Skate Canada B.C./Yukon honoured its inaugural class of inductees into the section's Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Canada's first association woman president Billie Mitchell and former athlete, coach, administrator and artistic director Ron Vincent were inducted in the builder's category along with longtime Olympic judge Audrey Williams.
Former world champion and Olympic medalist Karen Magnussen was inducted as an athlete along with her coach Linda Brauckmann and fellow Olympian skater Shirra Kenworthy.
The inductions were held in conjunction with the section's annual awards evening at the Delta Burnaby Hotel.
Joanne McLeod was named the section's top competitive coach for a third time in five years.
This season's Canadian novice girls' champion Sarah Tamura won the competitive athlete award.
Sharon Dahl of the Cheam Skating Club won the officials award of excellence.
Debbie Mandryk of Cranbrook was the winner of the Audrey Moore participation award, while Joan Omasta of Kamloops took home the volunteer award of excellence.
Fort St. John's Shaya Jeffery received the skaters award of achievement. Section chair Lorraine Maoples won the officials award.
Connaught Skating Club's Margaret Warwick was the recipient of the committee chairman award.
The adult skater award went to Monique Hussslage of the
Newton Skating Club.
Laura Carr of Kelowna earned the volunteer award, while Hilary Quick of the Connaught club was the winner of the coaches choice award.
Newton's Danalee Harrison won the club and recreation coach award. Halla Aitkin of Peace Passage Skating Club was named the STARskate athlete of the year.
CanSkater of the year went to Chiemela Joy Anumba of Aldergrove.
Rachel Rollke, also of Aldergrove, received the program assistant award.
The Skate Canada section also recognized Olympic silver medalist Kevin Reynolds and world junior bronze medal ice dancers Madeline Edwards and ZhaoKai Pang of Burnaby.
The section also applauded a record 17 B.C. skaters, who earned 23 international assignments last season, including Burnaby's Nicole Orford and Thomas Williams in ice dance.
B.C. also garnered medals in seven national championship categories. Among them were novice ladies bronze medalist Megan Yim, and Eric Liu, who won a bronze in junior men's, and bronze medal winners Brianna Delmaestro and Timothy Lum of Burnaby in junior dance.
