SPORT YUKON AWARDS NIGHT

A celebration of sport excellence in 2015

YUKON CONVENTION CENTRE FEBRUARY 4, 2016 | 7:00 PM

PROGRAM

WELCOME TO THE 40TH ANNUAL SPORT YUKON AWARDS NIGHT!

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SPORT YUKON PRESENTATION

YUKON SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION »»Les Johns

SPORT YUKON MAJOR AWARDS »»Coach of the Year »»International Male Athlete of the Year »»International Female Athlete of the Year »»Administrator of the Year

PREMIER’S ADDRESS

YUKON SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION »»Kevin Murphy

ACTIVE MEMBER AWARDS

MINISTER OF COMMUNITY SERVICES’ ADDRESS

YUKON GOVERNMENT »»Awards of Excellence »»Awards of Recognition

SPORT YUKON MAJOR AWARDS »»National/Territorial Male Athlete of the Year »»National/Territorial Female Athlete of the Year »»Team of the Year

SPECIAL GUEST JESSICA FROTTEN

ACTIVE MEMBER AWARDS Yuonk Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

LES JOHNS Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle

Les Johns has been a vital part of building the sport of Archery in the Yukon, giving countless hours of his volunteer time to share his passion. Les felt it important to access the schools to develop the sport, and brought archery to almost every community school. He became part of some school’s yearly physical education plans, and the students were delighted when he would walk through the door with his bows, animals, and balloons. Les felt schools were where young people are introduced to the sport, enabling them to develop their skill, and in turn become the base of elite athletes who have represented Yukon at our major games.

After a successful trip to the 2006 North American Indigenous Games in Denver, Colorado, Les and others worked to ensure that a Yukon Archery Team was ready to compete in front of a home town crowd at the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse. This was the first time since the 1970’s that Yukon sent an archery team to the Canada Games.

Les has attended a number of major games as an athlete, coach, mission staff, and official. He is the face of Yukon archery and is respected by his peers coast to coast to coast. Les continues to this day, to travel throughout our territory offering classes, after school programs and adult classes in Archery and Dene Games.

Les John’s time, energy and commitment to sport, and to developing youth, is significant and should be recognized. Thank you Les. sport yukon Major Awards

COACH OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Laurie Jacobsen & Dennis Peters...... Biathlon Yukon Aaron Jensen ...... Judo Yukon

INTERNATIONAL MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Knute Johnsgaard...... Cross Country Yukon D arby McIntryre...... Special Olympics Yukon

INTERNATIONAL FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Dahria Beatty...... Cross Country Yukon Annah Hanthorn...... Cross Country Yukon Emily Nishikawa...... Cross Country Yukon Bronwyn Pasloski...... Swim Yukon

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Sherillynne Himmelsbach...... Yukon Horse and Rider ...... Association Bonnie Love...... Athletics Yukon Yuonk Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

KEVIN MURPHY Table Tennis Yukon

At the age of fourteen, Kevin’s athletic participation in the sport of Table Tennis began. Over the next 40 plus years he trained and competed in several Arctic Winter Games, National Championships, Canada Games, and numerous other Provincial and local tournaments. Kevin has been Yukon’s Men’s Singles Champion more than 20 times and is the highest rated Yukon player in the National Table Tennis database.

Along with his competitive play, Kevin vigorously pursued his coaching qualifications and holds a National Coaching Level 4 certification. This difficult to achieve level of coaching enabled Kevin’s athletes to not only obtain a high level of skill, but enabled Yukon athletes the opportunity to compete at any National event.

When Table Tennis was dropped from the Arctic Winter Games in the 80’s, Kevin single handedly kept the sport alive. He made sure there was equipment and a venue to play in for at least 10 years. He never ceased to recruit new players and conducted clinics in several Yukon schools. His recent efforts have resulted in an annual Yukon-Alaska Challenge, and he was awarded a Builders Recognition Award from the Alaska Association. When the sport returned to the Arctic Winter Games in the 90’s, Kevin made sure there was a team to compete.

We thank Kevin for his dedication to this sport, as without it, many Yukoners would not have experienced the opportunities the game can bring. active member awards

YUKON GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION Athlete of the Year...... Reena Coyne Most Sportsmanlike...... Alexis Benson Highest Scoring at Yukon Championships...... Kya Larkin Hardest Working Competitive...... Aryanna Lavanderos Most Improved Pre-Competitive...... Kalina Morrison ...... Mia Raymond Most Improved...... Ella Paldy

WHITEHORSE GLACIER BEARS WGB Senior Development Award...... Dannica Nelson ...... Luke Bakica WGB Junior Development Award...... Thomas Bakica ...... Brooklyn Massie ...... Aidan Harvey ...... Mael Pronovost ...... Cassidy Cairns V olunteer of the Year...... George Harvey ...... Shelby Workman

