Five members of the Women's Figure Skating team in skates on ice. Only four members are identified: Nora Topping, Mary Jones, Mary Anne Boyd, Del Denike.

Women's Figure Skating team members practicing singles and pairs figure skating.

Studio portrait of Diane Jones, Huskiette pentathlete.

Bio/Historical Note: Diane Helen Jones-Konihowski was born in 1951 in Vancouver and raised in Saskatoon. In 1967 she represented Canada internationally for the first time as a high jumper and javelin thrower. Jones won her first international medal, a high jump bronze, at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games. She represented Canada in the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Jones was a gold medalist in the pentathlon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City; that same year she was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year. Jones graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1976 with a BEd. In 1978 she won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and was named Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in her career. Jones married fellow athlete John Konihowski in 1977; the wedding ceremony was carried live on CFQC-TV. In 1979 she won her second Pan American Games gold medal. Forced to miss the Moscow Olympics of 1980 due to the boycott that Jones-Konihowski strenuously opposed, she seriously considered going to the Soviet Union to compete as an athlete without a flag or nation. Jones-Konihowski eventually decided it was safer to not attend and athletically made her statement two weeks later at a pentathlon in Germany, winning gold, and beating all the Moscow 1980 Olympic medalists. During her career Jones-Konihowski ranked first in the world twice. Jones-Konihowski was awarded the Order of Canada in 1979 and inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. She was the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Sport & Recreation Award in 1988. In 1996 she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame. Jones-Konihowski has remained active in Canadian sports, having worked as a coach and sports administrator for many national athletic boards including Fair Play Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada, the Canadian Olympic Association, as well as the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. In 2000 Jones-Konihowski led Canada’s Olympic Team to the Sydney Olympics as the Chef de Mission. She was presented with an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S in 2002. In 2005 Jones-Konihowski was elected to the board of directors of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Jones-Konihowski is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame (2020) and the Canada West Conference Hall of Fame (2021).

Head and shoulders image of Pat Lawson, instructor, School of Physical Education.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Patricia A. (Pat) Lawson was born on 18 November 1929 in Saskatoon and attended Caswell Elementary School. Lawson won every track and field event she entered while attending Bedford Road Collegiate. She won provincial titles in six different sports and five Canadian titles in three sports. She broke records for the 220- and 440-yard events in speed skating, and became Canadian intermediate ladies champion in 1947 and Canadian senior ladies champion in 1949 and 1954. While attending the 1947 Canadian track and field championships, she won gold in shot put, the first time she had competed in the event. Lawson won two Canadian basketball championships; one with the Vancouver Eilers in 1956 and one with the Saskatoon Adilman Aces in 1959. She was one of five Aces to represent Canada at the 1959 Pan Am Games in Chicago. Lawson had similar success as a golfer: she was a five-time winner of the Saskatchewan Senior Women's championship, Lawson represented the University of Saskatchewan on 13 teams over 4 years (basketball 4, swimming 4, tennis 3, track and field 2). She graduated with a BA (1950) and a BEd (1953). In 1956 Lawson joined the faculty of the College of Physical Education at the U of S, where she was a teacher, coach and administrator before being named women’s athletic director. She coached the Huskiettes basketball team from 1956-1964 and again in 1967-1968. In 1966 she was named coach of Canada’s national women’s basketball team. Lawson completed a Masters degree in physical education at the University of Oregon (1959) and a PhD at the University of Southern California (1967). Lawson retired from the U of S as Professor Emerita in 1990.
In 1984 Lawson became president of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER). She was also president of the Canadian Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Union, which improved opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics, and served a term as chairperson for the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport. Lawson was named a Fellow in the North American Society Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance. She was honoured with the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER) Honor Award. Lawson was a member of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame for golf, basketball, and with the Adilman Aces basketball team that won the Canadian Championship and competed at the 1959 Pan‐American Games. The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame inducted Lawson as a multi‐sport athlete to recognize her provincial championships in six different sports: swimming, track and field, tennis, basketball, speed skating and golf. The U of S has honoured her twice as a member of the Athletic Wall of Fame. Lawson was also recognized by the College of Kinesiology as one of the “First and Best” in 1996. She competed nationally as a member of Saskatchewan golf teams seven times in the Amateur Women’s and 12 times in the Senior Women’s. She was provincial Senior Champion five times, and runner‐up four times between 1980 and 1994. Lawson was the first woman elected to the Riverside Country Club Board of Directors. She won the Waskesiu Ladies’ Lobstick five times over four decades from 1968 to 1991. Lawson was also a member of the Bedford Road Collegiate Hall of Honour and the Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame; Additional recognition included being recipient of the College of Arts and Science "Alumni of Influence Award"; and the U of S Alumni Achievement Award in 2018. Lawson died of lung cancer in Saskatoon on 10 October 2019 at age 90. She was survived by partner Barbara Dorsey, former professor of Physical Education at the U of S.

