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Brittany Lindhe, who led USF's women's basketball program to three consecutive West Coast Conference Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances during her career on the Hilltop from 1994-99, will be inducted into the West Coast Conference's Hall of Honor on Saturday, March 4 at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas.
 
Lindhe joins BYU's Tina Gunn Robinson (women's basketball), Gonzaga's John Stockton (men's basketball), Loyola Marymount's Paul Westhead (men's basketball), Pacific's Jennifer Jones-Tamas (volleyball), Pepperdine's William "Bird" Averitt, Portland's Shannon MacMillan (women's soccer), Saint Mary's Mark Teahen (baseball), San Diego's John Cunningham (baseball) and Santa Clara's Dick Davey (men's basketball) in the WCC Hall of Honor Class of 2017.
 
The class will be formally inducted at the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch on Saturday, March 4 at 9:00 a.m. PT at the Mardi Gras Ballroom in the Orleans Hotel and each inductee will be honored through the championships. Tickets to the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch & Induction Ceremony are available to the public for $40 and may be purchased by contacting Lindsey Jones in the WCC office via email – Ljones@westcoast.org. Tickets must be purchased by Thursday, February 16.

"The West Coast Conference is honored to celebrate the accomplishments of these former student-athletes and coaches," said West Coast Conference Commissioner Lynn Holzman. "The 2017 Hall of Honor class represents our 10 schools' long-standing commitment to the holistic development of student-athletes through the fostering of an environment of athletic and academic excellence.  These 10 individuals exhibit how participating in college athletics is a transformative experience."
 
"I am thrilled to be selected to represent the University of San Francisco and join the WCC Hall of Honor this spring," said Lindhe. "While many years have gone by since I last played, this opportunity brings back many wonderful memories of my time on the Hilltop.  My success was the result of the tireless support of my coaches and a group of exceptional teammates committed to excellence.  Together we achieved milestones for women's basketball that helped bring the WCC into the national spotlight. Thank you USF and the WCC for helping to make it all possible and thank you for this honor."  
 
A native of Goldendale, Wash., Lindhe made an immediate impact on the Dons' program upon her arrival at USF. In 1994-95, she was named the WCC's Freshman of the Year and earned first-team All-WCC honors after averaging 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds to help USF to the WCC championship and the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. Lindhe earned first team all-conference honors again as a sophomore, as the Dons repeated as WCC Champions and staged a memorable run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament after memorable upsets over Florida and Duke. As a junior, she was named a honorable mention All-American after leading the Dons to their third straight WCC title and a return trip to the NCAA Tournament.
 
After sitting out the 1997-98 campaign due to injury, Lindhe returned for the 1998-99 season and became the WCC's first female player in conference history to earn first-team all-conference honors four times. She graduated as USF's second all-time leading scorer with 1,619 points and its eighth all-time leading rebounder.
 
Lindhe, who earned her degree in exercise and sports science, was a two-time West Coast Conference All-Academic selection and was named the WCC's Scholar of the Year in 1999. She also received a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship to obtain her master's in education from the University of Portland.
 
After spending three years as an assistant coach at Portland, Lindhe returned to USF as an assistant coach for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons.
 
She was inducted into USF's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005 and is one of two women's basketball players to have their number retired by the University, along with Mary Hile-Nepfel.

Lindhe joins former USF standouts Joe Ellis (basketball), Bob St. Clair (football), Steve Negoesco (soccer), K.C. Jones (basketball), Mary Hile-Nepfel (basketball) and Ollie Johnson (basketball), Jim Brovelli (basketball) and Bill Cartwright (basketball) in the WCC's Hall of Honor, which inducted its first class in 2009.