Syl Apps Athlete of the Year Award

Rosie MacLennan – Syl Apps Award 2012

Rosie MacLennan trains at Skyrider's Trampoline Place in Richmond Hill, Ontario with coach, David Ross. She has competed internationally at various levels since 1999. In 2006 she paired with her training partner, the double Olympian Karen Cockburn, in synchronized trampoline and since then the pair have dominated the event internationally

Patrick Chan – Syl Apps Award 2011

All he'd really wanted to do – back there at age 5 – was learn to skate so that he could play hockey. The skating, itself turned out to be so cool, though, that ... well, stuff happens. And today, Patrick Chan, men's world champion two times running, Canadian champ

Joey Votto – Syl Apps Award 2010

For the Toronto native, Votto’s greatness, though, is a thing appreciated more by baseball observers than by casual fans. This is in part because he’s not a wall-banging masher at the plate and in part because he plays in Cincinnati, a small market, for a Reds team that has recently

Daniel Nestor – Syl Apps Award 2009

Mr. Nestor had his finest year in 2009. During the season on the ATP World Tour Nestor claimed nine doubles titles, the most he has ever won in a single season, including the successful title defence at Wimbledon on his way to becoming the first Canadian tennis player to surpass

Eric Lamaze – Syl Apps Award 2008

Eric Lamaze is a retired Canadian showjumper and Olympic champion. He won individual gold and team silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, riding his famed horse Hickstead. Lamaze has won three Olympic medals, as well as four Pan American Games medals and one World Equestrian Games bronze. He is considered

Damon Allen – Syl Apps Award 2005

As quarterback for the Toronto Argonauts, Damon reached the 5,000-yard passing plateau for the first time in his 21-year CFL career by posting a 34-11 victory against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The win guaranteed Toronto a first-place finish in the CFL East plus home field advantage in the playoffs. In 2005,

Adam Van Koeverden – Syl Apps Award 2004

On April 13, 2003, Weir won the prestigious Masters Tournament at Augusta, Georgia, one of the four major tournaments in men's golf. He is the first Canadian male ever to win a professional major championship.

Mike Weir – Syl Apps Award 2003

On April 13, 2003, Weir won the prestigious Masters Tournament at Augusta, Georgia, one of the four major tournaments in men's golf. He is the first Canadian male ever to win a professional major championship. In June Weir tied for third at the U.S. Open, the second of the majors

Steve Yzerman – Syl Apps Award 2002

In 2002 Yzerman led the Wings to his third Stanley Cup championship and also led Canada's national hockey team to an Olympic gold medal. This makes him one of only three players to win an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year.

Vince Carter – Syl Apps Award 2001

In 2000–01, his third season, Carter averaged a career-high 27.6 ppg, made the Second Team All-NBA, and was voted in as a starter in the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, while the Raptors finished the regular season with a franchise-record 47 wins.