Susan Scherer
Inducted In
1998
A team member on Canada’s National Team in two sports, ice hockey and softball, Sue Scherer lists a record of participation and achievement that few could match in this country. A native of Kitchener, as a catcher she played with Canada’s national softball team that took fourth in the World Championships in New Zealand in 1986 and fifth at the World Championships in Taiwan in 1982. Three times at the Pan American Games, the team won gold in Mexico in 1981 and gold again in Venezuela in 1983 and bronze in 1987. Playing on three different teams over an eight-year period from 1977 to 1985, she helped her teams win six medals at the National Championships.
In ice hockey, as team captain she led Canada to a World Championship in 1990 and again in 1992.
A consultant, board member and advisor with several equity, fairness and spirit of sport programs, she was head coach of the University of Guelph Women’s Varsity hockey team from 1993 to 1996 and she was inducted into the University of Guelph’s Hall of Fame in 1991 and Softball Canada Hall of Fame in 1997.