2019 BASKETBALL WA GALA AWARDS NIGHT AWARD AWARD WINNERS BASKETBALL WA PARTICIPATION & COUNTRY AWARDS Participation Program of the Year Joondalup Wolves Wolfpack Female FUNdamentals Program Association Volunteer of the Year Christine Saligari (Kalamunda Districts Basketball Association) Country Administrator of the Year Nicole Weeden (Albany Basketball Association) Smarter than Smoking Healthy Basketball Association Cockburn Basketball Association of the Year Arthur McRobbie Award Cassie Perry (Karratha Basketball Association) High Performance Coach of the Year Michael Winter (Willetton Tigers) High Performance Male Athlete Blake Nielsen (East Perth Eagles) High Performance Female Athlete Jaime Skeggs (Mandurah Magic) WABL AWARDS Smarter than Smoking Mark Clayden (Cockburn Cougars) Male WABL Coach of the Year Smarter than Smoking Kerry Clarke (Perry Lakes Hawks) Female WABL Coach of the Year Smarter than Smoking Corey Hislop (Rockingham Flames) WABL Referee of the Year Smarter than Smoking Karen Donovan (South West Slammers) Volunteer of the Year Murdoch University Tom Gerovich (Willetton Tigers) Male WABL Player of the Year Murdoch University Shenae Hartree (Willetton Tigers) Female WABL Player of the Year SBL MEDIA AWARDS Best Electronic Story Tom Joyner (ABC Goldfields-Esperance) Best Print Story Justin Fris (South Western Times) Best Electronic Media SBL Slam Radio Show Sonshine FM Print Media of the Year Sound Telegraph Photo of the Year Natasha Gilmartin (Arctic Moon Photography) Journalist of the Year Stuart Horton Sound Telegraph WSBLSBL WOMEN Statistical’S AWARDS Awards FG% Brittni Montgomery (South West Slammers) 63.01% 3PT% Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators) 40.4% FT% Makailah Dyer (South West Slammers) 79.01% Steals p/g Emma Gandini (Willetton Tigers)3.0 steals per game Assists p/g Lauren Mansfield (Perth Redbacks)5.43 assists per gam Rebounds p/g Kayla Steindl (Joondalup Wolves)11.67 rebounds per game Blocks p/g Maddison Allen (Rockingham Flames)2.45 blocks per game Points p/g Darcee Garbin (Rockingham Flames)23 points per game Women’s SBL All-Defensive Team Point Guard – Emma Gandini (Willetton Tigers) Shooting Guard – Casey Mihovilovich (Mandurah Magic) Small Forward – Desiree Kelley (Willetton Tigers) Power Forward – Jennie Rintala (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) Centre – Maddie Allen (Rockingham Flames) Women’s All-SBL First Team Point Guard – Lauren Mansfield (Perth Redbacks) Shooting Guard – Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators) Small Forward – Laina Snyder (Willetton Tigers) Power Forward – Darcee Garbin (Rockingham Flames) Centre – Amber Land (Joondalup Wolves) SBL VOLUNTEER AWARDS SBL Score Table Official of the Year Natalie Mippy (Perry Lakes Hawks) SBL Statistician of the Year Adrian Holmes (Warwick Senators & East Perth Eagles) Personality of the Year Josh Garlepp SBL Volunteer of the Year Warren Boucaut (Rockingham Flames) SBL REFEREE AWARDS Referee Recognition of • Travis Stewart – 10 years Years of Service Awards • Steve Diconza – 15 years • Mark Grist – 15 years • Geoff Schulz – 15 years • Carey McAllan – 30 years SportsPower SBL Zac Bosnakis Most Improved Referee of the Year SBL Referee Coach of the Year John Stone & Geoff Schulz SportsPower SBL Steve Diconza Referee of the Year SBL MEN’S AWARDS SBL Statistical Awards MSBL Stats FG% Jarrad Prue (Lakeside Lightning) 62.16% 3PT% Josh Braun (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) 42.9% FT% Josh Braun (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) 84.21% Steals p/g Michael Lay (South West Slammers) 2.77 steals per game Assists p/g Javion Blake (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) 9.68 assists per game Rebounds p/g Jarrad Prue (lakeside Lightning)18.29 rebounds per game Blocks p/g Manylok Malek (Goldfields Giants)2.3 blocks per game Points p/g Marshall Nelson (Perth Redbacks)27.96 points per game Men’s SBL All-Defensive Team Point Guard – Cameron Williams (East Perth Eagles) Shooting Guard – Dave Humphries (Goldfields Giants) Small Forward – Ben Purser (Perry Lakes Hawks) Power Forward – Maurice Barrow (Willetton Tigers) Centre – Jarrad Prue (Lakeside Lightning) Men’s All-SBL First Team Point Guard – Marshall Nelson (Perth Redbacks) Shooting Guard – Josh Braun (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) Small Forward – Gavin Field (Cockburn Cougars) Power Forward – Greg Hire (Rockingham Flames) Centre – Patrick Burke (Goldfields Giants) SBL MAJOR AWARDS John Gardiner MSBL Coach of the Year Dave Daniels (Lakeside Lightning) WSBL Coach of the Year Craig Watts (Mandurah Magic) MSBL Most Improved Player Luke Travers (Rockingham Flames) WSBL Most Improved Player Matilda Muir (Cockburn Cougars) MSBL Most Valuable Player Josh Braun (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) WSBL Most Valuable Player Stacey Barr (Warwick Senators) .