The Badge of Honor and the First Place Diploma were handed over to the player by the governor of St. Petersburg, George S. Poltavchenko in Smolny.
In years past such award winners were well-known Petersburg sportsmen Andrey Arshavin, Alexey Yagudin, Evgueny Plyushenko, Alexander Kerzhakov, Anton Sukharulidze, Elena Berezhnaya, Olga Kuzhela etc.