Awards
Australian Sports Commission
The AIS gives out a number of yearly awards to current scholarship holders for a range of achievements and recognition scholarships including:
- AIS 'Best of the Best'
- AIS Athlete of the Year
- AIS Junior Athlete of the Year
- AIS Team of the Year
- AIS Coach of the Year
- AIS Program of the Year
- AIS Educational Achievement Award
- AIS Vocational Achievement Award
- Brent Harding Memorial Scholarship - Swimming
- Nathan Meade Memorial Scholarship - Diving
- Darren Smith Memorial Scholarship - Road Cycling
- Gary Knoke Memorial Scholarship - Track & Field
- Ross Herbert Memorial Scholarship - Golf
- Ben Mitchell Memorial Scholarship - AFL
- Achievement Awards
AIS 25 Best of the Best
25 athletes below have been selected to form the AIS 25 Best of the Best. 21 athletes were selected in 2002 and another 4 in 2006.
Alisa Camplin (Skiing)Rob De Castella (Athletics)
John Eales (Rugby Union)
Simon Fairweather (Archery)
Neil Fuller (Athletics - EAD)
Bridgette Gusterson (Water Polo)
Rechelle Hawkes (Hockey)
Lauren Jackson (Basketball) *
Shane Kelly (Cycling)
Michael Klim (Swimming)
Luc Longley (Basketball)
Michelle Martin (Squash)
Glenn McGrath (Cricket)
Michael Milton (Skiing - EAD)
Chantelle Newbery (Diving) *
Stuart O'Grady (Cycling) *
Clint Robinson (Canoeing)
Louise Sauvage (Athletics - EAD)
Kerry Saxby-Junna (Athletics) *
Kate Slatter (Rowing)
Zali Steggall (Skiing)
Petria Thomas (Swimming)
Mark Viduka (Football)
Vicki Wilson (Netball)
Todd Woodbridge (Tennis)
EAD denotes Elite Athlete with a Disability.
* selected in 2006
AIS Athlete of the Year
1983/4 Karen Phillips (Swimming)
1984/5 Michele Pearson (Swimming)
1985/6 James Galloway (Rowing)
1986/7 Kerry Saxby (Track and Field)
1988/9 Kerry Saxby (Track and Field)
1989 Kerry Saxby (Track and Field)
1990 Steve McGlede (Cycling)
1991 Linley Frame (Swimming)
1992 Clint Robinson (Canoeing)
1993 World Junior Female Basketball Champions - Carla Boyd, Kristi Harrower, Gina Stevens, Jo Hill
1993 Men's Track Cycling Pursuit Team - Tim O'Shannessey, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy-Jo Shearsby
1994 Australian Women's Hockey Team - Michelle Andrews, Sally Carbon, Tammy Ghisalberti, Rechelle Hawkes, Karen Marsden, Jenny Morris, Jackie Periera, Nova Peris, Lisa Powell, Justine Sowry, Kate Starre
1995 Shane Kelly (Cycling)
1996 Megan Still and Kate Slatter (Rowing)
1997 Louise Sauvage (Athletics - Wheelchair)
1998 Michael Klim (Swimming)
1999 Michael Klim (Swimming)
2000 Simon Fairweather (Archery)
2001 Petria Thomas (Swimming) and Philippe Rizzo (Gymnastics)
2002 Petria Thomas (Swimming)
2003 Nathan Baggaley (Canoeing)
2004 Ryan Bayley (Cycling) and Petria Thomas (Swimming)
2006 Philippe Rizzo (Gymnastics)
AIS Junior Athlete of the Year
1995 World Junior Men's Basketball Silver Medallists - Frank Drimic, Scott McGregor, Phil Doherty, Brad McKinnon
1996 Victoria Roberts (Netball)
1997 Michael Rogers (Cycling)
1998 Lauren Jackson (Basketball)
1999 Lauren Jackson (Basketball) , Ben Kersten and Jobie Dajka (Cycling)
2000 Siobhan Paton (Swimming)
2001 Luke Schenscher (Basketball)
2002 Todd Reid (Tennis)
2003 David Barnes (Archery)
2004 Tim Cuddihy (Archery)
2006 Robert Crowther (Athletics)
AIS Team of the Year
