About the awards
The 2024 Victorian School Sports Awards, which recognise excellence across all categories of major school sports, were announced on Wednesday 26 March 2025.
Watch our video to find out what the Victorian School Sports Awards are all about.
Nominations
Tips and key dates to help you prepare your nomination.
Categories
Award categories you can nominate for.
Honour roll
View the honour roll of all Victorian School Sports Awards recipients since 1994.
Victorian School Sports Awards 2024
A total of 46 awards - including 26 Sporting Blue Awards - were presented to recognise government school students who excelled in their chosen sport, and to staff who made an outstanding contribution to school sport in 2024.
Champion Australian diver and journalist, Laura Hingston, facilitated the awards ceremony attended by 250 guests.
Also in attendance as special guest presenters were Taekwondo Athlete and Olympian, Stacey Hymer and the 2023 Lindsay Gaze Outstanding Sports Leadership Award recipient, Arlo Styant-Browne. Among the 46 award recipients were Kaya Kandemir from Keelonith Primary School who won gold at the World Youth Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Abu Dhabi, and Lachlan Stewart from Bright P-12 College who has earned state and national cycling titles across road, track MTB and gravel racing. Both were recognised with Outstanding Sporting Achievement Awards for their exceptional commitment to their sporting pursuits in 2024.
Stephanie Whatley from Western Heights College received the Lindsay Gaze Outstanding Sports Leadership Award for her exceptional contribution to basketball as a coach for both school and community teams. Stephanie is coach for Geelong United’s Under 12 Division 1 team and development coach for its NBL1 Women’s team, she is making strides towards a successful coaching career.
The award ceremony also recognised the invaluable role of those who contribute to school sport as officials and coordinators, as well as schools achieving great outcomes in creating participation opportunities for their students. Accolades included an Outstanding Student Official Award, School Sport Victoria Life Membership Awards, Team Vic Awards, School of the Year Awards and Coordinator of the Year Awards.
The following videos, played at the ceremony, capture the achievements of two of this years’ award recipients.
Find out more
For a full list of award winners, and information about how to nominate for the 2025 Victorian School Sports Awards, visit School Sport Victoria.
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