1963 Saskatoon Aces Women’s Basketball Team
Accomplishments: Canadian Women’s Basketball Champions, 1963. Left to Right: Front Row: Judy Jenkin, Marlene Ackerman. 2nd Row: Warren Schweitzer (manager/assistant coach), Faye Herrick, Bob Stayner (head coach), Gloria Wasley, Keith Coviello (manager/statistician). 3rd Row: Diane Hanysh, Anita Serblowski, Pat Dobie, Ruth Budney, Margot Little.
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1959 Saskatoon Adilman Aces Women’s Basketball Team
Accomplishments: Canadian Women’s Basketball Champions, 1959. Left to Right: Front Row: Arlene (Raycroft) McGinn, Myrna (Needham) Levorson, Carol (Lambert) Josephson, Olga (Kostyniuk) Salewich. 2nd Row: Judy (Holt) Vance, Audrey (Campbell) Coben, Bob Stayner (head coach), Keith Coviello (statistician), Jack Adilman (coach/sponsor), Marlene Ackerman, Pat Lawson. 3rd Row: Eleanor (Edwards) McIntyre, Judy Jenkin, Lee (Fior) Walshe, [...]
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Leroy Coates
Leroy was born in Prince Albert and following an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, he then became involved in wheelchair sports. In national competition from 1968 to 1974, Leroy won a total of 37 medals in various wheelchair events. He received 10 gold, 12 silver, and 15 bronze medals in events [...]
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Murray Swayze
Murray Swayze has enjoyed a long career in the basketball-refereeing field beginning in 1959. His refereeing and coaching career followed him from Regina to Saskatoon and then to Moose Jaw. Murray refereed at all levels locally from high school to senior competitions and coached at various levels from high school to post secondary non-degree granting [...]
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Don “Butch” Steponchev
Butch Steponchev began to officiate with local basketball leagues, and then moved to provincial high school and senior men’s championships. In 1974, Butch was recruited as an official for wheelchair basketball, and in 1975, was certified as an international referee. Between 1975 and 1992, he refereed at Pan American, World, and Olympic Games. In 1978, [...]
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Alison (Lang) Robertson
Alison Lang played high school basketball at Walter Murray Collegiate and by grade 12 was on Canada’s senior basketball team. That year, in 1979, Alison and the Canadian national team won bronze medals at both the Pan American Games and the World Championships. She played with the University of Oregon from 1980 to 1984, where [...]
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