The Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award is the sportsmanship award at the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is an annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as...

, held to crown the Canadian women's curling

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 championship. When Scott Paper took over sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Curling Championship in 1982, they decided to present an annual award for sportsmanship. From 1982 to 1997, the award had a different name each year, as the convention was to name the annual award after an individual from the host region who exemplified sportsmanship and dedication to curling. In 1998, the decision was made to honour Marj Mitchell

Marj Mitchell

Marjorie Mitchell was a Canadian curler and World Champion. She was skip for the winning team at the 1980 World Curling Championships. Mitchell died of cancer in 1983. The sportsmanship award at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts is called the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award in her...

 each year. Mitchell curled for Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 and captured the national and world championships

World Curling Championships

The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...

 in 1982. Mitchell died of cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

 in 1983.

Scotties Tournament of Hearts Sportsmanship Award winners prior to 1998

Prior to 1998, the Sportsmanship award at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts was named after a notable individual in the curling community where the tournament was held that year.

Year	Player	Team	Award Name
1982	Carol Thompson		Joyce McKee Joyce McKee Joyce McKee is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She is a five time Canadian champion.McKee won her very first provincial title as a skip in 1954, before the creation of a Canadian women's championship. She won again in 1960, earning the right to play at the Western Canada women's...  Award
1983	Penny LaRocque		Ina Hansen Award
1984	Yvonne Smith		Elizabeth MacDonald Award
1985	Cathy Dillon		Lura McLuckie Award
1986	Mabel Thompson		Jo Wallace Award
1987	Kim Duck		Myrna McQuarrie Award
1988	Mary Baird		Caroline Ball Award
1989	Heidi Hanlon Heidi Hanlon Heidi Hanlon is a Canadian curler from Saint John, New Brunswick.Hanlon is an 11-time provincial women's champion skip, provincial mixed champion and two-time provincial women's seniors championship. She became a Canadian champion for the first time by winning the 2011 Canadian Senior Curling...		Sylvia Fedoruk Sylvia Fedoruk Sylvia Olga Fedoruk, OC, SOM is a Canadian scientist, curler and the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, of Ukrainian immigrants, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1949, and a M.A...  Award
1990	Jackie-Rae Greening		Lee Tobin Award
1991	Alison Goring Alison Goring Alison Goring is a Canadian curler.Goring is a former Canadian champion skip, having won the 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts. She was also a successful junior curler, having won the 1983 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.Goring won her first provincial championship in 1990...		Vera Pezer Vera Pezer Vera Pezer, BA, MA, PhD is the current Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan. A sports enthusiast, Pezer is a Canadian softball champion, golfing contender, and curling champion. She has been inducted into both the Saskatchewan Sports Halls of Fame and the Canadian Curling Hall of...  Award
1992	Heidi Hanlon Heidi Hanlon Heidi Hanlon is a Canadian curler from Saint John, New Brunswick.Hanlon is an 11-time provincial women's champion skip, provincial mixed champion and two-time provincial women's seniors championship. She became a Canadian champion for the first time by winning the 2011 Canadian Senior Curling...		Joyce Myers Award
1993	Laurie Allen		Mabel Mitchell Award
1994	Patti McKnight		Effie Hezzelwood Award
1995	Alison Goring Alison Goring Alison Goring is a Canadian curler.Goring is a former Canadian champion skip, having won the 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts. She was also a successful junior curler, having won the 1983 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.Goring won her first provincial championship in 1990...		Bob Stewart Award
1996	Stephanie Marchand		Arline Wilson Award
1997	Alison Goring Alison Goring Alison Goring is a Canadian curler.Goring is a former Canadian champion skip, having won the 1990 Scott Tournament of Hearts. She was also a successful junior curler, having won the 1983 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.Goring won her first provincial championship in 1990...		Diana Doe Award

Winners of the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award

Starting in 1998, the Sportsmanship Award at the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts was permanently renamed the Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award in honour of Mitchell, a Saskatchewan curler who died of cancer in 1983.

Year	Player	Team
1998	Anne Merklinger Anne Merklinger Anne Merklinger is a retired Canadian curler from Ottawa. Merklinger is a two-time runner-up at the Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's championship. She curled out of the Rideau Curling Club....
1999	Jane Arseneau
2000	Anne Merklinger Anne Merklinger Anne Merklinger is a retired Canadian curler from Ottawa. Merklinger is a two-time runner-up at the Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's championship. She curled out of the Rideau Curling Club....
2001	Jane Arseneau
2002	Meredith Doyle
2003	Anne Dunn
2004	Sherry Anderson Sherry Anderson Sherry Anderson is a Canadian curler from Delisle, Saskatchewan.Anderson has been to five Scott Tournament of Hearts, four as a skip. Her first Scotts were in 1994 when her team lost in the semi-final. Anderson returned the following year, but finished out of the playoffs at 6-5...
2005	Stefanie Richard Stefanie Clark Stefanie Clark is a Canadian curler. She throws lead rocks for [Meaghan Hughes]]....
2006	Kelly Scott Kelly Scott Kelly Scott is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.-1995-2005:...
2007	Stefanie Clark Stefanie Clark Stefanie Clark is a Canadian curler. She throws lead rocks for [Meaghan Hughes]]....
2008	Stefanie Clark Stefanie Clark Stefanie Clark is a Canadian curler. She throws lead rocks for [Meaghan Hughes]]....
2009	Cori Bartel Cori Bartel Corinne "Cori" Morris is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She played lead for Cheryl Bernard from 2005 to 2011....
2010	Kelly Scott Kelly Scott Kelly Scott is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.-1995-2005:...
2011	Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Overton-Clapham is a Canadian curler...