Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award
| Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award | |
|---|---|
| Award details | |
| Sport | Curling |
| Competition | Scotties Tournament of Hearts |
| Given for | Top player during the playoffs of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. |
| History | |
| First award | 1997 |
| First winner |
 Marcia Gudereit
|
| Most wins |
 Colleen Jones (3)
|
| Most recent |
 Rachel Homan
|
The Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award is awarded to the top player in the playoff round of the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The winner is selected by members of the media, and is awarded at the victory banquet held after the final game of the bonspiel. The top player at the tournament has been recognized since 1997, when Marcia Gudereit won the award. After Sandra Schmirler's death at 36 due to cancer, the award was renamed starting in 2001. The current holder of the Schmirler Award is Rachel Homan of Ontario.
Colleen Jones has won the Schmirler Award three times, the most of any woman. Both Kelly Scott and Jennifer Jones are the only other women who have won the award more than once. Colleen Jones won all three of her MVP awards while representing Team Canada. Scott won the award once while representing her home province of British Columbia and the next year when she was representing Team Canada as the reigning champion, while Jennifer Jones won it while representing Team Canada in 2009 and while representing Manitoba in 2015.
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