The 2022 University of Portland Athletics Hall of Fame Induction ceremony took place on Friday, Oct. 7 at the Bauccio Commons. The class featured nine members of the Pilot Athletics family that included national champions, Olympians, All-Americans, coaches and administrators from various eras.

Below are profiles of each inductee as well as the highlight video and on-stage Q&A from the ceremony.

Jack Avina, Men's Basketball Coach (1970-87) – Induction Video
Coach Avina is both the longest tenured and winningest head coach in Portland Pilots men's basketball history. Avina racked up 223 wins while battling some of the nation's top teams during his 17 seasons on The Bluff. His signature wins included a 101-78 victory over the highly-ranked San Francisco Dons led by NBA veteran and champion Bill Cartwright, as well as a pair of upset victories over the nationally ranked Oregon State Beavers before packed crowds at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Avina coached several Pilot hall of famers, including Leonard Williams, Darwin Cook, Rick Raivio and Jose Slaughter. Avina was also a part of Bob Knight's staff during the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials, which featured basketball legends such as Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and more.

Canaan Chatman, Men's Basketball (1993-95) – Induction Video
In just two seasons with the Pilots, Chatman left his mark on the Portland men's basketball program. He was an All-WCC First Team Selection and named the team MVP both years and made the WCC All-Tournament Team in 1995. He was also the Pilots' leading rebounder in both seasons he played. He averaged 17.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per contest in his two years on The Bluff, which ranks fifth and 13th respectively in program history. His 1.8 steals per game are also fifth best all-time.

Chatman's 530 points and 200 made field goals in the 1994-95 season were both the fifth highest totals in program history. He became the fastest player in UP history to 1,000 points, finishing with 1,021 after just 59 games played. Chatman was named the UP Male Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1995 before going on to play professionally for more than seven seasons in Japan, Poland, Dubai, Switzerland, Turkey, Israel and Australia.

Steve Cherundolo, Men's Soccer (1997-98) – Induction Video
Despite playing just two years with the Pilots, Steve Cherundolo had an immediate impact on both teams in which he played. He garnered WCC Freshman of the Year honors in 1997 and was an All-WCC First Team selection both seasons. Cherundolo signed a professional contract with Hannover 96 in the Bundesliga, where he would play for 15 years. During that time, he made 370 appearances for the club, scoring seven goals as a defender and serving as a team captain starting after the 2010-11 season. Cherundolo was also a mainstay of the U.S. National Team, making 87 appearances with the senior squad from 1997-2013 which included representing his home country at the 2000 Olympics and three separate World Cups.

Since retiring from play in 2014, "The Mayor of Hannover" has coached for various teams in both Germany and the United States. He served as an assistant for Hannover 96's first team and was the head coach of their U-17 academy team. In 2018 he moved to VfB Stuttgart as an assistant coach and was also named to the coaching staff for the U.S. National Team. He moved back to the U.S. as a head coach for the Las Vegas Lights in the USL Championship in 2021 and is currently the head coach for MLS side Los Angeles FC after being appointed at the beginning of the 2022 season.

Laiken Dollente, Women's Basketball (2006-10) – Induction Video
Dollente's name can be found all over the school record books for the women's basketball program. Career-wise, she is the Pilots' NCAA leader in free throws made (572) and free throw percentage (.883) and sits at No. 19 in NCAA history for FT percentage. Dollente also ranks second at Portland in career points (1,874) and three-point percentage (.402), third in points per game (15.4) and three-pointers made (214), fifth in field goals made (544) and sixth in assists (401).

Along with the career accolades, Dollente put up some of the best statistical seasons in the Pilots' 36-year history at the Division I level. She owns the single-season program records for three-point shooting season (.447) and free-throw shooting (.919) and has three of the four best free-throw shooting seasons in school history. She was a three-time All-WCC First Team selection, made the All-Freshman Team in 2006-07 and made the WCC All-Academic Team in 2008-09 and 2009-10.

