Dakota Athletics Hall of Fame


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Note: Every effort has been made to present accurate and up-to-date information in each biography.

 

Note: Induction into a Hall of Fame can be the induction as an individual player or an induction as part of a team(s) which is why some people have multiple inductions into the same hall of fame in the same year.


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Athletes

Connie Laliberte

Years at Dakota: 1975/1976-1977/1978

Inducted: 2004

MHSAA, Provincial Curling Champion (1976/1977)
Curl Manitoba, Provincial Junior Championship, Gold Medal (1976, 1977)
Curl Manitoba, Provincial Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1980, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999)
Team Manitoba Curling, Canada Games, Gold Medal (1981)
Curling Canada, Canadian Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1984, 1992, 1995)
World Curling, World Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1984)
Manitoba Female Athlete of the Year (1984)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1984, 2014)
World Curling, World Curling Championship, Bronze Medal (1992)
Curling Canada, Canadian Curling Championship, Silver Medal (1994)
World Curling, World Curling Championship, Silver Medal (1995)
Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame (1995, 2001, 2011)
Curling Canada, Canadian Curling Championship, Bronze Medal (1996, 1999, 2000)
Canadian Curling Hall of Fame (2000)
Curl Manitoba, High Performance Director (2004-2022)

 

Janet Laliberte

Years at Dakota: 1970/1972-1973/1974

Inducted: 2004

Curl Manitoba, Provincial Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1980, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999)
Curling Canada, Canadian Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1984, 1992, 1995)
World Curling, World Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1984)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1984)
World Curling, World Curling Championship, Bronze Medal (1992)
Curling Canada, Canadian Curling Championship, Silver Medal (1994, 2006, 2011)
World Curling, World Curling Championship, Silver Medal (1995)
Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame (1995, 2002, 2011, 2015)
Curling Canada, Canadian Curling Championship, Bronze Medal (1996, 1999, 2000, 2007)
Canadian Curling Hall of Fame (2000)

 

Corinne Laliberte

Years at Dakota: 1975/1976-1977/1978

Inducted: 2004

MHSAA, Provincial Curling Champion (1976/1977)
Curl, Manitoba, Provincial Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1984)
Curling Canada, Canadian Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1984)
World Curling, World Curling Championship, Gold Medal (1984)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1984)
Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame (1995) 

 

Rick Watts

Years at Dakota:1967/1968-1970/1971

Inducted: 2004

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1969/1970, 1970/1971)
MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Championship All-Star (1969/1970, 1970/1971)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Champion (1969/1970)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Championship All-Star (1969/1970)
MHSAA, Provincial High Jump, Gold Medal (1969/1970)
Team Manitoba Volleyball, Junior National Championship, Gold Medal (1970, 1971, 1972)
Team Manitoba Volleyball, Canada Games, Gold Medal (1971)
University of Manitoba, Basketball (1971/1972-1975/1976)
GPAC, Basketball All-Star (1973/1974, 1974/1975, 1975/1976)
Team Canada Basketball, World Student Games (1973)
Team Canada Basketball (1975)
CIAU, National Basketball Champion (1975/1976)
CIAU, National Basketball Championship All-Star (1975/1976)
CIAU, Basketball All-Canadian (1975/1976)
Team Canada Volleyball (1976)
Senior Men’s, Nicolett Inn, National Basketball Champion (1979, 1980, 1982)
Senior Men’s, Nicolett Inn, National Basketball Championship All-Star (1980, 1982)
Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame (1998, 1998, 2003, 2003. 2003)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2006, 2006, 2011)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2012)
MHSAA, Male Athlete of the Half Century (2012)

 

