Inductee Catalogue

  • Jon Ryan

    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 →

  • Julie Foster

    Julie Foster came to rugby later in life but adapted to the sport quickly to become a trailblazer for Saskatchewan rugby players. Foster represented Canada at three International Rugby Board (IRB) Women’s Rugby World Cups, reaching the semifinals each time. She Read more →

  • Brad Hornung

    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 →

  • Klara Kesmarky Miller

    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 →

  • Ray Mitsuing

    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

    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 →

  • Chelsea (Stone) Mazzei

    Chelsea (Stone) Mazzei is one of the most successful taekwondo competitors the province has ever seen. She won 19 consecutive national championships in her weight class in sparring and was a member of the national team from 2000-17. She maintained Read more →

  • Karen Howard

    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

    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

    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 →

  • Noreen Murphy

    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 →

  • Lorne Lasuita

    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 →

  • Joan McEachern

    Joan McEachern got a late start in her soccer career but more than made up for lost time. Growing up on a farm near Sinnett, McEachern and her brothers and cousins played what she called “farmer soccer” – a soccer-rugby Read more →