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Portrait of Margaret Liljedahl, Class of 2000, Old Rochester Regional Athletic Hall of Fame
2012

Margaret Liljedahl

Track & Field, Basketball, Soccer
Induction Year
2012
Category
Athlete
Class of
2000

Hall of Fame Plaque Biography

As Lady Bulldog Athletic teams dominated the SCC in the 90’s one of the leaders was Margaret Liljedahl, earning 12 varsity letters in track, basketball and soccer as well as SCC and Standard Times All Star Recognition all four years. On the track she set a school record in the long jump and tied the high jump mark. In basketball she holds the school record for the most 3’s in a game and from her point guard position let the Lady Bulldogs to the 98 State Title. She also Played in the Best 80 Game as a senior. On the Soccer pitch she had over 100 career points and was named Standard Times Soccer Player of the Year. As a fitting tribute to her high school career, she named Standard Times Athlete of the Year.

Original Hall of Fame Plaque

Margaret Liljedahl’s 2012 ORR Athletic Hall of Fame plaque

THE COMPLETE STORY

Expanded Historical Profile

Margaret Liljedahl was a central figure in the success of Old Rochester Regional girls’ athletics during the late 1990s. She earned 12 varsity letters across track and field, basketball, and soccer and received South Coast Conference and Standard-Times All-Star recognition throughout her four-year career.

In track and field, Liljedahl set the ORR record in the long jump and tied the school high-jump record. On the basketball court, she established the school record for three-pointers in a game and directed the Lady Bulldogs from point guard during their 1998 state championship season. She was also selected to play in the Best 80 Game as a senior.

Liljedahl accumulated more than 100 career points in soccer and was named the Standard-Times Soccer Player of the Year. Her excellence across three sports culminated in recognition as the Standard-Times Athlete of the Year before her graduation from ORR in 2000.

ARCHIVAL MEDIA

Photo Gallery

Historical photographs, action images, team photographs and later-life images will be assembled here as verified source material becomes available.

INDUCTION CEREMONY

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SOURCES & HISTORICAL NOTES

Documenting the record

Official 2012 plaque biography reconciled directly with the original physical-plaque photograph IMG_1817.HEIC, supplied by ORRAHOF, on October 10, 2026. Original wording and punctuation are preserved.

The transcription preserves the printed let, Played and she named. The expanded history describes her role on the 1998 championship basketball team in standard prose and frames record claims historically.

Original photographs remain in the Hall-owned archive. Approved primary portraits and existing gallery photographs are retained. The 2012 induction recording has not been located by ORCTV; no ceremony link is currently available.

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