Alfred L. Schmidt was one of the Club's charter members. His love for the sport of skiing was so great that you could invariably catch him eating his lunch on the chair lift so that he would not lose any valuable skiing time. He enjoyed every moment he was on the slopes.

Al lost his life while skiing. He and two other skiers were crushed to death in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps on December 31, 1955. In commemoration of his fine character and great enthusiasm for skiing, the Al Schmidt Memorial Award, a trophy-plaque donated by the Mitchell & Kness Sport Shop of Philadelphia and continued by the Trenton Ski Club, is presented each year to the Club's most valuable member based on three years service.

The follow individuals have been awarded this award during past years:

Club's Most Valuable Member

Year Recipient
1956-57 Al Abbotts
1957-58 Alex Spring
1958-59 Millie Ondrushek
1959-60 Barbara & DeWitt Conover
1960-61 Craig Meade
1961-62 Zabel Davis
1962-63 Will O. Smith
1963-64 Jean G. Spring
1964-65 Lyon Rednor
1965-66 Marilyn Zarzecki
1966-67 Norma Prynoski
1967-68 Dawn D. Thompson
1968-69 Beverly Taylor
1969-70 Kathy Braithwaite
1970-71 Bonnie Bonfilio
1971-72 Barbara Neismith
1972-73 Bunny Steward
1973-74 Clair & Ed Capasso
1974-75 Bob Germond
1975-76 Jay Powell
1976-77 Barbara Rooks
1977-78 Pat (Robillard) Gerding
1978-79 John Krzywulak
1979-80 Robert Gentry
1980-81 Ron Sobon
1981-82 Bill Shannon
1982-83 Joan Sabatini
1983-84 Toni Gentry
1984-85 Ron Sobon
1985-86 Diane Kutch
1986-87 Linda Irving
1987-88 Ken Kutch
1988-89 Debbie Spisak
1989-90 Mike Spisak
1990-91 Bill Shannon
1991-92 Joan Sabatini
1992-93 Dan Parrotta
1993-94 Art Lavinthal
1994-95 Kathy Kice & Cindy Winters
1995-96 Betty Billak
1996-97 Robert Germond
1997-98 Bob Spisak
1998-99 Bob Spisak
1999-00 Jim Cole
2000-01 Cathy Stone
2001-02 Gary Kalmus
2002-03 Bill Gardner
2003-04

Jim Huckfeldt

2004-05 Joan Sabatini
2005-06 Rose Guld
2006-07
Roberta Orsi

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