One of the longest serving members of the Swift Current Broncos Board of Directors Ben Wiebe, has been selected as the recipient of the 2011-12 WHL Governors Award. The WHL Governors Award is presented annually to an individual who, through his outstanding services as a builder of the League has made a contribution to the growth and development of the WHL. Wiebe was instrumental in bringing the WHL back to the City of Swift Current in 1986 as a member of a local committee that re-acquired the Broncos franchise. Once the team was secured in Swift Current, the work really began for Wiebe serving as a Director on the Swift Current Broncos Board for the next eight seasons (1986-1994) before being elected as Chairman and Governor of the Swift Current Broncos in 1994. Wiebe Chaired the Broncos Board of Directors for the next eight seasons (1994-2002), but maintained the role of Governor of the franchise for 17 straight years before stepping down in 2011.

The WHL and Commissioner Ron Robison will honour Wiebe at the Swift Current Broncos/ Warriors game on February 20 at the iplex.