Usain Bolt named CASJA Sportsman of the Year

CASJA Caribbean Sports Awards held their awards and the winners (below with nominees) were selected from a final list of 49 nominees from Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago.

The nominees represented Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Paralympics and Swimming.

The eight categories are Sportsman of the Year; Sportswoman of the Year; Junior Sportsman of the Year; Junior Sportswoman of the Year; Team of the Year (Male); Team of the Year (Female); Rising Star of the Year (Male) and Rising Star of the Year (Female).

Track and Field and Cricket dominated the 3rd Annual

2016 CASJA CARIBBEAN SPORTS AWARDS:

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Winner: Usain Bolt, (JAM) - Athletics

NOMINEES: Alphabetical order

1. Usain Bolt (JAM) – Athletics

    Machel Cedenio (TTO) – Athletics

    Mijain Lopez (CUB) – Wrestling

    Omar McLeod (JAM) – Athletics

    Wes Morgan (JAM) – Football

    Marlon Samuels (JAM) - Cricket

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Winner: Elaine Thompson (JAM) - Athletics

NOMINEES: Alphabetical order

    Alia Atkinson (JAM) – Swimming

    Deandra Dottin (BAR) – Cricket

    Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) – Athletics

    Akela Jones (BAR) – Athletics

    Shaunae Miller (BAH) – Athletics

    Elaine Thompson (JAM) – Athletics

JUNIOR SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Winner: Alzarri Joseph (ANT) - Cricket

NOMINEES: Alphabetical order

    Akeem Bloomfield (JAM) – Athletics

    Akani Hislop (TTO) – Athletics

    Jaheel Hyde (JAM) – Athletics

    Alzarri Joseph (ANT) – Cricket

    Lazaro Martinez (CUB) – Athletics

    Anderson Peters (GRN) – Athletics

    Luis Enrique Zayos (CUB) – Athletics

JUNIOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Winner: Hayley Matthews (BAR) - Cricket

NOMINEES: Alphabetical order

    Rushelle Burton (JAM) – Athletics

    Tiffany James (JAM) – Athletics

    Hayley Matthews (BAR) – Cricket

    Khalifa St Fort (TTO) – Athletics

    Sada Williams (BAR) - Athletics

RISING STAR MALE

Winner: Jaheel Hyde (JAM) - Athletics

NOMINEES: Alphabetical order

    Akeem Bloomfield (JAM) – Athletics

    Mario Burke (BAR) – Athletics

    Machel Cedenio (TTO) – Athletics

    Shimron Hetmyer (GUY) – Cricket

    Buddy Hield (BAH) – Basketball

    Jaheel Hyde (JAM) – Athletics

    Alzarri Joseph (ANT) – Cricket

    Anderson Peters (GRN) – Athletics

RISING STAR FEMALE

Winner: Shericka Jackson (JAM) - Athletics

NOMINEES: Alphabetical order

    Michelle-Lee Ahye (TTO) – Athletics

    Nyoshia Cain (TTO) – Paralympics

    Yanis David (GUA/FRA) – Athletics

    Shericka Jackson (JAM) – Athletics

    Jonquel Jones (BAH) – Basketball

    Hayley Matthews (BAR) – Cricket

    Khalifa St Fort (TTO) – Athletics

TEAM OF THE YEAR MALE

Winner: West Indies U-19 - Cricket

NOMINEES: Alphabetical order

    Bahamas 4x400m – Athletics

    Jamaica 4x100m – Athletics

    Jamaica 4x400m – Athletics

    St Kitts & Nevis – Football

    West Indies Men’s Twenty20 – Cricket

    West Indies Under-19 - Cricket

TEAM OF THE YEAR FEMALE

Winner: West Indies Women - Cricket

NOMINEES: Alphabetical order

    Jamaica 4x100m – Athletics

    Jamaica 4x400m – Athletics

    Jamaica 4x400m Junior – Athletics

    West Indies Women - Cricket