SSNB Excellence Awards/Prix d’excellence de SSNB 2026

SSNB Excellence Awards/Prix d’excellence de SSNB 2026

Raymond Légère Excellence Award Recipients

Twenty-four student athletes (listed below) from SSNBs four conferences received the Raymond Légère Excellence Award. These students have shown outstanding qualities throughout the school year while participating in SSNB sports

Northern Conference Winners / Prix de la conférence du nord
A Girls / Filles Danica Mullin Blackville School
A Boys / Garçons Jus�n Sonier École Carrefour Beausoleil
AA Girls / Filles Abigail Cormier Bathurst High School
AA Boys / Garçons Alexis Roussel École Marie-Esther
AAA Girls / Filles Britany Lavigne École Secondaire Népisiguit
AAA Boys / Garçons Vincent Lebreton École Secondaire Népisiguit

Eastern Conference Winners / Prix de la conférence de l’est
A Girls / Filles Maxim Leblanc Ecole Mgr.-M-F-Richard
A Boys / Garçons Jérémi Mazerolle Ecole Mgr.-M-F-Richard
AA Girls / Filles Lexie Richard École Clément Cormier
AA Boys / Garçons No nominations received / Aucune nomination reçue
AAA Girls / Filles Allison Wasson Bernice McNaughton High School
AAA Boys / Garçons Adam Thompson Riverview High School

Southern Conference Winners / Prix de la conférence du sud
A Girls / Filles Elisa Gaudete Sir James Dunn Academy
A Boys / Garçons Owen Hamilton Sir James Dunn Academy
AA Girls / Filles Claire Rideout St. Stephen High School
AA Boys / Garçons Jack Huys St. Stephen High School
AAA Girls / Filles Gabrielle Léger Sussex Regional High School
AAA Boys / Garçons Gavin Steeves Harbour View High School

Western Conference Winners / Prix de la conférence du nord
A Girls / Filles Lauren Beers Hartland Community School
A Boys / Garçons Adam Chris�e Nackawic High School
AA Girls / Filles Nathalie Leroux École Sainte-Anne
AA Boys / Garçons Caleb Boudreau École Sainte-Anne
AAA Girls / Filles Emma Walker Leo Hayes High School
AAA Boys / Garçons Quinn Jones Leo Hayes High School

The William S. Ritchie Excellence Award

The top two, one male and one female, in each school classification, will receive the William S. Ritchie Excellence Award. The William S. Ritchie Excellence Award recipients are:

Lauren Beers – Hartland Community School
Jérémi Mzerolle – École M.-F.-Richard
Abigail Cormier – Bathurst High School
Jack Huys – St. Stephen High SChool
Gabrielle Léger – Sussex Regional High School
Gavin Steeves – Harbour View High School

Emery Johnson Memorial Award 

This award goes to the Most Sportsmanlike Coach of the Year and recognizes their outstanding lifetime achievements towards students and SSNB school sports programs. 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 will be presented to JOHN BRYDEN – Bernice MacNaughton High School

Team Sportsmanship of the Year Awards 

In 2014, School Sport New Brunswick introduced an annual School Sportsmnship of the Year Awards. In 2017, the ‘School Award’ was modified to a ‘Team Award’, which aims to recognize a team, whose athletes, coaches and fans promote what sportsmanship is all about in every aspect of high school athletics.

The following teams were honored for their accomplishments at the SSNB Sportsmanship Banquet:

Northern Conference
Miramichi High School – Boys Hockey

Eastern Conference
École Clément Cormier – Girls Hockey

Southern Conference
St. Stephen High School – Girls Hockey

Western Conference
École Sainte Anne – Girls Rugby