Baseball great Justin Morneau, broadcaster Don Taylor lead B.C. Sports Hall of Fame 2024 class

Twelve B.C. Sports Hall of Fame inductees were announced Wednesday, including baseball star Justin Morneau, swimmer Ryan Cochrane, golfer Richard Zokol and longtime sportscaster Don Taylor.

The 2024 class was unveiled at a Wednesday ceremony co-hosted by CBC Vancouver reporter Karin Larsen, who was inducted into the hall of fame in 2021 for her achievements as an Olympic synchronized swimmer.

Also inducted was Cassie Sharpe, who won gold in women's halfpipe freestyle skiing at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and silver at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

"It was a very random email and I was kind of surprised because I am so young, but it was pretty cool," Sharpe, 31, said. "Somebody that I don't know nominated me. And it was such an honour."

The skier, who recently had a child, says she looks forward to some family time before gearing up to qualify for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.

George Morneau, who attended the ceremony on behalf of his son Justin, said he couldn't ask for anything better than being honoured in his home province.

"I've been his coach most of his life, and he always wore the B.C. crest proudly," George said of his son, who was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020 after 14 seasons in the major leagues, including 11 with the  Minnesota Twins.

Another inductee was Amanda Asay, who was the longest-serving member of the Canadian women's baseball team when she died in a skiing accident last year.

Don Taylor, a longtime broadcaster who currently co-hosts sports talk show Donnie and Dhali on CHEK, was honoured in the media category for a career that spans more than 40 years.

Taylor said he received multiple offers to broadcast in more lucrative markets, but he always stayed