2000 Australian Women's Water Polo
2001 Women's Coxless Four (Victoria Roberts, Jane Robinson, Jo Lutz and Julia Wilson)
2002 Darren Bundock and John Forbes (Sailing)
2003 Australian Women's Quad Scull (Amber Bradley, Dana Faletic, Kerry Hore, Jane Robinson) (Rowing)
2004 Hockey Men's Team
AIS Coach of the Year
2002 Martin Barras (Cycling)
2003 Lyall McCarthy (Rowing)
2004 Martin Barras (Track Cycling)
2003 Diving
2004 Diving
1988 Grant Carlyon (Gymnastics)
1989 Ian McInnes (Water Polo)
1990 Andrew McDonald (Hockey)
1991 Jason Kovacic (Rowing)
1992 Peter Hogan (Gymnastics)
1993 Fleur Spriggs (Rowing)
1994 Pat Howard (Rugby Union)
1995 Kate Slatter (Rowing)
1996 Max Diamond (Hockey)
1997 Justin Quill (Canoeing)
1998 Jaime Fernandez (Rowing)
1999 Nicholas Porzig (Rowing)
2000 Priscilla Rundle (Volleyball)
2001 Mathew Engele (Soccer) and Rebecca Witham (Water Polo)
2002 Robert Newbery (Diving) and Sam McGregor (Water Polo)
2003 Travis Moran (Volleyball) and Rachel Imison (Hockey)
2004 Ben Lent (Men's Water Polo) and Oenone Wood (Road Cycling)
2006 Andrew Ogilvy ( Basketball) Suzannah Fraser (Water Polo)
AIS Vocational Achievement Award
1988 Peter Beames (Track & Field)
1989 No award
1990 John Fox (Water Polo)
1991 Ian Rowling (Canoeing)
1992 No award
1993 Guy Newman (Water Polo)
1994 Guy Newman (Water Polo) & Damien Fanning (Water Polo)
1995 Robert Scott (Rowing) and David Weightman (Rowing)
1996 Robert Scott (Rowing) and David Weightman (Rowing)
1997 Nick McDonald-Crowley (Rowing)
1998 Kylie English (Water Polo) and Martin Inglis (Rowing)
1999 Nathan Deakes (Track & Field)
2000 Sacha Wainwright (Soccer)
2001 Todd Pearson (Swimming)
2002 Melissa Mills (Water Polo) and Gill Foster (Soccer)
2003 Adam Pine (Swimming) and Mark Hickman (Hockey)
2004 Shermin Oksuz (Athletics) and Fiona Crawford (Softball)
2005 Kate Forgione (Sprint Canoe) and Kerrie Taurima (Athletics)
2006 Mark Bellofiore (Canoe Slalom) and Lisa Oldenhof (Sprint Canoe)
2007 Lachlan Milne (Slalom Canoe/Kayak)
Brent Harding (1969-1996) Memorial Scholarship - Swimming
1997 Mathew Dunn
1998 Trent Steed
1999 Daniel Kowalski
2000 Sarah Ryan
2001 Justin Norris
2002 David Jenkins
2003 Josh Taylor
2004 Andrew Richards
2005 Linda MacKenzie
2007 Sally Foster
1995 Vyninka Arlow
1996 Dean Pullar
1997 Loudy Tourky
1998 Chantelle Michell
1999 Robert Newbery
2000 Chantelle Michell
2001 Robert Newbery
2002 Mathew Helm
2003 Steven Barnett
2004 Mathew Helm
2005 Loudy Tourky
1994 Robert McEwen
1995 Matthew Goold
1996 Matthew White
1997 Marcel Gono
1998 Jay Sweet
1999 Allen Davis
2000 Michael Rogers
2001 Gene Bates
2002 Ashley Hubert
2003 Peter Dawson
2004 Aaron Kemps
2005 Chris Sutton
2007 Wesley Sulzberger
1985/86 Miles Murphy
1986/87 Dolph Francis
1987/88 Kim Wilson
1988/89 Darren Wright
1990/91 Paul Greene
1991/92 Rohan Robinson
1992/93 Simon Hollingsworth
1993/94 Simon Hollingsworth
1994/95 Kyle Vander Kuyp
1995/96 Matthew Beckenham
1996/97 Rohan Robinson
1998/99 Kyle Vander Kuyp
1999/2000 Peter Bates
2004 Tobby Sutherland
2001 Nadina Taylor
2002 Susie Mathews
2003 Luke Hickmott
2004 Michael Sim
2005 Andrew Martin
2006 Not awarded
2007 Not awarded
2008 Rohan Blizard
Ben Mitchell (1985-2002) Memorial Scholarship - AFL
2006 David Myers
2007 Jack Grimes
Achievement Awards
