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Gold medallist and world champion Annette Lisabeth-Carman has added another honour to her list of accomplishments.

She is one of 100 alumni of achievement honoured as part of Wilfrid Laurier University's 100th anniversary celebration.

A graduate of W. Ross Macdonald School, Lisabeth-Carman is one of five Laurier grads with local connections to be recognized by the university. The others are Sandra J. Montour, Brant MPP Dave Levac, Brant MP Phil McColeman and Bharati Sethi.

Recipients were honoured at a dinner last month during the university's homecoming weekend.

The 100 alumni were selected around the idea of leadership and commitment to professional and personal communities.

"This distinguished group of 100 alumni represents a living legacy who inspire lives of leadership and purpose, and who also instil in Laurier graduates the courage to engage and challenge the world in all its complexity," Laurier president and vice-chancellor Max Blouw said in a prepared statement.

"On behalf of all of us at Laurier, I am delighted to celebrate this exceptional group of graduates who truly reflect the very best of our remarkable university."

Lisabeth-Carman, 28, called the honour "pretty amazing.

"When I attended the alumni dinner they had all of 100 of us walk across the stage and receive a plaque," she, said. "It was an honour to have been nominated and to attend the event.

"Just being a part of it was incredible."

A native of Langton, Ont., Lisabeth-Carman grew up on a tobacco farm and came to Brantford to attend Ross Macdonald, where she was introduced to goal ball, a sport for the blind and visually impaired. Players are able to track the ball because it makes a loud sound when it moves.