Former Canada soccer captain Christine Sinclair is headed to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
The 41-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., who added to her distinguished resume with a goal in the Portland Thorns’ 6-0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite in CONCACAF W Champions Cup play Tuesday at B.C. Place Stadium, is joined by four other athletes, three builder-coaches, one team, one pioneer, one media member and the winner of the W.A.C. Bennett Award in the 2025 induction class.
The other athletes are hockey’s Ray Ferraro, mountain biking’s Cindy Devine, rugby’s Nathan Hirayama and para swimming’s Walter Wu.
The builder-coach inductees are Saul Miller (sports psychology), Wes Woo (weightlifting) and the late Chandra Madhosingh (table tennis).
They will be joined by the 2000 B.C. Lions in the team category.
Former Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster Jim Hughson enters the media category with the W.A.C. Bennett Award going to Robert Wright. The Meraloma Club founders go in as multi-sport pioneers.
Since 1966, the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 452 individuals and 69 teams.
“Honouring the past — and inspiring the future — is at the very heart of the mission of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame and this year’s honourees truly exemplify the best of sport in this province and beyond,” Hall chair Tom Mayenknecht said in a statement.
The Class of 2025 will be honoured at the Hall of Fame Induction gala in May.
Sinclair, who retired from international football last December, is in her final soccer season. She leaves as the all-time leading goal-scorer for both men and women with 190 goals scored in 331 international appearances.
Sinclair played for the Canada senior side from 2000 to 2023, captaining the women to three Olympic medals: gold and two bronze. She was named Canada’s player of the year 14 times.
