HALL OF FAME
At the end of every season, Iron Dragons honours outstanding paddlers with awards for their commitment and effort towards the team. These awards include:
Rookie of the Year Award
Awarded to a newcomer to the team who truly gave the veterans a run for their money.
Improvement Award
Given to the paddler whose performance, technique, teamwork and spirit have improved the most during the season - the winner has worked hard to make him/herself an asset to the team.
Spirit Award
The winner of this award, if we calculated it, would probably have the largest integral of decibel noise level over time. (S)he would also make a good cheerleader, if we had cheerleaders (we don't).
Yoda Dedication Award
Named in recognition of Stanis "Yoda" Yu for his 17 years dedication with the Iron Dragons, this honour is awarded to a paddler who demonstrates the most dedication and commitment to the team throughout the entire season. Typically this person has a excellent attendance record for both practices and races.
MVP Award
Most Valuable Paddler.
| Rookie | Improvement | Spirit | Dedication | MVP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | David Montes de Oca (Open) Kassie Tan (Women) Alex Qin (Purple) | Truman Yuen (Open) Zahra Kandola (Women) Tony Juntao Hu (Purple) | William Lingga (Open) Monica Nguyen (Women) Vivian Tu (Purple) Kevin Zhu (Purple) | Jack Huang (Open) Monica Nguyen (Women) Harry Nguyen (Purple) | Ehren Chang (Open) Rachel Yam (Women) Paula Arkhangorodsky (Purple) |
| 2022 | Henry Zhang (Open) Natalie Wong (Women) | Callum Derry (Open) Samantha Paradi-Maropakis (Women) | Derek Choi (Open) Rachel Yam (Women) | Chris Chang (Open) Joanne Tan (Women) | Vincent Tang (Open) Alissa Ung (Women) |
| 2019 | Alex Dolmaya (Open) Gabrielle Lau (Women) | Joshua Madero (Open) Yca Meriel (Women) | Dan Phan (Open) Hannah Fletcher (Women) Jameson Nguyen (Purple) | Ehren Chang (Open) Yca Meriel (Women) | Harry Zhu (Open) Nicola Poon (Women) Nicola Poon (Mixed) Ethan Miles (Purple) |
| 2018 | Thomas Nguyen (Open) Tina Lee (Women) | Nicolas Luy (Open) Tina Lee (Women) | Brandon Cheung (Open) Lindsay Kruitwagen (Women) | Harry Zhu (Open) Alexandra Davidson (Women) | Julian Lai (Open) Gina Kim (Women) Gina Kim (Mixed) |
| 2017 | Bogdan Raspopin (Blue) Andy Xu (Gold) Claire Velikonja (Purple) | Alex Wang (Blue) Shems Saleh (Gold) Kevin Huang (Purple) | Elijah Wigmore (Blue) Carole Suarez (Gold) Raymond Yu (Purple) | Bogdan Raspopin (Blue) Nikolas Mastandrea (Gold) Timothy Chern (Purple) | Hweedo Chang (Blue) Rebekah Kim (Gold) Timothy Chern (Purple) Elijah Wigmore (Open) Gina Kim (Women) |
| 2016 | Dawn Virginillo (Blue) Jimmy Hou (Gold) Xinli Tu (Purple) | Jacky Lei (Blue) Trevor Ung (Gold) Michael Zhao (Purple) | Simon De Vuyst (Blue) Gavin Ching (Gold) Michael Battaglia (Purple) | Kavya Roy (Blue) Cindy Lian (Gold) Chanhee Park (Purple) | Allan Shek (Blue) Michael Lancaster (Open) Cindy Lian (Gold) Anne Zeng (Purple) |
| 2015 | Edmond Mok (Blue) Ryan Do (Gold) | Michael Lancaster (Blue) Gina Kim (Gold) | Sangah Han (Blue) Julian Lai (Gold) | Edmond Mok (Blue) Elijah Wigmore (Gold) | Jeff Li (Blue) Julian Lai (Gold) |
| 2014 | Jayne Zaatar (Blue) George Matyas (Gold) | Kyle Fortoloczky (Blue) George Matyas (Gold) | Zachary Morrow (Blue) Fan Guo (Gold) | Vinson Truong (Blue) George Matyas (Gold) | Michael Lucky (Blue) Matt Pua (Gold) |
| 2013 | Hweedo Chang (Blue) Simon De Vuyst (Gold) | Emily Ng (Blue) Kevin Rupasinghe (Gold) | Marissa Goldsmith (Blue) Parisa Najafi (Gold) | Judith Chan (Blue) Nathan Pua (Gold) | Marissa Goldsmith (Blue) Jonathan Correia (Gold) |
| 2012 | Jon Brunetti | Audrey Chan | Desmond Chan | Rick Zhang | Audrey Chan |
| 2011 | Juhx Pellazar | Nikola Radovanovic | Alex Hong | Bennett Yan | Damian Durlik |
| 2010 | André Delhaise | Andrew Rosselet | Alex Hong | Alex Hong | Thomas He |
| 2009 | Damian Durlik | Galen Hogan | Eric Bradshaw | Galen Hogan | Paul Haist |
| 2008 | Will La | Audrey Chan | Phil Lam | Sophie Hu | Ed Sykes |
| 2007 | Victor Shih | Meji Lee | Omar Salihbegovic | Danny Cho | Stephen Oung |
| 2006 | Ed Sykes | Amy Wong | Phil Lam | Hemesh Yasotharan | Brian Carew |
| 2005 | Charles Yoon | --- | Kento Onishi | Hemesh Yasotharan | Raymond Oung |
| 2004 | Paul Kishimoto | --- | Paul Chavez | James Lo | Raymond Oung |
| 2003 | Raymond Oung | --- | --- | --- | --- |
The following honours are no longer awarded:
Veteran of the Year: Awarded to an outstanding non-rookie paddler.
2005 Anderson Chu
2004 Emily Chan
Most Appreciated Paddler
2003 Angela Lo