Griffith students’ sporting excellence was recognised at the Sporting Blues Awards on October 28.
Hosted by the Griffith University Gold Coast Student Guild and the Griffith Sports College, the awards celebrate the achievements of student athletes as Full Blue (Open and International) and Half Blue (Junior, State & National) Award winners.
Griffith Sports College Manager Duncan Free OAM said the awards were a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of Griffith students who had represented Australia throughout 2015.
“We had more than 60 students represent Australia, NZ and PNG in over 25 sports in 2015. It’s great to see such diversity in the number of sports represented,’’ he said.
“It is a great sign of things to come next year for the 2016 Rio Olympics and also looking ahead to the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
“Griffith University is extremely proud of all our athletes and like to think we play a role in our student athlete successes both on the field of sport and in their field of study.”
Most Outstanding Sporting Achievement
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Cameron McEvoy
Academic Athlete of the Year
Matilda’s Footballer Elise Kellond-Knight
Australian University Sport Honour Roll
Matthew Denny — Athletics
Kiah Melverton — Swimming
Tiana Soggard-Anderson — Water Polo
Half Blue Awards
Tiarne Augustine — Power Lifting
Tyler Blah — Ballroom Dancing
Georgia Blair — Softball
Shona Black — Ten Pin Bowling
Tess Carty — Rowing
Matthew Denny — Athletics
Jy Duffy — Exercise Science
Emily Edmunds — Skipping
Jake Eve — Skipping
Zachary Henderson — Karate
Stanford Kawale — Swimming
Kiah Melverton — Swimming
Mitchell Orwin — Fencing
Joshua Parrish — Swimming
Samuel Seghers — Swimming
Michael Solomon — Gridiron
Timothy Stenlake — Marathon Kayak
Fred Dorrough — Rugby 7s
Jaz Hedgeland — Triathlon
Liam McNamara — Rugby 7s
Brianna Thomas — Cross-country
Sam Heazlett — Cricket
Tiana Soggard-Anderson — Water Polo
Matthew Kuhneman — Cricket
Tegwen Marsdon — Synchronised Figure Skating
Jesse McEwan — Power Lifting
Paige Findlow — Synchro Skating
Simon Leung — Badminton
Brandon Borello — Football
Brianna Massie — Kayak
Full Blue Awards
Jess Ashwood — Swimming
Bill Bain — Kayak
Madeleine Edmunds —Rowing
Jessica Hall — Rowing
Emma McKeon — Swimming
Ella Sabljak — Wheel Chair Basketball
Joel Turer — Sailing
Devon Halligan — Surf Lifesaving
Lorna Tonks — Swimming
Madi Wilson — Swimming
Gretel Tippett — Netball
Clare Polkinghorne — Football
Matthew Cameron — Para Athletics
Sam Walker — Volleyball
Jessica Russell-Croucher — Volleyball
Melinda McLeod — BMX
Dominic Bedgood — Diving
Lara Tarvit — Diving
Jenelle Crooks — Cycling
Melissa Gorman — Open Water Swimming
Elise Kellond-Knight — Football
Matt McShane — Basketball
Tameka Butt — Football
Jessica Jonassen — Cricket
Nikita Pablo- Synchro Swimming
Danielle Scott — Aerial Skiing
Matthew Dodd — Figure Skating
Alyce Burnett — Kayak