Mike LaVoie Award
Mike LaVoie (Perseverance) Award
"……..for unusual dedication to pool"
(established Spring 1974)
During the Spring '74 season, this award was established to honor individual contributions to our League. Although the earliest recipients may have been honored for somewhat more humorously connected events, they were still recognized for their "unusual dedication to pool." It evolved to be more closely identified with an "unusual dedication to the League."
Nominees for this honor are submitted by the membership to our Board of Governors for their consideration and a vote. Although this award remains an option to be given to one of our members, it has essentially been retired and replaced by the Marvin Beisel Award. However, in no way is this meant to diminish the essential contributions of the previous recipients. We continue to honor and thank them by listing their names and the season they were recognized.
| Mike LaVoie | Spring 1974 | Charter member of the League |
| Bob Smith | Fall 1974 | Charter member of the League |
| Joe Salley | Spring 1975 | Co-owner of the Gold Coast |
| Beau McCuistion & Jim Sells | Fall 1975 | |
| Larry Hall | Spring 1976 | |
| Carlos Navarrete | Fall 1976 | Former member of the Board of Governors |
| George Savage | Fall 1978 | |
| Austin Griffin | Fall 1978 | Founder of the League |
| Don Carrier | Spring 1979 | Supporter |
| Lee Petrovich | Fall 1979 | Founder of the League |
| Marvin Beisel | Spring 1980 | President of the League |
| Bob Holden | Spring 1981 | Member of the Board of Governors |
| Marvin Beisel | Fall 1981 | President of the League |
| Roy Hutchison | Spring 1982 | Member of the Board of Governors |
| Richard Griffin & Wes Kuney | Spring 1983 | Sponsors/Griff's & Bunkhouse |
| Bill Dehn | Fall 1983 | President of the League |
| •Tony Lobene | Spring 1991 | Service to the League |
•(died the morning of the Awards Banquet at Griff's)
History