Joe Driscoll, Men's Track/XC (1997-2002) – Induction Video
Driscoll ran for the Pilots for five years in both cross country and track earning three All-America honors. He was one of the top runners for head coach Rob Conner, helping the Pilots place seventh at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in 1999, which was at the time their highest finish at nationals. That year, Driscoll was the first-place finisher at the WCC Cross Country Championships and finished 68th at nationals. He was an All-American at nationals in his final year running cross country, finishing 23rd in 2001.

In track, Driscoll owns the seventh fastest time in program history in the Indoor 5,000m at 13:59.18 and the ninth fastest time in the Outdoor 10,000m at 28:48.42. He was an outdoor track All-American in the 10,000m in 2001 and an indoor All-American in the 5,000m in 2002. He also qualified for the 10,000m run at nationals in 2002.

Lindsey Huie, Women's Soccer (2001-05) – Induction Video
Huie is already in the University of Portland Athletic Hall of Fame, joining as a member of both the 2002 and 2005 National Championship-winning squads inducted in 2014 and 2016, respectively. Now she joins the hall as an individual member, in recognition of her historic college career. She was a part of both of Portland's national championship-winning squads, playing a key role in both 2002 and 2005. With that 2005 squad, she was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team and was a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, which is awarded to the best player in college soccer each year.

The list of career accolades is long for Huie, who was a four-time NSCAA All-American. She also earned Freshman All-America honors in 2002 for both Soccer America and Soccer Buzz. Huie was the WCC Freshman of the Year in 2002 and garnered All-WCC First Team recognition all four seasons. She starred off the pitch as well, being named an NSCAA Scholar All-American in 2005 and being selected to the CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-Region in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. She tallied 31 goals and 48 assists in 99 games with the Pilots, ranking second in program history in career assists and top 10 in points.

Julie Elliott Metzger, Women's Track and Field (2001-05) – Induction Video
Elliott Metzger joins the hall as one of the most successful track athletes in school history. In 2005 alone, Elliott set four different school records across both indoor and outdoor track. That year, she set the indoor school records in the 60m hurdles (8.86), the Pentathlon (3.769 points), the high jump (5'11.5") and the outdoor record in the long jump (18'9.25"). She placed ninth at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the high jump to earn All-American honors.

Elliott Metzger holds the outdoor track school records in the 100m hurdles (14.3, 2003), the 400m hurdles (61.4, 2002), the high jump (5'10.5", 2004) and the heptathlon (5,170 points, 2004). She qualified for the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the heptathlon and posted the No. 2 long jump for indoor track at 17-feet, 8.25-inches that same year. She also was part of the school record 4x200m and distance medley relay teams in 2004. Elliott Metzger was the 2005 nominee from the state of Oregon for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Erin Misaki, Women's Soccer (1999-2002) – Induction Video
Misaki also played a key role for the Pilots in the program's run to a first national title. During that 2002 season, she was an All-WCC First Team selection and NSCAA Second Team All-West Region selection, made the WCC All-Academic Team and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. Prior to that national championship, Misaki also helped the Pilots make the College Cup in both 2000 and 2001.

The midfielder earned numerous honors over her career. She was an All-WCC First Team selection all four years in Portland and was the WCC Player of the Year in 2000. That year, as well as 2001, she was named to the NSCAA All-West Region First Team. She was named the team MVP in 1999 and 2000 and still is No. 10 in career assists at Portland.

Bill Reed, Meritorious Service (1984-2018) – Induction Video
Reed graduated from Portland in 1972 and returned to work at UP in 1982 as alumni director, eventually being appointed Director of University Events in 1984. Reed was instrumental in managing facilities and numerous high-profile events as a partner with the Athletic Department until his retirement in 2018. Reed handled as many as 1,000 events a year, ranging from visits by Nobel Peace laureates to two U.S. Presidents and multiple concerts. He also oversaw planning for several high school commencements each spring as well as activities such as cheerleading and soccer camps each summer.

In 2011, Reed was named a recipient of a Spirit of Holy Cross award by the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers. The same year, the Bill Reed Endowed Scholarship was established to acknowledge Reed's outstanding long-term service to the university.