2002
Petria Thomas (Swimming), Alisa Camplin (Aerial Skiing), Michael Milton (Skiing), Jana Pittman (Athletics), Justin Norris (Swimming), Sean Edaie (Cycling), Jobie Dajka (Cycling), Nathan Baggaley (Canoeing), Philippe Rizzo (Gymnastics), Nathan Deakes (Atjletics), Daniel Geale (Boxing), Richard Moir (Golf), Mirinda Carfrae (Triathlon), Brad Kahlfeldt (Triathlon), Hollie Grima (Basketball), David Barnes (Archery), Tim Cuddihy (Archery), John Forbes (Sailing), Darren Bundock (Sailing), Todd Reid (Tennis)
2003
Felicity Abram (Triathlon), Belinda Archer (Gymnastics), Nathan Baggaley (Canoring), David Barnes (Archery), Andrew Bogut (Basketball), Amber Bradley (Rowing), Darren Bundock (Sailing), Alisa Camplin (Aerial Skiing), Jobie Dajka (Cycling), Peter Dawson (Cycling), Jacqui Dunn (Gymnastics), Nikki Egyed (Triathlon), Dana Faletic (Rowing), John Forbes (Sailing), Liz Gardner (Aerial Skiing), Henry Gundry (Rowing), Mathew Helm (Diving), Kerry Hore (Rowing), Lydia Ierodiaconou (Aerial Skiing), Patrick Johnson (Athletics), Shane Kelly (Cycling), Michael McBryde (Rowing), Michael Milton (Skiing), Bree Munro (Aerial Skiing), Robert Newberry (Diving), Malcolm Page (Sailing), Luke Roberts (Cycling), Jane Robinson (Rowing), Grant Schubert (Hockey), Nathan Wilmot (Sailing), Stephen Wooldridge (Cycling)
2004
Alisa Camplin ( Alpine Skiing), Michael Milton & Cameron Rahles-Rahbula (APC Alpine Skiing), Amy Winters, Heath Francis, Amanda Fraser, Hamish McDonald, Roy Daniell, Lisa McIntosh (APC Athletics), · Matt Cowdrey, Prue Watt, Chantel Wolfenden, Kate Bailey, Sarah Bowen, Lichelle Clarke, Marayke Jonkers, Katrina Lewis, Sarah Rose, Daniel Bell, Rick Pendleton (APC Swimming), Tim Cuddihy (Archery), Nathan Deakes (Athletics), Nathan Baggaley & Clint Robinson (Canoe Sprint), Ryan Bayley, Anna Meares, Luke Roberts, Oenone Wood, Sara Carrigan, Peter Dawson, Shane Kelly, Stephen Wooldridge, Katie Mactier, Ashley Hutchinson (Cycling), Chantelle Newbery, Robert Newbery, Mathew Helm, Steven Barnett, Loudy Tourky (Diving), Amber Bradley, Kerry Hore, Dana Faletic, Rebecca Sattin (Rowing), Malcolm Page, Nathan Wilmot, Michael Blackburn (Sailing), Petria Thomas, Sarah Ryan, Craig Stevens, Antony Matkovich (Swimming), Natalie Grinham, Amelia Pittock (Squash) Annbel Luxford (Triathlon) Athens Olympic Team (15) (Softball ) Athens Olympic Team (16) (Hockey)
2005
Michael Milton (APC Skiing), Lorian Graham (Road Cycling), Mary-Anne Monckton (Gymnastics), Monette Russo (Gymnastics), Liam De Young (Hockey), Luke Doerner (Hockey), Nathan Eglington (Hockey), Bevan George (Hockey), David Guest (Hockey), Aaron Hopkins (Hockey), Mark Knowles (Hockey), Matthew Naylor (Hockey), Grant Schubert (Hockey), Fleur Chew (Rowing), Pauline Frasca (Rowing), Sarah Heard (Rowing), Kate Hornsey (Rowing), Emily Martin (Rowing), Sonia Mills (Rowing), Sarah Outhwaite (Rowing), Elizabeth Patrick (Rowing), Robyn Selby Smith (Rowing), Stewart Boswell (Squash), Anthony Ricketts (Squash), Jodie Henry (Swimming), Alice Mills (Swimming), Felicity Abram (Triathlon), Annabel Luxford (Triathlon), Igor Yudin (Volleyball), Richard Campbell (Water Polo), Dale Begg-Smith (Winter Sports - Mogul)
2006