Scott Koskie

Years at Dakota:1986/1987-1988/1989

Inducted 2004

Team Manitoba Volleyball, Canada Games (1989)
University of Manitoba, Volleyball (1989/1990-1994/1995)
CIAU, Volleyball Champion (1990/1991, 1994/1995)
CIAU, Volleyball All-Canadian (1992/ 1993, 1993/1994, 1994/1995)
CIAU, Male Volleyball Player of the Year (1994/1995)
CIAU, Top 8 Academic All-Canadian (1994/1995)
University of Manitoba, Male Athlete of the Year (1994/1995)
Team Canada Volleyball (1995-2008)
Pro Volleyball (1996/1997-2007/2008)
Team Canada Volleyball, Pan American Games (1999, 2003)
Team Canada Volleyball, Pan American Games, Bronze Medal (1999)
Team Canada Volleyball, NORCECA Championship, Bronze Medal (2001)
Team Canada Volleyball, NORCECA Championship, Bronze Medal (2005)
Team Canada Volleyball, NORCECA Championship, Best Setter (2005)
Head Coach Team Manitoba, Men’s Volleyball (2008-2011)
Assistant Coach University of Manitoba, Men’s Volleyball (2008/2009-2009/2010, 2019/2020)
Volleyball Manitoba Hall of Fame (2009)
Head Coach U18 Team Manitoba, Men’s Volleyball, National Championship, Gold Medal (2010)
Assistant Coach Team Canada, Women’s Volleyball (2010-2015)
Assistant Coach Team Canada, Women’s Volleyball, Pan American Games, Silver Medal (2011)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2015)
Head Coach U18 Team Canada, Women’s Volleyball (2019-2021)
Assistant Coach Team Canada, Women’s Volleyball, National Excellence Program (2021)
Assistant Coach Team Canada, Men’s Volleyball, Volleyball (2021-2023)
Assistant Coach Team Canada, Men’s Volleyball, NORCECA Championship, Silver Medal (2021-2023)
Head Coach U20 Team Canada, Women’s Volleyball (2022)
Head Coach University of British Columbia Okanagan, Men’s Volleyball (2024/2025-present)

 

Ed Alexiuk

Years at Dakota: 1966/1967-1969/1970

Inducted: 2005

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1969/1970)
University of Winnipeg, Volleyball (1970/1971-1972/1973)
University of Winnipeg, National Volleyball Champion (1970/1971, 1971/1972, 1972/1973)
Team Canada Volleyball, World Student Games (1973)
University of Manitoba, Volleyball (1973/1974)
Team Canada Volleyball (1974-1977)
Team Canada Volleyball, World Championship (1974)
Team Canada Volleyball, Pan American Games (1975)
Team Canada Volleyball, Olympics Games (1976)
Volleyball Manitoba Hall of Fame (2004)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2013)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2016, 2016, 2016)

 

Linda (James) Puttaert

Years at Dakota: 1965/1966-1967/1968

Inducted: 2009

MHSAA, Provincial Individual X-Country Champion (1965/1966)
MHSAA, Provincial 100m, Gold Medal, 11.6s (1965/1966)
MHSAA, Provincial 200m, Gold Medal, 26.4s (1965/1966)
MHSAA, Provincial Individual X-Country Champion (1966/1967)
MHSAA, Provincial X-Country Champion (1966/1967, 1967/1968)
Athletics Canada, Juvenile Track and Field Championship, Gold Medal, 400m (1966/1967)
Athletics Canada, Juvenile Track and Field Championship, Gold Medal, 800m (1966/1967)
Athletics Canada, Juvenile 400m Record Holder (1967)
Athletics Canada, Juvenile 800m Record Holder (1967)
MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1967/1968)
University of Manitoba, Track and Field (1968/1969-1971/1972)
Team Canada X-Country, World Championship (1970)
YMCA, Woman of the Year (1977)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2015)

 

Ted Stoesz

Years at Dakota: 1963/1964-1965/1966

Inducted: 2009

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1964/1965)
Simon Fraser Basketball University (1966/1967)
University of Manitoba Basketball (1967/1968-1970/1971)
CIAU, National Championship Basketball All-Star (1970/1971)
Team Canada Basketball (1971-1975)
Team Canada Basketball, Pan America Games (1971)
Senior Men’s, St. Andrew’s Super Saints, National Basketball Champion (1972, 1975, 1976)
Senior Men’s, St. Andrew’s Super Saints, National Basketball Championship MVP (1975)
Team Manitoba Basketball, Western Canada Games, Gold Medal (1975, 1979)
Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame (1991, 1996, 1996, 1996)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2009, 2009, 2009)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2014)

 

Bruce Benoit

Years at Dakota: 1965/1966-1967/1968

Inducted: 2010

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1966/1967, 1967/1968)
MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Championship All-Star (1966/1967)
MHSAA, Provincial High Jump, Gold Medal (1967/1968)
University of Manitoba Volleyball (1968/1969-1972/1973)

