Carla Berg Award
Carla Lorraine Berg
1981 - 2003
Armstrong high school class of 1999
St Cloud State University 2003
High School Carla Berg Award
Established 2004
“This is an award to honor our daughter for a sport she loved so much. It is not intended for the best player, or the most improved, although they may be one & the same. It is for the player who enjoys the game of hockey for the simple fun of the game. Carla was not a good hockey player. In fact, to turn she would sometimes use her stick as a rudder. The boards were her friend because she then stopped going forward. She was a mother hen to the younger player & enjoyed the pizza parties with the players as much as the game itself. We congratulate this year’s winner & hope you enjoy the hockey game as much as Carla would have.”
The Berg Families
2023-2024 Award Winner Olive Riley with Carla Berg's Cousin Parker and his wife Lindsay
Carla Berg Award Winners
| 2023-2024 | Olive Riley |
| 2022-2023 | Brianna LeVoir |
| 2021-2022 | Anna Paavola |
| 2020-2021 | Elizabeth Brey |
| 2019-2020 | Libby Plath |
| 2018-2019 | Hailey Mattson |
| 2017-2018 | Isabella Kriesel |
| 2016-2017 | Emily Daughenbaugh |
| 2015-2016 | Madie McGuire |
| 2014-2015 | Angel Hillstrom |
| 2013-2014 | Jessica Halverson |
| 2012-2013 | Maddie Jocelyn |
| 2011-2012 | Emma Reeve |
| 2010-2011 | Kallie Malloy |
| 2009-2010 | Casey Ostdiek |
| 2008-2009 | Melanie Potter |
| 2007-2008 | Lauren Johnson |
| 2006-2007 | Zinka Krivdic |
| 2005-2006 | Tessa House |
| 2004-2005 | Katie Grambois |
| 2003-2004 | Stephanie Sessions |
COLLEGE CARLA BERG MEMORIAL CUP
Established 2004
WCCHA Champion
Each year, the Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association (WCCHA) Champion is awarded the Carla Berg Memorial Cup, named after Carla Berg, a tireless volunteer for the St. Cloud State University Club Hockey team before a tragic car accident took her life. The current cup trophy replaced the original traveling version, which now permanently resides in St. Cloud. Currently, each champion recieves a replica bowl to keep with their program.
She graduated and ended up at St. Cloud with her boyfriend, Chris Reinholdz. Chris got the guys together to start a Club Hockey Team for St. Cloud and Carla continued what she did best. She managed a lot of the team's schedule, set up the vans and trips, set up fund raising which included work schedules at the Xcel Center so the guys could help offset the costs and always found the post party after the game. She even tried to talk Husky Varsity Coach Craig Dahl out of some used uniforms - but to no avail. She was very important to the Club Hockey's first team and as a tribute they dedicated this season to her memory.
We are very honored to have an annual scholarship set up in Carla's name for some young lady who enjoys the game. If this scholarship helps in some way to improve your skills but more importantly your love for hockey we know Carla would be happy. Congratulations to this years winner.
The Western Collegiate Club Hockey Association is a conference featuring members from Universities and Colleges in the Upper Midwest. All members compete in the Central Region at the Division II level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association.
High School First Annual Carla Berg Award Speech 2004
Dear Family and Friends,
We would like to thank Shelley & Tim Berg for establishing a hockey camp scholarship to be awarded each year at the AHS Girls’ Hockey Banquet. The award will go to a girl who best exemplifies Carla’s spirit and love for the game.
On Sunday, March 7, 2004 at the Armstrong Girls Hockey Banquet, Jason Paurus (former AHS Girls’ Hockey Coach) presented the Carla Berg Award to Danielle Hartmann and Stephanie Sessions. We would like to share his tribute to Carla with you.
Thank you again for giving me the honor of presenting the 1st annual Carla Berg award.
Carla Berg played two years for the Armstrong Girls’ Hockey team (97/98 and 98/99). She was voted by her teammates JV Captain for her senior year.
Carla Berg was always positive and always smiling! Every time I picture her I see her smiling. She was always willing to help others out. She was the mother hen of the AHS girl’s hockey program. She would take the younger girls under her wing and help them out. One of the many things I will remember about Carla was the spirit she put forth in planning and organizing team get togethers. She organized the JV girls to help out at the Shriners Childrens hospital. She was amazing! There are people that you meet during your life that give you a better understanding of what life is all about! Carla Berg was Full of LIFE, Full of ENERGY, and Full of SPIRIT!
She knew the importance of winning and losing but she was way ahead of her time when it came down to the important things in life. Relationships with others, treating others with respect and kindness, and giving of herself not for the benefit of herself but for the benefit of others. I will always remember Carla and her talks with me. She would always say coach I need to talk to you. As I look back I got more out of those talks than Carla did. Carla Berg touched many lives!
2003 CELEBRATION OF CARLA'S LIFE
On September 25, 2003 family and friends of Carla gathered downtown in celebration of Carla's life. Friends made ribbons and buttons which were sold to benefit the Carla Berg Memorial Fund. Over 500 ribbons were purchased by her friends and community members of the City of St. Cloud. A table was set up in tribute to Carla to display photos and provide guests a scrapbook to sign. The table was staffed by friends and donations were accepted. The night ended as Carla herself would have wanted…over a thousand people gathered in the downtown street to raise their glass in memory to Carla. A toast was presented in honor of Carla's loving spirit and passion for life.
~ May the Lord bless you and keep you, May the Lords face shine upon you, and give you peace. ~
Sincerely Yours,
Anne Heather Wheeler
Friend of Carla's
OBITUARY
Carla Lorraine Berg age 22 of Plymouth. Preceded in death by grandfathers, Roy A. Berg, Carl Hanson; and cousin, Scott Jackson. Survived by parents, Mark & Peggy; brother, Jake; grandparents, Lorraine Berg, Lois & John McColley; aunts & uncles, Judie (John) Lucchesi, Doug (Gena) Berg, Tim (Shelley) Berg, Chuck (Helen) Hanson; many loving cousins & friends. Carla was a current student at St. Cloud State & an avid hockey booster. Carla was loved for her high spirits and true love for life. She had many friends as a result of her outgoing and friendly personality, with a smile and a hug for everyone. Her life was full of a sense of adventure that enabled her to get the most out of life. She will be dearly missed by the many lives she touched.
This obituary was originally published in the Star Tribune.