Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award

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 Kerri Einarson of Team Canada.

Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award
SportCurling
CompetitionScotties Tournament of Hearts
Awarded forTop player during the playoffs of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
History
First award1997
First winnerSaskatchewan Marcia Gudereit
Most winsManitoba Kerri Einarson (4)
Most recentCanada Kerri Einarson (4)

Kerri Einarson has won the Schmirler Award four times, the most of any woman. Colleen Jones, Kelly Scott, Jennifer Jones, Rachel Homan, and Chelsea Carey are the only other women who have won the award more than once.[1] Colleen Jones won all three of her MVP awards while playing as Team Canada. Scott won the award once while representing her home province of British Columbia and the next year playing as Team Canada as the reigning champion, while Jennifer Jones won it while representing Manitoba in 2015 and 2018, and representing Team Canada in 2009. Homan won her first MVP award after successfully defending her Scotties championship in 2014, then winning again representing Ontario in 2017. Carey won both of her MVP awards while representing Alberta. Einarson won her first MVP with her first Scotties title representing Manitoba in 2020, then defended both as Team Canada in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Past winners
Year Player Team Position
1997Marcia Gudereit SaskatchewanLead
1998Brenda Bohmer AlbertaSecond
1999Kim Kelly Nova ScotiaThird
2000Julie Skinner British ColumbiaThird
2001Nancy Delahunt Nova ScotiaLead
2002Colleen Jones CanadaSkip
2003Colleen Jones CanadaSkip
2004Colleen Jones CanadaSkip
2005Jenn Hanna OntarioSkip
2006Kelly Scott British ColumbiaSkip
2007Kelly Scott CanadaSkip
2008Cathy Overton-Clapham ManitobaThird
2009Jennifer Jones CanadaSkip
2010Erin Carmody Prince Edward IslandFourth
2011Amber Holland SaskatchewanSkip[2]
2012Heather Nedohin AlbertaSkip[3]
2013Lisa Weagle OntarioLead[4]
2014Rachel Homan CanadaSkip[5]
2015Jennifer Jones ManitobaSkip
2016Chelsea Carey AlbertaSkip[6]
2017Rachel Homan OntarioSkip[7]
2018Jennifer Jones ManitobaSkip[8]
2019Chelsea Carey AlbertaSkip[9]
2020Kerri Einarson ManitobaSkip[10]
2021Kerri Einarson CanadaSkip[11]
2022Kerri Einarson CanadaSkip[12]
2023Kerri Einarson CanadaSkip[13]

References
  1. "Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award". Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. 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. "Ontario skip Rachel Homan beats Jennifer Jones to capture Scotties Tournament of Hearts gold in Kingston".
  5. "Homan Runs the Table at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts | Front Page News".
  6. "Chelsea Carey leads Alberta to Scotties title | CBC Sports".
  7. Kryk, John (February 27, 2017). "Third time proves lucky charm for Rachel Homan's Ontario rink at Scotties Tournament of Hearts". National Post. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  8. McCormick, Murray (February 4, 2018). "Jones back on top, capturing Scotties women's curling championship". Toronto Sun. Postmedia News. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  9. Strong, Gregory (February 24, 2019). "Alberta's Carey beats Ontario's Homan to win Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Winnipeg Free Press. The Canadian Press. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  10. Palmer, Randy (February 24, 2020). "Manitoba's Einarson wins Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Moose Jaw Today. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  11. Dreger, Clayton (March 1, 2021). "Einarson wins 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". CHVN-FM. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  12. "It's a three-peat! Team Canada holds on for third-straight Scotties title". Curling Canada. February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  13. "It's a four-peat! Team Canada's Einarson peels back off the wall to win a fourth straight Scotties title". Curling Canada. February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
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