The Dodgeball PEI Hall of Fame celebrates the individuals who have made a lasting impact on the community & culture of dodgeball on Prince Edward Island.
From outstanding athletes to dedicated volunteers, the Hall of Fame recognizes those whose contributions have helped shape Dodgeball PEI and the community we are proud to have today.
It is a celebration of our history, our people, and the lasting legacy they have created for the sport on Prince Edward Island.
Josh Simon
(2024 HOF Recipient)
Few individuals can claim to have had as profound an impact on the history of dodgeball on Prince Edward Island as Josh Simon.
Josh’s involvement dates back to 2002, when he helped establish what was then known as the PEI Dodgeball Club at UPEI. Long before Dodgeball PEI existed in its current form, Josh was helping create a place for Islanders to discover the sport, compete, and build the community that would eventually grow around it.
After passing the torch in 2005, the original club eventually faded away. But Josh’s contribution to Island dodgeball was far from finished. In 2009, he played an instrumental role in bringing organized dodgeball back to life on PEI, helping lay the groundwork for the community that exists today.
Josh would continue to influence the growth of the sport through his involvement with the Charlottetown Sport & Social Club (CSSC). After purchasing the organization, Josh brought with him years of experience as a player and a genuine desire to improve the game. At the time, CSSC was home to a thriving competitive dodgeball league and some now-legendary teams within the Island community, including Colin’s Cool Cats, Balls Deep, Did It Bounce, The Feminist Agenda, Hellfish, and Thumbs Up For Dodgeball — the latter of which Josh was a founding member.
Recognizing opportunities to improve the league, Josh helped transition its rules toward a format more closely aligned with Dodgeball Canada, contributing to the continued development of competitive dodgeball on PEI.
His impact, however, extended well beyond simply running a league.
Over the years, Josh became an invaluable supporter and collaborator with Dodgeball PEI. Whether it was providing equipment, helping with advertising, offering financial and organizational advice, participating in leagues and events, or simply stepping forward whenever help was needed, Josh consistently found ways to strengthen the sport and the people around it.
That support was especially evident during the 2019 Canadian Dodgeball Championships, when Prince Edward Island hosted the national event for the first time. Josh played an instrumental role behind the scenes in helping Dodgeball PEI deliver what was, at the time, the largest dodgeball event ever hosted on the Island.
Fittingly, those championships were held at the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre — the same place where Josh had helped get Island dodgeball started nearly two decades earlier.
Josh’s legacy within Dodgeball PEI cannot simply be measured by leagues, tournaments or organizations. It can be found in the community that grew from those early days at UPEI and in the countless players who have discovered the sport because people like Josh were willing to put in the work behind the scenes.
Those who know Josh know his selflessness, passion, generosity and willingness to help others. We're proud to have you as our inaugural inductee of the Dodgeball PEI Hall of Fame
Adam Loo
(2025 HOF Recipient)
When we talk about the people who helped shape Dodgeball PEI into what it is today, there are those who helped build the community, those who helped grow the sport, and those who challenged us to think bigger about what Island athletes could accomplish.
Adam Loo did all three.
One of Adam’s most significant contributions to Dodgeball PEI was the creation of our High Performance Program.
At the time, competitive dodgeball on Prince Edward Island was still finding its identity. We had talented athletes and passionate players, but Adam recognized that talent alone could only take us so far. If PEI athletes were going to compete at a higher level, they needed structure. They needed consistent coaching, proper programming, development opportunities and an environment that treated competitive dodgeball like a legitimate performance program.
The program Adam helped create would ultimately become bigger than any one coach or director. His work paved the way for the coaches, administrators and program leaders who followed him, each building upon that original foundation and helping usher in a new generation of competitive dodgeball on Prince Edward Island.
But Adam’s impact on Dodgeball PEI extends well beyond what happened on the court.
His connections and experience within Prince Edward Island’s tourism industry became an invaluable resource for Dodgeball PEI. Those relationships played an influential role in helping Charlottetown successfully land the 2019 Canadian Dodgeball Championships, bringing the national dodgeball community to Prince Edward Island for what became a landmark moment in our organization’s history.
Today, Adam continues to give back to the organization through his own business, Ada Culinary Studio.
Ada Culinary Studio has become a valued supporter of Dodgeball PEI, including its support of our annual Beach Dodgeball Tournament. Adam has continued to find ways to contribute to the events and experiences that bring our community together, even when he is no longer the person responsible for running them.
And it's the continued support of someone who, even after stepping away from leadership, still believes in the organization and the community he helped build.
Adam helped Dodgeball PEI understand that if we wanted our athletes and our organization to reach another level, we needed to start thinking and operating at another level.
And because he did, countless Island athletes who came after him have been given opportunities that otherwise may never have existed.
For your leadership, your vision, your continued support, and the foundation you built for generations of competitive dodgeball players on Prince Edward Island:
Thank you & welcome to the Hall of Fame!
Adam Macdonald
(2026 HOF Recipient)
Few people can claim to have been part of Prince Edward Island's dodgeball community for as long as Adam Macdonald.
Known to many of his friends simply as "Spaz," Adam has been involved in PEI dodgeball for more than two decades. While his participation as a player may not always have been consistent, his involvement in the community has been. As a player, coach, collaborator, and constant source of ideas, Adam has played an important role in shaping Dodgeball PEI into the organization and community it is today.
Adam was part of the early Sunday Night Dodgeball sessions at UPEI, long before Dodgeball PEI existed in its current form. As the sport began to become more organized on Prince Edward Island in the early 2010s, Adam became increasingly involved in conversations about where PEI dodgeball could go next.
He was an early driving force behind the creation of the Dodgeball PEI Beach Tournament, an event that would grow into one of the organization's signature annual tournaments. Adam was also instrumental in developing the concept of larger, more extensive training days and camps within the Dodgeball PEI High Performance Program, helping establish an approach that would eventually become an important part of preparing PEI athletes for national competition.
Adam was always a big-picture thinker. His approach was to throw every possible idea on the table, regardless of how ambitious or unconventional it might initially seem. That approach complemented those around him who could take the best of those ideas, refine them, and turn them into something achievable.
That collaborative relationship has influenced Dodgeball PEI for more than a decade. Many programs, events, and ideas credited to the organization's leadership began, at least in part, with conversations involving Adam.
Adam has also built an extensive résumé as both a player and coach within Dodgeball PEI's competitive program. He was a multiple-time member of Riptide, including as part of the team that captured a silver medal in Barrie. He competed with Black Flag in 2019 and 2020 before returning to the team as a coach in 2022
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Adam later became a coach with Avonlea Armada in 2024 and 2025 before joining Horizon as a coach for the 2026 season.
For more than two decades, he has played, coached, challenged, brainstormed, collaborated, and pushed the people around him to think bigger about what dodgeball on Prince Edward Island could become.
The history of Dodgeball PEI cannot be properly told without acknowledging Adam Macdonald's influence on it.
For his longevity within the sport, his contributions as a player and coach, we welcome Adam Macdonald to the Dodgeball PEI Hall of Fame.