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From left: Zane Litzenberger, Ali Diehl and Ryan McDonald will be honoured at the 17th Annual Prince Albert Kinsmen Sportsman Dinner on Oct. 24. (Image Credit: Facebook)
Sportsman Dinner

Prince Albert Kinsmen name 2026 sports award recipients

Sep 22, 2026 | 12:04 PM

Prince Albert Raiders head coach Ryan McDonald, multisport athlete Zane Litzenberger and para swimmer Ali Diehl will be honoured at the 17th annual Prince Albert Kinsmen Sportsman Dinner on Oct. 24.

The Kinsmen Club of Prince Albert named McDonald its Sportsperson of the Year, Litzenberger its Male Athlete of the Year and Diehl its Female Athlete of the Year.

McDonald played two and a half seasons for his hometown Raiders before later joining the team’s coaching staff. He became interim head coach in March 2025 and went on to lead the club to a 50-win season and the WHL Championship Series.

He has also coached internationally. Most recently, McDonald was an assistant coach for Canada’s gold-medal team at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup. It was his third gold medal in three coaching appearances with Canada.

Litzenberger earned recognition across softball, football and basketball. In 2025, he helped the Prince Albert Astros win bronze at the U17 Boys Canadian Fastpitch Championship, where he was named an all-star and the tournament’s top utility player.

At Carlton Comprehensive High School, he caught the winning touchdown in the Crusaders’ first provincial football championship in 2024. He also helped Carlton earn silver at the 2026 Hoopla basketball championship and represented Saskatchewan in basketball at the 2025 Canada Summer Games. Litzenberger has committed to the University of Regina Rams football program.

Diehl earned a place on Canada’s team for the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships after winning five medals at the Canadian Swimming Trials. At 16, she was the youngest athlete on the Canadian team in Singapore, where she finished fourth in the women’s SB9 100-metre breaststroke with a personal-best time.

She has since been named Saskatchewan Sport Awards Youth Female Athlete of the Year and Swimming Canada’s Breakout Swimmer of the Year in its Paralympics Program. Diehl added gold and bronze medals at a World Para Swimming Championship Series event in France this May.

Former NHL goaltender and Hockey Night in Canada analyst Kelly Hrudey will be the dinner’s guest speaker. The event will also include live and silent auctions, with proceeds supporting the Kinsmen Wave Pool at the Lake Country Co-op Leisure Centre.

The dinner takes place at the Ches Leach Lounge in the Art Hauser Centre. Tickets are $200 each or $1,400 for a table of eight. They can be purchased by emailing pakinsmenclub@gmail.com or calling 306-960-2528.

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