Pensacola Sports Annual Awards Banquet 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
February 24, 2026
Brownsville Community Center
Doors Open/Cocktail Hour - 5:00PM
Awards Ceremony/Dinner - 6:00PM
Winners from the 2026 banquet will be honored for their hard work and dedication during the 2025 season.
The Pensacola Sports Annual Awards Banquet is one of Pensacola Sports’ most high-profile events in the community. Each year we honor the finest athletes our area has to offer. Be a part of this memorable event as we celebrate a worthy slate of 2025 Special Achievement winners, the Amateur and Professional Athletes of the Year, the new class of Hall of Fame Inductees, Volunteer of the Year, and the Pensacola Sportsman of the Year.
Doors Open/Cocktail Hour - 5:00PM
Awards Ceremony/Dinner - 6:00PM
2025 Winners:
Special Achievement:
West Fowler - World Trampoline Championship
Drew Beroset - Gulf Breeze Track 3200m State Champ
Arman Truitt - West Florida HS Track, Hurdles & Long Jump, State Champ
Boy Pace Weightlifting Team - State Champions
Girls Pace Weightlifting Team - State Champions
Kollin Daniels - Pace Weightlifting Individual State Champion
Evan Beckham - Pace Weightlifting Individual State Champion
Grant Wise - Pace Weightlifting Individual State Champion
Layah Slaughter - Pace Weightlifting Individual State Champion
Alyssa McMurtie - Pace Weightlifting Individual State Champion
Shyann Donaldson - Milton Weightlifting Individual State Champion
Chase Dooley - Jay HS Weightlifting Individual State Champion
Hannah Demarcus - Pace HS Gatorade Softball Player of the Year
Gulf Breeze Beach Volleyball - State Champions
Tate High School Cheerleading - State Champions
Taylor Clements - West Florida HS Swimming State Champion
UWF Golf Team - National Champions
Gianna Guerriero - UWF Softball -
Cooper Tendick - UWF Golf
Adriana Mieses Sanchez - UWF Swim & Dive
Olivia Nelson - UWF Swim & Dive
Shannah Dillman - UWF Swim & Dive
Alena Rozova - UWF Swim & Dive
Ja'Kobe Clinton - UWF Football
Mya Swinton - UWF Soccer
PSC Men's Basketball - FCSAA State Champions
Pete Penna - Coach of State Championship Team
Hall of Fame:
Justin Gatlin
Doug Baldwin
David Williams
Peter Dyson
Pro Athlete
Jeremy Reaves
Special Recognition
Devin Witherspoon
Amateur Athlete
Chris Rembert
Sportsman of the Year
To be announced
Volunteer of the Year
To be announced
Presented by
Awardees
Congratulations to our Awardee:
Emily Sams
This award is given to an individual for outstanding accomplishments in athletics during the past year as a professional. This award may be given to multiple winners for one female and one male, or two joint winners if such accomplishments justify.
Winners from the 2025 banquet were honored for their hard work and dedication during the previous year. (2024)
Congratulations to our Winners:
Jayden Heavener
This award is given to an individual for outstanding accomplishment in athletics during the past year as a professional. This award may be given to multiple winners for one female and one male, or two joint winners if such accomplishments justify.
Winners from the 2025 banquet were honored for their hard work and dedication during the previous year. (2024)
James Currie is a long-term friend, volunteer and former employee of Pensacola Sports, or as he knew it, Pensacola Sports Association. James retired in December after spending the past four decades dedicating himself to the organization.
Congratulations to our Awardees:
Ed & Trisha Morrison
Awarded to an individual who has shown exceptional commitment in assisting with sporting events in the community (Pensacola Sports events are the preferred criteria, but others may be considered.)
Winners from the 2025 banquet were honored for their hard work and dedication during the previous year. (2024)
Congratulations to the 2024 Awardees:
- Tate Cheerleading
- Pace Boys Weightlifting
- Pace Girls Weightlifting
- Pace Softball
- Jay Baseball
- Gulf Breeze Beach Volleyball
- Ian Malone
- Logan Robinson
- Bryson Brown
- Manuel Kimmons
- Izzy Zach
- Connor Mathews
- Jackson Leonard
- Kendall Ballou
- Ryleigh Perkins
- Shannon Bryan
- Ireland Grimes
- Emma Meyers
- Gabby Goyins
- Brandon Sproat
- Kennedy Hansen
- Desjon Robertson
- Sarah McElrath
- Ella Goodwin
- Mya Swinton
- Kendal Blackmon
- Virgil Lemons
- Brooke Dorr
- Adriana Meises-Sanchez
- Nina Imboden
- Shannah Dillman
- Olivia Nelson
- Sofia Kendzior
- Emily O'Connell
- Jade Fontenelle
- Riley MacVane
- Lutnya Bogdanova
- Tayler Graham
- Sydney Lewis
- Aimee Patterson
- Mikayla Puckett
- Darrien McDowel
- Amelia Johnson
- Mark Yepishin
- Patricia Gandolfo
- Maddie Mire
This award is given to individuals or organizations in the Pensacola Area that have made significant achievements/contributions in sports. State and National championships at the highest level attainable for the sports should be considered.
Winners from the 2024 banquet were honored for their hard work and dedication during the previous year. (2023)
Congratulations to our Awardees:
Jenny Wansley Toole
Susie Wansley Nix
The recipient of this award is a Special Olympian whose achievements are extraordinary and who best exemplifies the spirit of the Special Olympics.
Winners from the 2025 banquet were honored for their hard work and dedication during the previous year. (2024)
Congratulations to our 2024 Class:
- Paul Bryan
- Kay Miller
- Sam McCants
Candidates should be selected for outstanding contributions to the Pensacola area in the following categories:
- Improvements to Pensacola Sports events and/or work
- Superior career achievements in athletics
- Meritorious service to a particular event, but not necessarily limited to a particular one
- Other noteworthy accomplishments in the field of sports worthy of this distinction
Not presented for one-year accomplishments
Winners from the 2025 banquet were honored for their hard work and dedication during the previous year. (2024)
Congratulations to our Awardee
Dan Shugart
The sportsman of the year is presented for contributing to the advancement of sports in the greater Pensacola Area, or achievement of an outstanding athletic accomplishment.
Winners from the 2025 banquet were honored for their hard work and dedication during the previous year. (2024)
Congratulations to our Awardees
Coastal Rush Soccer ENCL Regional League
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