Sugar Bowl

The Allstate Sugar Bowl Sports Awards Banquet, presented by LCMC Health, will be held Wednesday, June 24, at the Caesars Superdome. The event is a private event. All of the awards and honorees are selected by the New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, a group of current and former local media members and athletic administrators.
 
The Sports Awards Banquet will recognize the Class of 2026 for the New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame as well as a variety of local and state-wide honors. The honorees will be announced at the banquet. High school finalists will be announced on June 1 and collegiate finalists will be announced on June 8.
 
New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026:
TBA

Annual Awards:
Corbett Award – Male: TBA
Corbett Award – Female: TBA
Eddie Robinson Award: TBA
Jimmy Collins Awards: TBA
Outstanding Collegiate Coach, Louisiana: TBA
Outstanding Boys' Prep Coach, New Orleans: TBA
Outstanding Girls' Prep Coach, New Orleans: TBA
Outstanding Female Athlete, New Orleans: TBA
Outstanding Male Athlete, New Orleans: TBA
Outstanding Boys' Prep Team, New Orleans: TBA
Outstanding Girls' Prep Team, New Orleans: TBA
 
Women in Sport Scholarship Honorees (presented by LCMC Health):
TBD
 
Sugar Bowl Athletes of the Month, 2025-26
July, 2025: Varenka Zhuk, New Orleans Metro Stars Track
August, 2025: Albert Edwards III, New Orleans Metro Stars Track
September, 2025: Easton Royal, Brother Martin Football
October, 2025: John Johnson, Edna Karr Football
November, 2025: Avery Daigle, Mandeville Swimming
December, 2025: Tre Garrison, Edna Karr Football
January, 2026: Stella Zippert, St. Mary's Dominican Soccer
February, 2026: Casey Parker-Karst, Jesuit Soccer
March, 2026: Aaliyah Lane, John Curtis Christian Track
April, 2026: Ashtyn Rogers, Patrick Taylor Softball
May, 2026: TBD
 
The New Orleans Sports Awards Committee came together in 1957 when James Collins spearheaded a group of sports journalists to form a sports awards committee to immortalize local sports history. For 13 years, the committee honored local athletes each month and a variety of annual award winners. In 1970, the Sugar Bowl stepped in to sponsor and revitalize the committee, leading to the creation of the New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1971, honoring 10 legends from the Crescent City in its first induction class. While adding the responsibility of selecting Hall of Famers, the committee has continued to recognize the top athlete in the Greater New Orleans area each month as well as a range of annual awards – the honors enter their 70th year in 2026.
 
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 29 national champions, 114 Hall of Fame players, 55 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 92-year history. The 93rd Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will serve as a College Football Playoff Semifinal, will be played on January 15, 2027. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests over $1 million into the community through the hosting and sponsorship of sporting events, awards, scholarships and clinics. Through these efforts, the organization supports and honors thousands of student-athletes each year, while injecting over $2.6 billion into the local economy in the last decade.

About LCMC Health 
Established in 2009, LCMC Health is a Louisiana-based, not-for-profit hospital system serving the healthcare needs of the Gulf Coast region. LCMC Health currently manages Manning Family Children's, East Jefferson General Hospital, Lakeside Hospital, Lakeview Hospital, New Orleans East Hospital, Touro, University Medical Center New Orleans and West Jefferson Medical Center.