Rising Sport Stars
The City of Red Deer is pleased to support the Rising Sport Stars annual awards program, which recognizes great starts in sport, by local young athletes. The City launched this program in conjunction with Xplore Sport Day in 2016.
Many young athletes in our community are just beginning a lifelong journey of being active and achieving success in sport. Through the Rising Sport Stars program, athletes aged 12 years or younger who participate in a Red Deer sport organization are recognized for their commitment, passion, effort or for overcoming adversity to successfully participate and develop skills, regardless of result.
The Rising Sport Star program supports local sport organizations, as they develop participants by following Sport for Life’s “Long Term Athlete Development” model. You can read more here.
2024 Award recipients:
| Scarlett Weran - Figure Skating | Adele Harrison - Ringette |
| Rihanna Mirwais - Figure Skating | Sarah Hoffart - Ringette |
| Alina Vedybida - Figure Skating | Hailee-Ann Senneker - Ringette |
| Paige Horvey - Figure skating | Sophie Fleck - Ringette |
| Chayse Lucas - Figure Skating | Bowen Pilipchuk - Ringette |
| Sophia Wright - Figure Skating | Avelynn Grzyb - Ringette |
| Mina Knebel - Figure Skating | Emma Mackenzie - Ringette |
| Leyi Chen - Figure Skating | Siying Xiao - Badminton |
| Holly Brant - Figure Skating | Gordon Ahamba - Basketball |
| Ryen Paolinelli - Figure Skating | Senaali Yapa Bandara - Basketball |
| Gus Norvila - Speed Skating | Joshua Caleb Johnson - Basketball |
| Jackson Willis - Speed Skating | Camryn Hein - Hockey |
| Lukas Versteeg - Speed Skating | Oliver Triguero - Taekwondo |
| Madeline Bustamante - Speed Skating | Ellis Chin - Artistic Swimming |
| Zoey Kinney - Speed Skating | Victoria George - Artistic Swimming |
| Justine Hutchison - Speed Skating | Maddie Fisher - Artistic Swimming |
| Reese Lockwood - Speed Skating | Harper Blais - Artistic Swimming |
| Liam Hutchison - Speed Skating | Ayla Sheehy - Artistic Swimming |
| Everly Klampfl - Speed Skating | Clara Friesz - Artistic Swimming |
| Chet Israelson - Speed Skating | Lylah Jardine Gymnastics - Trampoline |
| Theodore (Theo) Roberts-Lacourse - Sledge Hockey |
For more information on the Rising Sport Star program please contact:
City of Red Deer - Recreation Section
Phone: 403-309-8422
recreation@reddeer.ca