Durham College names Class of 2027 to Sports Hall of Fame in Oshawa

Durham College has named Tracey Weightman, Ken Babcock and Michael Duggan to its Sports Hall of Fame as the Class of 2027, the college announced on November 12, 2026. The three will be formally recognized on Saturday, January 30, 2027, at the college's 22nd Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Centre in Oshawa.

Weightman starred for the Durham Lords women's soccer team from 1997 to 2000, helping the program win its first OCAA women's soccer gold medal in 1997 and reach the CCAA national championship. In her final season she scored 11 goals in nine matches to finish as the OCAA's leading scorer, earning OCAA League All-Star, CCAA Championship All-Star and CCAA All-Canadian honours. She was inducted into the OCAA Hall of Fame in 2009.

Babcock's Durham College connection began in 1984 as a Sport Management student and men's basketball player. He served as Director of Athletics & Recreation from 1995 until his retirement in 2023, a tenure in which Durham collected 116 OCAA championship medals and 22 CCAA national championship medals and saw nearly $40 million in facility development, including the Campus Fieldhouse, Vaso's Field and the Campus Recreation & Wellness Centre. The college's softball stadium was named Babcock Field in his honour.

Duggan played men's basketball at Durham from 1984 to 1987, coached the women's basketball team to an OCAA gold medal in 1996-97, and spent 23 seasons as the Lords' varsity golf coach, guiding teams to 26 OCAA team medals and back-to-back women's national championships in 2010 and 2011. He now serves as the college's Manager of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Established in 1997, the Durham College Sports Hall of Fame recognizes student-athletes, coaches and builders who left a lasting impact on the Durham Lords.