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Press Release, April 13, 2005 NATIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2004 TOM LONGBOAT AND NATIONAL ABORIGINAL COACHING AWARDS
The Aboriginal “Male Athlete of the Year” is Richard Peter, a repeat Paralympic Gold Medalist with the Canadian Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team (Athens and Sydney) and now a two time national recipient of the Tom Longboat Award. Richard is a member of the Coast Salish Nation in British Columbia and has been competing in Wheelchair Basketball for 16 years.
The Aboriginal “Female Coach of the Year” is Kara Jan Willie, the 2004 Assistant Head Coach with Malaspina University Mariners Varsity Women’s Soccer Team in British Columbia. Kara is a member of the Musgamagw-Tsawatainuek First Nations, British Columbia, and her soccer highlights include winning a Gold medal at the 2002 North Indigenous Games as assistant coach with the BC Juvenile Girls Team. The Aboriginal “Male Coach of the Year” is Faron Asham, a Certified Level Two Baseball Coach who was the Head Coach for the Manitoba Youth Selects under 17 Provincial Baseball Team. A member of the Metis Nation, Faron led his team to a Bronze medal at the 2004 Baseball Canada Cup. The Aboriginal Sport Circle: The Aboriginal Sport Circle annually recognizes the achievements of gifted Aboriginal Athletes and Coaches. Province/Territorial Aboriginal Sport Bodies across Canada select their regional winners and they automatically advance as nominees for the prestigious national awards.
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Aboriginal “Female Athlete of the Year” is Lara Mussell,
a two time winner of the World “Ultimate” Championships
and captain of the Canada’s National Women’s Team. Often
referred to as Ultimate Frisbee or Frisbee Football, the game has
been played since 1968 in Canada and now includes over one million
players in 50 Countries. A member of the Skwah First Nations of
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Lara has been a member of the Canadian
Women’s National Team since 1998. 
