Heber City Resident Jaime Fornetti Inducted into Albion College Athletic Hall of Fame
Albion, MI (11/02/2026) — Albion College is pleased to congratulate Heber City resident Jaime Fornetti, inducted earlier this month into the College's Athletic Halol of Fame. A member of the Class of 2006, Fornetti graduated from Albion with a degree in biology, a neuroscience concentration, and Phi Beta Kappa honors.
Fornetti was Albion's first women's basketball player named Defensive MVP for the Michigan Inercollegiate Athletic Association, along with a nomination to the 2006 All-MIAA first team. She was part of the only Albion team to win an MIAA Tournament championship, and the team that qualified for NCAA postseason competition. In 2006, she tied school and league records with an astonishing 17 for 17 free throws in one game.
A Women's Basketball Coaches Association scholarship helped Jaime earn her doctorate in cell and developmental biology. Now a research assistant professor with the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute, Fornetti studies metastatic breast cancer and mentors the next generation of scientists.
In 2017, Fornetti was honored with Albion's Young Alumni Award. Her Athletic Hall of Fame induction makes her just the third Briton to ever receive both honors.
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Albion College is a top-ranked, top-value liberal arts college and one of Michigan's three original chartered institutions of higher learning. Named a 2025 Carnegie Opportunity College and University-one of just 10 nationwide-Albion guarantees real-world learning for every student and the skills sought after by employers, from internships, consulting, community service, and mentored research to clinical placements and global study, across more than 80 areas of study. With an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio and dedicated advising before classes begin, Albion delivers results: 98% of graduates are employed, in graduate school, or in service programs within six months, and pre-med students enjoy a 96% medical school acceptance rate-among the highest in the state. The walkable campus sits on the Kalamazoo River, with 24 highly-competitive Division III sports, 100+ student-led clubs and organizations, active Greek Life, and its own Amtrak stop.
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Heber City resident Jaime Fornetti (center, with Albion College president Wayne Webster and athletic director Jennifer Rushton) was recently inducted into Albion College’s Athletic Hall of Fame
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