The 2018 Sporting Blues Awards Dinner
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| The 2018 Blues Awardees. Picture: Team Monash. |
Spanning 54 years and 1438 recipients, the Sporting Blues Awards are draped in tradition, history and esteem.
The 2018 Sports Blues Awards dinner brought the Monash University community together. From the Australian University Games to the Summer Universiade, Monash University had hundreds of students compete around Australia and the world. For that reason, The University recognises student athletes who have competed at a high standard.
On Friday the 16th of March, Monash University awarded 72 students with Sporting Blues Awards for their outstanding sporting achievements. In addition, four students were recognised for their service to Monash University and the wider sporting community.
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Team Monash Director Martin Doulton with the
Support Crew. Picture: Team Monash
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"The awarding of Sports Blues is not just a great occasion for the students athletes that have competed at the highest level for the University last year, but also a great tradition for the University and its community to recognise such performances."
"This year's Sports Blues awardees now join a illustrious community of previous Sports Blues recipients who have a common bond of not just representing their University but being successful against other University students both domestically and internationally when doing so."
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Monash University student Jessica Au receiving her
Blues Award. Picture: Team Monash
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Jessica was filled with great pride having received her Blues Award.
"Monash University has been absolutely amazing in providing support to athletes on so many levels," said Jessica.
"I believe this dinner is an amazing opportunity to meet our fellow athletes and to make lifelong friends with individuals who understand the pressures of juggling a degree with sport."
"The strong connection that we all share with Monash and each other on our journey is a true testament to Monash’s ability to look after athletes. We feel it’s possible to manage both our education and chosen sport to the best of their ability.
"Although we all come from different disciplines and sports, we all bleed blue."
Congratulations to all awardees on their exceptional year, and here's to an even better 2018 #monashpride #bleedblue.
The full list of Blues award winners:
Georgia Griffith - Athletics
Michael Hansford - Athletics
Artha Srithar - Badminton
Athithan Selladurai – Badminton
Jiang Shan Hao - Badminton
Kenneth Choo - Badminton
Matthew Chau - Badminton
Teoh Yong Jun - Badminton
Emily Rylance - Basketball
Jacqui Trotto - Basketball
Maxine Allen - Basketball
Nicholas Laycock - Basketball
Sophie Tarabolsi - Basketball
Alexandra Byers Armstrong - Cheerleading
Alice Mika - Cheerleading
Harrison McLean - Cheerleading
Katherine Charles - Cheerleading
Katherine Abela - Cheerleading
Kaylia Tierney - Cheerleading
Kevin Nguyen - Cheerleading
Lauren Knights - Cheerleading
Matthew Williams - Cheerleading
Max Speer - Cheerleading
Rory Campbell - Cheerleading
Samuel Armstrong - Cheerleading
Valentin Taburet - Cheerleading
Vivian Nguyen - Cheerleading
Emilie Guy - Cross Country
Hiroki Kimijima - Football
Jessica Au - Football
Marianna Anthony - Football
Thomas Lakic - Football
Callum Bakken – Golf
Sean Smith – Golf
Sophie Thomson - Hockey
Stuart Callander - Hockey
Alexander Barry - Netball
Jacqueline Newton - Netball
Kelsie Rainbow - Netball
Mark James Reich - Netball
Mia Fallon - Netball
Monique Lenehan-Moustafa - Netball
Rahni Samason - Netball
Riley Richardson - Netball
Taurin Eimermacher - Netball
Taylah Fiddes - Netball
Timothy Malmo - Netball
Ashleigh Carolan - Softball
Darren Chan Ti Lunn - Squash
Nicholas Gibbs - Squash
Goh Yeou Jie - Table Tennis
Heming Hu - Table Tennis
Jens C. Grimm - Table Tennis
Michael John Zeng - Table Tennis
Ming Li - Table Tennis
Quanxu Yue - Table Tennis
Rossalean To - Table Tennis
Steven Li - Table Tennis
An Hoang - Table Tennis
Max Partos - Taekwondo
Youngeun Song - Taekwondo
Shiying Li - Tennis
Eric Mounnarath - Volleyball
Alasdair Price - Volleyball
Darcy Bolton - Volleyball
Dominic Lloyd O'Farrell - Volleyball
Ethan Lees - Volleyball
Guo Tung Tay – Volleyball
Jack Marquardt - Volleyball
Kelvin Minghao Zhu - Volleyball
Shen Jie Chee - Volleyball
William Penman - Volley
Written by: James Oana
Media Coordinator
