Twenty-year-old Merritt Centennials forward John Schiavo has been chosen the winner of the BCHL’s Bob Fenton Memorial Trophy for the 2014-15 season. The trophy is awarded to the Most Sportsmanlike Player, as voted on by the coaches of the 16 member-teams of the British Columbia Hockey League.

Schiavo, who hails from East Patchoque, New York, beat out two other finalists for the esteemed award — the Mainland division’s Corey Mackin of the Coquitlam Express and the Island conference’s Sean Harrison from the Cowichan Valley Capitals.

Schiavo played in all 58 regular-season games for the Centennials, scoring 26 goals and adding 32 assists for 58 points, while only accruing four minutes in penalties. He finished 15th overall in the BCHL’s scoring race.

The most recent Centennials player to win the prestigious Bob Fenton Memorial Trophy for Most Sportsmanlike Player was team captain Regan Soquila in the 2011- 2012 season. Other Merritt winners in franchise history were Brandon Campos (2006), Shane Glover (1998) and Darrell Zelinski (1974).