Joan Andersen

[3] Playing lead for the University of Saskatchewan curling team (skipped by Dorenda Stirton), Andersen won the Western Canadian Intercollegiate championship in 1969.

[4] The team stuck together the following season to play in women's curling, with skip Stirton now under the married name Dorenda Schoenhals.

They won the Northern Saskatchewan title in 1970, defeating the defending Canadian champion Joyce McKee rink in the final.

[7] At the championship, the team headed into the last day of round robin play with a 7–0 record, but lost both their final two games, forcing a three-way playoff.

[11] Andersen moved to Vancouver in the early 1970s, where she earned a Master's of Library Science at the University of British Columbia.