Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award

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Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award
Sport Curling
Competition Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Awarded forTop player during the playoffs of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
History
First award1997
First winner Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Marcia Gudereit
Most wins Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Colleen Jones
Flag of Manitoba.svg Jennifer Jones
Flag of Manitoba.svg Kerri Einarson (3)
Most recent Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerri Einarson (3)

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.

Colleen Jones, Jennifer Jones, and Kerri Einarson have won the Schmirler Award three times, the most of any women. Kelly Scott, 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 and 2022.

Past winners

YearPlayerTeamPosition
1997 Marcia Gudereit Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan Lead
1998 Brenda Bohmer Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Second
1999 Kim Kelly Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Third
2000 Julie Skinner Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Third
2001 Nancy Delahunt Flag of Nova Scotia.svg  Nova Scotia Lead
2002 Colleen Jones Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Skip
2003 Colleen Jones Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Skip
2004 Colleen Jones Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Skip
2005 Jenn Hanna Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Skip
2006 Kelly Scott Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia Skip
2007 Kelly Scott Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Skip
2008 Cathy Overton-Clapham Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Third
2009 Jennifer Jones Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Skip
2010 Erin Carmody Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg  Prince Edward Island Fourth
2011 Amber Holland Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan Skip [2]
2012 Heather Nedohin Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Skip [3]
2013 Lisa Weagle Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Lead [4]
2014 Rachel Homan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Skip [5]
2015 Jennifer Jones Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Skip
2016 Chelsea Carey Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Skip [6]
2017 Rachel Homan Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario Skip [7]
2018 Jennifer Jones Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Skip [8]
2019 Chelsea Carey Flag of Alberta.svg  Alberta Skip [9]
2020 Kerri Einarson Flag of Manitoba.svg  Manitoba Skip [10]
2021 Kerri Einarson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Skip [11]
2022 Kerri Einarson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Skip [12]

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