 

Gord Puttaert

Years at Dakota: 1965/1966-1967/1968

Inducted: 2011

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1966/1967, 1967/1968)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Champion (1967/1968)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Championship All-Star (1967/1968)
University of Manitoba Basketball (1968/1969-1972/1973)
CIAU, National Basketball Finalist (1970/1971)
Senior Men’s, St. Andrew’s Super Saints, National Basketball Champion (1975)
Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame (1996)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2009)

 

Terry Ball

Years at Dakota: 1963/1964-1964/1965

Inducted: 2011

University of Manitoba Basketball (1965/1966-1969/1970)
WCIAA, Basketball All-Star (1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1968/1969, 1969/1970)
WCIAA, Basketball Scoring Champion (1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1969/1970)
CIS, Basketball All-Canadian (1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1968/1969, 1969/1970)
University of Manitoba, Male Athlete of the Year (1967/1968)
Team Canada Basketball (1970)
Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame (1991)  
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2012)

 

Donna (Mallette) Bradley

Years at Dakota: 1966/1967-1968/1969

Inducted: 2012

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1967/1968)
HSAA, Provincial Basketball Champion (1968/1969)
University of Manitoba Basketball (1969/1970-1971/1972)
University of Manitoba Field Hockey (1970/1971-1971/1972)
University of Manitoba, Female Athlete of the Year (1971/1972)
University of Winnipeg Basketball (1972/1973)

 

Diane (Macey) Kastes

Years at Dakota: 1967/1968-1969/1970

Inducted: 2012

MHSAA, Provincial X-Country Champion (1967/1968)
MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1967/1968, 1969/1970)
MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Championship All-Star (1968/1969, 1969/1970)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Champion (1968/1969, 1969/1970)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Championship All-Star (1968/1969, 1969/1970)
Team Manitoba Volleyball, Western Canadian Championship, Gold Medal (1970)
University of Manitoba, Volleyball (1970/1971)

 

Rich Macey

Years at Dakota: 1964/1965-1966/1967

Inducted: 2012

MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Championship All-Star (1966/1967)
University of Winnipeg Basketball (1967/1968-1969/1970)
WCIAA, Basketball Scoring Champion (1968/1969)

 

Doug Freeth

Years at Dakota: 1969/1970-1971/1972

Inducted: 2014

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1970/1971)
University of Manitoba Basketball (1972/1973-1976/1977)
Team Manitoba Baseball, Canada Games, Silver Medal (1973)
CIAU, National Basketball Champion (1975/1976)
Professional Basketball (1978-1982)
Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame (1998)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2011)
Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame (2018)

 

Jim Matthews

Years at Dakota: 1968/1969-1970/1971

Inducted: 2014

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1969/1970, 1970/1971)
MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Championship All-Star (1969/1970)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Champion (1969/1970)
Carl Ridd Award, Basketball (1970/1971)
University of Kentucky Tennis (1972/1973)
University of Winnipeg Volleyball (1973/1974-1974/1975)
CIAU, National Volleyball Champion (1973/1974)
Tennis Manitoba, Provincial Tennis Champion (1974, 1975)
University of Oxford Tennis (1975/1976)
Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame (1994)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2016)

 

Monica Goermann

Years at Dakota: 1979/1980-1981/1982

Inducted: 2014

Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics (1978-1981)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, Commonwealth Games Team Event, Gold Medal (1978)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, Commonwealth Games All-around, Silver Medal (1978)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, World Championship (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Manitoba, Female Athlete of the Year (1978, 1979)
Gymnastics Canada, Artistic Gymnastics All-around, Gold Medal (1979)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, Pan America Games Team All-around, Gold Medal (1979)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, Pan America Games Individual All-around, Gold Medal (1979)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, Pan America Games Uneven Bars, Gold Medal (1979)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, Pan America Games Floor Exercise, Silver Medal (1979)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, Pan America Games Balance Beam, Bronze Medal (1979)
Team Canada Artistic Gymnastics, Olympic Games (1980)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1991)
Assistant Coach Team Canada, Artistic Gymnastics, World Gymnaestrada (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)

