Monique Lee & Bill Schweizer Named 2017 Quinnipiac University’s MAAC Basketball Honor Roll Inductees
EDISON, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced Quinnipiac University’s institutional honorees to be inducted in the MAAC Honor Roll, in which honorees will be enshrined in “The MAAC Experience” exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 16.
Each member institution of the MAAC honors one male and one female from its basketball “family” as part of the 2017 induction class. A dinner event will be on Saturday, September 16 at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Court of Dreams to recognize the Honor Roll inductees.
Each honoree will be profiled in the game program for the 2018 MAAC Basketball Championships, and will also be featured in a video display at “The MAAC Experience.”
Monique Lee ‘08
A dominant post player in her time as a Bobcat, Monique Lee ’08 helped lead Quinnipiac to three Northeast Conference semifinal appearances as well as the program’s first trip to the WNIT throughout a stellar four-year career. Standing at six-foot-one, Lee finished her career with one of the most impressive statistical totals of any player in program history as she recorded 1,378 points, 932 rebounds, 119 blocks, 151 steals and 184 assists. She ranks 10th all-time at Quinnipiac in career points, fifth in rebounds, tied for fifth in blocks and third in free throws made (370).
A three-time All-NEC performer (First Team 2005-06, Second Team 2006-07, All-Rookie 2004-05), Lee made a name for herself as a workhorse on the glass and a potent finisher around the rim. She averaged 12.6 points per game across her career and never averaged less than 9.7 PPG in any season (2004-08). An instant performer as a rookie, Lee posted averages of 10.1 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, a total that ranked 29th in the nation in 2004-05. She broke through a year later, putting up a career-best 15.9 PPG with 8.9 RPG as a sophomore on her way to earning All-NEC First Team laurels. Along with her development came significant team success as the Bobcats recorded four straight winning seasons in Lee’s career including the first 20+ win campaign at the NCAA Division I level (22-8 record in 2005-06) as well as a 25-win season in her senior year (2007-08) that culminated in the program’s first WNIT appearance.
Known for her tenacity at the rim, Lee’s career high point total came in a game against Robert Morris on February 12, 2007 in which she matched a program record with 14 made field goals (14-for-21 FG) on her way to a massive 28-point, 15-rebound performance in a win over the Colonials. She also holds the third and fifth-highest single-game rebounding total in program history as she grabbed a career high 25 rebounds against Monmouth in the NEC quarterfinals on March 5, 2005 and also came away with 19 boards at Mount Saint Mary’s on January 19, 2006.
Bill Schweizer
Nationally recognized broadcaster Bill Schweizer has spent the last 20 seasons as the play-by-play announcer for Quinnipiac men’s basketball, and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. While at Quinnipiac, he has coordinated all sports broadcasts for WQUN Radio, served as a part-time professor in the QU School of Communications, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in sports broadcasting, and was a reporter for the magazine-type show "Bobcats Unleashed” on NESN, which was nominated for three New England Emmy Awards.
A 45-year veteran of the industry, Schweizer has held numerous anchor and reporter positions in several sports and worked dozens of high-profile events. Schweizer has broadcast seven Olympiads, including the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, and served as a radio play-by-play announcer for NFL Sunday Night Games. As a baseball broadcaster, Schweizer has handled radio play-by-play for the MLB Game of the Week and served as co-host alongside former Detroit Tigers’ great Alan Trammel on Inside Pitch, a two-hour baseball talk show that aired prior to the Sunday Night Baseball Broadcast on the CBS Radio Network. He was also a play-by-play announcer for NCAA Basketball Regional action and was the voice of the 1985 Villanova Wildcats during their first NCAA National Championship season.
The 2017 MAAC Basketball Honor Roll Class (to date):
| MAAC Honoree |
Bob Belber |
| Canisius College |
Craig Wise |
| Canisius College |
Jenel Stevens |
| Fairfield University |
Mark Young |
| Fairfield University |
Dana (Pellegrino) Farinella |
| Iona College |
Damika Martinez |
| Iona College |
Tim Welsh |
| Manhattan College |
Larry Lembo |
| Manhattan College |
Donna Seybold |
| Marist College |
Ron Petro |
| Marist College |
Erica (Allenspach) Woytek |
| Monmouth University |
Blake Hamilton |
| Monmouth University |
Amanda Rosato |
| Niagara University |
Daryl Greene |
| Niagara University |
Sheryl (Klick) Strobl |
| Quinnipiac University |
Monique Lee |
| Quinnipiac University |
Bill Schweizer |