The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Association is proud to announce the selection of Garnet Hansen of Weyburn to be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category, on Saturday, Aug. 19 in Battleford.
Hansen was born in Oungre and grew up playing baseball and hockey. Hansen became active in Weyburn Minor Baseball when his son started playing baseball in the early 1990s.
He became a Saskatchewan Baseball Association certified coach and coached various levels house league teams, advancing a Pee Wee team to the C provincials.
In 1998, Hansen was an assistant coach to Eugene Emberley, who was the head coach of the Bantam team that Garnet’s son was a player on.
That team won the AAA Bantam Provincial title and went on to the National Bantam Finals in North Bay, Ont.
The following year Hansen coached that team and they competed in the provincial championship.
Then in 2000 and 2001, Hansen was the assistant coach to Emberley of the Weyburn AAA Midget team, winning the provincial championship then representing Saskatchewan at the National AAA Midget Championships in Stonewall, Man., where they finished second.
That team was selected as the 2001 Saskatchewan Baseball Association “Team of the Year.”
In 2002, Hansen was the head coach for that Weyburn AAA Midget team.
Hansen was a member of the Weyburn Minor Baseball executive and was on the committee that was instrumental in securing a Western Major Baseball League franchise in 2002 for Weyburn, which is known as the Beavers.
In 2005 he became president of the team and continues in that capacity today.
Hansen also became a director of WMBL in 2005. He continues to promote baseball in Weyburn encouraging the Beavers to contribute to the community.
During the past two seasons, the Beaver players and coaches have logged over 500 volunteer hours each year to the community including school programs, ball camps and mentoring minor baseball teams.
He was named the “Executive of the Year” by the Western Major Baseball League in 2015.
As well, Hansen has developed a relationship with Weyburn Minor Baseball to promote baseball in the community. He is the Beavers representative on the Chamber of Commerce.
Hansen and his wife Shelley reside in Weyburn.
