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Dale Hawerchuk, Corey Koskie and Bill Wedlake will be among the nine individuals, builders and teams that will be inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in November.
Hawerchuk, the former Winnipeg Jets star, Koskie, who appeared in 989 Major League Baseball games, and Wedlake, the long-time University of Winnipeg coach and administrator, will go into the hall during a ceremony on Nov. 2.
The other inductees, which were announced Wednesday, are all-around athlete Faye Finch, curling builder John T. Haig, swimmer Shannon Shakespeare, tennis table player and builder Art Werier, Ken Watson?s curling teams from 1936, 1942 and 1949, and the Carman Goldeyes baseball teams from 1983-88.
A closer look at the inductees:
n Hawerchuk was born in Toronto but he became the face of the Jets franchise after they joined the NHL. The Jets took him first overall in 1981, and he won the Calder Trophy as the NHL?s top rookie in his first season. He topped 100 points six times and played a key role for Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup.
n Koskie, who hails from Anola, was also an accomplished hockey and volleyball player in his youth, but it was baseball where he made his mark. He played for the Minnesota Twins between 1998 and 2004, and in 2001 he became the only third baseman in American League history to hit more than 25 home runs, record more than 100 RBI and score at least 100 runs.
n Wedlake coached basketball at the high school and university levels for more than 30 years, and then he guided the University of Winnipeg men?s team between 1984 and 2000. He was named CIS coach of the year during the 1992-93 season. Upon retirement from coaching he became the U of W?s athletic director, a position he held until 2008. He has served numerous basketball and general sporting associations over the years.
n Werier, a lifelong Winnipeg resident, played table tennis at four world championships and three Commonwealth Games. He was a perennial contender at the national level in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the International Table Tennis Federation vice-president between 1973 and 1977, and he played a key role in creating Sport Manitoba, serving as its chairman from 1973-75.
n Finch is a Winnipeg native who started competing in sport while at Kelvin High School in the 1960s. She starred both locally and/or nationally in track and field, five-pin bowling, volleyball, touch football and team handball. He primary sport, however, was softball, which she played between 1959 and 1993, when an injury forced her to retire.
n Shakespeare was born in Mission, B.C., but she began swimming with the Thompson Northern Torpedoes and eventually was a member of the Manitoba Marlins squad in Winnipeg. She won a gold and two silvers at the 1995 world championships, and she captured two bronze at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. She was also a two-time Olympian, swimming in relays for Canada at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Games.
n Haig was born in Ontario but was educated in Alexander, which is just west of Brandon. He was one of the driving forces behind the Dominion Curling Association, which is now the Canadian Curling Association. He co-founded the Strathcona Curling Club in 1908 and was the president of the Manitoba Curling Association in 1912 and 1913.
n The Watson curling teams won the Brier in 1936, 1942 and 1949. Ken Watson skipped the ?36 foursome, which included his brother Grant at third, and Marvin McIntyre and Charles Kerr. Ken and Grant teamed up with Charlie Scrymgeour and Jimmy Grant to win in ?42, and the Watson brothers won in ?49 with Lyle Dyker and Charles Read.
n The Carman Goldeyes won the Manitoba senior baseball championship five times over six years in the 1980s, and they brought home the silver medal from the 1984 Western Canada Senior Baseball Championship in Red Deer, Alta. During their five championship seasons the Goldeyes had a combined record of 101-21.
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