Paige Crozon • Humboldt • Basketball
Nominated by Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association

Paige Crozon, 17, has placed in many competitions in the sport of basketball, including the Team Saskatchewan U17 Nationals in Winnipeg, Manitoba; the Team Canada U19 Women's World Championship in Peurto Monti, Chile; the Team Canada U18 3 x 3 Youth World Championship in Rimini, Italy; and the Team Canada Pan-Am Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. She has also received a gold medal for the SHSAA Hoopla Basketball Provincials in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and a silver medal at the SHSAA Volleyball Provincials in Rosetown, Saskatchewan. Her success is not only due to her high skill level, but also to her dedication, work ethic, positive attitude and motivated spirit.

Danielle Drury • Saskatoon • Racquetball
Nominated by Racquetball Saskatchewan

Danielle Drury, 14, has shown strong results as a racquetball player. She has received a silver medal at both the Junior National Racquetball Championship in Burnaby, British Columbia, as well as the Junior World Racquetball Championship in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. She also received a gold medal at the Junior National Racquetball Championship in Burnaby, British Columbia. In addition to these accomplishments, Danielle is also involved in playing competitive soccer and hockey.

Gabrielle Edwards • Saskatoon • Triathlon
Nominated by Saskatchewan Triathlon Association Corporation

Gabrielle Edwards, 17, has received four silver medals for her competitions, including the Tri Canada National Jr. Elite Race in St. Malo, Manitoba; the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops. British Columbia; the Clermont Triathlon Junior North American Championships in Clermont, Florida; and the Brazil Fast Elite Women Team Triathlon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has also received a bronze medal at the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, British Columbia. Gabrielle's accomplishments have qualified her to represent Canada in 2012 at the North American Jr. Elite Championship in Mexico, and the Pan Am Tri Championship in Edmonton, Alberta.

Courtney Erickson • Quill Lake • Athletics
Nominated by Saskatchewan Athletics

Courtney Erickson, 18, has ranked 1st for both junior women's pole vault indoors and outdoors for Saskatchewan Athletics, and ranked 2nd indoors and 3rd outdoors for junior women's pole vault for Athletics Canada. She has also bronze medals for both the National Junior Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, British Columbia. In addition, she received silver at the Saskatchewan Provincial Championships in Saskatoon, competing in the senior age class.

Emily Schaan • Saskatoon • Judo
Nominated by Judo Saskatchewan

Emily Schaan, 17, has won many competitions for her efforts in both judo and wrestling. For judo, she placed 2nd in the Canada Winter Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She later placed 3rd in the U20 National Championship in Sept-Illes, Quebec, and placed 1st in the Junior US Open in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For wrestling, she placed 1st in the Provincial Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan, which qualified her to advance to Nationals. She later placed 2nd at the High School National Championship in Windsor, Ontario. She also placed 1st at the FILA Cadet National Championships in Windsor, Ontario, which qualified her to advance to the Cadet World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Emily has proven herself to be an impressive athlete in her divisions.

Kiera West • Regina • Baton
Nominated by Saskatchewan Baton Twirling Association

Kiera West, 16, has received a variety of medals for her competitions at provincial and national levels in Canada. In addition to this, she also received the gold medal at the International Cup Championship in Jacksonville, Florida, officially making her the best in the world for her competition category in 2011. She also placed in the top 5 of all her other entered events at the International Cup. These accomplishments have moved Kiera up in the World Junior rankings - from 4th last year to first this year.