Players’ Awards – West Indies Players' Association

The WIPA Awards

The WIPA Awards was established because the West Indies Players’ Association thought it fit to celebrate the outstanding contribution of the association’s members. As such, in 2004, WIPA sought to recognize and reward those players who distinguished themselves by their performance, and who lifted their games beyond their years – and their peers. WIPA continued to host this ceremony for another eight years.

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A New Era – The West Indies Annual Awards

In 2013, with new administrations at the helm of both organizations, it was agreed that the WICB and WIPA jointly host the awards ceremony, which became the “West Indies Annual Awards.” The awards ceremony grew from three categories in 2004 to fourteen categories in 2013.

Over time, the awards ceremony was renamed the WICB/WIPA Awards and then the CWI/WIPA Awards. In 2018, there were eighteen (18) award categories.

Awards Ceremonies By Year

2004

The awards were held at the Hilton Trinidad Conference Centre on the 17th March, 2004, and featured guest speaker Desmond Haynes.

Player of the Year – Brian Lara
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Tino Best
Under-19 Player of the Year – Ravi Rampaul

Player of the Year 2004 - Brian Lara — Player of the Year 2004 – Brian Lara

Emerging Player of the Year 2004 - Tino Best — Emerging Player of the Year 2004 – Tino Best

Under 19 Player of the Year 2004 - Ravi Rampaul — Under 19 Player of the Year 2004 – Ravi Rampaul

2005

The awards were held at The Jamaica Pegasus on the 31st May 2005, and featured guest speaker Clive Lloyd.

Player of the Year – Brian Lara
Test Player of the Year – Brian Lara
ODI Player of the Year – Chris Gayle
Emerging Player of the Year – Dwayne Bravo
Regional Team of the Year – Barbados
Under-19 Team of the Year – Jamaica
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Devon Smith
Under-19 Player of the Year – Xavier Marshall
Special Award to Brian Lara in recognition of his record breaking innings of 400 not out

2006

The awards were held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Trinidad, on the 24th May 2006, and featured guest speaker Brian Lara.

Player of the Year – Brian Lara
Test Player of the Year – Brian Lara
ODI Player of the Year – Ian Bradshaw
Emerging Player of the Year – Denesh Ramdin
Women’s Player of the Year – Pamela Lavine
Regional Team of the Year – Guyana
Under-19 Team of the Year – Trinidad & Tobago
Under-15 Team of the Year – Trinidad & Tobago
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Ridley Jacobs
Regional 50 over Player of the Year – Ramnaresh Sarwan
Under-19 Player of the Year – Sunil Narine
Under-15 Player of the Year – Adrian Barath

Regional 50 over Player of the Year — Regional 50 Over Player of the Year

Women's Player of the Year — Women’s Player of the Year

Dwayne Bravo collects Emerging Player of the Year on behalf of Denesh Ramdin

Kijorn Ottley Collects on behlaf of the Trinidad and Tobago Under 15 Team

Shivnarine Chanderpaul collects the Team of the Year on behalf of Guyana

Ian Bradshaw collects First Class Player of the Year on behalf of Ridley Jacobs

2007

The awards were held at the Sherbourne Conference Centre, Barbados, on the 12th February 2007, and featured guest speaker Chris Dehring.

Player of the Year – Chris Gayle
Test Player of the Year – Daren Ganga
ODI Player of the Year – Ramnaresh Sarwan
Emerging Player of the Year – Jerome Taylor
Women’s Player of the Year – Stafanie Taylor
Regional Team of the Year – Trinidad & Tobago
Under-19 Team of the Year – Guyana
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Ryan Hinds
Regional 50 Over Player of the Year – Kieron Pollard
Under-19 Player of the Year – Veerasammy Permaul

2008

The awards were held at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel, Trinidad, on the 30th March 2008, and featured guest speaker Jimmy Adams.

