Basketball Manitoba is pleased to announce the details on those honoured at the Basketball Manitoba Awards on Saturday April 15 as All-Manitobans, Players of the Year, Coaches of the Year, Carl Ridd, Mike Spack, Jim Bulloch, Ron Meyers Award and the new President's Award winners along with special recognition and service awards.
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2017 Basketball Manitoba Awards
All-Manitoba Awards
Basketball Manitoba would like to thank the following for their support of the Basketball Manitoba Awards...
- Coaching Manitoba
- Sport Manitoba
- St. Paul’s High School
- JJ Ali Photography
- Home Run Sports
- Victoria Inn Hotel
- Wilson Sports
- Russell Athletic
- Rogers
- Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters
- Manitoba Association of Basketball Officials
AAAA AWARDS
Male Player of the Year:
- Wyatt Tait - Oak Park High School
Male All-Manitoba Team:
- Don Dayrit - Sisler High School
- Redeemed Kabashiki - Dakota Collegiate
- Rodney Mutaasa - Fort Richmond Collegiate
- Matthew Yaworsky - St Paul's High School
- Risto Zimbakov - John Taylor Collegiate
Female Player of the Year:
- Raizel Guinto - Sisler High School
Female All-Manitoba Team:
- Niyah Becker - Vincent Massey Collegiate
- Deidre Bartlett - Oak Park High School
- Emily Dewey - Westwood Collegiate
- Lauren Bartlett - Oak Park High School
- Emerson Martin - Dakota Collegiate
AAAA Boys Coach of the Year:
- Jon Lundgren - Oak Park High School
AAAA Girls Coach of the Year:
- Murray Brown - Oak Park High School
- Holly Kitchen - Oak Park High School
CARL RIDD AWARD
The Carl Ridd Award annually recognizes one graduating male and one graduating female basketball player who excels on the basketball court, in the classroom and is heavily involved in the community. Basketball Manitoba will be recognizing this achievement with a $500.00 scholarship to a male and female recipients to be used towards a recognized post secondary institution the following year.PAST CARL RIDD AWARD WINNERS
Male Carl Ridd Award Winner:
- Cole Penner - Garden City Collegiate
Female Carl Ridd Award Winner:
- Tania Wallack - Vincent Massey Collegiate
RON MEYERS LEADERSHIP AWARD
The Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association in partnership with Basketball Manitoba is proud to recognize one outstanding male and one outstanding female grade 12 student who best meets the standards Ron Meyers set as a leader in the community. The MSSA will be recognizing this achievement with a $500.00 scholarship to a male and female recipients to be used towards a recognized post secondary institution the following year.PAST RON MEYERS AWARD RECIPIENTS
Male Ron Meyers Leadership Award:
- Matt Yaworsky - St Paul's High School
Female Ron Meyers Leadership Award:
- Jessica Edel - Morris School
BASKETBALL MANITOBA BURSARIES
The Basketball Manitoba Bursary Award is presented annually to an athlete who excelled on and off the court and pursuing a post-secondary education next year. Basketball Manitoba will be recognizing this achievement with a $250.00scholarship to a male and/or female recipient to be used towards a
recognized post secondary institution the following year.
Basketball Manitoba Bursary Award Recipients
- Male: Redeemed Kabashiki - Dakota Collegiate
- Female: Jessica Hartog - Vincent Massey Collegiate
AAA, AA, A AWARDS
A Male Player of the Year:- Quentin Sylvester - Ross L. Gray School
- Riley Ens - Carman Collegiate
- Ben Kroeker - Linden Christian School
A/AA/AAA Male All-Manitoba Teams:
1st Team
A Female Player of the Year: 1st Team
- Dale Cook - R.D. Parker Collegiate
- Kevin Zebrasky - Ross L. Gray School
- Nash Bockstael - St. James Collegiate
- Kaan Bitchok - Lorette Collegiate
- Riley Paul - Neelin High School
- Cyrus O'Connor - Ross L. Gray School
- Rylan Metcalf - Carman Collegiate
- Anoush Sepehri - St. John's Ravenscourt
- Dayton Black - Neelin High School
- Jeremy Reimer - Steinbach Christian School
- Katelin Thiessen - Ross L. Gray School
- Aly Kowalchuk - Souris School
- Robyn Boulanger - University of Winnipeg Collegiate
1st Team
- Alexa Hammond - Boissevain School
- Rachelle Dunsford - University Of Winnipeg Collegiate
- Frances Lerma - Ross L. Gray School
- Hollea Rempel - Linden Christian School
- Georgia Rae Maxwell - Elton School
- Emma Parker - St. Norbert Collegiate
- Alicia Dunsford - University Of Winnipeg Collegiate
- Mackenzy Groot - Gimli School
- Tanja Gohl - Souris School
- Rachel Brown - Ross L. Gray School
COACHES OF THE YEAR
A Boys Coach of the Year:
- Joel Rheault - Treherne Collegiate
- Darryl Pederson - Ross L. Gray School
- Larisa Ens - Carman Collegiate
- Don Thomson - Neelin High School
- Carey Lasiuk - Neelin High School
- Raffaele Borelli - St. Norbert Collegiate And Denis Marinelli - St. Norbert Collegiate
JUNIOR VARSITY
Junior Varsity Boys Coach of the Year:
- Adam Masi - St. John's High School
- DJ Dupasquier - Sturgeon Heights Collegiate
JUNIOR HIGH
Junior High Boys Coach of the Year:
- Brandan Zurkan - Acadia School
- Charles Carlos - Arthur A. Leach School
OPEN CATEGORY
Open Category Men's Coach of the Year
- Kirby Schepp - University of Manitoba
- Tanya Mckay - University of Winnipeg
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
WINNIPEG MINOR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
WMBA Bruce Russel Memorial Coach of the Year
JIM BULLOCH COACHING AWARD
The Jim Bulloch Award annually recognizes a basketball coach with financial support to allow them to upgrade his or her knowledge and expertise in basketball which will directly impact on player and program development including sponsorship to a major coaching clinic outside of Manitoba).
