Former Basketball Star inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame

Congratulations to former Lakehead University basketball star, Jim Zoet, who was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame on July 21, 2015.

Known as the “Big Man,” he played for the then Lakehead Norwesters for two seasons (1976-77 and 1977-78) where he averaged 19 points per game and led the team to its only CIAU national championship. He was a CIAU All-Canadian in his two seasons at Lakehead. Zoet went on to become a member of the 1980 Canadian Olympic men’s team, saw short service in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons and then went on to play professionally in the Netherlands, England, Argentina, Mexico and the Philippines. Jim was inducted into the Lakehead University Wall of Fame in 2009.