 

Ryan Dulder

Years at Dakota: 1996/1997-1998/1999

Inducted: 2014

Dennis Nord Award, Volleyball (1998/1999)
MHSAA, #1 Ranked Volleyball Ranked Player (1998/1999)
Carl Ridd Award, Basketball (1998/1999)
MHSAA, #1 Ranked Basketball Player (1998/1999)
MHSAA, Male Athlete of the Year (1998/1999)
University of Manitoba Basketball (1999/2000-2003/2004)
GPAC, Basketball Rookie of the Year (1999/2000)
CIS, Basketball Academic All-Canadian (2002-2003)

 

Terri-Lee Johannesson

Years at Dakota: 1987/1988-1989/1990

Inducted: 2014

MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Champion (1989/1990)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Championship MVP (1989/1990)
Team Manitoba Basketball, National Junior Championship, Gold Medal (1990)
University of Manitoba Basketball (1990/1991, 1992/1993-1996/1997)
GPAC, Basketball Rookie of the Year (1990/1991)
CIAU, Basketball All-Canadian (1994/1995, 1995/1996, 1996/1997)
CIAU, National Basketball Champion (1995/1996, 1996/1997)
CIAU, National Basketball Championship MVP (1995/1996, 1996/1997)
University of Manitoba, Female Athlete of the Year (1995/1996, 1996/1997)
Team Canada Basketball, World University Games (1995, 1997)
CIAU, Female Athlete of the Year (1996/1997)
Manitoba, Female Athlete of the Year (1996/1997)
Team Canada Basketball (1997)
Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame (2011, 2011, 2011, 2017)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2021, 2021)
Canada West Hall of Fame (2024)

 

Lynda (Smith) Palahniuk

Years at Dakota: 1967/1968-1969/1970

Inducted: 2014

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1967/1968, 1969/1970)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Champion (1968/1969, 1969/1970)
MHSAA, Provincial Shot Put, Gold Medal (1968/1969)
Golf Manitoba, Women’s Provincial Junior Golf Champion (1969, 1970)
Golf Manitoba, Women’s Amateur Golf Champion (1982, 1987, 1988, 1992)
Golf Canada, #10 Ranked Canadian Woman Golfer (1990)
Golf Saskatchewan, Women’s Amateur Golf Champion (1996)
British Columbia Golf, Senior Women’s Golf Champion (2002)
Golf Canada, Canadian Senior Women’s Golf Champion (2003)
Score Magazine, Women’s Senior Amateur Golfer of the Year (2003)
Golf Canada, Canadian Senior Women’s Golf Nationals, 3rd Place (2006)
Golf Canada, Canadian Senior Women’s Golf Nationals, 2nd Place (2007)
Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame (2009)

 

Andrew Town

Years at Dakota: 2002/2003-2003/2004

Inducted: 2014

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (2003/2004)
MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Championship MVP (2003/2004)
University of Winnipeg Volleyball (2004/2005-2008/2009)
Team Manitoba Volleyball, Canada Games, Gold Medal (2005)
CIS, National Volleyball Champion (2006/2007)
Canada West, Volleyball All-Star (2008/2009)
University of Winnipeg, Male Athlete of the Year (2008/2009)
Team Canada Volleyball (2010-2011)
Professional Volleyball (2011-2012)

 

Tricia Mayba

Years at Dakota: 2004/2005-2006/2007

Inducted: 2014

Team Manitoba Volleyball, National Championship, Gold Medal (2005, 2006, 2007)
Team Manitoba Volleyball, National Championship All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007)
University of Manitoba Volleyball (2007/2008-2011/2012)
Cobra Club Volleyball, 17U Canadian Championship, Gold Medal (2008)
Cobra Club Volleyball, 17U, Canadian Championship All-Star (2008)
Canada West, Volleyball All-Star (2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012)
Team Canada Volleyball (2010-2011)
Team Canada Volleyball, World University Games (2011)
Team Canada Volleyball, Pan American Games (2011)
Professional Volleyball (2013-2014)

 

