OTTAWA - Ravens Hall of Fame member Pat Stoqua will be inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in May.
A key contributor to the history and legacy of Carleton Athletics since graduation, Stoqua's in-game achievements saw him elected to the Ravens Hall of Fame in 1996.
From the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame:
From the outdoor basketball courts in downtown Ottawa, to star athlete at Lisgar Collegiate and Carleton University, and a six-season career with the Ottawa Rough Riders, Pat Stoqua was a hometown hero throughout all of his sports career.
At Carleton, Stoqua was a team MVP and conference all-star for the Ravens in both football and basketball. He was the Ontario-Quebec conference football rookie of the year in 1977 and earned All-Canadian honours in 1979, when the Ottawa Rough Riders selected him in the Canadian Football League draft.
Stoqua was named the Player of the Game in the 1981 CFL East final after scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 102-yard catch and run play. The slotback’s second touchdown of the contest – and the Panasonic CFL Play of the Year – gave Ottawa the lead en route to a 17-13 upset victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He then came within a field goal of winning a Grey Cup in his lone appearance in the championship game as Ottawa fell to Edmonton 26-23.
Stoqua later became a coach for local boys’ and girls’ youth basketball teams, he was a long-time volunteer on the Goulbourn Basketball Association executive, and he helped revive the Ravens football program in 2013. A club champion on the links at Eagle Creek, Stoqua also volunteered at the Commissionaires Ottawa Open to help raise hundreds of thousands for charitable partner Soldier On, and he’s also been a key fundraiser for the Ravens’ basketball and football programs.
