Huskie Women's Volleyball Legacy

Women’s volleyball on the University of Saskatchewan dates back to 1949-50 when Jean Storey led the team to the Dr. Sam Landa Trophy.

The trophy was handed to the championship team of the Western Canada Intercollegiate Athletic Union.

The Huskies were crowned champions two more times — 1950-51, 1951-52 and 1954-57.

During the WCIAU time period, the team had 13 different coaches including Sylvia Fedoruk, Jean Storey, Jean Ward, Marilyn Wearing, Myrna Leverson, Lerne Schemmer, Pat Lawson, J. Leiper, S. Pyke, Pat Jackson, Cheryl Stacey, Carol McClure, and Peter Stohart.

In 1971, the University of Saskatchewan joined five other universities in the Canada West Universities Athletic Union. In this year, Mark Tennant, a professor in the College of Kinesiology, took over the team. He would remain the leader of the Huskies until his retirement from coaching in 1996-97. He tallied a 227-139 record.

During his tenure, the team was crowned Canada West champions seven times (1974-75, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1990-91, 1991-92) and Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (now CIS) champion three times (1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81). They were the first team in history in any CIAU sport to win the championship three years in a row.

The Canada west began recording all-stars in 1979. With the exception of the 1884-85 season, Huskie Athletics had at least two all-stars in each season from 1979 to 1992.

Standout during this time period included Stacey Singler (Cooke). Singler was in the starting linepup from her first match with the Huskies and continued as the club’s number one setter for five consecutive seasons. She was a Canada West all-star in 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92 and was also a  CIAU All-Canadian in those years.

Giselle Rongve, Nancy Baker and Laurie Baber (who coached the team in 1989-90) all were three time all-stars in this time period as well.

In 1997-98, Leslie Irie took over the Huskie squad until her departure in 2010-11. Under Irie, the Huskies have participated in five CIS championship tournaments including two as host in 2003-04 and 2004-05. She was named conference coach of the year twice and CIS coach of the year once.

In 2011, Jason Grieve took over the Huskie squad. Grieve looks to build the program back to CIS supremecy.

**Huskie Athletics is still in the process of searching for women’s volleyball history. We are looking for information from the following years: 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-93, 1994-95 and 1996-97. If you have any information, please contact Nicole Betker at nicole.betker@usask.ca or 306-966-1024**

Women's Volleyball All-Time Career Records
Leaders for kills, blocks, aces, assists and digs. Complete stats unavailable for 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97 seasons.

Women's Volleyball Season Stats Leaders
Leaders for kills, blocks, aces and digs in a single season. Complete stats unavailable for 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97 seasons.

Women's Volleyball Year-by-Year Results
Yearly records since 1971. Complete stats unavailable for 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97 seasons.

Women's Volleyball Records Vs Opponents All-Time
Records since 1971. Complete stats unavailable for 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1996-97 seasons.

All-Time Results, All-Stars, All-Canadians & Award Winners
Summary of Women's Volleyball All-Time Results, Canada West All-Stars, Canada West Awards and Huskie Athletic Awards.

Women's Volleyball All-Time Players List
List of every Huskie women's volleyball player.

Women's Volleyball All-Academics (since 1998-99)
Lists all Huskie Athletics women's volleyball Huskie Athletics All-Academics and CIS Academic All-Canadians.