Syl Apps Athlete of the Year Award

The Syl Apps Athlete of the Year Award, unveiled by the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame on January 13, 1998, recognizes Ontario's Athlete of the Year. Named in honour of the former Toronto Maple Leafs' captain and Olympic and Commonwealth Games pole vaulter Syl Apps, the award is the first of its kind for Ontario.

Voting for the award is presented annually by the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Those eligible to vote include Ontario-based sports writers, broadcasters/personalities with at least 10 years covering sports in this province, members of the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors and the Hall's Advisory Board. Points are awarded on a five, three and one point structure with voters asked to name their top three athletic performers on their ballot.

To be eligible for the Award, athletes must be Ontario-born or Ontario-based and made an outstanding and memorable contribution to Ontario sports during the previous calendar year.[1]

Online Voting

Since 2015, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame has started to poll online for the public of Ontario to vote for the next Syl Apps Athlete of the Year award recipient. In its first year, Brooke Henderson was selected by the voters of Ontario as the athlete that best deserved the honour. She received an overwhelming majority of the votes beating out professional and amateur athletes like Kyle Lowry, Milos Raonic, and Russell Martin.[2]

In 2016, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame recognized Brad Sinopoli, a Canadian football wide receiver who is currently playing for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League, as the Syl Apps Athlete of the Year. The online public vote to determine the award recipient concluded on March 31, 2016 with Sinopoli edging out other top professional competitors such as Andre De Grasse, Brooke Henderson and Kadeisha Buchanan to win. He received nearly 30% of total votes cast.[3]

Winners

Milos Raonic, 2013 and 2014 winner
Brooke Henderson, 2015 winner
Key
Year Winner Sport Win #
1997 Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens Baseball 2
1998 Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens Baseball 2
1999 Weir, MikeMike Weir Golf 3
2000 Weir, MikeMike Weir Golf 3
2001 Carter, VinceVince Carter Basketball 1
2002 Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman Hockey 1
2003 Weir, MikeMike Weir Golf 3
2004 Van Koeverden, AdamAdam Van Koeverden Rowing 3
2005 Allen, DamonDamon Allen Canadian Football 3
2006 None - -
2007 None - -
2008 Lamaze, EricEric Lamaze Equestrian 1
2009 Nestor, DanielDaniel Nestor Tennis 2
2010 Votto, JoeyJoey Votto Baseball 1
2011 Chan, PatrickPatrick Chan Figure skating 3
2012 MacLennan, RosieRosie MacLennan Trampoline Gymnast 1
2013 Raonic, MilosMilos Raonic Tennis 2
2014 Raonic, MilosMilos Raonic Tennis 2
2015 Henderson, BrookeBrooke Henderson * Golf 1
2016 Sinopoli, BradBrad Sinopoli * Canadian Football 1

References

  1. ↑ "Syl Apps Athlete of the Year Award". Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Brooke Henderson wins Syl Apps Ontario Athlete of the Year Award". Golf Association of Ontario. 23 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Redblacks receiver Brad Sinopoli voted Ontario athlete of year for 2015". Ottawa Citizen. 18 April 2016.


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