Player of the Year – Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Test Player of the Year – Shivnarine Chanderpaul
ODI Player of the Year – Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Emerging Player of the Year- Adrian Barath
Women’s Player of the Year – Stacy-Ann King
Regional Team of the Year – Trinidad & Tobago
Under-19 Team of the Year – Guyana
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Daren Ganga
Regional 50 Over Player of the Year – Shawn Findlay
Under-19 Player of the Year – Shamarh Brooks

2009

The awards were held at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel, Trinidad, on the 12th March 2009, and featured guest speaker Austin Jack Warner.

Player of the Year – Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Test Player of the Year – Shivnarine Chanderpaul
ODI Player of the Year – Chris Gayle
Emerging Player of the Year – Brendan Nash
Women’s Player of the Year – Stafanie Taylor
Regional Team of the Year – Jamaica
Under-19 Team of the Year – Barbados
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Nikita Miller
Regional 50 Over Player of the Year – Kieron Pollard
Caribbean Twenty20 Player of the Year – Dave Mohammed
Under-19 Player of the Year – Keron Cottoy
Special award to Alloy Lequay for his contribution to West Indies cricket
Special award to Colin Croft for his contribution to West Indies cricket

2010

The awards were held at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel, Trinidad, on the 8th June 2010, and featured guest speaker The Honurable Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

Player of the Year – Ramnaresh Sarwan
Test Player of the Year – Ramnaresh Sarwan
ODI Player of the Year – Shivnarine Chanderpaul
T20I Player of the Year – Dwayne Bravo
Emerging Player of the Year – Kemar Roach
Women’s Player of the Year – Stafanie Taylor
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Narsingh Deonarine
Regional 50 Over Player of the Year – Daren Ganga
Caribbean T20 Player of the Year – Darren Bravo
Under-19 Player of the Year – Akeem Dewar

2011

The awards were held at Queens Hall in Trinidad, on the 6th May 2011, and featured guest speaker Dr Rudi Webster.

Player of the Year – Chris Gayle
Test Player of the Year – Chris Gayle
ODI Player of the Year – Kieron Pollard
T20I Player of the Year – Darren Sammy
Emerging Player of the Year – Darren Bravo
Women’s Player of the Year – Stafanie Taylor
Regional Team of the Year – Jamaica
Under-19 Team of the Year – Windward Islands
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Imran Khan
Regional 50 Over Player of the Year – Kirk Edwards
Caribbean T20 Player of the Year – Devendra Bishoo
Under-19 Player of the Year – Keiron Joseph
Special Award to Jeffrey Dujon for his contribution to West Indies cricket
Special Award to Richie Richardson for his contribution to West Indies cricket

Jerome Taylor collects for the Regional Team of the Year

2012

The awards were held at The Hyatt-Regency Hotel in Trinidad, on the 13th April 2012.

Player of the Year – Devendra Bishoo
Test Player of the Year – Devendra Bishoo
ODI Player of the Year – Andre Russell
T20I Player of the Year – Lendl Simmons
Emerging Player of the Year – Kirk Edwards
Women’s Player of the Year – Stafanie Taylor
Regional Team of the Year- Jamaica
Under-19 Team of the Year – Jamaica
Regional 4-Day Player of the Year – Marlon Samuels
Regional 50 Over Player of the Year – Sunil Narine
Caribbean T20 Player of the Year – Lendl Simmons
Under-19 Player of the Year – Derone Davis
Special Award for Curtly Ambrose for his contribution to West Indies cricket

2013

The awards were held at The Hyatt-Regency Hotel in Trinidad, on the 4th July 2013.

