Recognition by the Sport's Community

• Duraflex International World Diver Award
• Olympic Hall of Fame
• Aquatic Hall of Fame of Canada
• Aquatic Federation of Canada Award
• Canadian Sport Awards
• SPEEDO® Athlete Olympic Bonus Program
• SPEEDO® Major Competition Bonus Program
• Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards
• Jack Donohue Coaching Award
• Geoff Gowan Coaching Award
• Sheila Robertson Award
• Commonwealth Games Award of Merit
• Fox 40 Sport Official Awards
• Canada’s Sport Hall of Fame

Diving Plongeon Canada Awards

• Athlete of the Year
• Beverley Boys Award
• Outstanding Junior Diver
• Isabel Warren Award
• Senior Coach of the Year
• Junior Coach of the Year
• President's Honour Roll
• John Dickinson Awards of Merit
• Vaughan Baird Award

Duraflex International World Diver Award
Established in 2007, the Duraflex International World Diver Award is to be presented every four years to the top male and female divers over that period.

Past Recipients include:
2007 - Alexandre Despatie

Olympic Hall of Fame
The Canadian Olympic Hall of fame honours those who have served the cause of the Olympic Movement with distinction. Here are the athletes, coaches, officials, administrators and volunteers whose dedication, sportsmanship and achievements have made an exemplary contribution to the Canadian Olympic Movement.

The Canadian Olympic Association honours a select group of exceptional athletes, coaches and supporters by inducting them into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.

Divers named to Canada’s Olympic Hall of Fame:
George Athans Sr.
Sylvie Bernier
Beverley Boys
Donald Dion
Eldon Godfrey
Irene MacDonald
Anne Montminy
Annie Pelletier
Alfred Phillips
Donald Webb

Aquatic Hall of Fame of Canada
To be nominated, a diver must have obtained a gold medal in the Olympics or World Championships, or two gold medals at a PanAm or Commonwealth Games. (Prior to 1994 a diver had to collect only one gold medal to be nominated.)

Divers who have been named to the Aquatic Hall of Fame of Canada:

Aquatic Federation of Canada Award
Established in 1980, the Aquatic Federation of Canada Awards acknowledge achievements in aquatic sports.
Past recipients include:

Canadian Sport Awards
The Canadian Sport Awards recognize and showcase excellence in Canadian sport. Established in 1972, these awards have evolved to become the premier recognition event for sporting excellence. A nationally-televised gala, the Canadian Sport Awards brings together approximately 700 members of the sport community to honour the spirit, drive and commitment of Canada's world level athletes, coaches corporations, volunteers, and sport leaders.

Speedo® Athlete Olympic Bonus Program
SPEEDO® makes bonus payments to divers who medal at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Athletes are awarded $6000; $3000; and $1000 for gold, silver and bronze medal performances respectively.

Speedo® Major Competition Bonus Program
SPEEDO® provided bonus payments to divers winning medals at the 2001 FINA World Championships, 2002 FINA World Cup, 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2003 FINA World Championships, and/or 2003 Pan Am Games.
Athletes must have won their medal(s) in SPEEDO® National Team apparel and swimwear.

Recipients include: 2006 Commonwealth Games: Alexandre Despatie: Three gold (1M, 3M, & 3M synchro), Bronze (10M) Arturo Miranda: Gold on 3M synchro Blythe Hartley: Two gold (1M & 3M) Emilie Heymans: Bronze on 10M Meaghan Benfeito: Bronze on 10M synchro Roseline Filion: Bronze on 10M synchro Melanie Rinaldi: Silver on 3M synchro Rebecca Barras: Silver on 3M synchro Michel Larouche: Commonwealth Coach YiHua Li: Commonwealth Coach Trevor Palmatier: Commonwealth Coach 2005 World Championships: Alexandre Despatie: Two gold (1M & 3M) Blythe Hartley: Gold on 1M Meaghan Benfeito: Bronze on 10M synchro Roseline Filion: Bronze on 10M synchro 2003 Pan American Games: Emilie Heymans: Three gold (10M, 3M synchro, 10M synchro), Silver (3M) Alexandre Despatie: Three gold (3M, 3M synchro, 10M synchro), Bronze (10M) Blythe Hartley: Two gold (3M, 3M synchro), Bronze (10M) Philippe Comtois: Two gold (3M synchro, 10M synchro) Marie-Eve Marleau: Gold (10M synchro) 2003 FINA World Championships: Alexandre Despatie: Gold (10M) Emilie Heymans: Gold (10M) Blythe Hartley: Bronze (1M) Commonwealth Games: Alexandre Despatie: Two gold (1M & 3M), Bronze (10M) Blythe Hartley: Silver (1M), Bronze (10M) Emilie Heymans: Two silver (3M & 10M) 2002 FINA World Cup: Alexandre Despatie: Silver (1M) 2001 FINA World Championships: Blythe Hartley: Gold (1M) Alexandre Despatie: Silver (10M)