Head and shoulders image of Patricia A. (Pat) Lawson, Professor, School of Physical Education.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Patricia A. (Pat) Lawson was born on 18 November 1929 in Saskatoon and attended Caswell Elementary School. Lawson won every track and field event she entered while attending Bedford Road Collegiate. She won provincial titles in six different sports and five Canadian titles in three sports. She broke records for the 220- and 440-yard events in speed skating, and became Canadian intermediate ladies champion in 1947 and Canadian senior ladies champion in 1949 and 1954. While attending the 1947 Canadian track and field championships, she won gold in shot put, the first time she had competed in the event. Lawson won two Canadian basketball championships; one with the Vancouver Eilers in 1956 and one with the Saskatoon Adilman Aces in 1959. She was one of five Aces to represent Canada at the 1959 Pan Am Games in Chicago. Lawson had similar success as a golfer: she was a five-time winner of the Saskatchewan Senior Women's championship, Lawson represented the University of Saskatchewan on 13 teams over 4 years (basketball 4, swimming 4, tennis 3, track and field 2). She graduated with a BA (1950) and a BEd (1953). In 1956 Lawson joined the faculty of the College of Physical Education at the U of S, where she was a teacher, coach and administrator before being named women’s athletic director. She coached the Huskiettes basketball team from 1956-1964 and again in 1967-1968. In 1966 she was named coach of Canada’s national women’s basketball team. Lawson completed a Masters degree in physical education at the University of Oregon (1959) and a PhD at the University of Southern California (1967). Lawson retired from the U of S as Professor Emerita in 1990.
In 1984 Lawson became president of the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER). She was also president of the Canadian Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Union, which improved opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics, and served a term as chairperson for the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport. Lawson was named a Fellow in the North American Society Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance. She was honoured with the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER) Honor Award. Lawson was a member of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame for golf, basketball, and with the Adilman Aces basketball team that won the Canadian Championship and competed at the 1959 Pan‐American Games. The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame inducted Lawson as a multi‐sport athlete to recognize her provincial championships in six different sports: swimming, track and field, tennis, basketball, speed skating and golf. The U of S has honoured her twice as a member of the Athletic Wall of Fame. Lawson was also recognized by the College of Kinesiology as one of the “First and Best” in 1996. She competed nationally as a member of Saskatchewan golf teams seven times in the Amateur Women’s and 12 times in the Senior Women’s. She was provincial Senior Champion five times, and runner‐up four times between 1980 and 1994. Lawson was the first woman elected to the Riverside Country Club Board of Directors. She won the Waskesiu Ladies’ Lobstick five times over four decades from 1968 to 1991. Lawson was also a member of the Bedford Road Collegiate Hall of Honour and the Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame; Additional recognition included being recipient of the College of Arts and Science "Alumni of Influence Award"; and the U of S Alumni Achievement Award in 2018. Lawson died of lung cancer in Saskatoon on 10 October 2019 at age 90. She was survived by partner Barbara Dorsey, former professor of Physical Education at the U of S.

Head and shoulders image of Maureen Rever-Duwors, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology.

Bio/Historical Note: Maureen Rever-Duwors (born 1938) held provincial and Canadian records in sprint events as a high school student in the early 1950s at Luther College in Regina. She was Canadian champion in 1955 and the 60-and 100-yard events and coupled with a second place finish in broad jump and a third in the 220 yards, was the top point-getter among senior women at the meet. During Rever’s first year of university at Luther College, she competed in 100 metres (fifth in a heat), 200 metres (fifth in a heat) and the 4x100-metre relay at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Rever enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1956. While a student, she finished third in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×110 yards relay (with Diane Matheson, Eleanor Haslam (also from the University of Saskatchewan), and Freyda Berman). Rever was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 220 yards and in the heats of the 100 yards. Rever also played both guard and forward on the Huskiette basketball team. She was a member of the bronze-winning 4×100 metres relay team in the 1959 Pan American Games, and also finished fourth in long jump. Rever received a BA in 1959 and was the first woman on the Biology Department faculty (ca. 1970). Rever went on to become an official, administrator and internationally-rated official. She was an executive member of the Athletic Association of Canada, Saskatchewan Branch; a director of the Saskatoon Track and Field Club and was a founding member of Sask Sport. She was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1977 and in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. Rever Road in Saskatoon is named in her honour. Rever is Professor Emerita of Biology (2021).

