2024 SASK SPORTS HALL OF FAME CLASS REVEALED

The Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame (SSHF) is pleased to announce the seven (7) inductees who will become the newest members of the SSHF this fall. The Class of 2024 features three inductees in the athlete category, two builders and two teams.

The 2024 inductees are:

IN THE ATHLETE CATEGORY:

Ray Mitsuing (Loon Lake) – Rodeo

Carl Olson (Fir Mountain) – Rodeo

Chelsea Stone (Mazzei) (Regina) – Taekwondo

IN THE BUILDER CATEGORY:

Karen Howard (Melville) – Figure Skating

Wayne Hellquist (North Battleford) – Volleyball

IN THE TEAM CATEGORY:

Sherry Anderson Senior Women’s Curling Rink

2003-04 University of Saskatchewan Huskies Men’s Volleyball Team

Rural communities are well-represented in the 2024 Induction Class as is the sport of rodeo which will see its number of inductees in the Hall of Fame rise from three to five this year. Ray Mitsuing is also the first inductee whose principal sport is chuckwagon racing.

“We are pleased to see rodeo, a sport with deep roots in Saskatchewan, be recognized with two very worthy inductees this year,” said Erin Stankewich, Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. “Our mission is to celebrate Saskatchewan sport in all of its facets. With inductees from rodeo, curling, figure skating, taekwondo, and volleyball, we are pleased to honour this great class of inductees and shine a light on their accomplishments and respective sports.  This class really celebrates the diversity of sporting achievement that we see in the province.”

The communities of Fir Mountain and Loon Lake will also have their first Hall of Fame inductees, raising the number of Saskatchewan communities represented in the Hall to 151.

Eight different Saskatchewan communities are represented on the Huskies volleyball team roster and the Anderson curling foursome represent Saskatoon but also hail from multiple communities in the province.

The 2024 Induction Dinner & Ceremony at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Tickets are $120 per person and are on sale now at the Hall of Fame’s website or by contacting the Hall of Fame at 306-780-9232.

The accomplishments of the 2024 Induction Class will also be featured in our Dedication to Sport exhibit, which opens on induction weekend and will remain up through August 2025.

(Matthew Gourlie/SSHOF)