University of Victoria Athletics

Lori Clarke played for the Vikettes women's basketball under legendary head coach Kathy Shields in the dynasty eras that captured five national championships in eight seasons. Clarke helped the Vikettes to two of those national banners in 1985 and 1987, while also capturing a silver CIAU medal in her three-year career with UVic. With Clarke, the Vikettes also won three-straight Canada West conference titles from 1984 to 1987, and the Abbotsford, B.C. native was a top rebounding forward on the team and in the conference.
 
Clarke transferred to the University of Victoria in 1984 from Eastern Washington University and was a Canada West conference All-Star and CIAU All-Canadian in all three years that she played. In her final season, Clarke led UVic to a national title and was voted the Nan Copp Player of the Year Award, an award that only five Vikes have won since 1979. To cap it off, Clarke was named UVic Female Athlete of the Year in 1987. Clarke's accolades at UVic were further verified in her post-collegiate career where she played professionally in Europe from 1989 to 1996 and was a fixture for Team Canada from 1985 to 1992. Clarke helped Canada tie its highest placing ever at the World Championships in 1986 finishing with a bronze medal. She also captained the national team in 1990 to a seventh place finish at the World Championships.

UVic Achievements
- Three time CWUAA (Canada West) Champion (1984-87)
- Two time CIAU  National Champion (1984-85 and 1986-87)
- Three time Canada West All-Star and CIAU All-Canadian
- Nan Copp Player of the Year (1987)
- UVic Female Athlete of the Year (1987)

International/Other Achievements
- Captain of Team Canada at 1990 World Championships
- Senior National Team member from 1985-1992
- Won a bronze medal with Team Canada at 1986 World Championships
- Played professionally in Germany for six years (All-Star Team in 1991 and 1992)
- Inducted into Basketball BC Hall of Fame (2018)




Note: The name for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national body that UVic student-athletes compete under has changed names throughout time. From 1906 to 2000 they were known as the CIAU (Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union) and then adopted CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) in 2001, before officially becoming U SPORTS in April 2017. References above relate to what the national body was called when the inductee(s) competed.