Player of the Year: Marlon Samuels
Test Player of the Year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
ODI Player of the Year: Marlon Samuels
T20I Player of the Year: Sunil Narine
Emerging Player of the Year: Kieran Powell
Women’s Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
WICB Lifetime Achievement Award: John Hendricks
WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Winston Reid
Regional Team of the Year: Jamaica
Under-19 Team of the Year: Barbados
Regional Four Day Player of the Year: Nikita Miller
Regional 50-Over Player of the Year: Sunil Narine
Caribbean Twenty20 Player of the Year: Krishmar Santokie
Under-19 Player of the Year: Jeremy Solozano
Special Presentation to Champions of the T20 World Cup Team

Tino Best collects on behalf of the Under 19 Team of the Year

Special Presentation to Champion of the T20 World Cup

2014

The awards were held at The Jamica Pegasus Hotel on the 5th June 2014, and featured guest speaker The Most Honourable P.J. Patterson.

Player of the Year: Darren Bravo
Test Player of the Year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
ODI Player of the Year: Dwayne Bravo
T20I Player of the Year: Sunil Narine
Emerging Player of the Year: Miguel Cummins
Women’s Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
WICB Lifetime Achievement Award: Teddy Griffith
WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Lockhart Sebastien
Regional Team of the Year: Trinidad and Tobago
Under-19 Team of the Year: Jamaica
Regional Four Day Player of the Year: Nikita Miller
Regional 50-Over Player of the Year: Shane Shillingford
Caribbean T20 Player of the Year: Darren Bravo
Under-19 Player of the Year: Tagenarine Chanderpaul
Atlantic/WIPA in the Community Awardee: Patrina Walcott
Special Award for Chris Gayle on achieving the milestone of 100 Test Matches played
Special Award for Shivnarine Chanderpaul on achieving the milestone of 150 Test Matches played

Denesh Ramdin collects the Regional Team of the Year

Special Award for Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Atlantic/WIPA in the Community Cricketer of the Year Patrina Walcott

2015

The awards were held at The Jamica Pegasus Hotel, on the 4th July 2013, and featured guest speaker Rev. Wes Hall.

Player of the Year: Sulieman Benn
Test Player of the Year: Kraigg Brathwaite
ODI Player of the Year: Denesh Ramdin
T20I Player of the Year: Samuel Badree
Emerging Player of the Year: Jermaine Blackwood
Women’s Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
WICB Lifetime Achievement Award: Chetram Singh
WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Renford Pinnock
Regional Team of the Year: Barbados
Under-19 Team of the Year: Guyana
Regional Four Day Player of the Year: Shacaya Thomas
Regional 50-Over Player of the Year: Dwayne Smith
Caribbean T20 Player of the Year: Lendl Simmons
Under-19 Player of the Year: Shimron Hetmyer
Atlantic/WIPA in the Community Awardee: Ronnie Goddard
Special Awards for the Knights of West Indies Cricket

Jason Holder collecting for Regional Team of the Year

WIPAin the Community Awardee — WIPA in the Community Awardee

2016

The awards were held at Hangar 10, St. John’s in Antigua, on the 19th July 2016, and featured guest speaker The Honourable Gaston Browne.

Player of the Year: Marlon Samuels
Test Player of the Year: Darren Bravo
ODI Player of the Year: Marlon Samuels
T20I Player of the Year: Chris Gayle
Emerging Player of the Year: Jomel Warrican
Women’s T20 Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
Women’s ODI Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
Women’s Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
WICB Lifetime Achievement Award: Clarvis Joseph
WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Ralston Otto
Regional Team of the Year: Guyana
Under-19 Team of the Year: Guyana
Regional Four Day Player of the Year: Veerasammy Permaul
Regional 50-Over Player of the Year: Jason Mohammed
Caribbean T20 Player of the Year: Dwayne Bravo
Under-19 Player of the Year: Shimron Hetmyer
Atlantic/WIPA in the Community Awardee: Kishelle James
Special Presentation to Champions of the T20 World Cup Team
Special Presentation to Champions of the T20 Womens’ World Cup Team
Special Presentation to Champions of the Under 19 World Cup Team

Jason Holder collecting his ring from the Governor General of Antigua

2017

The awards was held at the Jamaica Pegasus, Kingston on July 7, 2017, and featured key note speaker NFL Analyst/Commentator Steve Wyche.

