PSA & USFS Announce 2011 Coach of the Year Nominees

usfs-psa(USFS Press Release)
U.S. Figure Skating and the Professional Skaters Association (PSA) have announced the nominees for the 2011 Coach of the Year awards. The winners will be named Thursday, May 26 at the annual PSA awards dinner at the Westin Galleria in Dallas, Texas.

 

The recipients will be presented with an Edi Award (pronounced “Eddy”), named after World and Olympic coach Edi Scholdan. Scholdan, a past president of the PSGA (now PSA), was part of the 1961 U.S. World Figure Skating Team that died in the crash of Sabena Airlines Flight 548 while en route to the World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

 

 

 

The nominees are listed below in alphabetical order.

 

2011 U.S. Figure Skating/PSA Coach of the Year Award

 

Presented to a coach who has made a significant impact on an athlete’s performance and has distinguished him- or herself through years of successful teaching culminating in a special career achievement during the past year.

  • Carla DeGirolamo
  • Tammy Gambill
  • Saga Krantz
  • Dalilah Sappenfield
  • Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen
  • Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva
  • Tom Zakrajsek

 

2011 U.S. Figure Skating/PSA Developmental Coach of the Year Award

 

In recognition of new talent and superior teaching technique for a coach who has a career record of helping athletes develop to higher levels of the sport and as human beings. A nominee for developmental coach must never have had a national champion and should be recognized for their work with skaters below the senior level.

  • Kori Ade
  • Damon Allen
  • Josh Babb
  • Dmytri Ilin, Alexi Kiliakov and Elena Novak
  • David Kirby
  • Pam May
  • Cindy Sullivan

 

2011 Paul McGrath Choreographer of the Year Award

 

Given to the choreographer that best exemplifies the dedication to artistic excellence portrayed by Paul McGrath in his career.

  • Josh Babb
  • Scott Brown
  • Lori Nichol
  • Cindy Stuart
  • Marina Zoueva
  • Marina Zoueva and Igor Shpilband

 

2011 Pieter Kollen U.S. Figure Skating/PSA Sport Science Coaching Award

 

Presented to a coach who utilizes scientific techniques and/or equipment as an integral part of his/her coaching methods and/or is involved in research, publication and education in the areas of sport science and medicine as it relates to figure skating and coaching.

  • Kat Arbour
  • Christy Krall
  • Heidi Thibert