By Sage Donnelly

I just found out I was nominated for the World Paddle Awards Sports Jr. of the Year again and was hoping you could help me garner the votes that I need to make it to the final round.

The World Paddler Awards are unique in the fact that it involves social media voting, as well as a panel of top paddling judges who also vote-each side weighed 50 percent. Last year, I was 2nd to last in social media voting, but made it to the top 3 with the judges panel, all without any international titles!

This year I hope to motivate others to get into the voting process, which is unique itself. To vote, you click on the link here, scroll down to the bottom of my bio and click on the social media icons that you are a member of FB, Twitter and Google +, and also the big thumb on the left for those without social media — you can click on all 4 and that counts as 4 votes!

Thanks so much!

Sage