因为他们在曲棍球场上和场外的领导才能，以及对学生运动员的承诺，杰夫和鲍勃·斯奈德成为了CBE遗产奖的最新获得者。

这两兄弟以运动员、教练和导师的身份闻名，同时也是企业家。他们把自己的生活奉献给了曲棍球运动，并回馈社区。

他们在约翰·帕利瑟船长学校的体育课上首次接触到曲棍球。他们对这项运动的热爱从小就开始，并带领他们一路参加竞争比赛，最终成为专业运动员。

在从温斯顿·邱吉尔中学毕业后，杰夫和鲍勃都能将体育成就与学业相结合。他们分别获得了美国NCAA曲棍球的体育奖学金。

这两兄弟在加拿大国家曲棍球联赛中既是队友又是对手。他们都为卡尔加里粗颈龙队效力。杰夫在2016年退役，鲍勃至今仍在该队效力。

2007年，杰夫创办了Elev8 Lacrosse，为年轻运动员在不断发展中的田径和盒式曲棍球提供高水平的指导。

在他兄弟的指导下，两人创造了一系列创新而综合的项目，涵盖了曲棍球的整个生命周期。从基础介绍级别的训练开始，然后是训练营、诊所、技术训练，一直到精英俱乐部项目和教练指导。

杰夫和鲍勃利用自己的经验和专业知识帮助学生运动员及其家庭进行美国大学体育协会的招募过程。今年早些时候，Elev8 Lacrosse庆祝了该项目第100位运动员获得美国大学体育协会入学资格的成功。通过两兄弟的引导和领导，更多年轻人有机会将对这项运动的热爱与进一步的学业追求相结合。

他们还能与卡尔加里的新一代学生分享他们在曲棍球运动中的成长经历。自2015年以来，Elev8 Classroom Program已经向卡尔加里地区的7万多名学生介绍了曲棍球。这些学生在与他们一起工作的一周内就能掌握该游戏的基本技能。

杰夫说这让他想起自己第一次拿着曲棍球杆时的经历，那一刻改变了他的生活，现在他已经通过课堂曲棍球项目在CBE学校里圆满地回报了他的激情和专业知识。

这两兄弟说，他们试图传达教育、家庭、承诺、尊重、诚信、责任和对体育和社区持有均衡观点的核心价值观。他们鼓励学生运动员在追求个人潜力的同时，效仿他们在团队环境和社区中追求卓越的精神。

关于CBE遗产奖

CBE遗产奖表彰卡尔加里的公共教育，以及为我们社区做出贡献的个人。在城市的每个角落，跨越国内乃至国际，我们的校友们都留下了持久的影响。

公共教育在我们社区、我们国家和我们的世界中产生了巨大影响。遗产奖获得者体现了公共教育体系的工作，并代表CBE的遗产：为生活、工作做好准备，并激发终身学习的灵感。

For their leadership both on and off the lacrosse field and their commitment to student athletes, Geoff and Bob Snider are the latest recipients of the CBE Legacy Award.

These two brothers are known as athletes, coaches and mentors, as well as entrepreneurs. They have dedicated their lives to the sport of lacrosse and giving back to their community.

They were first introduced to lacrosse as part of their physical education classes at Captain John Palliser School. Their passion for the sport started at a young age and led them on to play competitively, and then eventually professionally.

Both Geoff and Bob were able to combine their athletic and academic achievements. They each earned sports scholarships to play NCAA lacrosse in the United States after graduating from Sir Winston Churchill High School.

The brothers have also been both teammates and rivals in the National Lacrosse League. They have played for the Calgary Roughnecks. Geoff retired in 2016 and Bob is still with the team today.

In 2007, Geoff founded Elev8 Lacrosse to provide a high level of instruction to young athletes in the growing sports of both field and box lacrosse.

With his brother coaching, the two have produced a series of creative and integrated programs spanning the life cycle of the sport. This starts with training at the grassroots introductory level and moves to camps, clinics and tech sessions, and then all the way to elite club programs and coaching mentorship.

Geoff and Bob are able to use their experience and expertise to help student athletes and their families though the NCAA recruiting process. Earlier this year, Elev8 Lacrosse celebrated the acceptance of their 100th athlete from the program to an NCAA school. Through the brothers’ guidance and leadership, more young people have the opportunity to combine their love of the sport with further academic pursuits.

They are also able to share their experiences growing up with the sport with a new generation of Calgary students. Since 2015, the Elev8 Classroom Program has introduced lacrosse to more than 70,000 students in the Calgary area. These students have the basic skills to play the game within a week of working with the students.

Geoff says this reminds him of his own experience of holding a lacrosse stick for the first time in Grade 5. That moment changed his life, and now he has come full circle in CBE schools offering his passion and expertise through the classroom lacrosse program.

The brothers have said they try to convey the core values of education, family, commitment, respect, integrity, accountability, and a balanced perspective in sport and community. They encourage student athletes to follow their lead in the pursuit of individual potential, and to strive for excellence in both a team environment and as citizens in the community.

About the CBE Legacy Award

The CBE Legacy Award celebrates public education in Calgary, and the individuals who have contributed to our communities. In every corner of the city, across the country and beyond, our alumni have made a lasting impact.

Public education makes a difference in our communities, our country and our world. Legacy Award recipients embody the work of the public education system and represent the legacy of the CBE: preparing students for life, work and inspiring life-long learning.