This "once-in-a-life-time" award is presented to individuals who have significantly contributed to the development of the Southern Alberta Summer Games. There are two categories under which an individual can qualify for the Award.
The awards committee will contact the individual regarding a presentation, preferably at the Opening Ceremonies of the Games.
| 1976 | Roy Blaise | Ken Kotkas | Len Schiebner |
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| Leo Bourassa | Evelyn Leffingwell | Archie Wilson |
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| Joyce Davies | Frank Leffingwell | Mike Popson |
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| Buck Geldert | Tony Merkle | Bette Wilson |
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| Carol Gemer | Roy Mullett | Leroy Walker |
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| George Gemer | Marie Popson | Brent Seely |
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| Andy Graspointer | Morley Roelofs | Judd Couillard |
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| Geoff Hardy | Marvin Kirchner |
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| 1977 | Joe Baczuk | Diane Kaupp | Harold Winters |
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| Rick Feist | Lawrence Kaupp | Rosemary Winters |
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| Lawrence Halmrast | Victor Kaupp | Guy Passey |
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| Ron Hutchinson | Lyle Pittman |
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| 1978 | Del Cleland | Dan Quintillio | Arnold Harris |
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| Walter Cleland | Joe Quintillio | Roger Holt |
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| 1979 | Joe Horvath | Brian Sugiyama | Wally Wells |
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| 1980 | Jeanne Lutes | Dorothy Orr | Terry Aris |
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| Doris Carnes | John Desjardins | Tom Hornecker |
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| Norma Cleland | Jack Orr | Ross McKay |
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| Jane Small Bones | Ed Richards | Joe Bilodeau |
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| Ozzie Schalm | Fred Tyrell |
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| 1981 | Rick Schott | Gloria Evans | Mel Cottle |
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| 1982 | Roy Weir Bud | Vi Wavercan | George Hanna |
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| Kelly Schmidt | Dave Oswald | Bob Moodie |
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| Mun Taitenger | Don Basarab | Joe Orban |
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| Joe Takeda | Nancy Bester | Elwood Messinger |
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| Wavercan | Dennis Cleland |
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| 1983 | Keith Boquist | Jim Watson | Richard Pitre |
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| Diane Burt Stuckey | Hilda Watson | Joe Hornberger |
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| Frank Merkl | Betty Lou Mazutinec | Ray Adachi |
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| Greg Burt | Brian McNally | Alice Cook |
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| Craig Couillard Lauri | Elroy Herter | Larry Cochran |
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| Watson Lawrence | Joanne Taylor | Mike Vrabec |
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| 1984 | Jamie Bourassa | Delbert Collin | Casey Vanderlinden |
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| Lyle Keister | Jean Ann Hartung | Brian Bourassa |
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| Darryl Ferguson | Marjorie Stephen | Allan Dixon |
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| Roberta Stevens | Eleanor Wright | Eve Vanderlinden |
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| Vi Sullivan | Merle Smith | Bill Holmes |
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| Sandra Peterson | Jack Leland |
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| 1985 | Bobby Elliot Art | Ginny Collins | Marilyn Henry |
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| Dewitt Lorne | Sylvia Hunter | Bob Toney |
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| Al Pretzlaw | Robert Follis | Susan Vogelaar |
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| 1986 | Dr.John Irwin | Henry Pauls | Cybil Wilson |
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| Tom Dudley | Darrel Collins | Tom Bubniak |
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| Myrna Moulton | Janet Miels | Norman Sheen |
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| Lynn Steinbrenner |
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| 1987 | Lew Garbutt | Roy Nelson | Joanne Drain |
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| Dee Garbutt | Eva Jene Chimanski | Einar Overn |
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| Max Court | Clark Hardy | Bill Wyna |
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| Arnold Aldean |
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| 1988 | Richard Curliss | Robert Follis | Ritch Braun Lori |
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| Monica Roth | Bill Thornhill | Debbie Noble |
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| Brian Dudley | Lin Thornhill | Shelby Labbe |
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| 1989 | Eldon Paxman | Verna Denecky | John Horvath |