Jeremy Wielenga - Brandon, Manitoba
PRESIDENT'S AWARD
The Basketball Manitoba President's Award was created in 2017 to annually recognized the contributions of groups or individuals who have used the the sport of basketball as a vehicle for social change of a sustained period of time.
Basketballs for InnerCity Kids & SWISH Programs
MIKE SPACK AWARD
The Mike Spack Award annually recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the growth and development of basketball in Manitoba over a sustained period of time.
Rod Peppler
PAST MIKE SPACK AWARD RECIPIENTS
- Kirby Schepp - U18 Men’s Canadian National Team - Fiba Americas Silver Medal - Assistant Coach
WINNIPEG MINOR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
WMBA Bruce Russel Memorial Coach of the Year
- Krishna Armogan - Maples Community Centre
MANITOBA COLLEGES ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
MCAC Men's Coach of the Year
- Billy Isaac - Canadian Mennonite University
MCAC Women's Coach of the Year
- Jaenas Pangilinan - Red River College
JIM BULLOCH COACHING AWARD
The Jim Bulloch Award annually recognizes a basketball coach with financial support to allow them to upgrade his or her knowledge and expertise in basketball which will directly impact on player and program development including sponsorship to a major coaching clinic outside of Manitoba).
Jeremy Wielenga - Brandon, Manitoba
PRESIDENT'S AWARD
The Basketball Manitoba President's Award was created in 2017 to annually recognized the contributions of groups or individuals who have used the the sport of basketball as a vehicle for social change of a sustained period of time. Basketballs for InnerCity Kids & SWISH Programs
- Dennis Bayomi
- Karen Cook
MIKE SPACK AWARD
The Mike Spack Award annually recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the growth and development of basketball in Manitoba over a sustained period of time.
Rod Peppler
PAST MIKE SPACK AWARD RECIPIENTS
BASKETBALL COACHING SERVICE AWARDS
15 YEARS
- Brett Nohr - Vincent Massey High School
- Myron Friesen - McGregor Collegiate
- Trever Penner - Souris School
- Sue Gilmour - Lord Selkirk Regional
- Phil Penner - Garden City Collegiate
- Kevin Carter - Swan Valley Regional
- Allison Laferty - Fort Richmond Collegiate
- Darren Sampson - Acadia School
- Jodi Sampson - Acadia School
- Graham Collier - College Lorette Collegiate
Game Results from 2017 Manitoba Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Games from St. Paul's High School.
VIEW ALL-STAR GAME DAY PROGRAM
VIEW FULL ALL-STAR TEAM ROSTERS
Basketball Manitoba Awards A, AA, AAA Girls All Star Game
Team Wilson 80 Team Rogers 66
Players of the Game - Robyn Boulanger (U of W Collegiate) & Milko Badasso (Gordon Bell)
Basketball Manitoba Awards A, AA, AAA Boys All Star Game
Team Home Run Sports 105 Team Russell Athletic 76
Players of the Game - Anoush Sephiri (St John's Ravenscourt) & Riley Rutherford (Glenboro)
Basketball Manitoba Awards AAAA Girls All Star Game
Team Rogers 59 Team Wilson 56
Players of the Game - Raizel Guinto (Sisler), Aimee Garland (Kildonan East)
Basketball Manitoba Awards AAAA Boys All Star Game
Team Russell Athletic 89 Team Home Run Sports 88
Players of the Game - Kniel Sullera (Fort Richmond), Don Dayrit (Sisler)
All game results will be updated by the end of the day
