Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award

Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award
Award details
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 Saskatchewan Marcia Gudereit
Most wins Nova Scotia Colleen Jones (3)
Most recent Alberta 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
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. 1 2 3 "Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award". Canadian Curling Association. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Saskatchewan's Amber Holland named MVP". Canadian Curling Association. 28 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Heather Nedohin named MVP at 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Canadian Curling Association. 26 February 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/02/24/ontario-skip-rachel-homan-beats-jennifer-jones-to-capture-first-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-title-in-kingston
  5. ↑ http://www.frontpagenews.ca/?p=7135
  6. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/scotties-championship-final-sunday-1.3468414
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