SANCTA MARIA COLLEGE 2025 SPORTS AWARDS
Congratulations to all students who participated in sport throughout 2025, we recognise all the talented students who have displayed outstanding sporting achievements individually or within teams, especially the following students.
Individual Code Award winners
| ATHLETICS – Congratulations to the following students who were our top performers in their age groups at the College Sport Auckland Athletics Championships: | |
| Cesar Garcia Soto | 3rd in the 400 metre, 7th in the 200 metre, and 9th in the 800 metre |
| Arnika Lam | 8th in Shot Put |
| Emjay Romero | 7th in the 100 metre and 10th in the 200 metre |
| Sancta Maria College Athletics Cup Winner for most Outstanding Track & Field Athlete: Cesar Garcia Soto | |
| GYMSPORTS – Congratulations to the following students who were our top performers at the College Sport Auckland Gymsports Championships: | |
| Cara Cozo | Silver Artistic Step 8 |
| Mason Meszaros | Gold in International Men’s Tumbling, Silver in National Men’s Trampoline |
| Blake Pennington | Gold in Men’s Artistic B Restricted, Bronze in National Men’s Trampoline |
| Bree Pennington | Silver in Rhythmic Level 7 |
| ORIENTEERING – Congratulations to the following recipients who have competed in the Sprint Series and other events throughout the year: | |
| Sportsmanship Award | Scarlette Wardle |
| Most Improved Athletes | Joanna Ma and Ezra Granich |
| Most Promising Athlete | Anthony Xu |
| Most Outstanding Athlete | Cameron Motion |
| SWIMMING – Congratulations to the following students who were our top performing swimmers, representing Sancta Maria College at Auckland Championships and National events: | |
| Tiffany Chen, Hayden Ling, Ariana Neems, Ava Neems, Sophia Neems & Fiona Sheng | |
| Sancta Maria College Swimmer of the Year: Sophia Neems & Fiona Sheng | |
Team Code Award Winners
| VOLLEYBALL | ||
| Senior Boys Storm | Most Improved Player | Dylan Comia |
| Most Valuable Player | Andre Bacale-Mercado | |
| Senior Girls Lightning | Sportsmanship Award | Ruiqi Jiang |
| Most Valuable Player | Chloe Ferrera | |
| Senior Boys Hurricanes | Sportsmanship Award | Lucius Pang |
| Boys Volleyball Cup for Most Valuable Player | Phillip Ah Kau | |
| Senior Girls Cyclones | Sportsmanship Award | Selai Ahovelo |
| Girls Volleyball Cup for Most Valuable Player | Myra Leasi | |
| BADMINTON | ||
| Interschool squad | Sportsmanship Award | Max Tay-Morrison |
| Most Improved Player | Ean Siao | |
| Most Promising Player | Alexa Jerin | |
| Badminton Cup for Most Valuable Player | Leo Feng | |
| BASKETBALL | ||
| Under 17 Boys Cobras | Team Spirit Award | Paul Montemar |
| Most Valuable Player | Jethro Matanguihan | |
| Under 17 Boys Pythons | Most Improved Player | Jean-Paul El Hayek |
| Most Valuable Player | Vincent Isip | |
| Under 17 Boys Vipers | Most Improved Player | Vincent Padilla |
| Most Valuable Player | Rogres Anton Constantine | |
| BASKETBALL | ||
| Under 19 Boys Mambas | Most Improved Player | Thyrone Gamit |
| Most Valuable Player | Phillip Ah Kau | |
| Premier Boys | Team Spirit Award | Jason Raad |
| Boys Basketball Cup for Most Valuable Player | Lennard Regala | |
| Premier Girls | Most Improved Player | Enrica Odevilas |
| Girls Basketball Cup for Most Valuable Player | Annabelle Voo | |
| FOOTBALL | ||
| First Eleven Boys | Most Improved Player | Darrius Tuy |
| Boys Football Cup for Most Valuable Player | Georgie Rajesh | |
| First Eleven Girls | Most Improved Player | Layan Alboutros |
| Girls Football Cup for Most Valuable Player | Ezabella Lanuza | |
| HOCKEY | ||
| Senior Mixed | Sportsmanship Award | Bernice Siu |
