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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 186590" data-source="post: 1376984"><p>I agree with you - she's in the U.S. OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME. How many other Illini do we have in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame - I think the answer would be NONE. Look up who is in the Olympic Hall of Fame some time - it's not a long list. She literally put the Illini on the map in wheelchair racing to the point where it was the dominate program in the U.S. Worked for the UofI many years after graduating - I can't imagine anyone having more impact on their sport, representing the UofI in a better light and continuing to contribute to the school. </p><p></p><p>McFadden obviously deserves it as well. Perhaps not having a college wheelchair racing sport is the reason, but the criteria is nebulous at best. </p><p>Clearly some got in for their contributions after they left Illinois, not due to their college prowess or contribution to their college sport anyway. Especially seems odd given how inclusive of smaller sports they were trying to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 186590, post: 1376984"] I agree with you - she's in the U.S. OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME. How many other Illini do we have in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame - I think the answer would be NONE. Look up who is in the Olympic Hall of Fame some time - it's not a long list. She literally put the Illini on the map in wheelchair racing to the point where it was the dominate program in the U.S. Worked for the UofI many years after graduating - I can't imagine anyone having more impact on their sport, representing the UofI in a better light and continuing to contribute to the school. McFadden obviously deserves it as well. Perhaps not having a college wheelchair racing sport is the reason, but the criteria is nebulous at best. Clearly some got in for their contributions after they left Illinois, not due to their college prowess or contribution to their college sport anyway. Especially seems odd given how inclusive of smaller sports they were trying to be. [/QUOTE]
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