Marc Beaudoin of Moncton has been involved in developing athletes in track & field, cross county and running at the regional, provincial, national and international levels for over 40 years.  Beaudoin was head coach for New Brunswick’s Canada Games team and for various national teams, including the Jeux de la Francophonie international.

Tom Coolen of Fredericton has coached various levels of hockey throughout Atlantic Canada and coached professional hockey teams in Finland, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Scotland, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Latvia, and the U.S. and was an assistant coach for Latvia’s national team at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Sam Johnston of Miramichi is an 8th-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.  Johnston was the New Brunswick Heavyweight Champion, Maritime Champion, Eastern Canada Heavyweight Champion and won a World Championship gold medal in 2017.

Geneviève Lalonde of Moncton is a two-time Olympian in athletics, four-time Canadian steeplechase champion, and three-time Canadian cross-country champion.  Lalonde has competed internationally in 13 countries over her competitive career and is the only Canadian woman to advance to a final in the 3000-meter steeplechase in a World Championship or Olympic competition.

Donald Ryan of Fredericton has been the head coach of the UNB wrestling program for over 33 years and 16-time winner of the Atlantic University Sport wrestling coach of the year.  Ryan has served as Vice-President of United World Wrestling Americas and President of the Commonwealth Wrestling Committee.

Heather Smith of Sackville has won four National Curling Championships, 17 Provincial Curling Championships and competed in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts six times, winning a bronze medal in 2012.