University of Waterloo Athletics

When you speak of longevity in the Department of Athletics and Recreation, Ingrid Schugardts' name immediately comes to mind. Schugardt worked a mind boggling 47 years at the University of Waterloo, with 42 years being in athletics.  Schugardt worked a variety of roles in the department, but her main duties were providing administrative support for all of the Warriors varsity programs as well as coordinating transportation and trip itineraries for any Warriors heading out on the road. 

If you need to find out about Waterloo's rich history in athletics and recreation, there's no need to dig up a history book, just find Schugardt and there's a good chance she will have the answer. Of Waterloo's 101 provincial championship titles and eight national titles, Schugardt was a Warrior for all but 14 of them. Schugardt worked for three different Director of Athletics and booked over 10,000 bus trips (over 100,000 km) for our Warriors attending road games and was a vital asset to our varsity programs. The saying "you don't know what you've got until it's gone" couldn't be more true when talking about Schugardt, who was dearly missed after retiring in 2017.