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Basketball WA held its annual awards dinner on Saturday 6 September at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre to celebrate another year of basketball in Western Australia.

In addition to the recognition of the 2014 Awards winners, Basketball WA announced the naming of the Men’s SBL Coach of the Year award as the “John Gardiner Men’s Coach of the Year.”

Basketball WA congratulates all of the award winners from the night:

Volunteer Awards

• Scoretable Official of the Year – Sharon Spinner (Perry Lakes)
• Referee Coach of the Year – Geoff Schulz
• Statistician of the Year – Tammy Ong (Perry Lakes)
• Personality of the Year – Darren Russell (Rockingham)
• Volunteer of the Year – Mick Cronin

Smarter than Smoking WABL Awards

• Smarter than Smoking Male Player of the Year – Andrew Ferguson (Lakeside)
• Smarter than Smoking Female Player of the Year – Ruby Schleicher (Willetton)
• Smarter than Smoking Male Coach of the Year – Glenn Clarke (Willetton)
• Smarter than Smoking Female Coach of the Year – Narell Black (Willetton)
• Smarter than Smoking Referee of the Year – Aaron Heels (Stirling)

SBL Media Awards

• Journalist of the Year – Paddy Sweeney (Kalgoorlie Miner)
• Electronic Media of the Year – 91.3 SportFM
• Best Print Media – Kalgoorlie Miner
• Print Story of the Year – Josh Zimmerman (South West Times)
• Photography of the Year – Serene Maisey

Country Awards

• Country Administrator of the Year – Eunice Yu (Broome Basketball Association)
• Arthur McRobbie Award – Steve Hawkins (Basketball South West)

Referee Milestone Awards

• 25 Years of Service – Carey McAllan
• 10 Years of Service – Steve Diconza, Mark Grist and Geoff Schulz

SBL Statistical Awards

• Best Free Throw Percentage – Samantha Whitcomb 82.4% (Rockingham) & Quinn McDowell 88.5% (Willetton)
• Best Three-Point Percentage – Adrienne Jones 45.5% (Kalamunda) & Quinn McDowell 47.2% (Willetton)
• Best Field Goal Percentage – Krystal Stoneking 59% (Lakeside) & Jarrad Prue 72% (Lakeside)
• Leader in Blocked Shots per game – Marita Payne 3.0 blocks (Cockburn) & Caleb Palkert 2.65 blocks (Lakeside)
• Leader in Assists per game – Shani Amos 5.15 (Joondalup) & Ty Harrelson 7.40 (South West)
• Leader in Steals per game – Chelsea Burns 3.13 (Joondalup) & Trian Iliadis 2.0 (Joondalup)
• Leader in Rebounds per game – Amy Patton 12.18 (South West) & Jarrad Prue 24.16 (Lakeside)
• Leader in Points Scored per game – Samantha Whitcomb 22.55 (Rockingham) & Quinn McDowell 30.09 (Willetton)

WSBL SBL All-Star Teams

• PG – Casey Mihovilovich (Mandurah)
• SG – Samantha Whitcomb (Rockingham)
• SF – Alison Shwagmeyer (Kalamunda)
• PF – Kari Pickens (Lakeside)
• C – Marita Payne (Cockburn)

MSBL SBL All-Stars

• PG – Kyle Armour (East Perth)
• SG – Seb Salinas (Joondalup)
• SF – Stan Okoye (Perth)
• PF – Cooper Land (Rockingham)
• C – Jarrad Prue (Lakeside)

SBL Major Awards

• Most Improved Referee of the Year – Kyle Easther
• Referee of the Year – David Bull
• WSBL Coach of the Year – Darren Nash (Lakeside)
• John Gardiner Men’s Coach of the Year – Mark Utley (Rockingham)
• Most Improved Female Player – Alix Hayward (Perth)
• Most Improved Male Player – Sunday Dech (East Perth)
• Most Valuable Female Player – Samantha Whitcomb (Rockingham)
• Most Valuable Male Player – Cooper Land (Rockingham)