Ross Wilson has spent more than 50 years helping build the sport of basketball, both at home in Saskatoon as well as nationally and internationally. He was the President of Basketball Canada from 1982 to 1988. In that role, he Read more →
Otto Huber was never one to back down from a challenge. Born in Lipton, Huber lost his vision in a hunting accident when he was 28. He went on to earn a certificate in Business Administration from the University of Read more →
Chris Getzlaf took a patient path to professional football success. The Regina-born receiver had to bide his time and earn his opportunities throughout his career but made the most of his chances when they came. He played 147 regular-season games Read more →
Cameron Baerg had a standout career as a rower winning a world title and an Olympic silver medal. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Baerg had one of his greatest achievements and disappointments in the same men’s coxless four Read more →
The 1998 Regina Rams Football Club entered their final season as a junior football team as the reigning champions. After a dramatic run to the title in 1997, the Rams repeated as champions with significantly less drama to close the Read more →
The 1997 Regina Rams junior football club won the Canadian Bowl – the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) national championship – as part of a run of five titles in six seasons, as the Rams concluded their time as a Read more →
When Noah Miller was starting out in water polo, having a player from the prairies crack the national team was a rarity. Miller spent nine years on the Canadian men’s national water polo team, serving as captain for five of Read more →
Jon Ryan first began kicking a football alone in a school yard near his house and he would eventually do so on the biggest stage of the sport. Ryan’s journey to playing 282 professional games as a punter began in Read more →
Brad Hornung’s dream of following in his father’s footsteps and playing the National Hockey League was paused when he was paralyzed from the neck down at 18 years old after being injured in a Western Hockey League game in 1987. Read more →
Ray Mitsuing grew up working with horses on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in Loon Lake. His skill with horses led to a great 37-year career as a chuckwagon driver. Mitsuing got his start in Saskatoon racing chariots in the Read more →
Carl Olson was born in a sod shack on a farm just outside of Fir Mountain and went on to conquer the rodeo world. Olson is the first Canadian-born cowboy to win a World Rodeo Championship in saddle bronc in Read more →
The 2003-04 University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s volleyball team knew how fine the margins are between joy and heartbreak in pursuing a championship. The Huskies won the 2004 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) men’s national volleyball title by the slimmest of margins – a 16-14 Read more →
Wayne Hellquist’s journey to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame was one he never could have imagined when he first took a volleyball class at the University of Saskatchewan with then-Huskies volleyball coach Mark Tennant. Hellquist had never played volleyball Read more →
Ryan Getzlaf reached the pinnacle of hockey success early in his career and continued with a consistent level of excellence through a lengthy National Hockey League career. Getzlaf retired having a Stanley Cup and two Olympic gold medals while becoming Read more →
Growing up in Wynyard, Lorne Lasuita was in his words “fixated on sports” and looked to find a career that would suit his passion. He earned a Recreational Technology diploma at Kelsey in Saskatoon (now Saskatchewan Polytechnic) where he played Read more →