Past Campbell-Buzzetti Award winners

MISSOULA — Every year the KPAX Sports Awards Banquet celebrates Missoula's stand-out high school athletes.

Each year 10 athletes are nominated by the five area schools, two athletes per school.

On the night of the banquet a male and female winner are chosen, with a $1000 scholarship prize going to each.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, KPAX will unfortunately not be able to hold the banquet, but the awards will still happen.

On the night of May 13, KPAX will announce the winners on the 5:30 News.

Campbell-Buzzetti Award

Inaugurated by the late John Campbell in 1981 as the Old Pro Award, it now is named after Campbell - longtime Missoula sportscaster and sportswriter who helped start the original banquet- and the late Edward J. Buzzetti, who coached and taught in Circle and Missoula high schools for 39 years. It goes to a person who has given freely of time and effort in support of Missoula sport. The award is sponsored by Republic Services.

Here’s a look at the past recipients of the Campbell-Buzzetti Award:

• 1981 Deane Jones/Gordon Reynolds
• 1982 Chawkey Miller/Tony Kadlec
• 1983 Bugs Dwyer/Bill Hainline, Sr.
• 1984 Tom Murray/Whitey Garnaas
• 1985 Gene Clawson, Sr./George Blakeslee
• 1986 Joe Dugal/Leo Musburger
• 1987 Rev. Beryl Burr/Ty Robinson
• 1988 Vern Reynolds/Jack Hoon
• 1989 Ralph Soroos/Ben Tyvand
• 1990 Don Gray
• 1991 Jack Henry
• 1992 Gene Miles
• 1993 Vince Wilson
• 1994 Bill Morrison
• 1996 Paul Chumrau
• 1997 Bill Bouchee
• 1998 Bob LaTrielle
• 1999 Sherm Lohn
• 2000 Frank McElwain
• 2002 Dale Dahlgren
• 2003 Mavis Lorenz / Sister Rita Mudd
• 2004 Tim Cordial / Lanny Bryant
• 2005 Hal Sherbeck
• 2006 Chris Walterskirchen
• 2007 Glen Kozeluh/Kevin Hammond
• 2008 Dennis Murphy/Steve Hackney
• 2009 Ray Nose
• 2010 Dick Huse
• 2011 Lino Marsillo
• 2012 Fred Salmonsen
• 2013 Tom Lee
• 2014 Kathy Ogren
• 2015 Bill Reynolds
• 2016 Jim Jarrett
• 2017 Gary Roberts
• 2018 Tim McHugh (Posthumous) / Sylvia Jensen / Julie Gemar-Williams
• 2019 Nancy Deden