Kelly Doody - Speedo & Roseline Filion

Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards
The Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards recognizes coaches whose athletes have won medals in open world championships, at the Olympic Games, at the Special Olympics World Games, or at the Paralympic Games. Recipients of the award are honoured at the Coaching Association of Canada’s annual Sport Leadership Awards Dinner where they receive appropriate recognition before their peers.

Past recipients include:

Jack Donohue Coaching Award
This award is presented annually by Coaches of Canada in recognition of a coach's dedication to the profession of coaching and the outstanding performance of their athletes during the past competitive season.

Past Recipients include:
2003 - Michel Larouche

Past finalists include:
2008 - Yihua Li

Geoff Gowan Coaching Award
This prestigious award was created in 1996 to honour Geoffrey Gowan, CM, PhD, retiring CAC president, and to recognize lifetime contribution to coaching development. The CAC board of directors selects the recipients.

Past Recipients include:
2004 - Donald Dion

Sheila Robertson Award
Introduced in 2005, this award is presented to the National Sport Organization that demonstrates a commitment to promoting and recognizing its coaches within the organization and the community through the use of various media outlets

Past Recipients include:
2006 - Diving Plongeon Canada

Commonwealth Games Award of Merit
The Award of Merit honours individuals who have made distinguished and lasting contributions to the aims and objectives of the Commonwealth Games Canada, the Commonwealth Games Foundation of Canada (CGFC), Commonwealth Games Team, and the Commonwealth Sport Development Program. The awards are presented at the M.M. Bobby Robinson Banquet on Saturday. Robinson, a Canadian reporter and team manager, was the creator of the British Empire Games, which became the Commonwealth Games.

Past recipients include:
2000 - Vaughan Baird

Fox 40 Sport Official Awards
Each year, Fox 40 International, in collaboration with Sport Officials Canada (SOC), honours a male and a female official in the following categories:
· High Performance Sport: university/collegiate, national, or international level
· Developmental Sport: community, school, club, provincial, or Canada Games level

Past recipients include:
2007 - Vaughan Baird (Allan G. Rae Builder Award)
2005 - Kathy Seaman
2000 - Beverley Boys

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1955 to preserve the record of Canadian sport achievements and to promote a greater awareness of our nation’s heritage of sport. Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame recognizes persons who, by their achievements, have brought distinction to Canada in their sport or by their contribution to the development and advancement of sport and athletic endeavour in Canada.

Past recipients include:
1987 - Sylvie Bernier
1981 - Irene MacDonald
1979 - Beverley Boys

Diving Plongeon Canada Awards

Diving Plongeon Canada offers a number of awards to recognize outstanding contributions to the art
and sport of diving.

Divers

Athlete of the Year
Conceived in 2000, this award is presented annually to one male and one female diver who have demonstrated academic and professional achievement, community involvement and outstanding athletic achievements. Candidates are chosen as role models, embodying the ideals and values of the sport of diving.

Past recipients include:   2010 Jennifer Abel Alexandre Despatie   2009 Émilie Heymans Reuben Ross   2008 Émilie Heymans Alexandre Despatie   2007 Marie- Éve Marleau Alexandre Despatie   2006 Roseline Filion Alexandre Despatie   2005 Blythe Hartley Alexandre Despatie   2004 Myriam Boileau Alexandre Despatie   2003 Emilie Heymans Alexandre Despatie   2002 Emilie Heymans Alexandre Despatie   2001 Blythe Hartley Alexandre Despatie   2000 Anne Montminy Alexandre Despatie

(L to R) Claude Cormier, Jenn Abel, and Dr. Margo Mountjoy

Beverley Boys Award
The Beverley Boys Award is presented at the Senior National Championships to the top male and top female divers of the competition. To be eligible, divers must compete in all three events: 1 metre, 3 metre and 10 metre.The award is named after Beverley Boys who represented Canada in international competition for 14 years. Over that time Beverley won 34 National diving titles, three gold, three silver and one bronze medal in four Commonwealth Games, and represented Canada at the Olympic Games in 1968, 1972 and 1976. She was twice recognized as Canadian Female Athlete of the Year and is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Beverley Boys has maintained her involvement in diving as Executive Director of Dive B.C. and in representing Canada as an official at the 1992, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games.