Alisa Camplin (Alpine Skking), Toby Kane (APC Alpine Skiing), Michael Milton (APC Alpine Skiing), Matthew Cowdrey (APC Swimming), Ryan Tyack (Archery), Jane Waller (Archery), Robert Crowther (Athletics), Nathan Deakes (Athletics), Heath Francis (Athletics), Stuart Rendell (Athletics), Patrick Mills (Basketball), Jarrod Fletcher (Boxing), Brad Pitt (Boxing), Kate Bates (Cycling), Ryan Bayley (Cycling), Sean Finning (Cycling), Katie Mactier (Cycling), Matthew Goss (Cycling), Anna Meares (Cycling), Mathew Helm (Diving), Sally Shipard (Football), Hollie Dykes (Gymnastics), Damian Istria (Gymnastics), Joshua Jefferis (Gymnastics), Philippe Rizzo (Gymnastics), Chloe Sims (Gymnastics), Kobie McGurk (Hockey), Dale Begg-Smith (Mogul Skiing), Brooke Pratley (Rowing), Glenn Ashby (Sailing), Michael Blackburn (Sailing), Tom Slingsby (Sailing), Darren Bundock (Sailing), Ryan Cuskelly (Squash), Peta Hughes (Squash), Angie Bainbridge (Swimming), Brenton Rickard (Swimming), Chris Guccione (Tennis), Brad Kahlefeldt (Triathlon), Gemma Beadsworth (Water Polo), Nicole Dyson (Water Polo), Suzannah Fraser (Water Polo), Taniele Gofers (Water Polo), Kate Gynther (Water Polo), Fiona Hammond (Water Polo), Bronwen Knox (Water Polo), Emma Knox (Water Polo), Alicia McCormack (Water Polo ), Patrice O'Neill (Water Polo), Rebecca Rippon (Water Polo), Melissa Rippon (Water Polo), Mia Santoromito (Water Polo)
2007
Marty Mayberry (AWD Alpine Skiing), Cameron Rahles-Rahbula (AWD Alpine Skiing), Matt Cowdrey (AWD Swimming), Peter Leek (AWD Swimming), Ha Neul (Sky) Kim (Archery), Patrick Mills (Basketball), Joshua Slack (Beach Volleyball), Andrew Schacht (Beach Volleyball), Robin Bell (Slalom Canoe/Kayak), James Holland (Football), Dianne Alagich (Football), Melissa Barbieri (Football), Emma Wirkus (Football), Lydia Williams (Football), Cheryl Sailsbury (Football), Thea Slatyer (Football), Kate McShea (Football), Heather Garriock (Football), Claire Polkinghorne (Football), Rhian Davies (Football), Sally Shipard (Football), Collette McCallum (Football), Alicia Ferguson (Football), Lauren Colthorpe (Football), Joanne Peters (Football), Danielle Small (Football), Lisa De Vanna (Football), Sarah Walsh (Football), Kathryn Gill (Football), Joanne Burgess (Football), Caitlin Munoz (Football), Jacqui Cooper (Freestyle Aerial Skiing), Dale Begg-Smith (Freestyle Mogul Skiing), Laura Geitz (Netball), Leah Shoard (Netball), Wesley Sulzberger (Road Cycling), Tom Slingsby (Sailing), Nathan Wilmot (Sailing), Malcolm Page (Sailing), Brenton Rickard (Swimming), Belinda Hocking (Swimming), Casey Dellacqua (Tennis), Peter Luczak (Tennis), Robert Crowther (Track and Field), Christine Wolf (Track and Field), Luke Adams (Track and Field), Nathan Deakes (Track and Field), Evan O’Hanlon (Track and Field), Anna Meares (Track Cycling), Brad Kahlefeldt (Triathlon), Courtney Atkinson (Triathlon), Emma Moffatt (Triathlon), Daniel Howard (Volleyball), Igor Yudin (Volleyball), Gemma Beadsworth (Water Polo), Nikita Cuffe (Water Polo), Suzannah Fraser (Water Polo), Taniele Gofers (Water Polo), Kate Gynther (Water Polo), Gemma Hadley (Water Polo), Amy Hetzel (Water Polo), Bronwen Knox (Water Polo), Emma Knox (Water Polo), Alicia McCormack (Water Polo), Melissa Rippon (Water Polo), Rebecca Rippon (Water Polo), Mia Santoromito(Water Polo)
Ken Wallace