JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced the addition of Saint Peter's basketball legends, Jasper Walker '91 and Stephanie DeWolfe '97 to the 2019 MAAC Basketball Hall of Fame Honor Roll class. The duo will be enshrined in "The MAAC Experience" exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts on Saturday, September 14.
Each member institution of the MAAC honors one male and one female from its basketball "family" as part of the 2019 induction class. A dinner event takes place 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 2020 MAAC Basketball Championships and will also be featured in a video display at "The MAAC Experience."
Jasper Walker (1987-1991)
Jasper Walker graduated from Saint Peter's in 1991 as the program's all-time leader in assists and as one of the greatest passers in MAAC history. Walker's career assists records at Saint Peter's still stand almost three decades later, with him holding the program's top spots with 674 career assists, 5.8 career assists per game, and a record 204 total assists during the 1988-89 season. On the MAAC career leaderboard, he graduated ranked 2nd all-time in assists (currently 5th) and 3rd all-time in assists per game (currently 7th). Walker's single game record of 20 assists against Holy Cross on February 11, 1989 are still the most dimes in a single game in MAAC and Saint Peter's history. He also holds four of the Peacocks' top-10 spots on the single season assists chart; in addition to his 204 assists in 1988-89, Walker also posted 170 assists in 1989-90 (4th all-time), 162 assists in 1990-91 (5th all-time), and 138 assists in 1987-88 (9th all-time).
Over his four-year career from 1987-91, Walker scored 927 points, knocking down 135 career 3-pointers, and recording 195 steals. His 195 career steals rank 3rd on the Peacocks' all-time list and his 1.7 steals per game average ranks 6th. Walker's 135 career 3-pointers are currently 8th on the charts while his career 3-point field goal percentage of .378 ranks 5th. He also holds career records in free throw percentage and six additional individual season records. Walker earned a trio of all-conference awards in his four seasons, making the MAAC All-Rookie team in 1987-88, MAAC All-Tournament squad in 1988-89, and earning a selection to the All-MAAC Second team in 1990-91.
Walker was inducted into the Saint Peter's University Athletic Hall of Fame as an individual in 1998 and his team that claimed Saint Peter's first ever MAAC Championship and an NCAA tournament berth in 1991 was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.
Stephanie DeWolfe (1993-1997)
Stephanie DeWolfe played for Saint Peter's from 1993-1997, capping off her career in 1997 with the conference's first ever undefeated double-round robin MAAC regular season, a MAAC tournament title, and NCAA berth. During the 1997 historic season, she earned All-MAAC Second team and All-Tournament team accolades to end her senior campaign.
DeWolfe ranks among the elite scorers in program history after racking up 1,028 career points and handing out 399 assists, graduating as the program's all-time leader in assists and 3-pointers made. In the current Saint Peter's record book, she is 3rd in career assists, 4th in career assist average, 5th in career 3-pointers made, 6th in career 3-pointers attempted, 2nd in career 3-point field goal percentage, 9th in career free throws made, and 16th in career free throw percentage. She is the individual season record holder in 3-point field goal percentage after she connected on .453 percent of her attempts during 1995-96. DeWolfe also holds top-10 spots in three additional individual season categories all-time. Not only was she a force on the court, she was also exceptional in the classroom, earning MAAC All-Academic team honors as a junior and senior.
Following her playing career, DeWolfe served as an assistant coach at Saint Peter's under legendary head coach Mike Granelli for six seasons, in which the team claimed three MAAC Championships and three NCAA appearances. DeWolfe then took over the reins of the women's basketball program at her alma mater for nine seasons. Over her nine-year tenure as head coach, she recruited and coached six 1,000-point scorers, coached one MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, one All-MAAC First team selection, three All-MAAC Second team selections, five All-MAAC Third team selections and five MAAC All-Rookie selections.
DeWolfe was a first-ballot inductee into the Saint Peter's University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.
Saint Peter's MAAC Basketball Honor Roll Inductees
2012 – Elnardo Webster and Sharon Pastore
2013 – Bernie Cicirelli Sr. and Mike Granelli
2014 – Don Kennedy and Tonya (Grant) Brown
2014-15 – Marvin Andrews and Joann Balsamo
2015 –
Bill Stein and Sheri (Lauyer) DeCorso
2016 – Randy Holmes and Juanita Michelle Foreman
2017 – Keydren "Kee Kee" Clark and Patty Marchese-Gentile
2018 – Harry Laurie and Felicia (Harris) Sellers
2019 – Jasper Walker and Stephanie DeWolfe
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 39th year of competition during the 2019-20 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.
