Saskatchewan announces annual award winners

The Saskatchewan Soccer Association announced its award winners at its Annual Banquet this Saturday night. The two big award winners were Senior Players of the Year Mark Korthuis and Jenine Stangier.



Other award winners were Youth Players of the Year Mitchell Bauche and Megan Schenher, Senior Coach of the Year Matt Macknack, Youth Coach of the Year Phil Rapin, Referee of the Year Chad Salisbury, Volunteer of the Year Dena Clark and David Newsham Volunteer Award winner John Leyshon. The Senior Team of the Year was WMG Prairie Canucks while the Youth Team of the Year was Aurora Elite U-16.



Korthuis, a former member of Canada’s National Training Centre program, helped Huskie Alumni win the 2009 Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League championship. He then played in his team’s four matches at the 2009 BMO National Championships Challenge Trophy competition in Saskatoon, SK. He scored the opening goal of an impressive 3:0 win over eventual-champion Hellas SC.



Stangier, meanwhile, helped Saskatoon NATA win the 2009 Saskatchewan provincial title. At the 2009 BMO National Championships Jubilee Trophy competition, Stangier helped NATA finish fourth overall, the best-ever finish by a Saskatchewan club at the senior women’s competition. Stangier now joins Amy Vermeulen as the only three-time winners of the Saskatchewan Senior Female Player of the Year award since 1993.