Amanda Gates has won the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award for the 2012 Scotties® Tournament of Hearts. The award winner is chosen by the players voting.
The award is named each year in honour of an individual who exemplified the spirit of curling and had had a lasting impact on the region hosting The Scott Tournament of Hearts.
Past Winners of the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award
- 2011 - Cathy Overton-Clapham, Manitoba (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2010 – Kelly Scott, British Columbia (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2009 – Cori Bartel, Alberta (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2008 – Stefanie Clark, Prince Edward Island (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2007 – Stefanie Clark, Prince Edward Island (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2006 – Kelly Scott, British Columbia (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2005 – Stefanie Richard, Prince Edward Island (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2004 – Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2003 – Anne Dunn, Ontario (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2002 – Meredith Doyle, Nova Scotia (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2001 – Jane Arseneau, New Brunswick (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2000 – Anne Merklinger, Ontario (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 1999 – Jane Arseneau, New Brunswick (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 1998 – Anne Merklinger, Ontario (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 1997 – Alison Goring, Ontario (Diana Doe Award)
- 1996 – Stephanie Marchand, Quebec (Arline Wilson Award)
- 1995 – Alison Goring, Ontario (Bob Stewart Award)
- 1994 – Patti McKnight, Ontario (Effie Hezzelwood Award)
- 1993 – Laurie Allen, Team Canada (Mabel Mitchell Award)
- 1992 – Heidi Hanlon, New Brunswick (Joyce Myers Award)
- 1991 – Alison Goring, Team Canada (Vera Pezer Award)
- 1990 – Jackie-Rae Greening, Alberta (Lee Tobin Award)
- 1989 – Heidi Hanlon, New Brunswick (Sylvia Fedoruk Award)
- 1988 – Mary Baird, Nova Scotia (Caroline Ball Award)
- 1987 – Kim Duck, Ontario (Myrna McQuarrie Award)
- 1986 – Mabel Thompson, Alberta (Jo Wallace Award)
- 1985 – Cathy Dillon, Prince Edward Island (Lura McLuckie Award)
- 1984 – Yvonne Smith, Ontario (Elizabeth MacDonald Award)
- 1983 – Penny LaRocque, Nova Scotia (Ina Hansen Award)
- 1982 – Carol Thompson, Ontario (Joyce McKee Award)
