• Competed for the University of Toronto on Ontario-Quebec Athletic Association championship field hockey and volleyball teams.
• Coached Pandas field hockey and volleyball in the late 60s and early 70s.
• Served as U of A's first Women's Athletic Director.
• Alberta women's field hockey coach (1972-79) and Canadian national team coach (1974).
• Served as a Sport Canada senior policy analyst from 1982 to her retirement.

Sue Neill (BPHE, Toronto, '66; M Sc, A1L la, '68; Ph D, Ottawa, '83) attended school in Toronto where she began her outstanding career, competing in volleyball, track, basketball, and field hockey at Malvern Collegiate. An honour student in high school she continued her record of excellence in the Physical Education honours program at the University of Toronto, winning the Alumni Award as the outstanding graduate in 1966 and the Benson Award as the graduating student with the best combined record in sport and academics. A leader on Blues teams, she was instrumental in winning Ontario Quebec Athletic Association championships in field hockey and volleyball.

At the University of Alberta she earned an M Sc in exercise physiology in '68 and was appointed sessional instructor and coach of women's volleyball and field hockey. She remained at this university until 1982, being named Director of Women's Athletics in 1970, and Associate Professor in 1979. As a faculty member she taught a wide variety of academic courses and supervised graduate students while continuing to coach and provide leadership in the emerging coaching specialization route. She was protocol officer for the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton in 1978.

She has been a particularly strong influence in field hockey from the grass roots up to the Olympics, and World Cup. A catalyst in the growth of the sport in Alberta, she was the provincial coach from 1972 to 1979, and national coach in 1974. As president of the Canadian Women's Field Hockey Association (CWFHA) from 1973 to 1980 she began a long involvement in the international governing body, FIH, as a board member and as an organizer of international competitions, judge, tournament director, and secretary of the Pan America Association. Sue has led Canadian field hockey delegations to competitions in New Zealand, Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States.

Among other appointments, she has served extensive terms on the boards of the Canadian Olympic Association, and the Coaching Association of Canada.

In 1980, she was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council doctoral fellowship and qualified for a PhD from the University of Ottawa in 1983. She became a Senior Policy Analyst in Ottawa with Sport Canada in 1982, where she is currently Special Advisor on Strategic Issues.

Among many other awards in recognition of her work for Canadian sport are: induction to the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame, honorary life memberships in the Alberta and Canadian Field Hockey Associations and the Canadian "Grasshopper Program"; Air Canada Amateur Sport Executive of the Year finalist and distinguished service awards from the Province of Alta id and the CWFHA.

Her energy and strong academic and research skills, combined with extensive hands-on experience in sports, have enabled her to play a major role in the current and future direction of sport in this country.