| Boys Hockey Cup for Most Valuable Player | Cameron Motion | |
| Girls Hockey Cup for Most Valuable Player | Lyla Latay | |
| Netball | ||
| Senior Takahe | Most Improved Player | Amanda Hamama |
| Most Valuable Player | Lusia Koloamatangi | |
| Premier Girls | Team Spirit Award | Akosita Tuungafasi |
| Netball Cup for Most Valuable Player | Kaia Perham-Hayes | |
Representative Award Winners
| Auckland Hockey | Marcus Yeh |
| Auckland Ice Hockey | Tyler Jones |
| Auckland Table Tennis | Dennis Xu |
| Counties Manukau Table Tennis | Wan Yao |
| Karate National Medallist | Chloe Ferrera |
| Karate International Medallist | Sithuli Kulasinghe |
| Counties Manukau Taekwon-Do | Ivan Maharaj Bennett, Isabelle Maharaj Bennett, Tallyn Isaia, Lucky Do & Kitaara Tabaquero |
| BMX National Medallist | Madeleine Hunter |
| Dance International Medallist | Kael Marie Sunga |
| Auckland Athletics | Cesar Garcia Soto |
| Counties Manukau Athletics | Arnika Lam, Emjay Romero & Stefan Kozina |
| Gymsport Manukau | Cara Cozo, Mason Meszaros, Bree Pennington & Blake Pennington |
| Howick Pakuranga Netball | Eva Moulynox-Hicks & Sylvia Leota |
| Tauranga Basketball | Milarn Gardiner |
| Counties Manukau Basketball | Rylie Lesoa, Kaia Perham-Hayes, Katarsheena Velasco, Cylah Belandres, Elaine Penaflor & Maia Ramos
Miguel Ancla, Derick Salac, Mateo Enricoso, Varun Koripa, Liam Crispino, Jethro Matanguihan, Sonny Eddie Leota & Aaron Rodrigues |
Congratulations to the following Sancta Maria College Blues Award recipients for representing New Zealand teams at international competitions for their respective sports codes:
| Mikaela Bangalan | New Zealand at the U17 Women’s Football World Cup |
| Caylix Isaia | New Zealand Taekwondo for the Junior World Championships |
| Madison Isaia | New Zealand Taekwondo for the Junior World Championships |
| Ariana Mehau-Lave | New Zealand Tag Football Open Womens for the Trans-Tasman Test Series |
| Mya Tubu | New Zealand Touch Rugby U18 Girls for the Asia Pacific Youth Touch Cup |
We would like to thank the following people who have taken the time throughout the year to volunteer, coach or mentor our students
| Football | Matthew Schollum | Ray Green |
| Kieran Gutry | Nick James | |
| Netball | Prisila Tuungafasi | Jeshurun Chandra |
| Letisia Koloamatangi | Brittney Black | |
| Jyoti Choudhary | ||
| Orienteering | Sian Redwood | Timothy Leibbrandt |
| Fleur Bracey | ||
| Volleyball | Sunny Leota | |
| Volleyball & Netball | Shalom Danielson Leota | |
| Badminton | Blane Evans-Parker | Maggie Li |
| Hockey | Ash Bali | Kevin Yeh |
| Basketball | Marco Caluag | Gian Marinas |
| Ronald Sanchez | Raymund Padilla | |
| Averil Hiddleston | Jimmy Hayes | |
| Kerri Perham | Shona Rupapera | |
| Ryan Vidar | Ryan Regala | |
| Ryan Bautista | Radford Ancla | |
| East Ramos | Bon Ramos |
Junior Award Winners
| The Endeavour Award recipients for 2025: | ||||
| Liam Antonio | Addison Ashby | Cylah Belandres | Ryker Catapang | Andrei Isidro |
| Ethan Lanuza | Jayden Pader | Maia Ramos | Braydon Ropati | Alexis Tauavea |
| Sancta Maria College Junior Sportsman of the Year for 2025: | Cesar Garcia Soto |
| Sancta Maria College Junior Sportswoman of the Year for 2025: | Sylvia Leota |
Junior team of the Year for 2025: Year 7&8 Boys Spartans Basketball
Volunteer of the Year for 2025: Shalom Danielson-Leota: Volleyball & Netball
Student Coach of the Year for 2025: Ethan Sharma: Basketball
Coach of the Year for 2025: Ryan Bautista: Basketball
Team of the Year for 2025: Premier Girls Basketball
| Sancta Maria College Sportsman of the Year for 2025: | Blake Pennington |
| Sancta Maria College Sportswoman of the Year for 2025: | Kaia Perham-Hayes |
