Three Lancer alumnae are among the 2025 inductees into the Windsor-Essex County Sports Hall of Fame.

Track stars Melissa Bishop-Nriagu (BHK 2010, B.Ed 2011) and Noelle Montcalm (BScN 2012) along with basketball standout Korissa Williams (BComm 2015) will represent the University in the sports heritage organization’s class of 2025.

Bishop-Nriagu is a middle-distance runner who competed in three Olympic Games — London, Rio, and Tokyo — and currently holds the Canadian record in the 800m. Her silver medal at the 2015 World Athletics Championships was the first-ever podium finish for a Canadian woman in the event. During her varsity career, she was a four-time Ontario University Athletics all-star and all-Canadian; gold medal performances in the 600m, 1000m, and 4x800m at the 2010 national championships earned her the Banner Shield as the Lancers’ female athlete of the year. She was inducted into the Alumni Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

Montcalm is a five-time national champion in the 400m hurdles who represented Canada at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics — at the latter competition, running a leg in the 4x400m relay as well as hurdling. She led the Lancer women to four provincial and four national championships in track and field and received the Wendy Jerome Trophy three times as Ontario University Athletics female track MVP. She was inducted into the Alumni Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.

Korissa Williams (BComm 2015) played on the Lancer women’s basketball teams that dominated the sport to capture five straight national championships from 2011 to 2015. Twice MVP of the title tournament and twice the country’s defensive player of the year, she claimed the 2015 Banner Shield and that same year was named female athlete of the year by Canadian Interuniversity Sport. That summer, she helped the Canadian women’s basketball team claim a silver medal at the 28th Summer Universiade. She was inducted into the Alumni Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.

A gala awards reception will celebrate the inductees Nov. 8 at the Ciociaro Club of Windsor.

Other honorees include boxer Kara Ro, wrestler Jordan Steen, and football players Tyrone Crawford and Luke Willson in the athlete category, and broadcaster Steve Bell, basketball coach Andy Kiss, and football official Bruce Carter in the builder category.