Notre Dame, 1980
Greg Meredith was an honorary inductee to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame on June 10, 2019 during the CoSIDA Convention at the Orlando World Center Marriott.
One of the most accomplished ice hockey players in Notre Dame history, former NHL and Stanley Cup player Greg Meredith has parlayed his collegiate scholar-athlete successes and achievements into a prestigious professional career in finance and investments.
Currently, he founded, and now serves as Managing Member of Proctor Capital LLC, a private investment and strategic advisory firm located in New York City and also serves as Senior Managing Director, Product and Strategy, for financial technology firm LoanStreet.
At Notre Dame, Meredith was a four-year Monogram Winner (letterwinner), a two-year captain, the team's Rookie of the Year as a freshman and earned First Team All-Conference and All-America honors as a senior. In the Notre Dame ice hockey record books, Meredith, who played from 1976-80, ranks first in multiple categories – for career goals (104), career power-play goals (43), and single season power-play goals (23 recorded in his senior season). He finished his career with 192 points (104 goals, 88 assists) to rank seventh in all-time career points. He also is tied for third in single season game-winning goals (six, 1978-79), fourth in single season points (71, 40 goals and 31assists as a senior), tied for sixth in career hat tricks (five) and tied for eighth in career game-winning goals (10).
Among his Notre Dame academic accolades, Meredith was a Rhodes Scholarship finalist as a senior. As a finance major, he carried a 3.82 grade point average at the time of his graduation as a Dean's List student. As a senior, he earned the Wall Street Journal Award as most promising senior finance student and went on to claim a prestigious 1980 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
He also was awarded the Ed McGauley Outstanding Senior Award, the Byron V. Kanaley Leadership Award as a Notre Dame senior.
During his sophomore season, Meredith was drafted by the National Hockey League's Atlanta Flames in the sixth round. After graduation, he went on to compete for the Flames, which had moved to Calgary by that time.
Meredith was a key contributor in the 1983 Stanley Cup playoffs with three goals and an assist in five games. Meredith played one more year of professional hockey with the Colorado Flames of the CHL in 1983-84 before retiring to enroll in graduate school. He played in 38 NHL regular season games, scoring six goals and ten points.
He then earned his MBA at Harvard (where he also was an assistant men's ice hockey coach). From there, Meredith advanced through the financial services and investment management ranks, serving as a senior partner, business leader or chief executive officer with several companies and business partnerships during his career, including Proctor NBF Capital Partners, Salomon Brothers, Inc., Nationsbanc Capital Markets, Inc., Fenway Partners, Inc. and HSBC Capital.
His civic and charitable work is admirable. He and his wife Audrey formed the Meredith Family Foundation in 1997, which contributes to programs such as the LOGAN Center, which provides services to individuals with intellectual disabilities, the St. Joseph's County Special Olympics, and Camp Millhouse, a summer camp for children with significant intellectual disabilities. In addition, the organization funds educational initiatives including the Paul and Dianne Meredith scholarships at Notre Dame. With his wife, Audrey, they have broadened the mission of the Foundation through work and contributions to the Center Against Domestic Violence in New York.
Meredith also coached with the St. David's Hockey program for boys and girls between nine and 11 years of age and has been involved with the Convent of the Sacred Heart School in New York on numerous committees and as a Board of Trustees member.
In January 2005, Meredith was recognized by the NCAA with an elite NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, an award recognizing former student-athletes who have distinguished themselves since completing their college athletics careers 25 years ago. In 2012, he received the Harvey G. Foster award from Notre Dame which recognizes "distinct involvement in civic and university initiatives, particularly those supporting children, young adults and the disabled."