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| Jean Lapointe | Monty Smith | Leo Zyerverld |
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| Eric Fleury | Kent Elmgrin | Ford Works |
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| Emily Tulloch | Sue Rudolph |
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| 1990 | Jodi Cassell | Wayne Miller | Ron Adams |
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| Teresa Schlachter | Tineke Oosterhuis | George Gascher |
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| Gordon Blanchard |
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| 1991 | Cindy Murray | Val Richard | Rob Grisonick |
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| Bonnie Ully | Randy Eisenbarth | Carol Hern |
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| Jim Hern | Pat Kelly | Darrel Schaffer |
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| Hugh English |
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| 1992 | Gwen Aneca | Dean Truman | Betty Smith |
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| Roy Douglas | Anita Baeir | David Burbank |
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| Pat Pyne | Laurel Zanelli | Keith Taylor |
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| 1993 | Joe McMurdo | Freda Lowe | Rollie Cote |
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| John Seaman | Vern McNeely |
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| 1994 | Joanne Gyorffy | Clancy Page | Randy Russell |
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| 1995 | Dallen Leavitt | Rick Patterson | Sharon Chmielewski |
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| 1996 | Paul Doig | Peggy Blackmore | Fred Mellen |
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| Sandy Williston |
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| 1997 | Dave Young | Linda Thompson | Harriet Dickie |
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| Neil Thompson | Knud Peterson | Faith Zacher |
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| 1998 | Louis Wyna | Nola Williams | Barbara Depew |
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| Dennis Bogusky | Marian Fisher | Bobbi Mossimann |
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| 1999 | Shelly Kultgen | Ron Kapcsos | Don Cassell |
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| Jodi Cassell | Judy Van Ham |
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| 2000 | Deb Coolidge | Dave Hooper | Natalie Sauer |
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| Linda Van Meetelen | Ken Sauer |
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| 2001 | Carol Thibert |
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| 2002 | Todd Becker | Terry Hanna |
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| 2003 | Dusty Rhodes |
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| 2004 | Rob Lawson | Shar Tough | Roger McAdam |
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| 2005 | Greg Saunders | Darrel Turner | Lori Adams |
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| Debbie Sargeant | Sandy Sangster | Brian Wright |
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| Ron Chmielewski |
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| 2006 | Darryl McDonald | Josh Umscheid | Scott Mitchell |
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| Debbie Brigley |
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| 2007 | Tony Vastenhout | Karen Lonsbury | June Vastenhout |
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| John Beers |
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| 2008 | Romina Senneker | Tamara Miyanaga | Janny De Vlieger |
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| Julie Smith | Eric Peterson |
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| 2009 | Mark Wilkins | Rob Amatto | Jean Nicifore |
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| Leslie Margetak | Aline Holmen |
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| 2010 | Jane Bydevaate | Mavis Martin |
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| 2011 | David Gfrerer | Toni Gfrerer | Derry Kolody |
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| Denise Cook |
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| 2012 | Hugh Simpson |
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| 2013 | Garrett Simmons | Mandy Simmons | Rob Fisher |
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| Cathy Fisher | Roland Cloutier | Jody Ginther |
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| Ken Holst | Andrew Llewelyn Jones | Taber Archery Club |
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| Vauxhall Trapshooting Club | Taber Handgun Club |
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| 2014 | Dan Forsythe | Duane Kisch | Kim Jorgenson |
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| Dave Schneider | Brenda Shenton |
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| 2015 | Kara Brake |
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| 2016 | Marg Derbyshire | Aleah Weiss |
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| 2017 | Ken Heggie |
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| 2018 | Adam Grose | Jordin Bakoway | Darla Stensrud |
| Paul Deme | Stephen Verloop | Tamra Barwegen | |
| 2019 | Dale Stucky | John Verhagen | Kathy Verhagen |
| John Muller | Staci Muller | Roxy Wright |
2024 Southern Alberta Summer Games
Town of Coaldale & Lethbridge County