2014 Hall of Fame: Honoring Bernie Chisholm

2014 StFX Sports Hall of Fame Inductee – BUILDER CATEGORY
Bernie Chisholm, 1973 & 1974

For 28 years, Bernie has been the head coach of the X-Women and X-Men cross country teams, elevating  the program from club to varsity status. These cross country teams won 14 AUS banners including eight titles for the women and six for the men. Eight individual runners won 11 AUS titles, including two-time Olympian and 2003 CIS individual champion Eric Gillis.

Bernie guided the X-Women cross country team to a 2007 CIS bronze medal, a men's CIS silver medal in 2008 and bronze for the men in 2010. Bernie coached and developed numerous StFX runners who have gone on to achieve national and international success.

Bernie has also coached the StFX track and field team for more than 10 years, building the X-Women and X-Men programs into AUS contenders, as evidenced by the first X-Men's AUS championship banner in 2014. Since 2004, StFX track athletes accumulated 55 AUS gold medals, along with numerous silver and bronze medals and six CIS individual medals.

A member of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, Bernie was recognized as the AUS cross country coach of the year on 15 occasions, eight times with the women's team and seven times with the men's. He received the AUS track and field coach of the year award twice.

The 2014 Hall of Fame Induction ceremony and dinner is scheduled for Thursday, October 9th at 6:00 pm at the Charles V. Keating Centre conference rooms. The event is open to the general public with tickets costing $50 each. To purchase tickets, please visit the StFX Athletic main office in the StFX Oland Centre or contact 902-867-2152. 

The 2014 complete list of StFX Sports Hall of Fame inductees are as follows:

Athletes
Bill McIntyre, Football (1987)
Susan (MacEachern) MacDonald, Field Hockey (1988)
Trevor Reddick, Soccer (1995)
Patricia (MacDougall) White, Soccer (1997)

Builder
Bernie Chisholm, Cross Country & Track and Field (1973, 1974)

Teams
1950-1951 X-Men Hockey
1999-2000 X-Men Basketball
2000-2001 X-Men Basketball

The St. Francis Xavier University Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 1976 and exists to honour those individuals who have contributed significantly to StFX sports as athletes, teams, or as builders. Those chosen inductees have exemplified the spirit and ideals of Xaverian athletics in their professional and community lives.