The Barnabas Awards
Barnabas Award recipients are athletes who encouraged others to strive for their best performance athletically and personally. Each participating team nominates a player to receive this annual award. Annually at the Main Event on Saturday night, players are recognized and awarded their certificate and gift from the Sawyer family. The Sawyers find great joy in recognizing young athletes who share the same honorable and charitable characteristics that Tara Sawyer demonstrated.In the book of Acts, scripture describes a man first by the name of John. This man gave up his worldly possessions and generously bestowed the profits from their sale on the apostles. Then, because of his selflessness and generosity, the apostles named him “Barnabas” meaning son of encouragement. It is in this spirit of encouragement that Barnabas personified that the Sawyer family chose to name this award.
If you are a participating team coach and would like to submit your selected player, you may do so with the online form: