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)