As a young girl growing up in Wallaceburg, Allison Lee first played soccer, going on to win the Mark Weese Award. Moving on to Holy Family School she became involved in many more sports including cross country, volleyball, basketball, badminton, track and field and soccer. During her grade 7 and 8 years, Basketball Wallaceburg was getting off the ground and she wanted to learn more about the game. It was in this time period that her love for the game grew and she was selected to play in the All Wallaceburg All Star Game at WDSS in 1998 which was a huge deal as she headed to WDSS.As a Tartan she played basketball all four years culminating in the Kent AAA Championship in 2002, defeating LKDS with Allison scoring 13 points in the victory. All through her high school years she played travel basketball for the Chatham Kent Wildcats as well. There were other sports she played at WDSS such as badminton , volleyball and rugby playing with the boys until a girls team was started. She also qualified for the OFSSA West Regionals in shot put. During the summers she attended Camp Olympia where she had some great experiences. At the Athletic Banquet in Grade 12 she was named Female Athlete of the Year and MVP for basketball, topping off a great career as a Tartan. Graduation in 2002 led her to a basketball scholarship at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario. She was now number 42 for the Lancers and would be named an OCAA All Star in each of her 3 years at Loyalist. In her rookie year she averaged over 13 points a game in her first 5 games, and they would finish with a record of 10-2. Year two would see a lot of the veterans
2024 Female Athlete Inductee - Allison Lee-Holloway
graduate and Allison was named team captain and thrived in the role averaging 20 points a game and was the second leading scorer in the east and 5th overall in the OCAA. In her 3rd year she shined individually becoming the top scorer in the East and team MVP while leaving a lasting legacy at Loyalist. She was also the subject of an article in SWEAT magazine as well during the teams winless season that year.
Despite her college career being over it certainly was not the end of sports by a long shot. She currently plays basketball in the mens league at the Wish Center as well as beach volleyball and indoor volleyball weekly.
She credits her parents Julie and Brian Lee and sister Samantha for always being there to support her sporting ventures. Allison is married to Jason Holloway and is raising twin daughters Alyssa and Aliyah - Hermitt aswell as son Benjamin Holloway and stepson Nathan Holloway.