Danielle Bilodeau

Years at Dakota: 1994/1995-1996/1997

Inducted: 2014

MBCA, Provincial Junior Varsity Basketball Champion (1994/1995)
MBCA, Provincial Junior Varsity Basketball Championship MVP (1994/1995)
MHSAA, Provincial Soccer Champion (1994/1995, 1995/1996)
MHSAA, Provincial Soccer Championship MVP (1994/1995, 1995/1996)
MHSAA, Female Athlete of the Year (1996/1997)
Cornell University Hockey (1997/1998-2000/2001)
Cornell University, Hockey Rookie of the Year (1997/1998)
Ivy League, Hockey All-Star Team, (1998/1999)
Assistant Coach Princeton University, Women’s Hockey (2002/2003-2005/2006)
Assistant Coach Cornell University, Women’s Hockey (2006/2007-2015/2016)

 

Jon Hanec

Years at Dakota: 1989/1990-1991/1992

Inducted: 2014

Team Manitoba Volleyball, National Junior Championship, Gold Medal (1990, 1991)
MHSAA, Provincial Championship Volleyball All-Star (1990/1991, 1991/1992)
MHSAA, Provincial Championship Basketball All-Star (1990/1991, 1991/1992)
MTHF, Provincial Handball Champion (1990/1991)
MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1991/1992)
Dennis Nord Award, Volleyball (1991/1992)
Carl Ridd Award, Basketball (1991/1992)
MHSAA, Male Athlete of the Year (1991/1992)
University of Manitoba Basketball (1992/1993-1994/1995)
University of Manitoba Volleyball (1997/1998)
MHSAA, Male Athlete of the Half Century Finalist (2012)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2016)

 

Jan Kreutzer

Years at Dakota: 1963/1964-1965/1966

Inducted: 2014

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Champion (1964/1965)
MHSAA, Provincial Basketball Championship All-Star (1964/1965)
Club Volleyball, Western Canadian Championship, Gold Medal (1964, 1965, 1967, 1970)
Club Volleyball, National Championship, Gold Medal (1964, 1967, 1970)
Bemidji State University Basketball (1967/1968-1968/1969)
University of Winnipeg Basketball (1969/1970)
University of Brandon Basketball (1972/1973)
University of Brandon Soccer (1972/1973)
Senior Men’s, Nicolett Inn, National Basketball Champion (1980)
Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame (2003)
Sport Manitoba Hall of Fame (2006)

 

Sherry (Parkhurst) Gard

Years at Dakota: 1985/1986-1987/1988

Inducted: 2015

MHSAA, Provincial Volleyball Championship All-Star (1987/1988)
University of Alberta Volleyball (1988/1989-1991/1992, 1993/1994)
Team Canada Volleyball (1992-1993)
World Masters, World Volleyball Champion (2014)
Volleyball Manitoba Hall of Fame (2015)

 

Carey Penner

Years at Dakota: 1977/1978-1979/1980

Inducted 2018

MHSAA, Provincial1500m, Gold Medal (1979/1980)
MHSAA, Provincial 3000m, Gold Medal (1979/1980)
MHSAA, Provincial Record Holder, 1500m, 3:51.08min (1979/1980)
MHSAA, Provincial Record Holder, 3000m, 8:28.81min (1979/1980)
Athletics Manitoba, Provincial Junior Record Holder, 1500m, 3:53.60min (1980)
Athletics Canada, U20 5000m, Gold Medal,14:14.40min (1980)
Athletics Manitoba, 9th Fastest Time Provincial History, 5000m, 14:14.40min (1980)

 

 

 

Builders

 

Jerry Ilchyna

Years at Dakota: 1964/1965-1992/1993

Inducted: 2026

 

Teams Coached

JVG Basketball
1964/1965-1965/1966, 1972/1973-1973/1974, 1975/1976-1978/1979,1980/1981-1994/1995, 1996/1997
JVB Volleyball
1964/1965-1965/1966, 1973/1974-1975/1976,1981/1982
VG Volleyball
1964/1965
VG Basketball
1966/1967-1969/1970, 1974/1975 (assistant coach)
VB Volleyball
1966/1967-1972/1973
Gr9G Basketball
2002/2003-2003/2004, 2005/2006-2010/2011

 

Provincial Final Fours

VB Volleyball
1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1969/1970, 1970/1971
VG Basketball
1968/1969, 1969/1970
JVG Basketball
1976/1977, 1977/1978, 1980/1981, 1992/1993, 1994/95

