SASA Awards Program

Darren Lipinski Memorial Award

This award was established in 1975 by Peter and Ellen Lipinski to be awarded annually by the Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association to an individual(s) for outstanding contribution to softball in Saskatoon.

Previous winners of this award were as follows:
1975 - John Newton                1986 - Bob Stayner                           2016 - Dave McCullough
1977 - Glenn Reeve                1988 - Vic Loewen                              2017 - Bernie Burtney
1979 - Andy Lappas                1990 - Don Burfitt                              2018- Brian Shalovelo
1981 - Morris Smysnuik          1992 - Ken Gunn                               2019 - Cal Galambos
1983 - Ray and Dot Pike         1994 - Gaile Abel                               2020 - Ron Fisher                     
1985 - Keith McLean               1996 - Lisa Down
1987 - Joe Gallagher               1998 - Eugene McWillie
1989 - Irene Trimble-Barrett    2000 - Al McKay
1991 - John Haider                  2002 - Bernie Gurash
1993 - Ed Wright                     2004 - Gary MacDonald
1995 - Ed Bitz                          2005 - Bob Revenko
1997 - Ernie Sorokowski         2006 - Wayne & Marlene Paul
1999 - Dave Moore                  2007 - Ted Lester
2001 - George Storos              2008 - Bryan Kosteroski
2003 - Ida Nerbas                    2009 - Noreen Murphy
2005 - Bob Revenko                2010 - Lawrence Beatty
1976 - Bob Van Impe               2011 - Earle Woodside
1978 - Ed Reimer                    2012-Roger Malmgren 
1980 - Dennis Beerling            2013-Doug Schultz
1982 - Jim Shirley                    2014-Gary Burns 
1984 - Gail Hopkins-Cooper    2015- Mark Loehndorf

Past recipients of the award serve on the selection committee to choose the succeeding winners

2020  Darren Lipinski Memorial Award Winner - Ron Fisher (pictured with members of Lipinski family - Cam Lipinski, Sandy Lazar  and Tyler Lazar)