Hockey Canada is pleased to announce the 2008 Kenneth R. Stiles – Flames Project 75 Officiating Scholarship winners. These annual scholarship awards provide financial assistance to officials in the Hockey Canada Officiating Program for post-secondary education at Canadian colleges and universities.
The scholarships are awarded annually to young men and women who participate in the Hockey Canada Officiating Program. The goal of the scholarship program is to provide funding to help offset the cost of post-secondary education for Canada’s top young officials, supporting their efforts to complete their post-secondary education, become better officials, and to reward their efforts for mentoring younger officials in the game.
In 2008 eleven promising officials will each receive $1,000 in scholarship awards, while one official will receive a $5,000 scholarship through this program. The Kenneth R. Stiles Scholarship selection committee awards the scholarships on the basis of academic achievement, officiating excellence, and community involvement.
2008 Kenneth R. Stiles – Flames Project 75 Scholarship winners
• Hockey Northwestern Ontario – Nigel Black (Wingham, ON) – Lakehead University
• Hockey Quebec – Melanie Bordeleau (Montreal, QC) – University of Quebec-Outaouais
• Hockey Alberta – Rikki-Lee Brown (Lethbridge, AB) – University of Lethbridge
• Hockey PEI – Lisa Cameron (Cornwall, PE) – University of PEI
• Hockey Manitoba – Erica Holmes (Brandon, MB) – University of Manitoba
• BC Hockey – Jeff Ingram (Surrey, BC) – Kwantlen University College
• Hockey Nova Scotia – Brittany O’Neill (Lower Sackville, NS) – Dalhousie University
• Hockey PEI – Jenna Palmer (Elmsdale, PE) – University of PEI
• Ottawa District Hockey Association – Corey Piche (Cornwall, ON) – Algonquin College
• Hockey Quebec – Sybil St. Pierre (Baie-Comeau, QC) – University of Laval
• Hockey New Brunswick – Jessica Tays (Saint John, NB) – University of New Brunswick
The recipient of the $5,000 Kenneth R. Stiles Scholarship is Hockey New Brunswick’s Ryan Murphy (Coxheath, NS) – University of New Brunswick.
The Kenneth R. Stiles Officiating Scholarships, first announced in 2007 by the founding ownership group of the Calgary Flames, were named for the late Ken Stiles, a former president of the Flames Project 75. Over the past 30 years Flames Project 75, an oil and gas legacy from the Flames ownership group, has contributed more than $5 million to minor hockey development initiatives in Canada as well as other charities in Alberta.
Officials eligible for the Kenneth R. Stiles Officiating Scholarships must be Canadian citizens, registered and active Hockey Canada officials, members in good standing with their home Branch, and registered or applying for full-time post-secondary studies. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, officiating achievement, and community involvement. Application packages are distributed annually in January and are available through Todd Anderson, Hockey Canada’s manager of officiating.
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