 

Provincial Finals

VB Volleyball
1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1969/1970, 1970/1971
VG Basketball
1968/1969, 1969/1970
JVG Basketball
1976/1977, 1977/1978, 1980/1981, 1992/1993, 1994/1995

 

Provincial Championships

VB Volleyball
1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1969/70, 1970/71
VG Basketball
1968/1969, 1969/1970
JVG Basketball
1976/1977, 1977/1978, 1992/1993, 1994/1995 

 

Other Notable Accomplishments

Multiple Zone Championships
Multiple Camp Clinician Speaking Appearances
Order of the Buffalo
Head Coach St. Vital Grads, Senior Women’s Basketball, 5 Provincial Championships
Head Coach University of Winnipeg, Men’s Volleyball (1970/1971)
Head Coach University of Winnipeg, Men’s Volleyball, CIAU National Champion (1970/1971)
Assistant Coach University of Winnipeg, Women’s Basketball (1971/1972-1972/1973)
Assistant Coach University of Winnipeg, Women’s Basketball, CIAU National Champion (1971/1972)
Dr. Penner Award for Teacher Excellence (1985)
Basketball Manitoba Hall of Fame (1991,1994)
Basketball Manitoba Mike Spack Award, Lifetime Achievement Award (1993)
Heart of the Community Volunteer Award (1995)
Manitoba Marathon, Named 1 of the 25 Unsung Heros, (2003)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2013)
Volleyball Manitoba Hall of Fame (2014)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2016)
Canada West Hall of Fame (2019)

 

Phil Hudson

Years at Dakota: 1988/1989-2017/2018

Inducted: 2026

 

Teams Coached

Track and Field
1988/1989-2017/2018 (co-coach)
VB Volleyball
1988/1989-2018/2019
Cross Country
2003/2004, 2006/2007, 2009/2010

 

Provincial Final Fours

VB Volleyball
1990/91, 1991/1992, 1992/1993, 1993/1994, 1994/1995, 1995/1996, 1996/1997, 1997/1998, 1998/1999, 2000/2001,
2003/2004, 2004/2005,2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019

 

Provincial Finals

VB Volleyball
1991/1992, 1992/1993, 2003/2004, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2018/2019

 

Provincial Championships

VB Volleyball
1991/1992, 1992/1993, 2003/2004, 2010/2011, 2018/2019

 

