NASSAU, Bahamas – Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson are among leading contenders for the 3rd Annual Caribbean Sports Journalists’ Association (CASJA) Sports Awards.
Nominees for the Caribbean Sports Journalists’ Association (CASJA) Awards 2016 were revealed on Friday, with Jamaicans featuring in all categories.
There are 48 nominees in eight categories including the Jamaican Olympic triple gold medallist and Thompson who secured the sprint double at the Rio Olympic Games in August.
The list of nominees comes from the Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago and spans Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Paralympics and Swimming.
The eight categories are Sportsman of the Year; Sportswoman of the Year; Junior Sportsman of the Year; Junior Sportswoman of the Year; Team of the Year (Male); Team of the Year (Female); Rising Star of the Year (Male) and Rising Star of the Year (Female).
The winners will be announced on Friday November 18.
2016 CASJA Caribbean Sports Awards
Nominees
Sportsman of the Year
1. Usain Bolt (JAM) – Athletics
2. Machel Cedenio (TTO) – Athletics
3. Mijain Lopez (CUB) – Athletics
4. Omar McLeod (JAM) – Athletics
5. Wes Morgan (JAM) – Football
6. Marlon Samuels (JAM) – Cricket
Sportswoman of the Year
1. Alia Atkinson (JAM) – Swimming
2. Deandra Dottin (BAR) – Cricket
3. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) – Athletics
4. Akela Jones (BAR) – Athletics
5. Shaunae Miller (BAH) – Athletics
6. Elaine Thompson (JAM) – Athletics
Junior Sportsman of the Year
1. Akeem Bloomfield (JAM) – Athletics
2. Akani Hislop (TTO) – Athletics
3. Jaheel Hyde (JAM) – Athletics
4. Alzarri Joseph (ANT) – Cricket
5. Lazaro Martinez (CUB) – Athletics
6. Anderson Peters (GRN) – Athletics
7. Luis Enrique Zayas (CUB) – Athletics
Junior Sportswoman of the Year
1. Rushelle Burton (JAM) – Athletics
2. Tiffany James (JAM) – Athletics
3. Hayley Matthews (BAR) – Cricket
4. Khalifa St Fort (TTO) – Athletics
5. Sada Williams (BAR) – Athletics
Team of the Year – Male
1. Bahamas 4x400m – Athletics
2. Jamaica 4x100m – Athletics
3. Jamaica 4x400m – Athletics
4. St Kitts & Nevis – Football
5. West Indies Men’s Twenty20 – Cricket
6. West Indies Under-19 – Cricket
Team of the Year – Female
1. Jamaica 4x100m – Athletics
2. Jamaica 4x400m – Athletics
3. Jamaica 4x400m Junior – Athletics
4. West Indies Women – Cricket
Rising Star – Male
1. Akeem Bloomfield (JAM) – Athletics
2. Mario Burke (BAR) – Athletics
3. Machel Cedenio (TTO) – Athletics
4. Shimron Hetmyer (GUY) – Cricket
5. Buddy Hield (BAH) – Basketball
6. Jaheel Hyde (JAM) – Athletics
7. Alzarri Joseph (ANT) – Cricket
8. Anderson Peters (GRN) – Athletics
Rising Star – Female
1. Shericka Jackson (JAM) – Athletics
2. Michelle-Lee Ahye (TTO) – Athletics
3. Nyoshia Cain (TTO) – Paralympics
4. Yanis David (GLP/FRA) – Athletics
5. Khalifa St Fort (TTO) – Athletics
6. Hayley Matthews (BAR) – Cricket
