EDI Awards
Professional Skaters Association Announces
Winners of the 2021 EDI Awards June 1, 2021 Rochester, MN — The Professional Skaters Association (PSA) announced the winners of the annual EDI Awards at the Professional Skaters Association headquarters in Rochester, MN on Thursday May 27, 2021. The Education and Dedication International (EDI) Awards are named after the late World and Olympic
coach, Edi Scholdan, who died in the 1961 world team plane crash. Scholdan was the first president of the PSA and inspiration for the awards, which recognize exceptional achievement in the sport of figure skating.
2021 Joint PSA and U.S. Figure Skating EDI Awards COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD Patrice Lauzon and Ice Academy of Montreal
DEVELOPMENTAL COACH OF THE YEAR Tammy Gambill
PAUL MCGRATH CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD Rohene Ward
PIETER KOLLEN SPORT SCIENCE AWARD Melissa Vriner
2021 PSA EDI Awards F. RITTER SHUMWAY AWARD Carol Rossignol BETTY BERENS AWARD All PSA Members JOE SERAFINE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD Cheryl Faust GUSTAVE LUSSI AWARD Nathan Chen SONJA HENIE AWARD Mariah Bell PHOTO OF THE YEAR Melanie Heaney FRITZ DIETL AWARD Ice Den Chandler in Chandler, AZ
SHULMAN AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT PSA Staff DISTINGUISHED OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR AWARD Ann Barr PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Jill Ahlbrecht – Southwestern Region Lisa Cardinal – North Atlantic Region Nathan Truesdell – South Atlantic Region Michael Bramante, Bryna Oi, Alexandria ShaughnessyRonzio, Ron Kravette – New England Region Tommy Steenberg – Upper Great Lakes Region Erin Donovan – Eastern Great Lakes Region Mari Malama and Nani Tanaka – Northwest Pacific Region The Strategic Method – Tiffany McNeil, Stephanie Chase Bass, Erika Roberts, Jeremy Barrett, Chris Obzansky – Central Pacific Region Deividas Stagniunas – Southwest Pacific Region
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