Bill And Judy Finney Lead Marymount Athletics 2011 Hall of Fame Class

Long-time Marymount University women’s basketball head
coach and athletics director Bill Finney and
former Saints standouts Rob Harris, Chris
Ann Becki Strahan and Sharee McClellan
Gates were inducted into the Marymount University
Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Also inducted to the Hall
of Friends was Judy Finney, former sports
information director and senior woman administrator at
Marymount.
Bill Finney compiled a 553-193 record over 27 years at Marymount.
His teams won 11 Capital Athletic Conference Championships and made
16 NCAA Tournament appearances with one Final Four, one Elite Eight
and seven Sweet 16 finishes. Two of his teams won national scoring
titles, averaging 92.4 points per game in 1992-93 and 89.4 points
per game in 1993-94.
Rob Harris was on the first Marymount basketball team that played
in the CAC and won the school’s first ever men’s
basketball regular season conference championship in 1991-92. That
same year, he helped lead the team to a CAC Tournament runner-up
finish and was named Second Team All-CAC for his efforts. Upon
graduation in 1991, Harris was the Saints’ all-time leader in
rebounds, blocks and field goal shooting as well as second leading
scorer.
Chris Ann Becki Strahan was the first Marymount volleyball player
to join the elite 1,000/1,000 club. In her four years with the
Saints, Strahan recorded 1,141 kills and 1,337 digs to go with 276
service aces. Upon completing her stellar career in 1997, she held
the program mark in all three categories as well as games played
with 509. On the court, Strahan was a two-time All-CAC performer
and led the Saints to their first 20-win season as a junior in
1996.
Sharee McClellan Gates was a two-sport standout at Marymount. A
three-time First Team All-CAC honoree in women’s soccer, she
earned First Team All-CAC accolades in women’s basketball as
a senior. As a senior, she set the CAC record for steals in a
season with 152, a mark that still stands to this day. Gates also
won four CAC titles and two national scoring titles with the
Saints.