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National Awards

“Vivienne Triplett” Umpire of the Year

Umpire Year
Margo Koskelainen OAM 1995
Alan McAuliffe 1996
Alan McAuliffe 1997
Ken Culpitt 1998
Toula Connolly 1999
Margo Koskelainen OAM 2000
John McAuliffe 2001
Matt Gowty 2002
Debbie Grove AM 2003
Neville Lawrance 2004
Leigh Evans 2005
Darren Sibraa 2006
Debbie Grove AM 2007
Leigh Evans 2008
Darren Sibraa and Diane Waller 2009
Darren Sibraa 2010
Scott Rindfleish 2011
Helen Strauss 2012
Tricia Sibraa 2013
Richard Barrow 2014
Graeme Love 2015
Kyira Cox 2016
Jason Carter 2017
David Casey 2018
Trevor Murphy 2019
Kevin Tannebring 2020

Softball Australia Hall of Fame

Umpire Date Awarded
Marjorie N. Dwyer * 1987
Vivienne Triplett * 1988
Margo Koskelainen OAM 2004
Alan McAuliffe 2005
Matt Gowty 2006
John McAuliffe 2008
Ken Culpitt 2009
Debbie Grove AM 2013
Neville Lawrance 2013
Andrew Rindfleish OAM 2013
Diane Waller 2014
Leigh Evans 2015
Darren Sibraa 2019

* Deceased

Softball Australia Life Members

Umpire Date Awarded
Marjorie N. Dwyer * 1966
Margo Koskelainen OAM 1993
Alan McAuliffe 2002
Ken Culpitt 2004
Tricia Sibraa 2013
Debbie Grove AM 2018

* Deceased

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