Terry Ballard, sport and wellness manager, Medicine Hat College Rattlers accepts the 2025 CCAA Community Service Award. Supplied/Medicine Hat College

By Jesse Gill

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Medicine Hat College Rattlers Athletics wins community service award

Jun 18, 2025 | 3:41 PM

For the second year in a row the Medicine Hat College Rattlers Athletics is the winner of the Canadian Collegiate Athletics Association Community Service Award.

The award is given in recognition of an institution that has successfully developed and administered a community relations program.

“We are incredibly proud to receive this national recognition,” said Kristina Hyde, athletics & recreation programmer for the Rattlers.

“At Medicine Hat College, community is at the heart of everything we do. Our Rattler student-athletes are not only leaders on the court and field, but also in the community, showing up, giving back, and making a real difference,” she added.

“This award reflects the passion, commitment, and heart our student-athletes bring to every aspect of their lives — as students, athletes, and community leaders.”

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Rattlers Athletics has now won the CCAA Community Service Award four times, with wins also in 2024, 2020, and 2019.

The college said over the past year, the student-athletes have volunteered over 5,300 hours within the Medicine Hat community.

The award was presented at the CCAA annual general meeting on Tuesday in Kelowna, B.C.