		Past recipients include:
		Summer	Winter
	2011	Shane Miskiel - Michelle Piper Kulak	Riley McCormick - Janie Potvin
	2010	Eric Sehn - Jessica Whelan	Riley McCormick - Rachel Kemp
	2009	Eric Sehn - Pamela Ware	Maxime Morneau-Ricard, Morgan Weller
	2008	Reuben Ross, Janie Potvin	Shane Miszkiel, Jennifer Abel
	2007	François Imbeau-Dulac, Pamela Ware	Eric Sehn, Meaghan Benfeito
	2006	Eric Sehn, Meaghan Benfeito	Alexandre Despatie, Rachel Kemp
	2005	Kevin Geyson, Marie-Josee Lacroix	Alexandre Despatie, Meaghan Benfeito
	2004	—	Erik Petursson, Jenna Dreyer
	2003	Erik Petursson, Blythe Hartley	Alexandre Despatie, Emilie Heymans
	2002	Philippe Comtois, Blythe Hartley	Alexandre Despatie, Emilie Heymans
	2001	Alexandre Despatie, Emmanuelle B. Dupuis	Christopher Kalec, Emilie Heymans
	2000	Erik Petursson, Adrienne Bell	Blythe Hartley, Tony Revitt
	1999	Eryn Bulmer, Philippe Comtois	Anne Montminy, Alexandre Despatie
	1998	Myriam Boileau, Chris LePoole	Anne Montminy, Philippe Comtois
	1997	Myriam Boileau, Philippe Comtois	Alida DiPlacido, Chris LePoole
	1996	Anne-Josee Dionne, Igor Kopecky	Anne Montminy, Chris LePoole
	1995	Paige Gordon, Philippe Comtois	Anne Montminy, Chris LePoole
	1994	Anne Montminy, Lee Jay Strifle	Paige Gordon, David Bedard
	1993	Annie Pelletier, Mark Rourke	Mary DePiero, David Bedard
	1992	—	Evelyne Boisvert, Angela Borthwick, David Bedard
	1991	Annie Pelletier, Bruno Fournier	Paige Gordon, David Bedard
	1990	Mary DePiero, Mark Rourke	—
	1989	Anna Dacyshyn, Mark Rourke	—
	1985	Kathy Keleman, John Nash	—

Outstanding Junior Diver Award
This annual award recognizes one male and one female in each age group of the Junior National Championships. To be eligible, divers must compete in all three events: 1-metre, 3-metre and platform.

	Past recipients include:
			Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
	2011		Pamela Ware Marc Sabourin-Germain	Vincent Riendeau Michelle Piper Kulak	Emily Schmidt Nicolas Nogeura	Faith Zacharias Henry McKay
	2010		Pamela Ware Shane Miskiel	Sam Valentine Michelle Piper Kulak	Emily Schmidt Philippe Gagné	Dominiqiue Cadieux Félix Gauthier
	2009		Carol Ann Ware Shane Miskiel	Myriam Selmani Nicholas Beaupré	Frederique Lalonde Vincent Riendeau	Dominiqiue Cadieux Aidan Faminoff
	2008		Carol Ann Ware Maxim Bouchard	Rachel Kemp Austin Mix	Frederique Lalonde Dylan Grissel	Savannah Neddo Vincent Riendeau
	2007		Meaghan Benfeito Riley McCormick	Pamela Ware Brennan Villemaire	Cassidy Nora Gagnon-Lenihan Nicholas Beaupré	Frederique Lalonde Vincent Riendeau
	2006		Meaghan Benfeito Maxim Bouchard	Jennifer Abel Riley McCormick	Rachel Kemp Cole Miller	Courtney Hattie Sam Valentine
	2005		Meaghan Benfeito Martin D'Amour	Gabrielle Trudeau Maxim Bouchard	Sabrina Beaupre Shane Miszkiel	Molly Schupbach Patrick Heaney
	2004		Wegadesk Gorup-Paul Jenna Dreyer	Maxim Bouchard Meaghan Benfeito	Riley McCormick Carol-Ann Ware	Kevin Vos Rachel Kemp

Isabel Warren Award
Presented by the Etobicoke Diving Club, The Isabel Warren Award recognizes one male and one female diver in group B who records the highest cumulative score in the compulary diving portion of the championships. To be eligable, divers must compete on all three boards (1m, 3m, and tower).

