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Opalko Headed To Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame

The University of Winnipeg Wesmen would like to congratulate former Wesmen great Ken Opalko on his upcoming induction into the Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame this coming November.

Opalko was a star member of the Winnipeg Wesmen Men’s Basketball Team from 1976-1981. In those five seasons he was named a CIAU All-Canadian (1978-79), a Great Plains Athletic Conference All-Star five times, and finished his Wesmen career as the all-time Wesmen men’s scoring leader with 3603 points, a record that still stands to this present day.

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