February 20, 2018
New World Landing (600 South Palafox St.)
Reception @ 5:30 p.m. / Program @ 6:30 p.m.
Member Price – $65 / Non-Member Price – $75
Guest Speaker- Justin Gatlin
The Pensacola Sports Annual Awards Banquet Presented by Cox, is one of Pensacola Sports’ most high-profile events in the community. Each year we honor the finest athletes our area has to offer. Be a part of this memorable event as we celebrate a worthy slate of 2017 Special Achievement winners, the Amateur and Professional Athletes of the Year, the new class of Hall of Fame Inductees, Volunteer of the Year and the Pensacola Sportsman of the Year.
Justin Gatlin
Awardees
2017 Professional Athlete of the Year
2017 Amateur Athlete of the Year
James Currie Volunteer of the Year
James Currie is a long-term friend, volunteer and former employee of Pensacola Sports, or as he knew it, Pensacola Sports Association. James retired in December after spending the past four decades dedicating himself to the organization.
Winner: Janet Olliff
This award is given to individuals or organizations in the Pensacola Area that have made significant achievements/contributions in sports. State and National championships at the highest level attainable for the sports should be considered.
Congratulations to the 2017 Awardees:
UWF Men’s Tennis
Monica Amaral
Danica Burnett
Mariana de Paula
Gabriel Dias
Pedro Dumont
Steve Fell
Rebecca Halfast
Alex Peyrot
Derrick Racine
Tabitha Read-Cayton
Ethan Faulk
Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Ben Lively
Navarre Girls’ Weightlifting
Savannah Diel
Payton Watson
Kennedy Hansen
Y’tae Cobb
Jacob Copeland
Qadarius Ford
Mindi Straw
Jim Hagy
Shannon Aiken
Alex Leatherwood
The First Tee
The recipient of this award is a Special Olympian whose achievements are extraordinary and who best exemplify the spirit of Special Olympics.
Congratulations to our 2017 Awardee:
Marcellus Potter
This award is given to an individual for outstanding accomplishments in athletics during the past year as a professional. This award may be given to multiple winners for one female and one male, or two joint winners if such accomplishments justify.
Congratulations to our 2017 Awardee:
Justin Gatlin
This award is given to an individual for outstanding accomplishment in athletics during the past year as a professional. This award may be given to multiple winners for one female and one male, or two joint winners if such accomplishments justify.
Congratulations to our 2017 Awardees:
Chandler Blanchet and Theresa Michalak
50th Anniversary of Five Flags Speedway’s Snowball Derby
Congratulations to our 2017 Awardee:
Five Flags Speedway
Candidates should be selected for outstanding contributions to the Pensacola are in the following categories:
~Improvements to Pensacola Sports events and/or work
~Superior career achievements in athletics
~Meritorious service to a particular event, but not necessarily limited to a particular one
~Other noteworthy accomplishments in the field of sports worth of this distinction
Not presented for one year accomplishments
Congratulations to our 2017 Class:
Lumon May, Linwood Belich, and Michelle Snow
Awarded to an individual who has shown exceptional commitment in assisting with sporting events in the community (Pensacola Sports events are the preferred criteria, but others may be considered.)
Congratulations to our 2017 Awardee
Janet Olliff
The sportsman of the year is presented for contributing to the advancement of sports in the greater Pensacola Area, or achievement of an outstanding athletic accomplishment.
Congratulations to our 2017 Awardee
Pete Shinnick
