MOOSE JAW -- The Moose Jaw and District Sports Hall of Fame has put out their annual call for nominations while announcing a pair of changes -- including a brand new nomination category.
Beginning this year, the Hall of Fame will be accepting nominations in the Legacy category, which will include athletes, builders and teams who were active more than 50 years prior to the current nomination year. For 2025, that will include nominees who were last active prior to 1975.
While there have been athletes and teams inducted in previous years from older eras, the Legacy category will establish a division all their own, with a maximum of two nominees a year.
The Hall of Fame also announced a change to the eligibility criteria. In past years, an athlete must have been retired from competing beyond the provincial level for the last three years, with the switch now adding an age cut-off as well. Now, once an athlete reaches their 50th birthday, they may be eligible for nomination without any waiting period even if they are still active as a competitor.
The 2025 induction class will be the 11th for the MJDSHF, and will also include nominations in the athlete, team and builder categories.
Nominated athletes can be anyone living or deceased from Moose Jaw and area who has ‘demonstrated character, sportsmanship and integrity as well as outstanding ability in his/her particular activity, having brought honour to themselves and Moose Jaw and District.’
Nominated builders can be anyone ‘whose service other than that of an athlete has made an exceptional contribution to a particular sport or sports’, which includes coaches, officials, administrators, volunteers, media and sports medicine.
Nominated teams can be two or more people who have won a provincial, regional, national, Olympic or World Championship, with special consideration given to local teams who have reached the maximum level of excellence beyond the District. The team must have been based in the Moose Jaw area at the time of their accomplishments.
Nomination forms can be found at www.mjdshf.com, by emailing info@mjdsf or by calling (306) 692-2211.
The nomination deadline is Apr. 30, 2025.
Those selected will be introduced at a special event this summer, with the official induction taking place in the fall.
For a look at all the previous nominees, be sure to check out the Moose Jaw and District Sports Hall of Fame on the second floor mezzanine in the Moose Jaw Events Centre.
For more information and the latest news, keep an eye on www.mjdshf.com/.
