Kerry Galusha has won the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award for the at the 2017 Scotties® Tournament of Hearts. The award winner is chosen by the players voting. This is the first time the award has been given to a player from the Northwest Territories.
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
- 2016 - Ashley Howard, Saskatchewan (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2015 – Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2014 – Sherry Anderson, Saskatchewan (Marj Mitchell Award)
- 2013 - Sasha Carter, British Columbia (Marj Mitchell 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)
