Sport NL hand out its annual awards on Saturday night in St. John’s

At a ceremony at the Sheraton Hotel in St. John’s on Apri. 13, Sport NL will host its annual awards ceremony where it will recognize some of the province’s best athletes, coaches and teams for the 2023 season.

Awards will be handed out in 10 categories and have finalists from 16 communities around the province.

Here is a look at the nominees:

SENIOR MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (FERD HAYWARD MEMORIAL AWARD)

• Michael Budden — Special Olympics/athletics

• Gleb Evstigneev — Gymnastics

• Liam Hickey — Para Hockey

SENIOR FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (ELIZABETH SWAN MEMORIAL AWARD)

• Kate Bazeley — Athletics

• Abigail Newhook — Hockey

• Jane Pope — Soccer

OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR

• Gord Farrell — Soccer

• Christian Dawe — Hockey

• Kiana Laundry — Taekwondo

TEAM OF THE YEAR (EDWARD P.BROWNE MEMORIAL AWARD)

• Holy Cross — Soccer

• Girls 19U NL Selects — Ball hockey

• Team Gushue — Curling

MALE COACH OF THE YEAR (JOHN DRINKWATER MEMORIAL AWARD)

• Jeff Butt — Special Olympics

• Peter Densmore — Rugby

• Chris Roberts — Swimming

FEMALE COACH OF THE YEAR

• Duffy Earle — Swimming

• Alicia Macdonald — Hockey

• Rosemary Ryan — Special Olympics

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR (FRANK W. GRAHAM MEMORIAL AWARD)

• Karen Adams — Basketball

• Rebecca Gladney — Artistic swimming

• Deidre Macdonnell — Soccer

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

• Roxanne Butler — Rugby

• Sean Cadigan — Softball

• Krista Tobin — Soccer

JUNIOR MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

• Gavin Baggs — Para Hockey

• Sawyer Leblanc — Athletics

• Chris Weeks — Swimming

JUNIOR FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

• Jaida Lee — Baseball

• Sarah Reid — Basketball

• Brooklyn Woolfrey — Indigenous Sport/badminton