BASKETBALL YUKON Most Dedicated Female Player...... Sheridan Curteanu Most Valuable Male Player...... Ryan Hindson Most Improved Male Player...... Cameron Kosook

TABLE TENNIS YUKON V olunteer of the Year...... Michael Brediahl-Janssen Most Improved Athlete...... Thomas Brenner Athlete of the Year...... Grace Anne Janssen Administrator of the Year...... D ave Stockdale Supporter of the Year...... Joyce Bachli active member awards

CYCLING ASSOCIATION OF YUKON Female Athlete of the Year...... Sara Burke-Forsythe Male Athlete of the Year...... Shea Hoffman Most Improved Female Athlete of the Year...... Mollie Fraser Most Improved Male Athlete of the Year...... Ian Hansen V olunteer of the Year...... Sue Richards

YUKON CURLING ASSOCIATION Youth Curling Skip of the Year...... Brayden Klassen Youth Curling Athlete of the Year...... Trygg Jensen Outstanding Achievement at the Pacific International Cup...... Tyler Williams Team Coach of the Year...... D ean Klassen Official of the Year...... Marg White Most Improved Youth Athlete of the Year...... Bayly Scoffin V olunteer of the Year...... Laini Klassen

YUKON ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION Female Athlete of the Year...... Pia Blake Male Athlete of the Year ...... Leif Blake Most Improved Athlete...... Dave Hildes V olunteer of the Year...... Lorna Hutchinson

ALPINE SKI ASSOCIATION Snowstars Most Improved Female...... Morgan Blower U 12-Most Improved Female Racer...... Mollie Fraser Snowstars Most Improved Male...... Nelson Parker U 12-Most Improved Male Racer...... Wesley Vangel active member awards

ARCTIC EDGE SKATING CLUB Athlete of the Year...... Rachel Pettitt Most Improved Senior Skater...... Mikayla Kramer Most Improved Junior Skate...... Mikayla McCain Most Improved Intermediate Skater...... Jamie Nickel Sportsmanship Award...... Lenneah Timmermans CanSkater of the Year...... Ada Stehelin CanSkate Champion...... Nylah Osborne ...... Yumi Traynor Program Assistant of the Year...... Brownyn Hays ...... Tessa Moore

SPECIAL OLYMPICS YUKON Female Athlete of the Year...... Tijana McCarthy Female Most Improved Athlete of the Year...... Sara Lee Edmonds Male Athlete of the Year...... D arby McIntyre Male Most Improved Athlete of the Year...... Rawnaque Shareef Heather Miller Sport Volunteer of the Year...... D ebra Sumner Lynne Smith Event Volunteer of the Year...... Teresa Rudolph

yonuk government awards

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Athletics...... D arby McIntyre Brody Smith

Biathlon...... Nadia Moser

Cross Country Skiing...... Colin Abbott Dahria Beatty Marcus Deuling Hannah Deuling Annah Hanthorn Natalie Hynes Knute Johnsgaard Darby McIntyre Caelan McLean Kendra Murray Emily Nishikawa

Curling...... Thomas Scoffin

Figure Skating...... Rachel Pettitt

Freestyle Skiing...... Kyran Allen

Hockey...... Bryce Anderson Mackenzie Benn-Wipp Oscar Burgess Carl Burgess Dylan Cozens Johnny Elias Payton Fobe Lochlan Fraser Cameron Gingell Cruz Goodman Dylan Kindervater Haiden Kremer Niall Lawrie Martin Lawrie Kailem Letto Jarod Mculloch Wyatt Peterson Cole Smith Joseph Stokes Ethan Vanderkley Brett Walchuk Isaac Williamson Rob Williamson Yuonk Government Awards

Judo...... Hannah King

Whitewater Slalom...... Pelly Vincent-Braun ...... Mael Pronovost

Orienteering...... Colin Abbott Pia Blake Leif Blake Trevor Bray Darren Holcombe Brent Langbakk Caelan McLean Forest Pearson Barbara Scheck Sabine Schweiger

Para-Athletics...... Jessica Frotten

Swimming...... Rennes Lindsay

AWARDS OF RECOGNITION

Figure Skating...... Tijana McCarthy Dylan Reed

Freestyle Skiing...... Savanah Cash

Orienteering...... Curtis Cash Micah Hildes Afan Jones Nesta Leduc Phillipa McNeil Elias Sagar Bob Sager sport yukon Major Awards

NATIONAL/TERRITORIAL MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Thomas Scoffin...... Yukon Curling Association

NATIONAL/TERRITORIAL FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES Rachel Pettitt...... Arctic Edge Skating Club Nadia Moser...... Biathlon Yukon Kendra Murray...... Cross Country Yukon