Pat Lawson clearing the high jump bar and setting a new women's record.

Oval-shaped posed indoor image of six team members in uniform and caps. Players (back row, l to r): Rhoda Scholar Russell (Robertson), BA '19; Nellie Ann Railton (Partridge), BA '20. Front row: Beulah Bridgeman (Hay), BSc '19; Edith Maud Hartt (Stephenson), BA '20; and Christine Sinton, BA '20.

Bio/Historical Note: Green and white were established as the official colours of U of S sports teams in 1909-1910 by Reginald Bateman, a native of Ireland and the first English professor at the University of Saskatchewan. But the Huskies name did not appear at that time. Teams were generally referred to as “varsity” or “the green and white” when they played or appeared in media. The name Huskies was included in an article in the 20 September 1932 Star-Phoenix: “The Varsity Stadium yesterday morning saw the advance guard of over twenty gridiron Huskies swing into action.” The origin of the Huskie name is unclear. One of the earliest images of players wearing sweaters with ‘Huskies’ on across the front was in the 1932-1933 Greystone yearbook, showing the men’s hockey team in uniforms with the new name. By 1937 women’s teams were generally referred to as Huskiettes.

Team members posing, identified: Helen Detlor, Fern Robinson, Marianne Gardiner, Joyce Wong, Florence Chabon, Doris Ball, Cynthia Barnett, Helen Sherstibitoff, Iris Coristine, Jo Vanterpool and Shirley Shields.

Women's Intramural volleyball championship team pose on the court: Members, standing: Myrna Needham, Vi Kachman, Dianne Thompson, Lenore Kivell, Orma Longworth, Joanna Samson and Berle Aston. Two unidentified men and a woman in back row.

The University of Saskatchewan Huskiettes volleyball team.

Co-ed game in action.

Team forward Aldis Peterson wearing a basketball uniform and holding a trophy cup, [possibly the "Spirit of Youth" Trophy, for having exhibited outstanding athletic skills combined with high qualities in leadership].

Bio/Historical Note: Aldis Marjorie "Pete" Peterson graduated from Nutana Collegiate and entered the University of Saskatchewan in 1941. Peterson competed in both basketball and tennis. An outstanding basketball forward, she served as team captain for two years. As a member of the tennis team, she was runner up in singles at the 1944 Western Championships. For her participation in sports, Peterson was awarded a Major Athletic Award in 1943-1944. Peterson served as secretary to the Women's Athletic Directorate and became the first president of the women's Athletic Board. She was a cheerleader for two years and served as vice-president of the SRC in 1944-1945. In 1944-1945 she was awarded the prestigious "Spirit of Youth" Trophy for having exhibited outstanding athletic skills combined with high qualities in leadership. Peterson married Fred (Bud) Carson (1923-2013), also an inductee into the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame. She died in Toronto on 16 April 1998.

Elevated view of Emily Farnham, Registrar's Office, standing on a sheet of curling ice.

