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(VIRGINIA BEACH, VA) – The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce this year’s nominees for the Hall’s Steve Guback Sportsperson of the Year Award. The nominees feature athletes and coaches that reached great heights in 2024, both here in the Commonwealth and beyond.

Now through February 14, the general public will have a chance to cast its vote for the award, which will recognize an athlete, coach, team, administrator and/or individual who supports athletics, and who has distinguished themselves through outstanding athletic achievement during the 2024 calendar year.

Sportsperson of the Year Award nominees (click on each for nomination file):

The winner will be selected through a vote combining the Hall’s Board of Directors, and the general public, with the winner of the public vote counting as one (1) vote in the final tally.  You can place your vote for the Sportsperson of the Year Award below.

The award will be presented as part of the 2025 Induction Ceremony, April 26 at the Westin Hotel in Town Center of Virginia Beach.

The award is named in honor of 2005 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Steve Guback. Sportsperson of the Year award criteria is as follows:

  • Nominee is a resident of Virginia and/or their athletic achievement has a strong connection to Virginia.
  • Athletic achievement must have taken place between January 1 – December 31, 2024
  • Nominee clearly demonstrates sportsmanship, defined as behavior exhibited before, during or after competition based on values, respect of the game and its participants.
  • Nominee positively affects a community’s sports culture and represents themselves and/or their athletic organization with integrity.

2025 Induction Weekend event and ticket information can be found at: https://vasportshof.com/2025-induction-weekend/

 

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About Steve Guback, Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2005

Steve Guback

Steve Guback spent 75 years covering sports on the local, regional, and national levels for publications in Virginia and Washington D.C. Writing primarily for the Richmond Times Dispatch, and Washington Star, Guback was named Virginia/District of Columbia Sportswriter three times, and served on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee. A 1989 inductee into the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, Guback served as director of information for President Ronald Reagan’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Guback passed away in 2018 at the age of 91.

Learn more about Guback: https://vasportshof.com/inductee/steve-guback/

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