Member Statement (29 November 2021)

From Hansard (29 November 2021)

 

Lacrosse Player Serves as Role Model for Saskatchewan Youth

Mr. Jenson: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There’s many professional athletes here in Saskatchewan that serve as role models for young people. In 2018 we gained another when Jeff Shattler signed as a free agent with the Saskatchewan Rush and he and his wife put down roots in our province.

Mr. Speaker, Jeff knows a lot about winning and the hard work that goes into it. In 2011 he was named the National Lacrosse League’s Transition Player of the Year as well as MVP. He’s a two-time NLL champion with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2009 and with the Rush in 2018 when he was also named playoff MVP.

Mr. Speaker, Jeff is here with us today as he embarks on his final pro lacrosse season in just under two weeks. As an Indigenous role model, Jeff has done so many good things for our young people in our province. In February of 2019 he established the Shattler Lacrosse Academy and also serves as director of player development and coaching for the Fighting Sioux lacrosse program at Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation.

Jeff’s also involved, Mr. Speaker, in establishing a nations cup between eight reserves in the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation and File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council Treaty 4 area. Mr. Speaker, he also dedicates his time to clinics and programs that aim to expand opportunities for girls’ lacrosse, including working with the Queen’s Lacrosse of the Queen City Minor Box Lacrosse league, the first all-girls lacrosse team in Regina.

Mr. Speaker, we are truly blessed and thankful to have somebody like Jeff Shattler and his family calling Saskatchewan home, and we wish him all the best in his final season with the Saskatchewan Rush. Thank you.

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