2008 Recipient: Josh McCarthy, Ironside
2007 Recipient: Chase Sparling-Beckley, Sockeye
2006 Recipient: Allan Cowan, Furious George
2005 Recipient: Jeffrey Eastham-Anderson, Jam2004 Recipient: Damien Scott, Jam
2003 Recipient: Andy Crews, Condors
2002 Recipient: Moses Rifkin, Death or GloryThe Farricker Spirit Award is given to the player in the open division of the UPA's Club Championship Series adjudged to have exhibited personal responsibility, integrity, and fairness combined with a high standard of playing ability. Each qualifying open team nominates one player from their own team as the person who best represents Spirit of the Game. During the open championship game, each nominee is honored with a disc, pin or set of Mardi Gras beads. The hope is that the people wearing the Mardi Gras beads will be connected to Pete, each other and the Spirit of the Game, and will become role models for their teammates and opponents.
About Peter Farricker
Peter "Wheels" Farricker was a person of spirit — teammate, friend, brother, son, husband and father. He was swift, clever, funny, smart, kind, and he attracted people with an ease and calmness many admired. Fair on the field, he was strong in skill, superior outside the lines. He was champion in many ways. Taken seriously without being overly serious, loved by many, he was and is for many of us a model of what we hope we can be.