house in her honour, where each of the eight houses is named after influential sports stars and local heroes. Roundwood Park School set up a house system in 2011. In July 2012, the blue house became Grey-Thompson house. In November 2012, she was appointed to the three-person commission that has been set up by the Union Cycliste Internationale to investigate the Lance Armstrong doping affair. In February 2013, she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. In the same year, she was also recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women. In June 2018, she was inducted into Power Brands LIFE – Hall of Fame at London International Forum for Equality. In January 2019, she was chosen as a contender for the "Greatest Person of the 20th Century" in the BBC Icons series but did not proceed beyond the 'Sports Stars' heat. On 15 December 2019, she was given the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. Honorary degrees Grey-Thompson has received numerous honorary degrees including Honorary Doctorates from Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University, the University of Greenwich, the University of Bath, Newcastle University, Liverpool John Moores, the University of Leicester, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Hull, University of Exeter, Heriot Watt University, the Open University, University of Wales Newport, the University of Wales, Leeds Metropolitan University, Loughborough University (both a Master and Doctorate), Teesside University, York and Ripon College, University of Swansea, University of Glamorgan, UWIC, University of Surrey, Southampton University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Staffordshire University and Cardiff University. Grey-Thompson received a Lifetime Achievement Award and another Honorary Doctorate from the University of East London in May 2011, at the university's annual Sports Award evening held at West Ham United's Upton Park stadium. In July 2013, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Science (HonDSc) in recognition of her outstanding service to disability and to disadvantaged people, and to her promotion of sport and the Paralympics. On 15 June 2016, she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Law (honoris causa) by the University of Cambridge. Personal life Grey-Thompson has spina bifida and is a wheelchair user. She was christened Carys Davina Grey, but her sister, Sian who is 2 years older than Tanni, referred to her as "tiny" when she first saw her, pronouncing it "tanni"; the nickname stuck. Grey-Thompson attended St Cyres