Jodi “JJ” Hanousek Larson ’90 was inducted into the Wellesley Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 26, 2024, for her role on the basketball, lacrosse, and soccer teams. The 1990 recipient of the Barbara Barnes Hauptfuhrer ’49 Scholar-Athlete Award, Larson was a four-year member of the basketball and lacrosse teams and joined the soccer team during her senior year. Larson excelled in basketball and lacrosse and still ranks 11th all-time in Blue basketball program history with 1,022 points scored from 1986–1990. In addition, Larson is the Blue lacrosse program’s all-time leader in save percentage as a goalkeeper (.659). In 1989–90, she was selected to the NEWMAC Basketball All-Conference team. The same year in lacrosse, she was named a 1990 Honorable Mention Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association National All-American (IWLCA) after earning IWLCA All-Region and NEWMAC All-Conference selections following a season during which she posted a save percentage of .658, still the best mark in a season in program history.

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