Recognition Awards
Nominate someone for the SSA Recognition Awards
Know someone that goes above and beyond, on or off the field? SSA extends the invitation to nominate players, teams, coaches, referees, and volunteers that exemplify the Values, Vision, and Mission of the organization! Award nominees and winners will be celebrated during the Recognition Celebration, date to be announced.
The deadline to submit nomination forms for the Saskatchewan Soccer Association Technical and Recognition Awards is on January 15 each year.
To submit a nomination and for further information about the Awards and Recognition process, please see the forms and criteria below.
Award Categories include the following:
-Youth Player of the Year (2 Awards)
-Adult Player of the Year (2 Awards)
-Futsal Player of the Year (2 Awards)
-Youth Coach of the Year
-Adult Coach of the Year
-Coaching Dedication Award
-Youth Team of the Year
-Adult Team of the Year
-Referee of the Year
-Community Referee of the Year
-Member Organization of the Year
-Volunteer of the Year
-David Newsham Award
Forms and Criteria
Category and Nomination Criteria
Nominations can be submitted to the Saskatchewan Soccer office by January 15th each year. Electronic and written submissions are accepted.
Fillable Word Files: Be sure to download the form to your computer and save a completed version to your desktop/device
Typed/written form submission can be mailed, faxed or emailed to the below addresses.
For more information about the recognition awards process, contact cms@sasksoccer.com
Nominations can be submitted to the Saskatchewan Soccer office by January 15th each year. Electronic and written submissions are accepted.
| SSA Technical & Recognition Awards | Online Submission | Fillable Word Form | Print and Fill Form |
| SSA Volunteer of the Year Award | Online Submission | Fillable Word Form | Print and Fill Form |
| Member Organization of the Year Award | Online Submission | Fillable Word Form | Print and Fill Form |
| David Newsham Award | Online Submission | Fillable Word Form | Print and Fill Form |
Typed/written form submission can be mailed, faxed or emailed to the below addresses.
| By Mail | By Fax | By Email |
| Saskatchewan Soccer Attn: Awards and Recognition Committee 300-1734 Elphinstone Street Regina, SK, S4T 1K1 | (306) 780-9480 | ea@sasksoccer.com |
Saskatchewan Soccer Association is proud to announce the Awards recipients for the 2021 SSA Recognition Awards. These players, coaches, referees, and volunteers had an outstanding year in 2021.
| 2021 SSA Recognition Awards | |
| Female Youth Player of the Year Recipient | Sophie Lavallee, SSA REX Excel Saskatoon |
| Male Youth Player of the Year Recipient | Kaylum Langmo, FC Regina U17 BlueStars |
| Female Adult Player of the Year Recipient | Allyson Ford, University of Regina Cougars |
| Male Adult Player of the Year Recipient | Thomas Hasal, Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| Soccer for Life Player Recipient | Jared Ursulan, FC Regina |
| Competitive for Life Award Recipient | Catherine Collins, FC Regina |
| Multisport Athlete of the Year Recipient | Jenna Muir, QC United U15 Girls |
| Referee of the Year Recipient | Theodor Diederichsen, Saskatoon |
| Community Referee of the Year Recipient | Zoey Koppelaar, Prince Albert Youth Soccer Association |
| Soccer For Life Coach of the Year Recipient | Darren Lindskog, Valley United U19 Fusion (Warman) |
| Youth Coach of the Year Recipient | Moe Rtimi, Astra Soccer Academy/ Whitecaps Academy |
| Senior Coach of the Year Co-recipients | Astrid Baecker, University of Regina Rob McCaffrey, University of Regina |
| Coaching Dedication Award Recipients | Jens Nielsen, Assault FC - Saskatoon Adult Soccer Shirley Potts, FC Regina |
| Adult Team of the Year Recipient | University of Saskatchewan Huskies Women |
| Youth Team of the Year Recipient | FC Regina U17 Boys BlueStars |
| Volunteer of the Year | Jamie Drader, Valley Soccer Association (Warman) |
| David Newsham Award | Leonard Lewko, Lakewood Soccer (Saskatoon) |
| Member Organization of the Year | Valley Soccer Association |
| Provincial Soccer League | |
| U15 Girls Golden Boot | Folawe Balogun, Astra U15 Academy |
| U15 Boys Golden Boot | Tristao Hein, Saskatoon Alliance U14 Boys |
| U17 Boys Golden Boot | Kaylum Langmo, FC Regina U17 Boys |
| U15 Girls Clean Sheet Award | FC Regina BlueStars U15 Girls |
| U15 Boys Clean Sheet Award | FC Regina BlueStars Srs U15 Boys Astra Soccer Academy U15 Boys |
| U17 Boys Clean Sheet Award | FC Regina BlueStars U17 Boys |
Thank you to the many nominators who took the time to submit a worthy nominee for the awards.
2020 Recognition Awards
Past Award Winners
Saskatchewan Soccer is always pleased to recognize all of the previous winners of the association's Premier Soccer League (PSL) and Saskatchewan Soccer Recognition Awards.
Previous David Newsham Award Winners
| 1985 Henk Ruys* | 1986 Doug Knott* | 1987 Cedric Gillot | 1988 Raymond Jones | 1989 Hank Koopman* |
| 1990 Bill Kerr | 1991 | 1992 Ross Wilson | 1993 Klaas Post* | 1994 Paul Caves |
| 1995 David Hebert | 1996 Ken Billows* | 1997 Andy Sharpe | 1998 Ed Horn | 1999 David Jenkins* |
| 2000 Tom Wieclawski | 2001 Al Day | 2002 Bob Maltman | 2003 Dale Perry | 2004 Percy Hoff |
| 2005 Bob Rohachuk | 2006 Jim Nicholson | 2007 Esther Dupperon | 2008 Bruce Cowan | 2009 John Leyshon |
| 2010 Rob Newman | 2011 Brett Mario | 2012 Huw Morris | 2013 David Jenkins | 2014 Jeannette Kuc |
| 2015 Don Findlay | 2016 Mark Lord | 2017 Rob Kroeker | 2018 Gord Quinlan | 2019 Hung Tan Duong |
| 2020 Leslie Blyth | 2021 Leonard Lewko |
* indicates deceased
