[6] Halfback Kathie McNally was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd segment in the issue dated November 7, 1994.

Earning a pair of second-team CIAU All-Canadian All-Star awards (1992–93 and 1993–94), she was inducted into the PEI Panthers Hall of Fame in 2006.

The Panthers are tied with the Mount Allison Mounties for the sixth-most Atlantic Conference Championships (six)[Note A], their last being the 1990–91 season.

Joel Ward of the NHL's San Jose Sharks played four seasons with the UPEI Panthers men's ice hockey team.

The UPEI Panthers women's ice hockey team won their first Atlantic University Sports Conference Championship in the 2011-12 season.

[11] Keirsten Visser would play for Canada in women's ice hockey at the 2015 Winter Universiade,[12] capturing a silver medal.

[13] Another goaltender, Camille Scherger, would earn a place on the 2019-20 USports All-Canadian Second Team,[14] The 2020 U Sports women’s hockey championship, hosted by UPEI, was named the SCORE!

[15] Since rugby became a fully sanctioned Atlantic University Sport in 2002, the Panthers have finished runner up three times (2004, 2005 and 2006) to the ever-dominant St. Francis Xavier X-Women.