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 →
Dr. Marlys Misfeldt has worked for nearly 40 years to increase the safety and quality of care for athletes in Saskatchewan while improving awareness of the need for safety policies and procedures in sport. Months after taking up karate, Dr. 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 →
An interest in coaching was piqued in Klara Kesmarky Miller at the YWCA when she was 11. That sparked a lifelong career in sport and more than 60 years of involvement in gymnastics. Miller was born in Budapest, Hungary and Read more →
Karen Howard found a great foundation in both figure skating and volunteerism in her hometown of Melville. Her passion and dedication to both would take her to the largest stages of the sport. Howard started figure skating when she was 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 →
Softball brought Noreen Murphy to Saskatoon in 1980 and she has made Saskatchewan her home ever since. Murphy was recruited to join the women’s national softball champions, the Saskatoon Harmony Centre team, after her Toronto team played them in 1978 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 →
Growing up in Bethune, Bernadette McIntyre saw how the whole community volunteered their time and expertise to ensure they were able to have the experiences they wanted. She has carried on that spirit of volunteerism, dedicating decades of work chairing Read more →
Shannon Miller has left a legacy everywhere she has gone in the hockey world. Miller was born in Tisdale and grew up in Melfort. She played with the University of Saskatchewan women’s hockey team in their first year of existence. Read more →
Growing up in the 1930s with spina bifida, Bill Brownridge channeled his love of sport, particularly hockey, into areas where he could excel, as an author and a painter. Brownridge’s love of hockey was forged on the family farm near Read more →
A love of volunteering brought Toni Beerling into the world of athletics officiating. Once she started, her passion for officiating never abated and during nearly 50 years at the track Beerling has worked at some of the biggest competitions in Read more →
Bill Kinash has been a cyclist, board member, coach, official, organizer, president, and vice president. Individually, these are the roles of a loyal volunteer. Combined, they represent a builder dedicated to growing cycling in Saskatchewan. For more than 45 years, Read more →
Clarence Campbell became one of the most important and influential figures in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) without scoring a single goal. As president of the NHL from 1946 to 1977, Campbell was the league’s longest-serving president Read more →
Robert “Bob” Haver didn’t begin rowing until 1972. Although he started late in the sport, he quickly built a rowing career. Then, he helped others in the province do the same. Now he’s being inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall Read more →