Marken Michel earns Calgary Stampeders’ Herm Harrison Memorial Award

The Calgary Stampeders named receiver Marken Michel arsenic this year’s recipient of the Herm Harrison Memorial Award connected Thursday.

The honour, established successful 2013, recognizes outstanding assemblage service. Harrison was a choky extremity with the Stampeders from 1964-72, earning West Division all-star honours six times portion being named a league all-star connected 3 occasions.

Harrison remained successful Calgary pursuing his vocation and continued supporting galore assemblage initiatives. Harrison was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame successful 1993 and the Stampeders retired his No. 76.

Harrison registered 443 vocation catches for 6,693 yards and 43 touchdowns. He died successful November 2013.

Michel, 31, a Florida autochthonal successful his 5th play with Calgary, is an progressive participent successful galore of the CFL club’s assemblage programs. That includes Every Yard Counts, which features subordinate visits to the Alberta Children’s Hospital the nighttime earlier each location game.

Michel has besides often led groups of teammates into the downtown halfway to administer nutrient and h2o to those successful need.

“One of the toughest questions successful beingness is what is my intent and my duty successful life?” Michel said successful a statement. “What you aftermath up reasoning astir and what you deliberation astir perpetually earlier you spell to slumber is simply a hint arsenic to what your intent and duty is successful life.

“Your duty is immoderate occupation you were created to lick connected the Earth. What you emotion is simply a hint to the acquisition and contented you incorporate to implicit your assignment. What you hatred is simply a hint to thing you are assigned to correct. What grieves you is simply a hint to thing you are assigned to heal. These are my changeless reminders to marque a difference.”

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Past winners include: Rob Cote (2013), Randy Chevrier (2014), Bo Levi Mitchell (2015-16), Joshua Bell (2017), Rob Maver (2018-19), Kamar Jorden (2021), Colton Hunchak (2022) and Reggie Begelton (2023).