Pensacola Sports Annual Awards Banquet honors local athletes
Pensacola, FL – (Feb. 14, 2025) – Pensacola Sports, the organization whose mission is to impact the quality of life, individual health and economic well-being of our community, is hosting its Annual Awards Banquet to honor Pensacola athletes and their achievements in the 2024 athletic season. For more than 70 years, Pensacola Sports has honored athletes like Bubba Watson, Derrick Brooks, Don Sutton, Jerry Pate, Pete Shinnick, Josh Sitton, Fred Robbins, Dan Shugart and Travis Fryman.
Award categories include 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. The banquet will be held at the Brownsville Community Center. Tickets are available here.
Special Achievement Winners
Tate Cheerleading
Pace Boys Weightlifting
Pace Girls Weightlifting
Pace Softball
Jay Baseball
Gulf Breeze Beach Volleyball
PSC Volleyball
PSC Women’s Soccer
Ian Malone
Logan Robinson
Bryson Brown
Manuel Kimmons
Izzy Zach
Connor Matthews
Jackson Leonard
Kendall Ballou
Shannon Bryan
Lani Bennett
Emma Meyers
Gabby Goyins
Brandon Sproat
Kennedy Hansen
Desjon Robertson
Sarah McElrath
Ella Goodwin
Mya Swinton
Kendall Blackmon
Virgil Lemons
Brooke Dorr
Adriana Meises-Sanchez
Nina Imboden
Shannah Dillman
Olivia Nelson
Sofia Kendzior
Emily O’Connell
Jade Fontenelle
Riley MacVane
Lutnya Bogdanova
Tayler Graham
Sydney Lewis
Aimee Patterson
Mikayla Puckett
Darrien McDowel
Amelia Johnson
Mark Yepishin
Patricia Gandolfo
Maddie Mire
Amateur Athlete of the Year
Jayden Heavener
Sportsman of the year
To be announced
Professional Athlete of the Year
Emily Sams
Hall Of Fame Inductees
Paul Bryan
Kay Miller
Sam McCants
Excellence in Sports Tourism
Coastal Rush Soccer ECNL-Regional League
Special Olympic Athlete of the Year
Susie Wansley Nix
Jenny Wansley Toole
Pensacola Sports Volunteer of the Year
To be announced
Tickets to the event can be purchased here.
News Media is invited to cover the event
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025
Brownsville Community Center - 3200 W De Soto St, Pensacola, FL 32505
Doors open 5 p.m.
Awards ceremony and dinner begins at 6 p.m.