Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame
Henry-Feeney, Jill
Jill Henry-Feeney
- Induction:
- 1993
- Class:
- 1981
Sports: Field Hockey, Basketball, Softball
A co-captain of the basketball, field hockey and softball teams, Jill Henry-Feeney was Bucknell's game (28 points) and season (265) scoring record-holder in basketball at graduation and was twice named to the Academic All-America College Division basketball team. Only the third Bucknell athlete in 60 years to captain three teams, Henry-Feeney was a three-year starter in all three sports after transferring from Union College. She led her junior and senior basketball teams in scoring and rebounding while setting a field-goal percentage record. She played sweeper on the 1979 field hockey team that placed seventh in the AIAW Division II national tournament, and she batted .286 as a pitcher and catcher in softball. Henry-Feeney was Bucknell's first Academic All-America women's basketball player and in 1981 received the Christy Mathewson Award as the top athlete in her senior class in addition to the Bison Club and multiple-sport awards. A graduate of Lewisburg High School, she graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1993)
A co-captain of the basketball, field hockey and softball teams, Jill Henry-Feeney was Bucknell's game (28 points) and season (265) scoring record-holder in basketball at graduation and was twice named to the Academic All-America College Division basketball team. Only the third Bucknell athlete in 60 years to captain three teams, Henry-Feeney was a three-year starter in all three sports after transferring from Union College. She led her junior and senior basketball teams in scoring and rebounding while setting a field-goal percentage record. She played sweeper on the 1979 field hockey team that placed seventh in the AIAW Division II national tournament, and she batted .286 as a pitcher and catcher in softball. Henry-Feeney was Bucknell's first Academic All-America women's basketball player and in 1981 received the Christy Mathewson Award as the top athlete in her senior class in addition to the Bison Club and multiple-sport awards. A graduate of Lewisburg High School, she graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1993)
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