2025 ASC Sport Volunteer of the Year

The ASC Sport Volunteer of the Year award recognises a volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution to a sporting organisation, club, team or program over the previous year. The nominee is inclusive, community-focused and helps to create a positive legacy. The volunteer gives their time selflessly and without financial gain.

2025 ASC Sport Volunteer of the Year - Veronica Treloar

Inclusion, leadership, and community are at the heart of Veronica Treloar’s volunteering journey. At the Williamstown Swimming & Life Saving Club, Veronica has transformed opportunities for children with disabilities and strengthened the culture of inclusion within lifesaving sport across Victoria.

As coordinator of the Starfish Nippers program since 2016, she has grown participation ensuring each session runs with a 1:1 volunteer-to-participant ratio. Her commitment to mentoring and disability awareness training has created a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment where every child can thrive.

Beyond her club, Veronica’s impact extends statewide. In 2024, she joined Life Saving Victoria’s Adaptive Sport Working Group, helping introduce adaptive events into major lifesaving carnivals, giving 23 athletes with disabilities the chance to compete for the first time. Her leadership continues to build pathways for inclusion, collaboration, and belonging across the sport.

ASC Sport Volunteer of the Year Award winners

Award Criteria

• The impact of the volunteer's work within their organisation / club / team. The tangible difference the volunteer has made to the functioning, culture and success of their immediate sporting environment.
• The impact of the volunteer's work to the broader community. How their contribution has strengthened community connection, inclusion, health, wellbeing, or resilience beyond their immediate sporting organisation.
• Demonstrated commitment to the values of Australian sport. Upholding fairness, integrity, inclusion, and respect in all aspects of their sport volunteering.
• Innovation and adaptability. Evidence of creative, forward-thinking, or adaptive approaches to meet evolving needs in sport and community.
• Inspiration and legacy. How their story, leadership and actions have inspired others to volunteer and created a lasting and positive change.

Award Eligibility

• Volunteered for a local club or sporting organisation affiliated with a recognised state or national sporting organisation
• Volunteered for a local club affiliated with Community Sport Australia, opens in a new tab
• Volunteered for one of the eight State and Territory Institutes and Academies of Sport that comprise the National Institute Network
• Volunteered for the Australian Olympic Committee, opens in a new tab (AOC) Paralympics Australia, opens in a new tab (PA) or Commonwealth Games Australia, opens in a new tab (CGA). 
• Volunteered for a Play Well Affiliate organisation in a sport program or event

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