Coaches

Selected annually, this award recognizes the outstanding performances of one Senior and one Junior Canadian Coach.

Senior Coach of the Year 2010 - César Henderson 2009 - Aaron Dziver and César Henderson 2008 - Yihua Li 2007 - César Henderson 2006 - Yihua Li 2005 - Trevor Palmatier 2004 - Michel Larouche and Cesar Henderson 2003 - Michel Larouche 2002 - Michel Larouche 2001 - Michel Larouche 2000 - Yihua Li 1999 - Michel Larouche 1998 - Michel Larouche 1997 - Michel Larouche 1996 - Michel Larouche 1995 - Donald Dion 1994 - Yihua Li 1993 - Michel Larouche

(L to R) Michel Larouche, Cesar Henderson, and Dr. Saul Marks

Junior Coach of the Year 2010 - Aaron Dziver 2009 - Aaron Dziver 2008 - Ioana Marinescu & Lisa Boog 2007 - Andrée Pouliot-Deschamps 2006 - Aaron Dziver and David Flewwelling 2005 - Cesar Henderson 2004 - Dallas Ludwick 2003 - Andrée Pouliot-Deschamps 2002 - Tommy McLeod 2001 - César Henderson 2000 - Aurelie Gibson 1999 - Tommy McLeod 1998 - Tommy McLeod 1997 - César Henderson 1996 - César Henderson 1995 - César Henderson 1994 - César Henderson

(L to R) Michel Larouche, Aaron Dziver, and Dr. Margo Mountjoy

Members

President’s Honour Roll
The President’s Honour Roll is presented annually to recognize significant contributions to the activities and initiatives of Diving Canada.

Past recipients include:   2010 Benoit Pichette, Gordon Peterson, Mike Morris   2009 Steve Carrol, Bev Hugenholtz   2008 Pierrette Wong, Benoit Séguin   2007 Erik Petursson   2006 Hugh Gudmandson, Klara Kalec   2005 Harold Cliff, Linda Cuthbert, Mitch Geller, Hélène Morneau   2004 Monique Plouffe, Speedo, Canadian Olympic Committee   2003 Guy St-Michel, Bernie Olnski   2002 Mike Morris, Tim Pfeifer   2001 Bev Hugenholtz, Trevor Palmatier, Centre for Sport and Law (Hilary Findlay, Rachel Corbett)   2000 Mark Fromson, Neil Hodge, Mark Veaudry, Mike Lang

Kathy Seaman and Benoit Séguin

John Dickinson Award of Merit
Conceived in 1981, the John Dickinson Award of Merit is Diving Plongeon Canada’s most prestigious annual award. Each year, it recognizes a volunteer who has made an exceptional contribution to the sport of diving.

Past recipients include:   2010 Dr. Saul Marks   2009 Cindy Casper   2008 Heather Turner   2007 Mike Lang   2006 Donald Dion   2005 Nancy Brawley   2004 Hélène Morneau   2003 Margie Schuett   2002 Donald Normand   2001 Linda Cuthbert   2000 Gordon Peterson   1999 Michel Couture   1998 Beverley Boys   1997 Herb Flewwelling   1996 Jim Henderson   1995 Denis Casey   1994 Donna Sherry   1993 Vi Hirst   1992 Donna Atkinson   1991 Marnie Tatham   1990 Elizabeth Jack   1989 Dany Boulanger   1988 Lorraine Wyland   1987 Mary Anne Edgeworth   1986 Mark Lowry   1985 Eldon Godfrey   1984 Not Presented   1983 Nancy Robertson-Brawley   1982 Don Webb

(L to R) Dive Ontario president Janice Moore, Dr. Saul Marks, and Vaughan Baird

Vaughan Baird Award
The Vaughan Baird Award, conceived in 1981, is granted to a member of the executive who produces the greatest contribution to the art as well as the sport of diving.

Past recipients include:   2006 Linda Cuthbert     2005 Gordon Peterson   2003 Beverley Boys   2002 Nancy Brawley   2001 Kathy Seaman   1997 George Plourde   1991 Irene MacDonald   1983 Margaret Scott   1982 Eldon Godfrey   1981 Gerry York

Linda Cuthbert & Vaughan Baird