NBIAA-ASINB Sportsmanship Awards Banquet
May 12, 2017 by admin
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2017 Sportsmanship Awards Banquet
The New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association held its 12th Annual Sportsmanship Awards Banquet on Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 at St. Thomas University in Rigby Hall in Fredericton.
Twenty student athletes (listed below) from the NBIAA’s four conferences received the Raymond Légère Sportsmanship Awards. These students have shown outstanding qualities of sportsmanship throughout the school year while participating in NBIAA sports.
The top two, one male and one female, in each school category, will receive the William S. Ritchie Sportsmanship Award.
The William S. Ritchie Sportsmanship Award winners were: (photo from left to right)
AAA Girls
Melanie Belong – Bernice MacNaughton High School
A Girls
Annie Camp – Minto Memorial High School
AA Girls
Vanessa McGaw – St. Stephen High School
AA Boys
Andrew Lanteigne – James M. Hill Memorial High School
A Boys
Dawson Nancekievill – Hartland Community School
AAA Boys
Alec Ferguson – Leo Hayes High School
Northern Conference Sportsmanship Winners / Prix pour l’esprit sportif de la conférence du nord
|
Class / gender/ genre |
Name / nom |
School / École |
|
A Girls / Filles |
Robyn Phillips |
Dalhousie Regional High School |
|
A Boys / Garçons |
Daniel Richard |
Blackville School |
|
AA Girls / Filles |
n/a |
|
|
AA Boys / Garçons |
Andrew Lanteigne |
James M. Hill Memorial High School |
|
AAA Girls / Filles |
Hayley Somers |
Miramichi Valley High School |
|
AAA Boys / Garçons |
Ian Watters |
Miramichi Valley High School |
Eastern Conference Sportsmanship Winners / Prix pour l’esprit sportif de la conférence de l’est
|
Class / gender/ genre |
Name / nom |
School / École |
|
A Girls / Filles |
Annie Camp |
Minto Memorial High School |
|
A Boys / Garçons |
Connor White-Richard |
Minto Memorial High School |
|
AA Girls / Filles |
n/a |
|
|
AA Boys / Garçons |
Jeremy Jaillet |
École Clément-Cormier |
|
AAA Girls / Filles |
Melanie Belong |
Bernice MacNaughton High School |
|
AAA Boys / Garçons |
Tyler Thorne *Absent |
Bernice MacNaughton High School |
Southern Conference Sportsmanship Winners / Prix pour l’esprit sportif de la conférence du sud
|
Class / gender/ genre |
Name / nom |
School / École |
|
A Girls / Filles |
Charlotte Chiasson |
Rothesay Netherwood School |
|
A Boys / Garçons |
Alex Bennett |
Harvey High School |
|
AA Girls / Filles |
Vanessa McGaw |
St. Stephen High School |
|
AA Boys / Garçons |
Josh Cropley *Absent |
Rothesay High School |
|
AAA Girls / Filles |
n/a |
|
|
AAA Boys / Garçons |
Deven Pipes |
Simonds High School |
Western Conference Sportsmanship Winners / Prix pour l’esprit sportif de la conférence du nord
|
Class / gender/ genre |
Name / nom |
School / École |
|
A Girls / Filles |
Bianca Tardif |
École Grande-Rivière |
|
A Boys / Garçons |
Dawson Nancekievill |
Hartland Community School |
|
AA Girls / Filles |
Mira Kalaba |
École Sainte-Anne |
|
AA Boys / Garçons |
Logan Titus |
Southern Victoria High School |
|
AAA Girls / Filles |
n/a |
|
|
AAA Boys / Garçons |
Alec Ferguson |
Leo Hayes High School |
Emery Johnson Memorial Award
This award goes to the Most Sportsmanlike Coach of the Year. This award is named after Emery Johnson, the former athletic director of Dalhousie Regional High School and the NBIAA Executive Committee, who passed away in November 2003.
The Emery Johnson Memorial Award was presented to Kim Giddens of Belleisle Regional High School at the Sportsmanship Banquet by the NBIAA Vice-President, Jim Watters.
School Sportsmanship of the Year Awards
The New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association introduced an annual School Sportsmanship of the Year Awards in 2014. This award aims to recognize a school, whose athletes, coaches and fans promote what sportsmanship is all about in every aspect of high school athletics.
The following school was honored for their accomplishments at the NBIAA Sportsmanship Banquet:
École Sainte-Anne – Western Conference
Photo from left to right: NBIAA President Andy Clark, Athletic Director Joanne Reynolds, student Mira Kalaba and NBIAA Executive Director Allyson Ouellette.
