Awards

Each year, the MASRC awards "Top Coach and Athlete" honours to deserving Aboriginal coaches and athletes in Manitoba. These awards recognize the skills and abilities of the top male and female coaches and athletes from all across our Province.

The Award recipients are chosen by following a strict set of guidelines and are selected through the Award/Scholarship Selection Committee in conjunction with Sport Manitoba.

Manitoba's male and female "Aboriginal Athlete of the Year" Award winners are recognized at the "Sport for Life" Gala, the annual awards ceremony held by Sport Manitoba each year in April.

Manitoba's Aboriginal Coaching Award winners are recognized at the Annual Excellence Awards Brunch held in April of each year hosted by Coaching Manitoba.

At these events, in front of their peers, family and friends, Manitoba's best officially receive recognition to honour their achievements.

New for 2012 are the Manitoba Aboriginal Volunteer Awards.

To nominate an athlete, coach or volunteer that you see deserving of such a prestigious honour, or for more information, please contact us at masrc@sportmanitoba.ca

Regional Tom Longboat Award Recipients
1999	Pipon Moose	Multi-sport
2000	Jason Breland Lauren Melnyk	Baseball Multi-sport
2001	Jason Loutitt	Distance Running
2002	Wallace Ahmo Jr Donna Mathieson	Baseball Golf
2003	Jared Fletcher Tawny Dillabough	Track & Field Multi-sport
2004	Garnet Desjarlais Shelly Hruska	Ball Hockey Ringette
2005	Justin Sinclair-Paul Lori Letandre	Basketball Boxing
2006	Emory Wells Doris Jones*	Volleyball Archery
2007	Joey Sutherland Gazheek Morrisseau-Sinclair	Multi-sport (Hockey, Lacrosse, Fastball) Softball
2008	Scott Cameron Alyssa Johnson*	Ball Hockey Athletics
2009	Josh Ahmo Brigette Lacquette*	Football Hockey
2010	Theoren (TJ) Constant Alyssa Bertholet	Hockey Multi-sport (Hockey/Athletics)

2008 Tom Longboat Award winners Scott Cameron and Alyssa Johnson

*These athletes also received the prestigious "National Aboriginal Athlete of the Year" award presented by the Aboriginal Sport Circle.

Regional Aboriginal Coaching Award Recipients
1999	Ron Chartrand Rosalina Haines*	Softball Multi-sport
2000	Randy LeBleu*	Baseball
2001	Jill Mathez*	Hockey
2002	Roddy Batson* Maria Moore	Boxing Canoe
2003	Charlotte Campbell	Special Olympics
2004	Faron Asham*	Baseball
2005	Paul Lagimodiere	Baseball
2006	Omar Constant	Archery
2007	Leonard Woitowicz	Multi-sport (Volleyball, Badminton)
2008	Jim Partaker Kristy Fewchuk	Athletics Volleyball
2009	Anthony Mason Dana Riccio	Volleyball Basketball
2010	David Ross Lezley Sutherland	Badminton Multi-sport (Basketball/Volleyball)

*These coaches also received the prestigious National Aboriginal Coaching Award presented by the Aboriginal Sport Circle.

2010 Aboriginal Coach of the Year – Male, David Ross, 2010 Aboriginal Coach of the Year – Female, Lezley Sutherland and MASRC Co-Chair Mike Sutherland (center)