Lavallee, Jacqueline
Athlete
Inducted: 2011, Basketball
Other Sports: Soccer,
Jacqueline Lavallee quickly became a two-sport star at the University of
Saskatchewan.
She played for the women’s soccer team from 1996 to 1999 and in
2001, was a three-time Canada West all-star midfielder and an All-Canadian in
1999. She led the Huskies to their only playoff appearance in program history
in 1999.
In basketball, she also played five seasons, was a three-time Canada
West All-Star and an All-Canadian in the 2001-02 season. In her senior year,
she was second in Canada West scoring and third nationally. She finished her
career as one of nine Huskie athletes all-time with 1,000 or more points,
sitting eighth on the list with 1,082 points.
She was a regional recipient of
the Tom Longboat award, recognizing outstanding aboriginal ability in 2000, and
the national Sylvia Sweeney award and Huskie Athletics Valerie Girsberger Award
in 2002. In 2002, she was also named a CIS Top 8 All-Academic – the first
athlete from Huskie Athletics to receive this honour.
She played basketball
internationally for Canada at three tournaments, twice at World University
Games.
In 2011-12, Jacquie enters her ninth season as an assistant coach with
the Huskie women’s basketball team and in 2010 was the head coach of the Cadet
National women’s team. Jacqueline is a member of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of
Fame. She has degrees in both Kinesiology and Education.