Bio/Historical Note: Emily Blanche Farnham was born in 1937 and grew up in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, where she was introduced to curling by her dad. She moved to Prince Albert in 1956 and worked at the Bank of Montreal, transferring to Saskatoon in 1962. In 1964 Farnham began a 35-year career with the University of Saskatchewan, working in the Dean of Arts and Science Office, the Office of the Registrar and the College of Dentistry. Farnham retired in 1999. She was an avid curler and a member of the Nutana Curling Club for over 35 years. She was the first woman president of her club and served on the board of directors for several years. In addition to her competitive curling Farnham was involved administratively at various levels - club, city, provincially and nationally. She served as a volunteer on many bonspiels and national competitions. In addition to competing at the city, northern and provincial play downs, she competed at the national level in one women’s and four senior women’s competitions.
Farnham and her team of Linda Saunders, Pat McBeath and Donna Collins from the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, dominated the women's curling scene during the 1973-1974 season, capping the year off by winning the 1974 Macdonald Lassies Championship, Canada's national women's curling championship (and forerunner to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts). During the 1973-74 season the team won four major cashpiels in Saskatchewan before winning the provincial championship and representing Saskatchewan at the 1974 Macdonald Lassies Championship. Farnham had tried unsuccessfully for 13 years before winning the Saskatchewan provincial championship. At the national championship her rink went undefeated, winning all nine of their games en route to the national championship. It would be the sixth championship in a row for rinks representing Saskatchewan. Team Farnham won 118 of 120 games over the course of the season, losing just two games – one practice game to a men's team, and one game in the Northern Saskatchewan playdowns. In 1989 Farnham became the first woman to win the Canadian senior curling championship after having previously won the national women's championship. Farnham and her rink of Mary Todarchuk, Mary Heidt and Arlie Ellsworth won the seniors championship that year for Saskatchewan. At the national championship the team finished the round robin with a 7-3 record, and then had to win a tiebreaker, before winning two playoff games to claim the championship. Farnham and Heidt were also members of Team Saskatchewan at the 1988 Canadian senior championship, where they finished with a 5-5 record. Farnham won another provincial seniors title in 1991, and lost in the finals of the 1991 national championship. She was particularly proud of being voted by her peers for the all-star skip award at the national level on three occasions. The 1973-1974 Farmham rink was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. Her 1989 senior team was inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 as well. Farnham was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame as a builder and player in 1993. She was also a member of the Saskatchewan Curling Association Legends of Curling Honour Roll.
Farnham also played golf recreationally, playing at Greenbryre Golf Club in Saskatoon for many years. In 2007 Farnham and her wife of 33 years, Sandi Sheppard, moved in Airdrie, Alberta, to be closer to family. Emily Farnham died on 20 November 2021 in Airdrie.

Lisa Thomaidis and Greg Jockims, coaches of the women's and men's Huskie basketball teams.

Bio/Historical Note: Lisa Thomaidis (born 1972) attended McMaster University and earned her degree in Kinesiology. She played five seasons (1990-1995) for the basketball Marauders, earning Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West All-Star Team honours in 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95. In 2006, Thomaidis was inducted into the McMaster Athletics Hall of Fame. After graduation she played two seasons (1996-1997, 1997-1998) of professional basketball in Europe in the Greek 1st Division for Apollon Ptolemaidas, when an injury ended her basketball career and led her to coaching. Starting in 1998 Thomaidis began coaching women's basketball at the University of Saskatchewan. During her 23-year career as coach of the Huskies, she led the team to seven Canada West titles and was Canada West Coach of the Year in 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2008-2009, 2010-2011 and 2015-2016. The Huskies were Bronze Baby national championship winners in 2015-2016 and 2019-2020. Thomaidis was given the Peter Ennis Award for Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) Coach of the Year) in 2008-2009 and 2010-2011. The 2021-2022 season will be Thomaidis’s 24th year as Huskie head coach. Outside the University of Saskatchewan, Thomaidis was an assistant coach for Canada women's national basketball team from 2002-2013, which included a quarterfinal performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2013 she replaced Allison McNeill as head coach and her team won silver at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship. Thomaidis then led Canada's women's basketball team to a fifth place finish at the 2014 FIBA World Championship and a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. Thomaidis's team came in seventh at the 2016 Summer Olympics, won gold at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, and finished seventh at the 2018 FIBA World Cup. Heading into the 2020 (2021) Tokyo Summer Olympics, she led the team to a FIBA world ranking of fourth, the highest in program history. The Canadian team suffered a first-round elimination at the Olympics (held in July-August 2021) and Thomaidis left the team. She compiled a 83-44 record at the helm.

Bio/Historical Note: Greg Jockims, a graduate of Mount Royal Collegiate in Saskatoon, played forward for the Huskies from 1983-1988. Jockims coached the Huskies basketball team between 1998 to 2011. He helped rebuild the team and earned seven straight playoff appearances which included Central Division Regular Season titles in 2005 and 2006, a Central Division championship in 2006 and a Canada West Championship in 2010.That same year Jockims led an underdog Huskie team to its first CIS National Championship. In 2019 he became the first coach of the Canadian Elite Basketball League's Saskatchewan Rattlers and led them to a championship in their inaugural season in 2019.

Bio/Historical Note: Image appeared in 18 Sept. 1998 issue of OCN.