University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Hilary McKay Officially Inducted into the Big South Hall of Fame
05.31.2019 | Women's Soccer
Big South Video Feature on McKay
Hilary McKay Hall of Fame Speech
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -Â UNC Asheville women's soccer legend Hilary McKay was officially inducted into the Big South Hall of Fame as part of the league's annual Spring Meetings Awards and Hall of Fame Dinner at The Westin Resort on Thursday, May 30, 2019.Â
The 2019 Big South Hall of Fame class in addition to McKay includes former High Point men's basketball player Arizona Reid, former Gardner-Webb football player Harold Wells and former Campbell women's basketball head coach Wanda Watkins. The inductions increase the Big South's Hall of Fame membership to 73 former student-athletes, coaches, administrators and contributors.
The 2005 Big South Player of the Year, McKay was a four-time First-Team All-Conference selection during her time in Asheville, and also earned two Big South All-Tournament team plaudits in her four years. A four-year starter, McKay graduated as the conference's all-time leading goal scorer with 53, as well as the career leader in points scored with 128 (she is now second in both categories after holding the records for nine years).Â
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The only player in Big South history with 50 career goals (53) and 20 career assists (22), McKay was voted to the Big South's Women's Soccer 2000-09 All-Decade Team. She was the 2002 Big South Rookie of the Year, helped the Bulldogs win two regular-season championships (2004 and 2005), as well as three appearances in the Women's Soccer Championship match in 2002, 2003 and 2005.Â
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McKay remains Asheville's all-time leader in goals and assists, and she set a single-season school record with 21 goals in 2003 -- the second-highest season total in league history and just one of three players in conference annals with a 20-goal campaign. A Third-Team Soccer Buzz Magazine Southeast All-Region honoree in 2005, she is among the Big South's all-time Top 10 leaders in goals, assists, points, goals per game (0.72), points per game (1.73), shots (302) and game-winning goals (13). McKay was inducted into the UNC Asheville Athletics Hall of Fame in February of 2015.
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To learn more about the 2019 Big South Hall of Fame class, please visit HERE. To learn more about the Big South Hall of Fame and those already inducted, please visit HERE.
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**The Big South Conference Office Contributed to this Report**
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Hilary McKay Hall of Fame Speech
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -Â UNC Asheville women's soccer legend Hilary McKay was officially inducted into the Big South Hall of Fame as part of the league's annual Spring Meetings Awards and Hall of Fame Dinner at The Westin Resort on Thursday, May 30, 2019.Â
The 2019 Big South Hall of Fame class in addition to McKay includes former High Point men's basketball player Arizona Reid, former Gardner-Webb football player Harold Wells and former Campbell women's basketball head coach Wanda Watkins. The inductions increase the Big South's Hall of Fame membership to 73 former student-athletes, coaches, administrators and contributors.
The 2005 Big South Player of the Year, McKay was a four-time First-Team All-Conference selection during her time in Asheville, and also earned two Big South All-Tournament team plaudits in her four years. A four-year starter, McKay graduated as the conference's all-time leading goal scorer with 53, as well as the career leader in points scored with 128 (she is now second in both categories after holding the records for nine years).Â
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The only player in Big South history with 50 career goals (53) and 20 career assists (22), McKay was voted to the Big South's Women's Soccer 2000-09 All-Decade Team. She was the 2002 Big South Rookie of the Year, helped the Bulldogs win two regular-season championships (2004 and 2005), as well as three appearances in the Women's Soccer Championship match in 2002, 2003 and 2005.Â
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McKay remains Asheville's all-time leader in goals and assists, and she set a single-season school record with 21 goals in 2003 -- the second-highest season total in league history and just one of three players in conference annals with a 20-goal campaign. A Third-Team Soccer Buzz Magazine Southeast All-Region honoree in 2005, she is among the Big South's all-time Top 10 leaders in goals, assists, points, goals per game (0.72), points per game (1.73), shots (302) and game-winning goals (13). McKay was inducted into the UNC Asheville Athletics Hall of Fame in February of 2015.
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To learn more about the 2019 Big South Hall of Fame class, please visit HERE. To learn more about the Big South Hall of Fame and those already inducted, please visit HERE.
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**The Big South Conference Office Contributed to this Report**
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