Peggy Gallant enters the Sports Hall of Fame as a coach,
administrator, and educator at StFX. Her 40 year involvement in
sport has had a tremendous impact on X Athletics. Her extensive
coaching career included volleyball, field hockey and soccer. As
the driving force that brought StFX women’s soccer to varsity
status, Peggy led the XWomen to StFX’s first AUAA
women’s soccer championship in 1986. In addition to her
dedication to the growth and development of women’s sport on
campus, she was also very active coaching in the Antigonish
community. Peggy’s outstanding involvement in sport has been
recognized by Sport Nova Scotia in 1996 and she was also elected to
the Canadian Olympic Committee as a ‘B’ member. In 2005
Peggy received the prestigious award as one of the Most Influential
Women in Sport from the Canadian Association for the Advancement of
Women in Sport.