• Member of the 1961-62 and 1962-1963 WCIAA co-championship basketball teams. Co-captain of the 1963-1964 basketball team.
• Competed for the U of A golf team (1960-1961, 1962-1963 and 1963-1964).
• Competed for the U of A diving team (1960-1961).
• Winner of the Bakewell Trophy as the U of A's most outstanding female athlete (1963-64).
• Competed as a member of the 1981 and 1982 curling teams that won the City and Northern Alberta curling championships respectively.

It has been said that a person can always find the time and the energy to do something if they are truly motivated to accept a challenge. Sandy Wright has accepted challenges all of her life. Added to her drive to participate in sports was her outstanding athletic talent. Basketball, golf, swimming and diving, and curling – Sandy excelled in them all. Her fine play won her a place on the Panda basketball team in her freshman year and over the course of the next four years Sandy proved to be a superb player helping to lead the Pandas to co-championships in the Western Canada intercollegiate Athlete Association (WCIAA) n 1961-62 and 1962-63. The high caliber of play of her Pandas also enabled them to win the Edmonton City Ladies Basketball championship in 1962, 1963 and 1964. In recognition of her strong leadership qualities Sandy Wright was selected as the Pandas co-captain, a fitting tribute to an outstanding athlete.

During the decades of the 1950s and 1960s competitive seasons were shorter than was the case by the end of the century. Similarly, travel demands for league competition were not as acute as they would become by the late 1900s. Notwithstanding they were still very substantive and Sandy Wright, in addition to her major contributions to the Panda basketball program, made time to compete as a member of the University’s Women/Men’s Golf team in 1960-1961, 1962-63, and 1963-64. During her freshman year she also won a spot on the Panda Diving team. Little wonder that she was the winner of a Women’s Athletic Association Major Athletic award in 1963 and the winner of the Bakewell Trophy in 1964 (awarded annually to the University’s most outstanding female athlete).

In addition to her commitments to Panda athletics, Sandy Wright also contributed to student government on the campus. In her final year she was elected president of the Women’s Athletics Association (WAA), which also involved serving on the University Athletics Board and the Students’ Union. For her substantial involvement she won the University’s WAA Major Executive Award. Off campus, Sandy continued her involvement in swimming and diving and was able to earn the Royal Life Saving Society Diploma Award for Excellence in Swimming in 1964.

After graduation Sandy entered the teaching profession but she continued her love affair with sport. She joined the Jasperettes Senior Ladies Basketball team and during the 1964-1965 season helped them to win a provincial championship and a fourth place finish in the nation. Her team won the provincial championship again in 1967, with it the right to represent Alberta at the first Canada Winter Games.

Sandy was also a talented golfer. She began to play the game as a youth and she has continued to play at a championship level. From 1961 to 1965 she was the Wetaskiwin Ladies Golf club champion 4 times, winning, as well, the Wetaskiwin Ladies Open Championship in 1963 and, in 1964 the Ponoka and the Lacombe Open Championship as well as a place on the Alberta Ladies Golf team. Over the years, her outstanding play has enabled her to win thirteen separate club and open championships at the Derrick Golf Club and the Black Bull Golf Resort. Her commitment to golf culminated with the attainment of a certificate as a Golf Teaching Professional from the Canadian Golf Teachers Federation in 2004. Perhaps more important to Sandy, her commitment to golf lead her to an 18 year involvement as the volunteer director of the Junior Golf Program at the Black Bull Golf Resort. Every summer she organized programs and personally taught youngsters the fundamentals of golf. She imbued in them the love of sport and the joy of effort. In many cases she taught young golfers from ages 8 to 18 and many of her graduates stayed on to help her teach those who came after. Clearly she is a golf champion of many hues.

As a “stay at home mom” in the 70’s and 80’s curling occupied her winter months away from the golf course. In 1979 her Royal Glenora Ladies team represented the Edmonton area in the Northern Alberta championships. She next joined with teammates at the Balmoral Curling Club. Her new team became Club and City champions in 1981 and Northern Alberta Ladies Curling Association Bonspiel champions in 1982.

As a teacher with the Edmonton Public Schools for 20 years, Sandy Wright held positions at Victoria Composite, Jasper Place Composite, M.E. LaZerte and the Bennett Centre. A talented teacher and coach, Sandy’s teams won city championships in volleyball, diving, track and field athletics, and basketball. Not surprisingly, her M.E. LaZerte Senior Girls Basketball team won the provincial title in 1974. Her work in the field of physical education was recognized in 1986 when she was presented the “Order of the Voyageurs” for outstanding contributions to M.E. LaZerte High School.

Sandy has made many exceptional contributions to the world of sport at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, in Alberta and in Canada. She has served as President of Alberta Gymnastics Federation, has won the Service Award for her contributions to the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada, has been inducted into the Wetaskiwin Sports Hall of Fame and has added immeasurably to the health, active lives of thousands of students. Her name brings honour to the University of Alberta’s Sports Wall of Fame.