Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award

The Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award is awarded to the top player in the playoff round of the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts.^[1] The winner is selected by members of the media, and is awarded at the victory banquet held after the final game of the bonspiel. The top player at the tournament has been recognized since 1997, when Marcia Gudereit won the award. After Sandra Schmirler's death at 36 due to cancer, the award was renamed starting in 2001.^[1] The current holder of the Schmirler Award is Lisa Weagle of Ontario.

Colleen Jones has won the Schmirler Award three times, the most of any woman. Kelly Scott is the only other woman who has won the award more than once.^[1] Scott won the award once while representing her home province of British Columbia and the next year when she was representing Team Canada as the reigning champion.

Past winners

Year	Player	Team	Position
1997	Marcia Gudereit	Saskatchewan	Lead
1998	Brenda Bohmer	Alberta	Second
1999	Kim Kelly	Nova Scotia	Third
2000	Julie Skinner	British Columbia	Third
2001	Nancy Delahunt	Nova Scotia	Lead
2002	Colleen Jones	Canada	Skip
2003	Colleen Jones	Canada	Skip
2004	Colleen Jones	Canada	Skip
2005	Jenn Hanna	Ontario	Skip
2006	Kelly Scott	British Columbia	Skip
2007	Kelly Scott	Canada	Skip
2008	Cathy Overton-Clapham	Manitoba	Third
2009	Jennifer Jones	Canada	Skip
2010	Erin Carmody	Prince Edward Island	Fourth
2011	Amber Holland	Saskatchewan	Skip[2]
2012	Heather Nedohin	Alberta	Skip[3]
2013	Lisa Weagle	Ontario	Lead[4]
2014	Rachel Homan	Canada	Skip[5]

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