MAAC Honor Roll Inductees - Loyola
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On March 2, the MAAC will recognize 20 significant men's and women's basketball players at the first annual Honor Roll Dinner at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Two former student-athletes from each institution will be enshrined in The MAAC Experience, the league's exhibit at the Hall of Fame. Bios for each honoree will be featured on MAACSports.com as we count down to the private event, as well as the start of the 2012 MAAC Basketball Championships.
Jim Lacy - Loyola University Maryland (1943-44, 1946-49)
Jim Lacy will forever be known as the first player in NCAA history to score 2,000 career points, and he remains Loyola's all-time leading scorer with 2,199. His 796 career field goals are also a school record. In 1947, Lacy scored 676 points in a single season, including 44 points in a single game, a feat he managed to accomplish four decades before the introduction of the three-point line. He finished second in the country in scoring in 1947. From 1946 to 1949, the Greyhounds won a combined 69 games and three league titles with Lacy on the roster. He also played for the legendary Lefty Reitz, who won 349 games and 11 Mason Dixon Conference titles during his 23 seasons with the Greyhounds. Lacy served in the Navy during World War II from 1944-1946. He was drafted in the now-defunct Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1949, but decided not to play. Lacy was also a former Fire Commissioner of Baltimore City.
Patty Stoffey - Loyola University Maryland (1991-95)
Patty Stoffey ended her Loyola career with 2,467 points, the most by any women's college basketball player ever in the state of Maryland and the current MAAC record. She was the first Greyhound women's basketball player to have her number (#44) retired. She still holds 16 school records, including points in a single season (757), career field goals (901) career free throws (664) and blocked shots (157). Stoffey led the Greyhounds to back-to-back conference titles and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 1994 and 1995. A three-time All-MAAC First Team selection, Stoffey was named as the conference's Player of the Year during her senior season. Stoffey saved her best for MAAC tournament play, holding records in points in a single game (36), free throws made (18), free throw percentage (13-13, 100%), and points scored in a single tournament (99). She was a three-time All-MAAC First Team selection (1993, 1994 and 1995), a MAAC All-Tournament selection (1993) and the 1992 MAAC Rookie of the Year.