SASKATOON Huskie Athletics has announced that Regina-born Shannon Chinn will lead the program into the post-Covid world as the new chief athletics officer. Chinn is the first woman to hold the position since Pat Jackson, who was named athletics director in 1973. “The amount of outreach that I ve had since the announcement came out [Tuesday], it s just been incredible,” said Chinn. “Huskie Athletics is going to rise and just be the predominant place for student-athletes to want to come and play.” University of Saskatchewan kinesiology dean Chad London says Chinn was the strongest candidate out of more than 100 applicants for the job.