2026 Baseball Manitoba Award Winner Announcement

Sep. 14, 2026

The Awards Committee has met, deliberated and decided on the 2026 Award Winners! Over 45 individual nominations were considered, here are the results:

2026 Award Winners

Grassroots Team of the Year: 11U AA Brandon Marlins

High Performance Team of the Year: Minor: 16U Girls Provincial Team

High Performance Team of the Year: Major: 22U Carillon Sultans

Grassroots Coach of the Year: Andrew Moreau (RA Steen)

High Performance Coach of the Year: Blaine Fortin (Lundar)

13U Player of the Year: Quinn Naturkach (Brandon)

14U Girls Player of the Year: Chloé Nast (Ste Agathe)

15U Player of the Year: Rhett Dyck (Morden)

16U Girls Player of the Year: Josie Miller (Headingley)

18U Player of the Year: Logan Patterson (Winnipeg South)

19U Women's Player of the Year: Caitlan Nickel (Brandon)

22U (Junior) Player of the Year: Cedric Lagasse (St. Adolphe)

Senior Men's Player of the Year: Brett Boudreau (Elmwood)

Senior Women's Player of the Year: Jewell Thompson (MacGregor)

Challenger Player of the Year: Grayson Krystik (Oakbank)

Volunteer of the Year: Don Meilleur (St. Adolphe) & Nicky Saindon (NWMBA)

Derrick Dubell Grassroots Umpire of the Year: Louis Tetrault (La Broquerie)

Ron Shewchuk High Performance Umpire of the Year: Marv Falk (Altona)

Larry Nicholls Umpire Award of Merit: Ernest Elder (Brandon)

Honour Society: Greg Hercina (Dauphin), Brad Schoonbaert (Brandon), and Gerry Janz (Baldur)

Congratulations to all winners from all of us at Baseball Manitoba!*

*All winners have been notified via email.

2026 Baseball Manitoba Awards Banquet

We are proud to present our 2026 Awards Program honouring our best coaches, officials, players, teams, volunteers, and honourary members for their performances and/or contributions to the sport of baseball. This year's ceremony will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Join us in celebrating another great year of baseball in Manitoba! Find more information, including the event schedule and how to purchase tickets, on our event page linked below.