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Loyola’s living legend inducted into hall of fame

During halftime on Jan. 21, when the Loyola men’s team played Evansville in Gentile Arena, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the 97-year-old chaplain of Loyola University’s men’s basketball team, became the 173rd person inducted into the university’s sports hall of fame.

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Members of the student cheering section clap as Sister Jean waves after reciving her award. Longtime men's basketball team chaplain and Loyola icon BVM Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, 97, was inducted into the Loyola Athletics Hall of Fame on Jan. 21.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Chicago Catholic