The Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award is awarded to the top player in the playoff round of 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...

. The winner is selected by members of the media, and is awarded at the victory banquet held after the final game of the bonspiel

Bonspiel

A bonspiel is a curling tournament, traditionally held outdoors on a frozen freshwater loch. The word comes from the Scottish Gaelic and means league match . Though not mandatory, curling teams involved in bonspiels often wear theme costumes...

. The top player at the tournament has been recognized since 1997, when Marcia Gudereit

Marcia Gudereit

Marcia Gudereit is a Canadian curler.Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, she was part of Team Schmirler, the women's curling team that won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. This team is the only 3-time winner of the World Curling Championship...

 won the award. After Sandra Schmirler

Sandra Schmirler

Sandra Marie Schmirler, SOM , was a Canadian curler, who captured three Canadian Curling Championships and three World Curling Championships. Schmirler skipped her Canadian team to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first year curling was a medal sport...

's death at 36 due to 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...

, the award was renamed starting in 2001. The current holder of the Schmirler Award is Amber Holland

Amber Holland

Amber Holland is a Canadian curler. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts...

 of 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....

.

Colleen Jones

Colleen Jones

Colleen P. Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row...

 has won the Schmirler Award three times, the most of any woman. Kelly Scott

Kelly Scott

Kelly Scott is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.-1995-2005:...

 is the only other woman who has won the award more than once. Scott won the award once while representing her home province of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 and the next year when she was representing Team Canada as the reigning champion.

Year	Player	Team	Position
1997 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 1997 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played in Vancouver, British Columbia. It would be the final Scott Sandra Schmirler would win before her death in 2000.-Teams:-Standings:-Draw 1:-Draw 2:...	Marcia Gudereit Marcia Gudereit Marcia Gudereit is a Canadian curler.Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, she was part of Team Schmirler, the women's curling team that won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. This team is the only 3-time winner of the World Curling Championship...		Lead
1998 1998 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 1998 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played in Regina Saskatchewan. The home province of Saskatchewan would be represented by two teams, as the Sandra Schmirler rink was the defending champions team Canada...	Brenda Bohmer		Second
1999 1999 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 1999 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. In the final, Colleen Jones and her Nova Scotia team would win their first of five championships together...	Kim Kelly		Third
2000 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2000 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia February 19–27. Kelley Law and her British Columbia team won the final defeating Anne Merklinger of Ontario...	Julie Skinner Julie Skinner Julie Skinner is a Canadian curler and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....		Third
2001 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2001 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario. The final pitted 1999 champions Colleen Jones and her Nova Scotia team against the defending champions Kelley Law who represented team Canada...	Nancy Delahunt Nancy Delahunt Nancy Delahunt is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Delahunt currently plays third for Colleen Jones. Delahunt was a longtime member of the Colleen Jones team which won five Scott Tournament of Hearts and two World Curling Championships...		Lead
2002 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The defending champion, representing Team Canada, Colleen Jones and her rink from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia won her second straight...	Colleen Jones Colleen Jones Colleen P. Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row...		Skip
2003 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2003 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario from February 15 to 23. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her third straight championship...	Colleen Jones Colleen Jones Colleen P. Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row...		Skip
2004 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta from February 21 to 29 2004. The defending champion, Colleen Jones won the right to represent "Canada" and she would go on to win her fourth straight championship...	Colleen Jones Colleen Jones Colleen P. Jones is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an unprecedented four titles in a row...		Skip
2005 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at Mile One Stadium in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from February 19 to 27 2005. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the...	Jenn Hanna Jenn Hanna Jennifer Ann Hanna is a Canadian curler who curls out of the Ottawa Curling Club. She was a finalist in both the 1998 Canadian Junior Curling Championship and the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts.-Personal life:...		Skip
2006 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts The 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's curling championship, was held at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, February 25, 2006 – March 6, 2006. The tournament consists of 12 teams, one from each of Canada's provinces, one from Canada's territories and the defending...	Kelly Scott Kelly Scott Kelly Scott is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.-1995-2005:...		Skip
2007 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's women's curling championship, was held February 17-25 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta. It marks the first year under the Scotties brand name. The winner was the defending champions Team Canada, under skip Kelly Scott...	Kelly Scott Kelly Scott Kelly Scott is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia.-1995-2005:...		Skip
2008 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling tournament was held February 16-24, 2008 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The winner was the 2005 champion team from Manitoba, under skip Jennifer Jones. In winning, they became the first team since Kelley Law's...	Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Overton-Clapham Cathy Overton-Clapham is a Canadian curler...		Third
2009 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 21 to March 1 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia.-Teams:* Throws third stones-Standings:...	Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (curler) Jennifer Jones is a Canadian curler from East St. Paul, Manitoba. Jones, a lawyer, is corporate counsel for Wellington West Capital and a Windsor Park Collegiate graduate.-Early success:...		Skip
2010 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from January 30 to February 7 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario....	Erin Carmody Erin Carmody Erin Carmody is a Canadian curler from Prince Edward Island. A native of the town of Summerside, Carmody was a biology student at the University of Prince Edward Island when she broke onto the curling scene by winning three consecutive provincial junior championships, twice with an undefeated record...		Fourth
2011 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was held from February 19 to February 27 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island...	Amber Holland Amber Holland Amber Holland is a Canadian curler. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts...		Skip