Premier Dwight Ball presented awards to 100 Newfoundland and Labrador athletes representing 30 sports.
The awards program provides grants ranging from $500 to $1,500 to assist in offsetting the costs associated with training and competition at an elite level. The amount each athlete receives depends on the level of competition in which they are engaged, and their respective accomplishments.
The Team Gushue Awards, valued at $5,000 each, are presented annually to male and female athletes who have excelled both athletically and academically. Award winners are selected through an application process.
Forsey is an honours student (pre-medicine) majoring in exercise physiology at West Virginia University, where she competes in NCAA Division One track and field. Based on her success at the 2016 Canadian cross-country championships, Forsey was named to Team Canada for the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world championships.
Parfrey, a PhD student in clinical epidemiology at Memorial University, is a member of Rugby Canada’s senior men’s national team and represented the country at the Americas Rugby Championship and the Pacific Nations Cup in 2016.
Here are all the award-winners, by sport, with hometowns:
Athletics
Josh Hamilton, St. John’s
Evan Knight, St. John's
Eric Knight, St. John's
Chantal Barnes, St. John's
Jillian Forsey, Kippens
Julia Howley, St. John’s
Jennifer Boland, St. John's
Camryn Bonia, St. John's
Erica Hayward, Mount Pearl
Daniel Kelloway, Mount Pearl
Baseball
Cole Tucker, Mount Pearl
Jaclyn Morgan, St. John's
Daniel Hogarth, Conception Bay South
Basketball
Sarah Morris, St. John’s
Caleb Sooley, Mount Pearl
Hannah Jardine, St. John's
Cole Long, St. John's
Hannah Green, Flatrock
Kelsey Crocker, St. John's
Jason Thompson, St. John's
Nathan Barker, Massey Drive
Brett Warren, St. John's
Boccia
Hayley Redmond, St. John's
Cross-country skiing
Makaila Hudson, Labrador City
Noah Taylor, Conception Bay South
Curling
Daniel Bruce, Corner Brook
Michelle Taylor, St. John’s
Cycling
Ian Coxon, Gander
Diving
Jacob Billard, Logy Bay
Golf
Blair Bursey, Gander
Andrew Bruce, Corner Brook
Gymnastics
Abbey Dolomount, St. John’s
Jirah Hiscock, St. John’s
Jillian Hutchings, Paradise
Michael Drover, St. John's
Lauren Mills, Paradise
Sarah Pace, St. John’s
Megan Skinner, St. John’s
Tanner Vallis, Massey Drive
Handball
Leslie Claire Amminson, St. John's
Rahul Asokan, St. John's
Alex Carew, St. John's
Michael Gaulton, St. John's
Hockey
Mark Hillier, Corner Brook
Laura Horwood, Grand Falls-Windsor
Jessica Davis, Conception Bay South
Maggie Connors, St. John's
Karate
Samantha Au, Conception Bay South
James Thorne, Paradise
Lucas Menard, Flatrock
Christopher Coady, Flatrock
Tyson Besso, St. John's
Christopher Au, Conception Bay South
Matthew Whelan, St. John’s
Powerlifting
Julia Collins, Mount Pearl
Rowing
Alexander Brandt, St. John’s
Alexandra Hayward, Mount Pearl
Kirsten McKay, St. John’s
Lauren Stringer, St. John’s
Michael Thistle, St. John’s
Rugby
Patrick Parfrey, St. John's
Saul Bryant, Portugal Cove-St. Philips
Jacob Chow, St. John’s
Madeline Pickard, St. John’s
Emily Powell, Portugal Cove-St. Philips
Sailing
Livi Allen, St. John’s
Jesse Hanlon, Portugal Cove-St. Philips
Shooting
Samantha Marsh, Mount Pearl
Cheryl Hearn, St. Joseph's
Skating
Jakiera Rideout, Conception Bay South
Jenna Efford, Bareneed
Hayley Dalton, Conception Bay South
McKenna Mercer, St. John’s
Ashley Morgan, St. John’s
Soccer
Jessie Noseworthy, St. John's
Emmanuel Dolo, St. John’s
Nicole Torraville, St. John's
Bethany Hynes, Paradise
Alex Murphy, St. John’s
Sydney Walsh, St. John’s
Meghan Earle, Mount Pearl
Softball
Brittany McCarthy, Jerseyside
Mark Stack, Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove
Swimming
Abby Simms, St. John's
Charli LeBlanc, St. John’s
Kate Sullivan, St. John’s
Noah Cumby, St. John's
Laura Pittman, St. John's
Veronica Reid, St. John’s
David Haines, Conception Bay South
Synchronized Swimming
Mayah Knott, St. John’s
Jennifer Walsh, St. John’s
Table Tennis
Sarah Warren, Roberts Arm
Brianna Warren, Roberts Arm
Karlee Warren, Roberts Arm
Michael Hiscock, Bay Roberts
Taekwondo
Alexandra Green, Torbay
Tennis
Aiden Drover-Mattinen, Portugal Cove-St. Philips
Liam Drover-Mattinen, Portugal Cove-St. Philips
Jasmine Rahman, St. John's
Rogan Betts, St. John's
Ultimate Frisbee
Stephen Snow, St. John’s
Volleyball
Jill Snow, St. John’s
Emma Hackett, Clarenville
Sarah Dawe, Mount Pearl
Catherine Ducey, Mount Pearl
Nicholas Taylor, Corner Brook
Wheelchair Basketball
Danielle Arbour, Goulds
Wrestling
Jessica Fagan, Avondale
Erik Joy, Paradise
Jamie Lake, Avondale
Dennis Sutton, St. John’s
