SCHOOL SPORT NB AWARDS
Athletes of the Month - 2025-2026
The SSNB Athlete of the Month award exists to recognize outstanding contributions by student-athletes for their accomplishments, dedication and passion within their sport and in the classroom. One female and one male athlete will be chosen each month and highlighted on the SSNB Website and Social Media pages. The program will provide a platform, both in-school and online, to recognize the incredible achievements of talented high school students across the province.
School Sport New Brunswick is pleased to be hosting the 2026 Excellence Awards Banquet on April 23 in Fredericton.
Twenty-four student athletes (listed below) from SSNBs four conferences received the Raymond Légère Excellence Award. These students have shown outstanding qualities throughout the school year while participating in SSNB sports.
Raymond Légère Excellence Award Recipients 2025-2026 The top two, one male and one female, in each school
classification, will receive the William S. Ritchie
Excellence Award. These will be announced at the Award Banquet. The William S. Ritchie Excellence Award recipients are:
Emery Johnson Memorial Award This award goes to the Most Sportsmanlike Coach of the Year and recognizes their outstanding lifetime achievements towards students and SSNB school sports programs. This award is named after Emery Johnson, the former athletic director of Dalhousie Regional High School and the NBIAA Executive Committee, who passed away in November 2003. The Emery Johnson Memorial Award
will be presented to ... Team Sportsmanship of the Year Awards In 2014, School Sport New Brunswick introduced an annual School Sportsmnship of the Year Awards. In 2017, the 'School Award' was modified to a 'Team Award', which aims to recognize a team, whose athletes, coaches and fans promote what sportsmanship is all about in every aspect of high school athletics.The following teams were honored for their accomplishments at the SSNB Sportsmanship Banquet: Eastern Conference
Southern Conference
Western Conference
Miramichi High School - Boys Hockey
École Clément Cormier - Girls Hockey
St. Stephen High School - Girls Hockey
École Sainte Anne - Girls Rugby