Player of the Year: Roston Chase
Test Player of the Year: Roston Chase
ODI Player of the Year: Jason Holder
T20I Player of the Year: Andre Russell
Emerging Player of the Year: Roston Chase
Women’s T20 Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
Women’s ODI Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
Women’s Player of the Year: Stafanie Taylor
WICB Lifetime Achievement Award: Walter St John
WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Cleveland Davidson
Regional Team of the Year: Guyana
Under-19 Team of the Year: Guyana
Regional Four Day Player of the Year: Roston Chase
Regional 50-Over Player of the Year: Ashley Nurse
Caribbean T20 Player of the Year: Dwayne Bravo
Under-19 Player of the Year: Joshua Bishop
Atlantic/WIPA in the Community Awardee: Kameah Cooper
CWI/WIPA Outstanding Foundation Awardee: The Chris Gayle Foundation

WIPA President & CEO Wavell HInds — WIPA President & CEO Wavell Hinds

Former West Indies Test Cricketer Omari Banks performing his hit song 'Move On' — Former West Indies Test Cricketer Omari Banks performing his hit song ‘Move On’

Travis Dowlin accepts the Under 19 Team of the Year Award on behalf of Guyana

Rayvon Griffith accepts the First Class Team of the Year on behalf of Guyana

WIPA in the Community Awardee Kameah Cooper

Our Hosts for the Evening Dwayne Extol & Debbie Bissoon — Hosts for the Evening Dwayne Extol & Debbie Bissoon

First Class Cricketer of the Year Roston Chase

Windies ODI Cricketer of the Year Jason Holder

First Class Limited Overs Cricketer of the Year Ashley Nurse

Windies Emerging Cricketer of the Year Roston Chase

Our Key Note Speaker NFL Network Reporter and Analyst Steve Wyche — Key Note Speaker NFL Network Reporter and Analyst Steve Wyche

Windies Test Cricketer of the Year Roston Chase

CWI Lifetime Achievement Awardee Walter Eden St John

WIPA Lifetime Achievement Awardee Cleveland Davidson

Windies Cricketer of the Year Roston Chase

The Big Winner of the Night Roston Chase with his 4 awards

2018

The awards was held at the Hilton Barbados, on June 20, 2018, and featured key note speaker Marsha Caddle, MP, Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, Barbados.

WINDIES Cricketer of the Year – Shai Hope
WINDIES Test Cricketer of the Year – Shai Hope
WINDIES ODI Cricketer of the Year – Shai Hope
WINDIES T20 Cricketer of the Year – Evin Lewis
WINDIES Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Keemo Paul
WINDIES Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year – Deandra Dottin
WINDIES Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Stafanie Taylor
WINDIES Women Cricketer of the Year – Stafanie Taylor
CWI Lifetime Achievement Award – Carol Whilby-Maxwell
WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award – Dawnley Joseph
First Class Team of the Year – Guyana
Regional Under-19 Team of the Year – Guyana
First Class Four Day Cricketer of the Year – Devon Smith
First Class 50 Over Cricketer of the Year – Roston Chase
Caribbean T20 Cricketer of the Year – Chadwick Walton
WINDIES Under 19 Cricketer of the Year – Kirstan Kallicharan
Atlantic/WIPA in the Community Awardee – Rodney Sieunarine
CWI/WIPA Outstanding Foundation Awardee – The Marlon Samuels Foundation
WI Umpire of the Year – Joel Wilson

Shai Hope collecting his award from WIPA President and CEO, Wavell Hinds

Keemo Paul collecting his award from WIPA Director, Ridley Jacobs

Rodney Sieunarine collecting his award from WIPA Vice President, Nixon McLean

Roston Chase collecting his award from Hon John King, Minister of Creative Economy, Culture and Sports

