Group photo of team members (l to r): Myrtle Crawford (coach), E. Martin, Phebe Winifred (Winnie) Rowles, M. Wylie, D. Moar, M. McLeay, G. Taylor.

Head and shoulders image of Jean Storey, Education graduate and sports award winner.

Bio/Historical Note: Jean Storey Thompson was born 21 April 1924 and spent the majority of her life in Saskatoon. A graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BA 1946) in 1943. She was a member of the Huskiettes basketball team for four years, serving as captain in 1945-1946 and was noted for her playmaking ability. Thompson was also an accomplished tennis player and won the 1946 intervarsity doubles title. Thompson served on the Women's Athletic Board for four years and was vice president of the Students' Representative Council. Following graduation Thompson was an alumni representative on the Women's Athletic Board and was assistant director of physical education at the U of S from 1946-1950. Her first teaching job was at Balfour Tech in Regina. After two years she returned to Saskatoon. Thompson worked at Nutana and Mount Royal collegiates as a physical education teacher. Her love of sports allowed her to enrich many female students and athletes. Her move to Mount Royal in guidance counseling enabled her to focus on her compassion for mentoring students. Thompson was actively involved in the Saskatoon Kiwanis Club, members at Saskatoon Golf and Country Club and Nutana Curling Club. She was inducted into the U of S Athletic Wall of Fame as a two-sport athlete in 1984. Jean Thompson died 23 June 2011 in Saskatoon.

Image of members of the fencing team.

Early photo of four team members with straw house brooms.

Hockey team members, Eddie Carr (coach), F. Miller, Ginger Catherwood, Alda Mathers, F. Mahaffy, O. Leitch, F. Brown, Queade Isabel Helen Johnston.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Hannah, North Dakota in 1902, Ginevra (Ginger) Irene Catherwood and her family moved to a homestead just outside Scott, Saskatchewan, four years later. Ginger likely learned to skate and play hockey on frozen sloughs. She also played baseball and excelled as pitcher. Catherwood entered the University of Saskatchewan on a scholarship in 1919. It was on the ice, as captain of the Varsity women’s hockey team, where she excelled. Catherwood’s arrival at the U of S coincided with the beginning of inter-varsity competition in women’s hockey. During the 1920-1921 season, playing against the University of Manitoba, Catherwood scored five goals in the first period and finished the game with three more in a 9-1 victory. She netted four goals in the first 11 minutes in a match against the University of Alberta. The final score was Saskatchewan 7 (Catherwood 6) and Alberta 1. The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix declared the U of S team the unofficial champion of university women’s hockey that season (there was no formal league at the time.) Opposing teams quickly learned that Catherwood was a scoring threat every time she had the puck. During the 1921-1922 season, she was hurt in the first period in a game in Edmonton and left the ice. The team squeaked out a 2-1 win. She was still nursing her injury in the next game against Manitoba and played defence in a 2-2 tie. Catherwood graduated with a three-year Arts degree in 1922. After attending Normal School in Saskatoon, she found work as a teacher in the Plenty, Saskatchewan district. Then in 1928, her sister Ethel won Olympic gold in high jump and Ginger was called upon by their family to chaperone her during her Canadian travels. Ginger was rumoured to have accompanied Ethel when she left Canada for the United States sometime around 1932. Ginger Catherwood later married English-born Charles Mitchell in Toronto in the fall of 1933.

Group photo of the Women's Volleyball team.

Team members dressed in swimsuits [by Qu'Appelle Hall pool].