Nash now plays for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and led Team Canada to a 5-2 record at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney last September. Meanwhile, Sport B.C. has also announced rugby player Pat Dunkley will be honoured with the Harry Jerome Comeback Award at the March 15 awards banquet. It is a potentially fatal condition. He underwent multiple operations and reconstructive surgery and returned to serve as captain and score two tries in an October Premier League match against Seattle. The comeback award is presented annually in honour of the late Harry Jerome, the great North Vancouver sprinter who suffered a serious leg injury yet returned to set world records and win international medals.
Nominations can be in any one of five categories - athletes, teams, coaches, officials and builders.
All nominees must be Canadian citizens, a resident of Canada for a minimum of five years, born in Canada or have made a distinguished contribution to the game of basketball. All nominations must be in writing. Deadline for nominations is March 30. Five months ago at the Summer Olympics in Sydney the Canadian women's team finished ninth behind eighth-place France and the Calgary event will serve as an interesting reunion of closely match gymnastics rivals as a prep for the world championships later this year. Richardson, who trains with the Twisters club in Abbotsford, will be joined by clubmate Grant Golding in Calgary.