Who’s the best rec league coach in Southwest Roanoke County?

You tell us!

Last year, voters bestowed that honor on Cory Carroll (Roanoke Star soccer), followed by a tie for second place between Mark Meyer and Butch Carleno and a tie for third between Bobby Jones, Dean Colozzo and Ricky Gregg.

In 2010, the voters recognized Mark Meyer, Ricky Gregg and Ron Lax.

In 2009, the winners were Gary Johnson, Matt Neale and Ron Clary.

Who should be recognized this year?

Voting is now open in our fourth annual Best of Southwest Roanoke County reader survey.

You can find the voting form right here (or over in the right-hand rail.)

One advisory: It would be helpful if you could tell us which teams or sports the rec league coaches are involved in; makes it easier for us to find them later to give them their awards!

The voting is open through midnight on Sunday, March 11; we’ll publish the results in our April 20 print edition.

A few new wrinkles: To make it easier to vote, we’ve gone ahead and listed the top six finishers last year in the business categories — although, as always, you can cast a write-in vote if your favorite isn’t already listed.

If you’ve got someone or some thing you think should be recognized, feel free to start a campaign to drum up votes.

Is there someone or something who should be recognized who doesn’t fit into a category? We always have our “best thing not on this list.”

Happy voting!

Here’s who won in 2011 and 2010 and 2009.

Got friends in other places? We also have Best Of contests underway in Salem, Botetourt County, and the New River Valley.