USARS INLINE HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Winning this award, first given in 1996, identifies the recipient as the USARS Inline Hockey Player of the Year. It may be awarded to a current hockey athlete, or team, who typifies the best in inline hockey through consistently superior performance, outstanding progress through the competitive season or contributions made in showcasing the sport to others.
To receive this award, the candidate must:
1) Be a USARS member in good standing
2) Have demonstrated clearly superior performance throughout the competitive year; or, the individual must have made an outstanding effort to improve his or her level of
achievement during the competitive year;
3) Have demonstrated a willingness to share his or her event knowledge with others through
participation in exhibitions, demonstrations, clinics; or, through acceptance of invitations to visit other countries for these purposes;
4) Have conducted himself or herself with distinction at all events in which he or she represented inline hockey for the USA Roller Sports or the United States.
Past award recipients are:
2011 – Lara Veharanta, LaVerne, California
2010 - Mike Urbano, Huntington Beach, California
2009 - Michael Urbano, Huntington Beach, California
2008 - 2008 Men’s World Team: Brandon Barnette , Michael Ciolli, Travis Fudge, Luis Gonzalez, Peter Messina, Jonathan Mosenson, Sean Sullivan, Gregory Thompson, Eric Weichselbaumer, Brian Yingling, Charles “CJ” Yoder, Timothy Tobin (Goalie), Michael Urbano (Goalie)
2007 - Antoinette Maldonado, New Haven, Connecticut
2006 - Brittany Martin, Torrance, California
2005 - Rob Laurie of Long Beach, California
2004 - C.J. Yoder, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
2003 - Mike Ciolli, Springs, Colorado
2002 - Eric Weichselbaumer, East Long Meadow, Massachusetts
2001 - Rob Laurie, Las Vegas, Nevada
2000 - Zygmund "Ziggy" Marszalek, Franklin Square, NY
1999 - Dieter Kochan, Madison, Wisconsin
1998 -1997 Senior Inline Roller Hockey World Team Members: Peter Dale, Mike Duffy, Daryn Goodwin, Dan Hendrickson, Dieter Kochan, Zigmund Marszalek, Ray Matz, Matt Miller, Nick Parnell, Virgil Rutili, Terry Shook, Boyd Sutton, Neal Walsh, Eric Weichselbaumer
1997 - 1996 Inline Roller Hockey Senior World Team. Members: Peter Dale, Mike Duffy, Daryn Goodwin, Dieter Kochan, Zigmund Marszalek, Ray Matz, Virgil Rutili, Terry Shook, Boyd Sutton, Neal Walsh, Mark Tronpeter, Dennis Lefevre, C.J. Yoder, Scott Rupp, Chris Monzidelis, Bryan Desmond
1996 - Peter Dale, Gainesville, Florida