Y Sports Awards
There are a few prizes awarded each year for the greatest sports men and women in specific sports, however here are just the lists of awards for the greatest based on all sports from around the world.
Details of the award and the winners are listed for Laureus Sports Awards and the L'Équipe Champion of Champions Award. We have also listed details of the United Press International Athlete of the Year Award although it is no longer presented. Other lists such as the Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year and Best Athlete ESPY Awards are technically selected from the world's best, though they have a very skewed US bias. The BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year goes close, it covers all the sports world except British nationals.
The USA TODAY High School Sports Awards is the largest high school athletic recognition program in the country with 128 local and statewide award programs! Each program selects the best athletes in the area and names athletes of the year for each sport.
Laureus Awards
The Laureus World Sports Awards are awarded annually since 2000 to sports men and women who have been outstanding in sport during the previous year. See the complete list of men's and women's winners. For the men, there have been several multiple winners, with Roger Federer is the best with four wins between 2005-2008. For the women, Serena Williams and Yelena Isinbayeva are the only multiple winners with two wins each. See more about the Laureus Awards.
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- This list of sport awards is an index to articles about notable medals, prizes, and other awards in the field of sport. It is organized by sport. For a given sport, awards are often given for the best players.
L'Équipe Champion of Champions
The French newspaper L'Équipe (a nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sports) has awarded the Champion of Champions award (Champions des champions mondiaux) to the international sportsman of the year. The prize has been awarded in December of each year's since 1980. The winner is selected based on a ballot of hundreds of worldwide sports journalists. See the results for the Champion of Champions Award for all years since 1980. The award was originally open to both men and women, though in 2012 they created a separate award for males and females.
Sports Technology Awards
The annual Sports Technology Awards, first held in 2014, celebrate the vital role technology plays in sport.
United Press International Athlete of the Year Award (no longer awarded)
The United Press International Athlete of the Year Award (male and female) was awarded each year from 1974 to 1995. The winners were decided by a panel of sportswriters and editors from around the world associated with United Press International, though in 1974 and 1975 the voting panel comprised sportswriters and editors exclusively from Europe. See the list of winners of the male UP International Athlete of the Year and the female International Athlete of the Year.
Other Awards
- The Don Award — in recognition of the sporting achievement of the year which has inspired the people of Australia
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YMCA of Greater Bergen County
55th Sports Award Event
November 24, 2020, 7:00 pm
A Virtual Event
Presenting Sponsors
Y Sports Awards Red Carpet
This Event is FREE but we hope you will support our work in the community with a gift that is meaningful to you. Click event button below to join the event on November 24 at 7pm.
Our Annual Sports Award Event will look a little different this year as we plan to hold it virtually for our high school student-athletes. Our adult community leader awardees have been deferred to 2021 when we hope to be able to honor them together with you – in person. Please join us in honoring the Class of 2020 High School Student Athletes.
Honoring Bergen county’s most outstanding high school student athletes.
Strengthening our community - Our Annual Sports Award Banquet is our largest and longest running fundraising event at the Greater Bergen County, a Y Branch of the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges. This year's event is more consequential than any other as our Y and the communities we serve have been devastated due to COVID-19. Even when our Y's closed due to the pandemic, we continued to serve our communities by providing child care for essential workers, academic support programs for our youth, food and basic needs to families, and connections for isolated seniors - all while the Y faced its own financial challenges.
We continue to provide these critical services and more, and the Sports Award Event will enable us to help so many more people who rely on the Y.
For more information contact: Julie Morrow at jmorrow@metroymcas.org or call 201 487 6600 x 206
Registration and Donation
2020 Honorees
J. Barry Stanford Special Achievement
Nicholas Babin, Emerson
Jack Bernik, NV Old Tappan
Shannon Burns, Park Ridge
Thomas Cahill, Ramapo
Ryan Collins, St. Joseph Regional
Sean Hansen, Ramsey
Robert Howard, Bergen Catholic
Nicholas Kayal, Bergen Catholic
Kyle Monangai, Don Bosco Prep
Shane Munroe, Ramapo
Natalie Vega, Elmwood Park
Devin Willock, Paramus Catholic
Jalen Wynn, Academy of the Holy Angels
Matt Zona, Bergen Catholic
High School Student-Athletes
Michael Courtney, Don Bosco
Mariah Fede, Paramus Catholic
Aidan Feulner, Cresskill
Lauren Judd, Ramapo
Anna Morris, Immaculate Heart Academy
Patrick Passalacqua, NV Old Tappan
Kyra Pialtos, NV Demarest
Vincent Pinto, Park Ridge
Grace Smiechowski, Northern Highlands
Jake Tirone, Ramapo
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