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| Saskatchewan Huskies | |
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| University | University of Saskatchewan |
| Association | U Sports |
| Conference | Canada West |
| Athletic director | Shannon Chin[1] |
| Location | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Varsity teams | 15 |
| Football stadium | Griffiths Stadium |
| Arena | Merlis Belsher Place (Men's and Women's hockey) |
| Other Facilities | Saskatoon Field House (Men's and Women's Track and Field) Field 7, Potash Corp. Park (Men's and Women's soccer) Physical Activity Complex (Men's and Women's basketball and volleyball) Education Gym (Men's and Women's wrestling) |
| Other venues | SaskTel Centre |
| Mascot | Howler The Huskie |
| Nickname | Huskies |
| Fight song | "Saskatchewan, Our University" |
| Colors | Green and white[2] |
| Website | huskies |
The Saskatchewan Huskies are the athletics teams representing the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The university began their athletics program in 1907 and has competed with others since 1911. They currently compete in elite inter-university competition administered by U Sports and its members, both as regions and as individual institutions.
The University of Saskatchewan is a member of the Canada West Regional Association, one of four such associations within U Sports. The Huskie Athletics program is administered at the University of Saskatchewan by the college of Kinesiology. At various times in its history, Huskie Athletics has offered teams in 24 different sports. At present date, there are 15 teams in the following sports: men's Canadian football and both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.
Both the football and soccer teams play their home games at Griffiths Stadium, while the men and women's hockey teams play at Merlis Belsher Place.
- ^ "Shannon Chinn - Chief Athletics Officer - Staff Directory".
- ^ "University of Saskatchewan Visual Expression Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 5, 2016.