An illustrious scorer and leader both on and off the court, Fred Perry helped lead the X-Men basketball team to back-to-back CIS national championship banners in 2000 and 2001, earning tournament all-star recognition in both championship victories. The two-time first-team All-Canadian forward also garnered conference honours as the league’s most valuable player on two occasions and was a first team AUAA all-star four times. Always displaying a willingness to improve his game throughout his varsity career, after receiving the X-Men rookie of the year award in 1997, the Halifax native went on to be named team MVP in each of the next four seasons, and was celebrated as the 2000 STFX male athlete of the year.
The second leading scorer in X-Men basketball history, Fred finished his five-year career with 1741 regular season points and 2835 points overall. He is ninth in STFX career three-point field goals (193) and his regular season point tally still holds up as third all-time in the AUS conference scoring record book. Perry went on to play professionally in France following his varsity career.
