2024 Sports Award Winners

Congratulations to all our students who represented their respective sporting codes during the 2024 season.  We would especially like to congratulate the following students:

Individual Code Award winners 

Athletics – The following students were our top performers at the College Sport Auckland Athletics Championships this year: 

• Thalia Lam: 2nd Junior Girls Shot Put, 3rd Junior Girls Discus 
• Arnika Lam: 10th Intermediate Girls Shot Put, 11th Intermediate Girls Discus 
• Antonie Smal: 6th Senior Boys Shot Put, 7th Senior Boys Discus 
• Cesar Garcia Soto: 7th Junior Boys Long Jump, 1st Junior Boys 300m, 4th Junior Boys 800m
• Athletics Cup for Most Outstanding Athlete (Track and Field): Cesar Garcia Soto 

Cycling – The following students were our top performers in the Auckland Schools Mountain Biking Series:

• Jason Cooper: 1st in the U17 Male series 
• Lucas Cooper: 3rd in the U20 Male series 

Gym sports – The following students were our top performers at regional and national gymnastics events for the year:   

• Cara Cozo: 1st in Artistic at Auckland Championship, 3rd in Balance Beam, 4th in Individual All Round and Artistry Award at New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship
• Blake Pennington: 1st in Sub Junior Double Mini Tramp, 2nd in 13-14 Age grade Men’s Trampoline at New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship 
• Bree Pennington: 2nd in Group Grade 4 at New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship 
• Thomas King: 3rd in U22 Men’s Tumbling at Australian Gymnastics Championship  

Orienteering – The following recipients have been selected from our group of athletes who have competed in the Sprint Series and other events throughout the year: 

• Sportsmanship award for attitude, effort and sportsmanship: Nicholas Jackson-Potter 
• Most Outstanding Orienteer: Cameron Motion 

Swimming – The following recipients have been selected from our group of swimmers who have competed in the Auckland Championships and other events throughout the year: 

• Hayden Ling: 200m Breaststroke Bronze Medal at AIMS Games 
• Ariana Neems: 50m Breaststroke Silver Medal at Auckland Junior Championship  
• Ava Neems: 6th in 50m Breaststroke and 7th in 100m Breaststroke at National Age Group Championship 
• Sophia Neems: 7th in 400m Individual Medley at National Age Group Championship 
• Sean Atis-Viray: 9th in 50m Breaststroke at Auckland Individual Championship 
• Fiona Sheng: Silver Medal in 50m Freestyle, Bronze Medal in 100m Freestyle, 4th in 100m Butterfly, 5th in 100m Individual Medley at Auckland Individual Championship  
• Sancta Maria College Swimmer of the Year:  Fiona Sheng 

Team Code Award winners 

Spirit Award for attitude, effort, and sportsmanship

• Volleyball – Kaia Perham-Hayes and Casey Manuyag 
• Badminton – Olivia Joseph 
• Basketball  – Chloe Dangatan and Rohan Rodrigues 
• Football – Ezabella Lanuza and Diego Carillo Trevino 
• Hockey – Catherine Motion and Jacob Fischer 
• Netball – Kaia Perham-Hayes 
• Rugby – Tevita Koloamatangi  

Most Valuable Player

• Volleyball – Myra Leasi and Dylan Wooler
• Badminton – Rory Quiding
• Basketball – Leilani Davies and Jan Matanguihan 
• Football – Maia Tay-Morrison, Liam Clifford, and Jonathan Brzozowski 
• Hockey – Gifty Mathachan, Dylan Sandall, and Matthew Prentice Vasquez 
• Netball – Isabella Ibbetson 
• Rugby – Liam Clifford

Sancta Maria College Blues Award for representing New Zealand at international competitions 

• Thomas King: New Zealand Gymnastics Representative at Australian Nationals 
• Ashley Ip: New Zealand Ice Skating Representative at ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championship 
• Chloe Ferrera: New Zealand Karate Representative at WFK Junior World Championships 
• Micah McGrail: New Zealand Karate Representative at GKR 2024 World Cup  
• Mikaela Bangalan: New Zealand U17 Football Representative at Oceania Qualifications and U17 FIFA World Cup 2024

Representative Awards

• Counties Manukau Basketball – Toni Manu, Maia Ramos, Leilani Davies, Rylie Tatui-Lesoa, Aaron Rodrigues, Jethro Matanguihan, Shannon Perham-Hayes, Kaia Perham-Hayes, Jan Matanguihan, and Katarsheena Velasco 
• Tamaki Makaurau Basketball – Shannon Perham-Hayes and Kaia Perham-Hayes
• Regional Basketball – Liam Crispino
• Counties Manukau Touch – Keria Luke, Blake Pennington, Mya Tubu, and Ephraim Ellery
• Counties Manukau Athletics – Cesar Garcia Soto, Thalia Lam, and Arnika Lam
• Counties Manukau Table Tennis – Dennis Xu and Wan Yao 
• Counties Manukau Gymsport – Cara Cozo 
• Counties Manukau Touch – Blake Pennington and Ephraim Ellery 
• Counties Manukau Taekwondo – Lucky Do and Dion Kwok 
• Counties Manukau Badminton – Olivia Joseph and Noah Joseph 
• Manukau and Auckland Indoor Bowls – Jonathan Brzozowski 
• Warriors and Auckland Rugby – Mia Makoare
• Auckland Rugby League – Kharlyn Ngan Woo-Matoha 
• House of Champions Dance – Jessica Dreyer 
• National Karate Champion – Chloe Ferrera
• Auckland Tag Football – Rylie Tatui-Lesoa 
• Auckland Equestrian – Emilia Al Khalaf 
• Waitakere Badminton – Vince Abella
• Gymsport Manukau – Thomas King

Volunteer Acknowledgements

• Volleyball – Shalom Danielson-Leota and Sonny Leota
• Netball –  Shalom Danielson-Leota, Agnes Cuer, and Kerri Perham 
• Basketball – Yohann Cuer, Gian Marinas, Marco Caluag, Ryan Bautista, Ryan Regala, and Michael Magayanes 
• Football – Cesar Garcia Guerrero, Matthew Schollum, Kieran Gutry, Kevin Mcfee, and Troy Thomas
• Orienteering – Kathrine Granich 
• Hockey – Mark Mack and Ashutosh Bali 
• Rugby – Alli Clifford and Brad Morris 
• Badminton – Blane Evans-Parker

Y7/8 Endeavour Award for outstanding effort and involvement 

• Jan Banares  
• David Chua  
• Nicholas Jackson-Potter  
• Christian Van Wyk  
• Ioane Bereso  
• Sarah Ernstzen 
• Maia Ramos 
• Katarsheena Velasco 
• Addison Ashby 

Junior Awards

Junior Sportsman of the Year: Cesar Garcia Soto 

Junior Sportswoman of the Year: Thalia Lam 

Junior Team of the Year: Spartans Basketball

Major Award winners

Student Coach of the Year:  Amelia Davies

Volunteer of the Year: Yohann Cuer