inducted into the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame.

Tickets for the luncheon are on sale now for $60.00 and can be purchased by emailing Kurtis Charchun at kurtis_charchun@sfu.ca or calling 778-782-9765.

They are also available for purchase online here.

The event will begin with registration at 11:30 a.m. and will conclude by 2:00 p.m.