2020 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD AWARDS MANUAL U.S. Ski & Snowboard Awards 1 September 30, 2019 TO: U. S. Ski & Snowboard Sport Committee Chairs U. S. Ski & Snowboard Awards Working Group FROM: Bill Slattery, Chairman, U. S. Ski & Snowboard Awards Working Group Tom Kelly, Vice Chairman, U. S. Ski & Snowboard Awards Working Group Following is a complete outline of U. S. Ski & Snowboard’s organizational awards, designed to honor athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers for service on behalf of our ski and snowboard athletes. This manual is designed to assist you in management of awards selection within your sport, and to represent your sport in selection of organizational awards. It also includes a guideline for future awards you may wish to consider in your sport. As a sport committee chair, sport director, we would like you to be working on your nominations during the course of the season, so that you can provide detailed nominations no later than April 3. We will send out nomination information and convene a conference call on April 7 at 2:00 p.m. mountain time so that the working group can participate in a discussion of the award nominations. Thank you for your cooperation! U.S. Ski & Snowboard Awards 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page U. S. SKI & SNOWBOARD AWARDS WORKING GROUP............................................................................................... 4 AWARDS RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPORT COMMITTEES ............................................................................................. 5 DISCRETIONARY AWARDS SELECTION PROCESS ..................................................................................................... 5 U. S. SKI & SNOWBOARD AWARDS TIMELINES 2018/19 ............................................................................................. 6 U. S. SKI & SNOWBOARD AWARD NOMINATION FORM .............................................................................................. 8 U. S. SKI & SNOWBOARD DIAMOND AWARD ................................................................................................................ 9 U. S. SKI & SNOWBOARD GOLD AWARDS .................................................................................................................. 11 BECK INTERNATIONAL AWARD ............................................................................................................................... 12 WESTHAVEN AWARD ................................................................................................................................................ 13 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD COACH OF THE YEAR ..................................................................................................... 14 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD COACH OF THE YEAR ..................................................................................................... 15 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD DEVELOPMENT COACH OF THE YEAR ......................................................................... 15 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD .......................................................................................... 16 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD SILVER AWARDS ................................................................................................................ 17 PAUL BACON AWARD ................................................................................................................................................ 18 JOHN J. CLAIR JR. AWARD ....................................................................................................................................... 19 BUD AND MARY LITTLE AWARD ............................................................................................................................... 20 BUDDY WERNER AWARD ......................................................................................................................................... 21 WEST FAMILY AWARD .............................................................................................................................................. 22 RUSSELL WILDER AWARD ....................................................................................................................................... 23 DR. J. LELAND SOSMAN AWARD.............................................................................................................................. 24 TEAM ATHLETES GIVING BACK AWARD ................................................................................................................. 25 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD ATHLETES OF THE YEAR ............................................................................................... 26 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD COACHES OF THE YEAR ................................................................................................ 28 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD SPORT CLUBS OF THE YEAR ........................................................................................ 33 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD DEVELOPMENT CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD .............................................................. 35 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS ............................................................................................................................... 36 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD SPORT AWARDS ................................................................................................................. 39 AL SISE OUTSTANDING ALPINE MASTERS AWARD ............................................................................................... 40 BURCKETT-DODGE AWARD ..................................................................................................................................... 41 BILL JOHNSON U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD DOWNHILLER OF THE YEAR ............................................................... 42 THE THELMA HOESSLER “TRUE NORTH” AWARD ................................................................................................. 43 WHITE STAG/DAN BEAN AWARD ............................................................................................................................. 44 DICK ZUE AWARD ...................................................................................................................................................... 45 SALLY DEAVER AWARD ............................................................................................................................................ 46 WILLY SCHAEFFLER AWARD ................................................................................................................................... 47 FINLANDIA AWARD .................................................................................................................................................... 49 ALASKA CUP AWARD ................................................................................................................................................ 50 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD JUNIOR OLYMPIC CLUB TEAM AWARDS ...................................................................... 51 ROGER WESTON AWARD ......................................................................................................................................... 52 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Awards 3 DAVE QUINN AWARD ................................................................................................................................................ 53 ERIK JUDEEN AWARD ............................................................................................................................................... 53 MARTHA ROCKWELL AWARD ................................................................................................................................... 54 GALE COTTON BURTON AWARD ............................................................................................................................. 55 MIKE GALLAGHER AWARD ....................................................................................................................................... 56 TONY WISE AWARD .................................................................................................................................................. 57 AL MERRILL NORDIC AWARD ................................................................................................................................... 58 MITTELSTADT SKI JUMPING OFFICIALS AWARD ................................................................................................... 59 PAUL NASH LAYMAN AWARD ................................................................................................................................... 60 SONS OF NORWAY JUMPING AWARD ..................................................................................................................... 61 PAUL BIETILA AWARD ............................................................................................................................................... 62 TORGER TOKLE AWARD ........................................................................................................................................... 63 DOROTHY GRAVES AWARD ..................................................................................................................................... 64 SKIING MAGAZINE DEVELOPMENT CUP ................................................................................................................. 65 SKI MAGAZINE CUP AWARD ....................................................................................................................................