A pair of former university standouts, four builders, and two teams make up the Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
Jennifer Finch and Keith Strieter were confirmed as the latest inductees into the MBHF players category. Finch graduated from Kelvin High in 1980 and went on to star for the U of M Bisons. Legendary U of M Women’s Bench Boss Coleen Dufresne says Finch was “pound for pound, inch for inch, the best player I ever coached, and I coached a few great ones during my time.”Finch was the 1984-85 Great Plains Athletic Conference Player of the Year and an all Canadian that season. The following year in 1986, she was a member of Team Manitoba’s Senior Women’s National Championship squad.
Crymble was an on-court official at the high school, senior men’s and CIAU/CIS levels for 31 years and also held many positions on the executive of the Manitoba Baseball Officials Association in addition to serving as an observer and evaluator for the Canada West Conference.“People say, look how do you keep involved with the game,” said Crymble who was part of a provincial high school championship team during his Grade 11 year at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute.