Canadian hockey legend Haley Wickenheiser will be the guest speaker at the first UNBC Timberwolves Legacy Breakfast fundraiser on Friday, March 20.
Wickenheiser is a four-time Olympic champion who was twice named the most valuable player of the Olympic tournament, in 2002 and 2006. Considered the world's all-time greatest female hockey player, the 36-year-old Calgary resident also represented Canada in softball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She graduated from the University of Calgary in 2013 with a degree in kinesiology.
"The opportunity to welcome Hayley to our community to celebrate varsity athletics is amazing," said UNBC athletics director Loralyn Murdoch.
"She's an Olympian, a member of the International Olympic Committee's athletes commission, a varsity athlete, and has had an impact on all levels of Canadian athletics, from youth at the grass roots to our Olympians. UNBC athletics looks forward to celebrating this excellence with the community as part of the university's 25th anniversary."
Tickets for the breakfast will be sold individually at $75 each or to tables of eight at $600 each. The event is the major fundraiser to support the 80 varsity athletes who represent UNBC on the men's and women's teams in basketball and soccer, which compete in the CIS Canada West Conference.
