The Philadelphia Big Five will induct five new members - Marvin O'Connor and Angela Zampella of St. Joseph's, Trish Juhline of Villanova, Jen Ricco of Temple, and the late Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News - into its Hall of Fame at a luncheon Friday in the Palestra.
O'Connor made the all-Big Five team three times and won the 2001 Geasey Award as player of the year. He scored 1,678 points in three years with the Hawks, whom he joined after one year at Villanova.
Zampella, a three-time all-Big Five pick, led the Hawks to three City Series titles and two NCAA appearances. She scored 1,509 career points and is the school's all-time leader with 788 assists.
Juhline, the 2003 Big Five player of the year, is third on the Wildcats' scoring list with 1,659 points. She knocked down a record 275 three-pointers while leading her team to three NCAA tournaments.
Ricco led Temple in scoring twice and deposited 1,236 points in her career. She also set a school record during the 1997-98 season by averaging 2.4 steals per game.
Jasner, who died of cancer in 2010, received the 2004 Curt Gowdy Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for excellence in print journalism. He covered the Big Five and then spent more than 25 years on the 76ers beat.
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