Congratulations to Deakin’s 2024 Sport Awards winners!
The 2024 Deakin Sport Awards were held on Thursday 31 October 2024 at Deakin Downtown, where we celebrated the admirable energy, teamwork and achievements of our elite student-athletes throughout the year.
Fourteen students from the Elite Athlete Program represented Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games – the second most current students of any Australian university. They were joined by five Deakin University alum, representing Australia in a range of sports including Athletics, 3×3 Basketball, Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey, Rowing, Shooting, Table Tennis, Triathlon and Water Polo. Several students competed in World Cups and World Championships, and there were fantastic results at National Championships and national competitions throughout the year.
At the UniSport Nationals and UniSport National Championships, the Deakin Dragons again performed strongly. The results included one silver medal and four bronze medals across team events, and some outstanding individual performances including three gold medals, two silver medals and five bronze medals from Athletics, Rowing and Swimming. More than 120 students represented Deakin University at the UniSport Nationals in Canberra, and Deakin teams were represented at standalone UniSport National Championships including Athletics, 3×3 Basketball, Distance Running, Surfing, Swimming and Indigenous Nationals, which resulted in Deakin University finishing 23rd out of 43 universities in the 2024 UniSport Nationals Overall Champion Pennant Tally.
A highlight of the ceremony was also having a number of 2024 Paris Olympians and Paralympians in the room as we recognised their outstanding achievements in Paris.
Congratulations to all of our 2024 winners!
Deakin Sport Awards
- Sportperson of the Year – Female: Jakara Anthony (Freestyle Skiing)
- Sportperson of the Year – Male: Finn Luu (Table Tennis)
- Sportperson of the Year – Disability: Sam McIntosh (Athletics)
- Sportperson of the Year – Indigenous: Terri-Anne Logan (Netball)
- Performer of the Year: Dimity Azoury (Ballet)
- Alumni of the Year: Rhydian Cowley (Athletics)
- Elite Athlete Rising Star: Darcy Giddings (Athletics)
- Community Spirit: Sophie Conway (AFL)
- Emerging Sport Leader: Madeleine French (Tennis)
| Deakin Full Blue Awards | UniSport Half Blue Awards |
|---|---|
| National Team Representation Joel Baden (Athletics) Paige Barr (Rowing) Aislin Jones (Shooting) Finn Luu (Table Tennis) Sam McIntosh (Athletics) Jean Mitchell (Rowing) Mia Salomon (Gymnastics) Liam Sweeney (Taekwondo) | UniSport Nationals Representation Tiana Boras (Athletics) Madison Cooper (Swimming) Haddi El Shorbagy (Athletics) Alana Chapman (Athletics) Xavier Hall-Sullivan (Taekwondo) Owen Williams-Polley (Swimming) Georgia Tayler (Athletics) |
UniSport Awards
- Outstanding Performance by a Sports Team: Men’s Badminton Team – Lehan Andrahennadi, Hanbo Feng, King Kiat Ha, Vincent Lawrencio, Rui Huan (Brandon) Lee, Dinal Prabathiya
- Spirit of the UniNationals Award: Men’s Futsal Team.
See some of the action from the night below!
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