Nassau, The Bahamas - The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Lanisha Rolle; Acting Permanent Secretary, Rhoda Jackson and Director of Sports, Timothy Munnings joined members of the nation’s sporting community and stakeholders in recognizing outstanding Bahamians at the National Sports Awards held at SuperClubs Breezes, November 30, 2018. Also present were Executive Director of Culture, Rowena Poiter-Sutherland; The Bahamas Olympic Committee Secretary General, Derron Donaldson; Sports Division staff members and numerous sports-related federations and associations representatives. The Prime Minister’s Award for Male and Female Athlete of the Year went to Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller-Uibo. The winners in various categories and the runner-ups are listed below. (BIS Photo/Eric Rose)
Sports Award Nominations per Category
National Secondary Athletic School of the Year: Tabernacle Baptist Academy
Runner Up:
St. Augustine’s College (SAC)
Federation of the Year: Bahamas Basketball Federation
Runner Ups:
Bahamas Lawn Tennis Assoc.
Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations
Bahamas Judo Federation
Bahamas Volleyball Federation
National Team of the Year: 2018 Davis Cup Team – Tennis
Runner Ups:
2018 BAAA Commonwealth Games Team
Carifta Swim Team
Bahamas Water Polo Team
Coach of the Year: Marvin Rolle - Tennis
Runner Ups:
Rupert Gardiner – Track & Field
Laszlo Borbely – Water Polo
Sensi Oneysi Portorreal Pons – Judo
Most Improved Athlete of the Year: Jonquel Jones - WNBA Basketball *
Runner Ups:
DeAndre Ayton - Basketball
Gabriel Sastre – Water Polo
Tourism Impact Award: Shaunae Miller-Uibo - Track & Field
Runner Up:
D’Arcy Rahming Sr. – Judo
Olympic Committee Award: Joanna Evans - Swimming
Runner Up:
Shaunae Miller-Uibo – Track & Field
Future Star Award: D’Andre Ayton - Basketball
Runner Ups:
Izaak Bastian - Swimming
Jasrado Chisolm - Baseball
Amron Sands - Boxing
Albury Higgs - Swimming
Jasmine Russell u48Kg – Judo
Leevan Sands Courage Award: Justin Roberts - Tennis
Sportsmanship Award: Jimmy Norius - Bodybuilding
Runner Up:
Larry Russell 90Kg – Judo
Community Sports Award: Judo Outreach Program – Holy Family
Runners Up:
Mario Ford Baseball
Fred ‘Papa’ Smith – Baseball
Street Legends Organization - Basketball
Athletes of the Year with Disability:
Deron Forbes (Male)
Charleasa Bain (Female)
Volunteer of the Year: Beverly Wallace-Whitfield
Runner Up
Larry Minns
Collegiate Athlete of the Year: Devynne Charlton – Track & Field
Runners Up
Desmondo Bootle – Judo
Albury Higgs – Swimming
Joanna Evans - Swimming
Minister of Sports – For Excellence:
Allan Murray (Swimming)
Antoan Richardson (Baseball)
Prime Ministers’ Award - Athlete of the Year:
Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Female) – T & F
Steven Gardiner (Male) – T & F
Runners Up:
Joanna Evans - Swimming
Albury Higgs - Swimming
Kerry Cartwright - Tennis
Danielle Thompson – Tennis
Elderich Rahming - Bodybuilding
D’Andre Ayton - Basketball
Jasrado Chisolm – Baseball
Lesley St. Fleur - Soccer
