Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award
Award details | |
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Sport | Curling |
Competition | Scotties Tournament of Hearts |
Given for | Top player during the playoffs of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. |
History | |
First award | 1997 |
First winner | Marcia Gudereit |
Most wins | Colleen Jones (3) |
Most recent | Chelsea Carey |
The Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award is awarded to the top player in the playoff round of the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[1] The winner is selected by members of the media, and is awarded at the victory banquet held after the final game of the bonspiel. The top player at the tournament has been recognized since 1997, when Marcia Gudereit won the award. After Sandra Schmirler's death at 36 due to cancer, the award was renamed starting in 2001.[1] The current holder of the Schmirler Award is Chelsea Carey of Alberta.
Colleen Jones has won the Schmirler Award three times, the most of any woman. Both Kelly Scott and Jennifer Jones are the only other women who have won the award more than once.[1] Colleen Jones won all three awards representing Team Canada. Scott won the award once while representing her home province of British Columbia and the next year when she was representing Team Canada as the reigning champion, while Jennifer Jones won it for Team Canada in 2009 and for Manitoba in 2015.
Past winners
Year | Player | Team | Position |
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1997 | Marcia Gudereit | Saskatchewan | Lead |
1998 | Brenda Bohmer | Alberta | Second |
1999 | Kim Kelly | Nova Scotia | Third |
2000 | Julie Skinner | British Columbia | Third |
2001 | Nancy Delahunt | Nova Scotia | Lead |
2002 | Colleen Jones | Canada | Skip |
2003 | Colleen Jones | Canada | Skip |
2004 | Colleen Jones | Canada | Skip |
2005 | Jenn Hanna | Ontario | Skip |
2006 | Kelly Scott | British Columbia | Skip |
2007 | Kelly Scott | Canada | Skip |
2008 | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Manitoba | Third |
2009 | Jennifer Jones | Canada | Skip |
2010 | Erin Carmody | Prince Edward Island | Fourth |
2011 | Amber Holland | Saskatchewan | Skip[2] |
2012 | Heather Nedohin | Alberta | Skip[3] |
2013 | Lisa Weagle | Ontario | Lead[4] |
2014 | Rachel Homan | Canada | Skip[5] |
2015 | Jennifer Jones | Manitoba | Skip |
2016 | Chelsea Carey | Alberta | Skip[6] |
References
- 1 2 3 "Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award". Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ↑ "Saskatchewan’s Amber Holland named MVP". Canadian Curling Association. 28 February 2011.
- ↑ "Heather Nedohin named MVP at 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Canadian Curling Association. 26 February 2012.
- ↑ http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/02/24/ontario-skip-rachel-homan-beats-jennifer-jones-to-capture-first-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-title-in-kingston
- ↑ http://www.frontpagenews.ca/?p=7135
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/scotties-championship-final-sunday-1.3468414