Other Notable Accomplishments

Multiple Zone Championships
Multiple Camp Clinician Speaking Appearances
Head Coach West Kildonan Collegiate, VB Volleyball (1980/1981, 1987/1988)
Head Coach West Kildonan Collegiate, VB Volleyball, MHSAA Provincial Champion (1980/1981, 1986/1987)
Head Coach West Kildonan Collegiate, VB Volleyball, MHSAA Provincial Finals (1980/1981, 1986/1987)
Head Coach West Kildonan Collegiate, VB Volleyball, MHSAA Provincial Final Four (1980/1981, 1982/1983, 1983/1984,
1984/1985 1985/1986,1986/1987)
Head Coach Kildonan Club, Men’s Volleyball (1982-1987)
Head Coach Kildonan Club, Men’s Volleyball, Provincial Championship, Silver Medal (1982, 1983)
West Kildonan Collegiate, Physical Education Department Head (1984/1985-1987/1988)
Head Coach Kildonan Club, Men’s Volleyball, Canadian Juvenile Championship, Silver Medal (1984)
Head Coach Kildonan Club, Men’s Volleyball, Provincial Championship, Gold Medal (1984, 1986)
Head Coach Team Manitoba, Men’s Volleyball, Canada Games, Silver Medal (1985)
Volleyball Manitoba Coach of the Year (1985)
Volleyball Canada Coach of the Year Finalist (1985)
Head Coach Kildonan Club, Men’s Volleyball, Canadian Juvenile Championship, Gold Medal (1986)
Head Coach Team Manitoba, Men’s Volleyball, Canada Games, Bronze Medal (1987)
Head Coach Dakota Club, Men’s Volleyball (1988-2018)
Head Coach Dakota Club, Men’s Volleyball, Provincial Championship, Gold Medal (1990)
Head Coach Dakota Club, Men’s Volleyball, Western Canadian Midget Championship, Bronze Medal (1991)
Head Coach Dakota Club, Men’s Volleyball, Provincial Championship, Gold Medal (1991)
St. Vital School Division Coaches Hall of Fame (1998)
Volleyball Canada Developmental Coach of the Year (1998)
St. Vital School Division Coach of the Year (1998/1999)
Ringette Manitoba Coaching Award (2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2004/2005)
Head Coach Dakota Club, Men’s Volleyball, National Championship, Silver Medal (2004)
Head Coach Team Manitoba, Men’s Volleyball, Canada Games, Gold Medal (2005)
Assistant Coach Team Canada, Women’s Volleyball (2005)
Manitoba Volleyball Association Honor Society Hall of Fame (2005)
Assistant Coach University of Winnipeg, Men’s Volleyball (2006/2007-2007/2008, 2016/2017-2018/2019)
Head Coach Bison Club, Women’s Volleyball, 17U National Championship, Gold Medal, 16U National Championship, Bronze
Medal (2006-2008)
Assistant Coach University of Winnipeg, Men’s Volleyball, CIAU National Champion (2006/2007)
MHSAA Grey Cup Legacy Male Coach of the Year (2006)
Coaching Manitoba Dr. Jack Hunt Award (2006)
Physical Education Department Head (2007/2008-2017/2018)
Head Coach University of Manitoba, Men’s Volleyball (2007/2008)
Head Coach Cobra Club, Women’s Volleyball, 17U National Championship, Bronze Medal (2009-2011)
Assistant Coach Team Canada, Junior Women’s Volleyball (2012)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2012)
Volleyball Manitoba Hall of Fame (2013)
Head Coach University of Winnipeg, Women’s Volleyball (2019/2020-present)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2019)
Canada West Coach of the Year (2023)

 

Dale Bradshaw

Years at Dakota: 1968/1969-1981/1982

Inducted: 2026

 

Teams Coached

JVB Basketball
1968/1969
VB Basketball
1968/1969-1981/1982
Cross Country
1968/1969
Track and Field
1968/1969-1981/1982 (co-coach)
VG Softball
1969/1970
VG Volleyball
1969/1970
JVG Volleyball
1970/1971-1974/1975
VB Soccer
1971/1972

 

Provincial Final Fours

VB Basketball
1968/1969, 1969/1970, 1970/1971, 1971/1972,1973/1974, 1975/1976, 1976/1977, 1978/1979, 1979/1980
VG Volleyball
1969/1970
VB Soccer
1971/1972

 

Provincial Finals

VB Basketball
1968/1969, 1969/1970, 1971/1972, 1973/1974, 1975/1976, 1976/1977, 1979/1980
VG Volleyball
1969/1970

 

Provincial Championships

VB Basketball
1969/1970, 1973/1974, 1975/1976, 1976/1977, 1979/1980
VG Volleyball
1969/1970

 

Other Notable Accomplishments

Multiple Zone Championships
Multiple Camp Clinician Speaking Appearances
Head Coach Garden City Collegiate, VB Basketball (1962/1963, 1967/1968)
Head Coach Garden City Collegiate, VB Basketball, MHSAA Provincial Final Four (1962/1963, 1966/1967)
MHSAA Basketball Commissioner (1969/1970, 1979/1980)    
Apprentice/Assistant Coach Team Canada, Men’s Basketball (1972-1974, 1982)
Apprentice/Assistant Coach Team Canada, Men’s Basketball (1973, 1981)
Head Coach Team Manitoba, Women and Men’s Basketball, 12 teams, 2 gold, 2silver, 4 bronze medals (1979-1994)
NCCP Level 1-3 Course Conductor (1979-2005)
Co-originator Canadian Junior Basketball Championship (1980)
CIAC Lifetime Member Award (1982)
Canadian Association of Coaches Bursary (1982, 1983)
Assistant Coach Lakehead University, Men’s Basketball (1982/1983)
MHSAA Award of Merit (1983)
Co-founder Manitoba Juvenile Basketball Program (1983)
Author “Team Concepts in Basketball” (1984)
Head Coach Nicolett Inn, Senior Men’s Basketball (1984-1985)
Head Coach Nicolett Inn, Senior Men’s Basketball, Provincial Champion (1984)
Cloverleaf Conference Basketball Referee’s Award (1984)
Head Coach Nicollet Inn, Senior Men’s Basketball, Provincial Finalist (1985)
Canada Basketball Course Conductor (1986-2005)
Canada Basketball Master Course Conductor (1986-2005)
President of MBCA (1986-1988)
Head Coach St. Vital Mustangs, Senior Men’s Basketball (1987)
Basketball Manitoba Mike Spack Award, Lifetime Achievement Award (1988)
Co-coach Shaftesbury High School, VB Basketball, MHSAA Provincial Champion (1993/1994)
Consultant University of Winnipeg, Women’s Basketball (1996/1997-2004/2005)
Basketball Manitoba Hall of Fame (1998, 2003, 2003, 2003, 2017)
St. Vital School Division Coaches Hall of Fame (1999)
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2001)
MHSAA Hall of Fame (2011)
MHSAA Award of Distinction (2014)
Basketball Court Named “Dale Bradshaw Court” (2017)

