Professional Skaters Assn Award winners, including Mariah, Nathan, Rohene, IAM

[ice coverage]

And now ... congratulations to the EDI Award winners who were announced last night (nominees are listed in last week's post immediately above).

The winners were announced in the following order:

President’s Award of Excellence (for grassroots coach or coaching team from each region)

Southwestern: Jill Ahlbrecht
North Atlantic: Lisa Cardinal
South Atlantic: Nathan Truesdell
New England:

Skating Club of Boston team of Michael Bramante, Bryna Oi, Alexandria Shaughnessy-Ronzio, Ron Kravette​

UGL: Tommy Steenberg
EGL: Erin Donovan
NWP: team of Mari Malama and Nani Tanaka
Central Pacific:

The Strategic Method team of Tiffany McNeil, Stephanie Chace Bass, Erika Roberts, Jeremy Barrett, Chris Obzansky​

SWP: Deividas Stagniunas​

Distinguished Official Award

Ann Barr (Arctic FSC)​

Coaches Hall of Fame

Osborne Colson
Audrey Weisiger​

Fritz Dietl Award for Ice Arena Excellence

Ice Den Chandler​

Sonja Henie Award

Mariah Bell​

F. Ritter Shumway Award

Carol Rossignol​

Joe Serafine Volunteer of the Year

Cheryl Faust​

Betty Berens Award

"In this year of so much loss, disappointment, and heartache, the PSA dedicates the Betty Berens Award to the entire skating community and PSA membership. They want to acknowledge the collective resilience in the face of all the adversity experienced this year. Our skating community will continue to persevere and stand strong together as a team."​

Developmental Coach of the Year

Tammy Gambill​

Pieter Kollen Sport Science Award

Melissa Vriner​

Gustave Lussi Award

Nathan Chen​

Paul McGrath Choreographer of the Year

Rohene Ward​

Photo of the Year

Melanie Heaney​

Coach of the Year

Patrice Lauzon & Ice Academy of Montreal Coaching Team​

 

[GS Forum Staff]

Thank you Ice Coverage for summarizing the winners

The nominees from the referenced post in another thread, with explanations of some of the awards:

Sonja Henie Award: (Presented to a female, professional skater or coach who has brought recognition to the sport in a positive and favorable manner)

Starr Andrews
Mariah Bell
Amber Glenn

Paul McGrath Choreographer of the Year:

Shae-Lynn Bourne
Alex Chang
Renee Roca
Rohene Ward

Developmental Coach of the Year:

Joel Dear/Inese Bucevica
Tammy Gambill
Yulia Kuznetsova
Trudy Oltmanns

F. Ritter Shumway Awardresented to a person in the skating world who has earned distinction for unending dedication and significant contribution to the world of figure skating.
Patrick O'Neil;
Nick Perna;
Carol Rossignol

Gustave Lussi Award (Presented to a male, professional skater or coach who has brought recognition to the sport in a positive and favorable manner
Nathan Chen
Zachary Donohue
Sean Rabbitt


Pieter Kollen Sport Science Award: Garrett Lucash; Lindsay Slater; Melissa Vriner

Joe Serafine Volunteer of the Year: Cheryl Faust; Teri Klindworth Hooper; Andrea Kunz-Williamson

Fritz Dietl Award for Ice Arena Excellence: Ice Den Chandler; World Arena Ice Hall

Distinguished Official Award:
Ann Barr (Arctic FSC); Kathleen Krieger (Wagon Wheel FSC); Kimberley Moore (Carolinas FSC)
Photo of the Year: Melanie Heaney; Jacob Marsh; Pablo Saccinto

Coach of the Year:
Rafael Arutyunyan/Vera Arutyunyan/Nadia Kanaeva
Tammy Gambill
Patrice Lauzon & Ice Academy of Montreal Coaching Team
Todd Sand/Jenni Meno-Sand/Christine Fowler-Binder

 

[el henry]

And in case anyone is wondering what the photo of the year was:

Jason skates his exhibition Melancholy, photographed by Melanie Heaney

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[bostonskaterguy86]

Congrats to all the winners!!

(Especially to Alex Shaughnessy-Ronzio who was my adult group instructor a couple years ago - she got me through Freeskate 2! )

 

[ice coverage]

An update for the sake of completeness:

The 2021 winners now have been added to the listings on the PSA site.

One category was not mentioned in either of the two 2021 announcement videos (for nominees and for winners):

SHULMAN AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
This award is the highest recognition bestowed by the Association to a member who has given of themselves in time, effort, and dedicated service for many years to accomplish the goals of the PSA.
*name changed in 2017

2021 winner = PSA Staff

EDI Awards — Professional Skaters Association

EDI Awards

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