TEAM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Whitehorse Bantam Mustangs ...... Hockey Yukon A cTIve Member Awards

WHITEHORSE CROSS COUNTRY SKI CLUB Skier of the Year...... Helen Jeong Trail Worker of the Year...... Mike Kramer

BIATHLON YUKON Athlete of the Year...... Jake Draper ...... Maria Peters Rookie of the Year...... Aidan Hupe ...... Amelie Latour ...... Emma Marnik

YUKON FREESTYLE SKI ASSOCIATION Jumps and Bumps Most Improved...... Brendan Nash Jumps and Bumps Most Improved...... Logan Collon Jumps and Bumps Most Improved Female...... Abigail Jackson Jumps and Bumps Sportsmanship Award...... Saphirra Olettli Jumps and Bumps Sportsmanship Award...... V ictoria Hallock Competitive Male Athlete...... Etienne Geoffroy ...... D ylan Reed Competitive Sportsman...... Niko Rodden D evelopment Most Improved...... Logan Kruse D evelopment Most Improved...... Evyn Dinn Excellent Freestyler Awards...... Oriana Gallina Excellent Freestyler Awards...... Axel Anderson Award of Excellence-Canada Games 2015...... Kyran Allen A cTIve Member awards

EQUINE ASSOCIATION OF YUKON Team Sportsmanship Award...... Pyperr Dea ...... Marina Desforges ...... Laina Prentice ...... Paige Stockley D eveloping Partnership Award...... Elese and Grace Duncan High Performance Adult Amateur-Female...... Terri Inglis High Performance Adult Amateur-Male...... Spencer Sumanik High Performance Junior Rider...... Elizabeth Inglis-Comeau High Performance Young Rider ...... Maren Sinclair-Eckert Most Improved Rider...... Katarina Fekete Equine Community Volunteer of the Year...... Sherillynne Himmelsbach Extraordinary Volunteer of the Year...... V alerie Holmes

U KON ECHELON BIKE CLUB Community Supporter of Youth...... Janet Rushant-Constable Top Junior Female...... Ava Irving-Staley Top Junior Males...... Micah, Lucas & ...... Cauis Taggart-Cox V olunteer of the Year...... Sarah Jackson Promotion of excellence in youth cycling...... Northern LYTES ...... Zach Bell & Emily Nishikawa Appreciation award for volunteerism and support of youth cycling...... Lake Apted

YUKON SOCCER ASSOCIATION Female Athlete of the Year...... Abby Rich Male Athlete of the Year...... Ewan Halliday V olunteer of the Year...... Paul Kishchuk V olunteer of the Decade...... Joe Hanrath A cTIve Member awards

VOLLEYBALL YUKON Female Athlete of the Year...... Tayla McNally Male Athlete of the Year (Beach)...... Max Clarke Male Athlete of the Year (Indoor)...... Benjamin Grundmanis V olunteer of the Year...... Heather Julsrud

SWIM YUKON Senior National Swimmer of the Year...... Brownyn Pasloski National Swimmer of the Year...... Cassis Lindsay ...... Rennes Lindsay Territorial Swimmer of the Year...... Hannah Kingscote ...... Adrian Robinson

CONTAGIOUS MOUNTAIN BIKE CLUB V olunteer of the Year...... Sierra Van Der Meer

SNOWBOARD YUKON Male Athlete of the Year...... Tim Schirmer Female Athlete of the Year...... Crystal Legoffe Shredder of the Year...... Riley Boland Most Improved Rider...... Daniel Pike Sports Person of the Year...... Ethan Davy Media Part of the Year...... Tristan Yule V olunteer of the Year...... Laurie Henderson

JUDO YUKON Male Athlete of the Year...... Shayne Melanson Female Athlete of the Year...... Hannah King Male Most Improved of the Year...... Jonathan Racine Female Most Improved of the Year...... Emersyne Sias Male Volunteer of the Year...... Sean Stark Female Volunteer of the Year...... Kelsie Hyatt A cTIve Member awards

ATHLETICS YUKON Female Master Runner of the Year...... Sue Bogle Female Runner of the Year...... Amelia Fraser Female Thrower of the Year...... Alysha Gullison Male Master Runner of the Year...... John Steins Male Runner of the Year...... Logan Roots Male Thrower of the Year...... Levi Johnson Youth Runner of the Year...... Naoise Dempsey Most Inspiring Runner of the Year...... D arby McIntyre ...... Ben Yu Schott Walker of the Year...... John Storms

CROSS COUNTRY YUKON Female Athlete of the Year...... Natalie Hynes Male Athlete of the Year...... Marcus Deuling University Athlete of the Year...... Colin Abbott Most Improved Athlete of the Year...... Mac Prawdzik V olunteer Coach of the Year...... Nathalie Dugas V olunteer of the Year...... Grant Abbott

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