Professional Skaters Association Announces Winners of the 2020 EDI Awards MAY 26, 2020 ROCHESTER, MN - The Professional Skaters Association
All Disciplines • Language specifically prohibiting retaliatory conduct has been added as rule GR 1.05. • Effective starting this past January, compliance rules (rules GR 4.01, 7222, 8222 and 8322) have been updated to match the new requirements from the U.S. Center for SafeSport and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. • For the 2020-21 season, the coaches late fee (rule GR 4.04) will be waived due to the impacts of the coronavirus. • The Domestic Officials Recruitment and Management Committee has expanded who can test to become a technical specialist.
(PSA) announced the winners of the annual EDI Awards at the Professional Skaters Association headquarters in Rochester, MN on Thursday May 21, 2020. The Education and Dedication International (EDI) Awards are named after the late World and Olympic coach, Edi Scholdan, who died in the 1961 world team plane crash. Scholdan was the first president of the PSA and inspiration for the awards, which recognize exceptional achievement in the sport of figure skating.
2020 Joint PSA and U.S. Figure Skating EDI Awards Coach Of The Year Award Todd Sand, Jenni Meno-Sand, Christine Fowler-Binder
Paul Mcgrath Choreographer Of The Year Award Marie-France Dubreuil
Developmental Coach Of The Year Laura Lipetsky
Pieter Kollen Sport Science Award Garrett Lucash
2020 PSA EDI Awards COMBINED REPORT OF ACTION These changes only represent a portion of what was approved by the Governing Council on May 16. To get the full details of all of these changes and others, please see the 2019-20 Combined Report of Action, available on the U.S. Figure Skating website. The Combined Report of Action is the ONLY OFFICIAL report of U.S. Figure Skating bylaw and rule changes and contains all changes that were made by the U.S. Figure Skating Board of Directors and the Governing Council this past season. As always, we caution coaches from using word-of-mouth, Facebook or other unofficial information found via the Internet to educate themselves on rule changes. Coaches should utilize the Combined Report of Action with their 2019-20 U.S. Figure Skating Rulebook until the 2020-21 U.S. Figure Skating Rulebook becomes available. The 2020-21 rulebook will be available online at the end of June, before the rule changes go into effect July 1. Once finalized, the rulebook will be posted online at www.usfigureskating. org/about/rules. A link to order a printed copy will also be available on the U.S. Figure Skating website by mid-August.
F. Ritter Shumway Award Christy Krall
Betty Berens Award Gloria Masterson Leous
Joe Serafine National Volunteer Of The Year Award Cheryl Faust
Gustave Lussi Award Jason Brown
Sonja Henie Award Gracie Gold
Photo Of The Year Marisa Jarae
Fritz Dietl Award Stamford Twin Rinks, Stamford, CT
Shulman Award For Lifetime Achievement Barb Yackel
Distinguished Official Of The Year Award Roger Glenn
President’s Award Of Excellence Julie Morris-McKenny, SW Kathy Ortolani, NA Nicole Gaboury, SA Ron Kravette, NE Ann Eidson and Darlene Lewis, UGL
Mary Anne Williamson and Valerie Marcoux-Pavlas, EGL Arlene McSorley, NWP Erika Roberts, CP Barbara Brown, SWP
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