 

Dennis Alvestad

Years at Dakota: 1980/1981-2001-2002

Inducted: 2026

 

Teams Coached

VG Basketball
1974/1975-1984/1985, 2009/2010 (assistant coach)
VB Basketball
2004/2005 (assistant coach)
JVG Basketball
2007/2008-2008/2009

 

Provincial Final Fours

VG Basketball
1975/1976, 1976/1977, 1978/1979, 1982/1983, 1983/1984

 

Provincial Finals

VG Basketball
1982/1983

 

Provincial Championships

VG Basketball
1975/1976, 1976/1977, 1978/1979, 1983/1984

 

Other Notable Accomplishments

Multiple Zone Championships
Basketball Manitoba Mike Spack Award, Lifetime Achievement Award (1995)
Basketball Manitoba Hall of Fame (2001, 2001, 2001, 2017)

 

Dominic Buccini

Years at Dakota: 1983/1984-2007/2008

Inducted: 2026

 

Teams Coached

VB Basketball
1983/1984 (assistant coach)
Track and Field
1983/1984-2007/2008 (co-coach)
JVG Volleyball
1983/1984-1984/1985, 1993/1994, 1997/1998, 2011/2012-2015/2016
VG Volleyball
1985/1986-1989-1990, 1994/1995-1996/1997, 1998/1999-2008/2009
JVB Basketball
1997/1998

 

Provincial Final Fours

VG Volleyball
1994/1995, 2003/2004

 

Provincial Finals

VB Volleyball
1994/1995, 2003/2004

 

Provincial Championships

JVB Track and Field (co-coach)
1985/1986
VG Volleyball
2003/2004

 

Other Notable Accomplishments

Phys. Ed. Department Head (1983/1984-2006/2007)

 

Gerry Ilchyna

Years at Dakota: 1985/1986-1996/1997

Inducted: 2026

 

Teams Coached

VG Volleyball
1967/1968-1968/1969
Indoor Track and Field
1985/1986, 1987/1988-1989/1990, 1991/1992-1992/1993
Track and Field
1985/1986-1996/1997 (co-coach)
JVG Volleyball
1985/1986-1987/1988, 1994/1995-1995/1996
VG Golf
1987/1988-1989/1990
VB Golf
1987/1988-1996/1997
Cross Country
1988/1989-1989/1990, 1991/1992-1992/1993, 1996/1997

 

Provincial Final Fours

VG Volleyball
1967/1968

 

Provincial Finals

VG Volleyball
1967/1968

 

Provincial Championships

VG Volleyball
1967/1968
JVB Track and Field (co-coach)
1985/1986

 

Other Notable Accomplishments

Multiple Zone Championships
Senior Women’s Basketball League Manager (1965-1971, 1975-1986)
Basketball Manitoba Hall of Fame (1994)

 

Jim Nadler

Years at Dakota: 1970/1971-1980/1981

Inducted: 2026

 

Teams Coached

Cross Country
1971/1972, 1973/1974-1980/1981

 

Provincial Championships

Cross Country
JVG 1977/1978
VG 1978/1979, 1979/1980
VB 1978/1979