The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame is now accepting nominations for its 2024 Steve Guback Sportsperson of the year Award. The award is named in honor of Guback, a 2005 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame inductee, and recognizes 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. The award was created in 2023 and first presented at the 2024 Induction to the Norfolk Tides AAA Baseball Club for their outstanding achievements in 2023.
The Hall of Fame will accept nominations for this award from November 1 through December 31, and anyone can nominate a deserving individual or team. The nomination 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.
Nominations can be completed online via a form available on the Hall’s website, or mailed direct to the Hall of Fame office. Once all nominations are received the winner will be selected through a vote combining the Hall’s Board of Directors, and the public, with the winner of the public vote counting as one (1) vote in the final tally.
This year’s winner will be honored at the annual Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, April 26, 2025 in Virginia Beach, VA.
For questions regarding the Sportsperson of the Award, please reach out to info@vasportshof.com
Past Recipients
About Steve Guback, Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2005
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/