
2025 RECIPIENT: DEO BENARD
Deo Benard has been selected to receive the 2025 PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award by a voting panel of PBA players who competed in over half of 2025 PBA Tour events. This marks the first Nagy award of the 21-year-old's career.
“I'm so thankful,” Benard said. "I try to make people smile. When I make other people smile, it makes me smile. I just like spreading love and giving out compliments. Anytime I can help people out, it helps me, too.”
The PBA’s sportsmanship award honors Steve Nagy, a PBA Hall of Famer and founding member, and has been awarded since 1966, the year of Nagy’s death. He was instrumental to the early success of the PBA.
Previous Winners
Date | Name |
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2025 | Deo Benard |
2024 | Richie Teece |
2023 | BJ Moore |
2022 | Jake Peters |
2021 | Jake Peters |
2020 | Brad Miller |
2019 | Martin Larsen |
2018 | Tom Smallwood |
2017 | Chris Loschetter |
2016 | Tom Smallwood |
2015 | Josh Blanchard |
2014 | Brett Spangler |
2013 | Ryan Shafer |
2012 | Martin Larsen |
2011 | Jack Jurek |
2010 | George Lambert IV |
2009 | Ryan Shafer |
2008 | Riga Kalfas |
2007 | Richard Wolfe |
2006 | Jack Jurek |
2005 | Jason Queen |
2004 | Tim Criss |
2003 | Jason Queen |
2002 | * Justin Hromek |
2000 | Justin Hromek |
1999 | Justin Hromek |
1998 | Tim Criss Butch Soper |
1997 | Rick Steelsmith |
1996 | Curtis Odom |
1995 | Mike Aulby |
1994 | Mike Aulby |
1993 | Parker Bohn III |
1992 | Parker Bohn III |
1991 | Parker Bohn III |
1990 | Parker Bohn III |
1989 | Dave Husted |
1988 | Dave Husted |
1987 | Steve Martin |
1986 | Steve Martin |
1985 | Steve Martin |
1984 | Jim Pritts Jr. |
1983 | Rich Gradley |
1982 | Sam Zurich |
1981 | Tom Baker |
1980 | Tom Baker |
1979 | Alvin Lou |
1978 | Gil Silker |
1977 | Don Johnson |
1976 | Tommy Hudson Les Schissler Les Zikes |
1975 | Jim Frazier |
1974 | Gary Dickinson |
1973 | Gary Dickinson Dick Ritger |
1972 | Gary Dickinson |
1971 | Mike Orlovsky |
1970 | Dick Ritger Dave Soutar John Guenther |
1969 | Ralph Engan |
1968 | Ralph Engan |
1967 | Johnny Guenther |
1966 | Johnny Guenther |