Nancy Knowlton - B.B.A. (Honours) ’75 - Basketball
Nancy Knowlton was a cornerstone of the Gaiters’ Women’s Basketball teams of the early 1970s. She was named Bishop’s University Female Athlete of the Year in 1973-74, and was a four-time team MVP.
While at Bishop’s, she led the QUAA in scoring in 1972 and 73, and was also a CIAU scoring leader. Knowlton led the Lady Gaiters to two consecutive Quebec championships, and the Gaiters’ first two appearances at the CIAU national championship.
In 1975, Knowlton led Quebec to a silver medal at the Canada Winter Games and toured China as a member of the Canadian National Women’s Basketball team.
Knowlton pursued graduate studies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, where she again led the CIAU in scoring. She also accomplished the rare feat of being named Athlete of the Year at two different universities.
Her dedication and leadership has been recognized by the Bishop’s Women’s Basketball team naming their Team Award in her honour.
Professionally Knowlton has succeeded in the same way she did on the court. Knowlton won several awards for entrepreneurship, including being named Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999. She was also awarded an honorary doctorate of commerce by Saint Mary’s
University in 2003. The firm she founded with her husband David Martin -- SMART Technologies – is both the industry pioneer and market-segment leader in easy-to-use interactive whiteboards and other group
