Gretta Schwartz Memorial Award
- Grade 12 Female Athlete of the Year -
All nominees of the John Mayell Memorial and Gretta Schwartz Memorial awards will receive a Certificate of Merit, and winners of these awards will receive a plaque and also receive a congratulatory letter confirming the process to claim their scholarship monies.
The Calgary Booster Club will contact the winners early next spring to invite them to our Sports Gala as our guests for further recognition.
About the Award
This is the Calgary Booster Club & CSHSAA’s second oldest award as partners and was presented in 1958 for the first time to Judy Matthews of Western Canada. The Gretta Schwartz Memorial Award honours the top female student athlete in grade 12 and recognizes her achievements over three years of high school.
About Gretta Schwartz
Gretta was an outstanding physical education teacher at Western Canada High School in the 1950’s and Assistant Supervisor of Physical Education for the Calgary Board of Education in the 60’s. She was a strong advocate for girls physical education and athletics and through her leadership raised their level of recognition and importance to new levels of success.
Honoured Recipients
| Year | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Ivy Poetker | Central Memorial High School |
| 2022-23 | Esther Choi | William Aberhart High School |
| 2021-22 | Jenae Navarro | Bishop Carroll High School |
| 2020-21 | Anne Yeomans | Dr. E.P. Scarlett |
| 2019-20 | Carolyn Berze | St. Francis |
| 2018-19 | Rachel Ghitter | James Fowler |
| 2017-18 | Nicole Krahn | St. Mary’s |
| 2016-17 | Riva Kessel | Dr. E.P. Scarlett |
| 2015-16 | Madeleine Browne | Sir Winston Churchill |
| 2014-15 | Rachel Hawkins | Bishop Carroll |
| 2013-14 | Katelyn Dimmell | Bishop Grandin |
| 2012-13 | Brianna Ghali | William Aberhart |
| 2011-12 | Mikhaila Fitzsimmons | St. Mary’s |
| 2010-11 | Larissa Costella | Ernest Manning |
| 2009-10 | Kristina Quan | Dr. E.P. Scarlett |
| 2008-09 | Stephanie McCusker | Bishop McNally |
| 2007-08 | Megan MacLean | Sir Winston Churchill |
| 2006-07 | Kelsey Kublik | St. Francis |
| 2005-06 | Amy Woo | Queen Elizabeth |
| 2004-05 | Becky Iwanicki | St. Francis |
| 2003-04 | (Tie) Pamela Weatherbee | Lester B. Pearson |
| 2003-04 | (Tie) Samantha Zanini | St. Francis |
| 2002-03 | Kelly Amundson | William Aberhart |
| 2001-02 | Devon Plesuk | Ernest Manning |
| 2000-01 | Laura Watson | Sir Winston Churchill |
| 1998-99 | Miranda Morgan | Bowness |
| 1998-98 | Emma Climie | Lord Beaverbrook |
| 1996-97 | (Tie) Sarah Chelbana | St. Mary’s |
| 1996-97 | (Tie) Kelly Clerkson | Lord Beaverbrook |
| 1995-96 | Marci Stonehocker | Dr. E. P. Scarlett |
| 1994-95 | Jana Jean | Kerley Lord Beaverbrook |
| 1993-94 | Debbie Zelez | Lester B. Pearson |
| 1992-93 | Christy Suh | Sir Winston Churchill |
| 1991-92 | Lana Buchberger | Lord Beaverbrook |
| 1990-91 | Cyntia Pastega | St. Francis |
| 1989-90 | Stacy Kozak | Father Lacombe |
| 1988-89 | Ludmyla Diduch | Bishop Carroll |
| 1987-88 | Carol Dolan | James Fowler |
| 1986-87 | Jody Nicholson | William Aberhart |
| 1985-86 | Joy Johnson | Forest Lawn |
| 1984-85 | Laura Nalder | Lord Beaverbrook |
| 1983-84 | Dyane McLurg | Dr. E. P. Scarlett |
| 1982-83 | Jolayne Anderson | John G. Diefenbaker |
| 1981-82 | Cathy Esser | Ernest Manning |
| 1980-81 | Lavonah Mulion | Father Lacombe |
| 1979-80 | Alison King | Sir Winston Churchill |
| 1978-79 | Bonnie MacRae | Bishop Carroll |
| 1977-78 | Laura Buehning | Queen Elizabeth |
| 1976-77 | Janet Kanuka | St. Mary’s |
| 1975-76 | Nicolle Pfaffe | Forest Lawn |
| 1974-75 | Lori Chizik | Dr. E. P. Scarlett |
| 1973-74 | Linda Preugger | Central Memorial |
| 1972-73 | Terri Thomson | Ernest Manning |
| 1971-72 | (Tie) Linda Easthope | Sir Winston Churchill |
| 1971-72 | (Tie) Carin McBean | Central Memorial |
| 1970-71 | Gail Yeomans | Central Memorial |
| 1969-70 | Raelene MacDonald | Ernest Manning |
| 1968-69 | Bev Edwards | Crescent Heights |
| 1967-68 | Joan Blight | Crescent Heights |
| 1966-67 | Nancy Robertson | Queen Elizabeth |
| 1965-66 | Liz Vanderstam | Viscount Bennett |
| 1964-65 | Marilyn McNeill | Western Canada |
| 1963-64 | Gwen Maliphant | Viscount Bennett |
| 1962-63 | Lynn Jones | Western Canada |
| 1961-62 | (Tie) Sheila Iversen | William Aberhart |
| 1961-62 | (Tie) Shirley Zmurchyk | Viscount Bennett |
| 1960-61 | Bonnie Caulfield | William Aberhart |
| 1959-60 | Peggy Smith | Viscount Bennett |
| 1958-59 | Fran Van Sant | Crescent Heights |
| 1957-58 | Judy Matthews | Western Canada |
| Year | Name | School |