Despite her spirited Hall of Fame basketball career which included leading UBC in scoring four of her five years, Lisa Nickle recalls, “Its really the people who are ingrained in my memories.” Lisa graduated from Kinesiology in 1994 at the beginning of UBC’s recent success in women’s basketball – some of this success due to her. Her dedication, work ethic and love of the game all of which UBC provided the opportunity for her to showcase, translated into several UBC basketball records and as of 2016, ten still stand or are shared. And it was an emotional evening for Lisa in 2004 when she was honoured at the Big Block banquet as an inductee in the UBC Sports Hall of Fame.
Since graduation, Lisa, now married with a family, has been a teacher and coach in the Okanagan most recently a learning assistance teacher at a Kelowna elementary school. Her goal while at UBC was to teach physical education to special needs youngsters.
Described by UBC coach Deb Huband as a “feisty dynamo who led by example and got the most out of her potential”, Lisa expressed upon her graduation, “The game has given me such great gifts in life. I’ll never be able to give back as much as I’ve received, but I’d like to do as much as I can.”
Written by Fred Hume