Devon Smith collecting his award from WIPA Director, Liam Sebastien

Joel Wilson collecting his award from Sunil Ramdeen, Sandals Representative

Shai Hope collecting his award from WIPA Honourable Secretary, Wayne Lewis

Shai Hope collecting his award from CWI CEO, Johnny Grave

Carol Whilby-Maxwell collecting her award from CWI President, Dave Cameron

Dawnley Joseph collecting his award from WIPA President and CEO, Wavell Hinds

2019

The 7th Annual CWI/WIPA Awards was held at the Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa, on August 19, 2019. The full list of awards reads:

West Indies U-19 Team of the Year: Guyana
West Indies Rising Stars U-19 Player of the Year: Joshua Bishop
Atlantic/WIC Player of the Year: Antonio Ganpath
First Class Team of the Year: Guyana
Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup Player of the Year: Yannick Ottley
West Indies Championship Player of the Year: Rahkeem Cornwall
Caribbean T20 Player of the Year: Andre Russell
West Indies Umpire of the Year: Joel Wilson
West Indies Emerging Player of the Year: Oshane Thomas
West Indies Top Groundsman: Charles Joseph
Colonial Medical Insurance West Indies ODI Player of the Year: Shai Hope
Colonial Medical Insurance West Indies Women’s ODI Player of the Year: Deandra Dottin
West Indies Test Match Player of the Year: Jason Holder
West Indies T20 Player of the Year: Keemo Paul
West Indies Women’s T20 Player of the Year: Deandra Dottin
CWI/WIPA Outstanding Foundation Award: The Courtney Walsh Foundation
CWI Lifetime Achievement Award: Keith ‘Tony’ Marshall
WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Sudesh Dhaniram
West Indies Women’s Player of the Year sponsored by Sandals: Deandra Dottin
West Indies Player of the Year sponsored by Sandals: Jason Holder

Awardee: Keith Marshall, Presenter: Ricky Skerritt, President, CWI
Awardee: Andre Russell (Rovman Powell collecting), Presenter: Jimmy Adams, Director of Cricket, CWI
Awardee: Deandra Dottin, Presenter: Wavell Hinds, President & CEO, WIPA
Awardee: Keemo Paul, Presenter: Liam Sebastien, Director, WIPA
Awardee: Jason Holder, Presenter: Ricky Skerritt, President, CWI
Awardee: Deandra Dottin, Presenter: Marlon Graham, CGI VP of Brokerage and Broker Relationships, Caribbean
Awardee: Shai Hope, Presenter: Sir Rodney Williams, Governor General of Antigua & Barbuda
Awardee: Charles Joseph, Presenter: Wayne Lewis, Director, WIPA
Awardee: Rahkeem Cornwall, Presenter: Ridley Jacobs, Director, WIPA
Awardee: Yannick Ottley (Floyd Reifer collecting), Presenter: Naz Farrow, CEO, CGI
Awardee: Guyana (Esau Cranston collecting), Presenter: Johnny Grave, CEO, CWI
Awardee: Antonio Ganpath, Presenter: Nixon McLean, Vice President, WIPA
Awardee: Trinidad & Tobago (Azim Bassarath collecting), Presenter: Kishore Shallow, Vice President, CWI
Awardee: Oshane Thomas (Andrew Richardson collecting), Presenter: Ricky Skerritt, President, CWI
Awardee: Deandra Dottin, Presenter: Sunil Ramdeen, Sandals Group Regional Public Relations Manager
Awardee: Joshua Bishop (Shakera Selman collecting), Presenter: Dominic Warne, Director, Commercial, Marketing & Communications, CWI
Awardee: Joel Wilson (Darren Bravo collecting), Presenter: Azim Basarath, TTCB President
Awardee: Jason Holder, Presenter: David Roper, Director of Industry Relations, Sandals
Awardee: Sudesh Dhaniram, Presenter: Wavell Hinds, President & CEO, WIPA
Awardee: Courtney Walsh Foundation, (Rovman Powell collecting), Presenter: Jimmy Adams, Director of Cricket, CWI