The Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF) announced on Monday the final 16 outstanding young athletes, including Minnamurra's Kieran Woolley, who have been selected in its 2022 scholarship and mentoring program.
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The final wave of scholarship holders who hail from a variety of sports including athletics, archery, artistic swimming, boxing, fencing, figure skating, gymnastics, netball, shooting, skateboarding, taekwondo and tennis have been selected in SAHOF's tier three scholarship program.
The nation's leading sports scholarship program, which is supported by Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport, awards 32 scholarships in total each year and provides $150,000 in funding to future stars to support them in their quest for excellence and success on the world stage.
Joining skateboarder Woolley, 17, in the scholarship ranks this year are figure skater Victoria Alcantara, hammer-thrower Jett Carlin, fencer Alexander English, racewalker Rebecca Henderson, gymnast Lidiia Iakovleva, Olympic trap shooter Renae Jones, para-swimmer (S14) Paige Leonhardt, boxer (57kg) Tyla McDonald, gymnast Jesse Moore, netball Tyler Orr, artistic swimmer Rachel Presser, tennis player Taylah Preston, taekwondo athlete (68kg) Liam Sweeney, archer Branden Tse and Oscar Stubbs - who competes in swimming (S13), cricket, football and tennis (B3).
They will each receive a $2500 sporting grant plus support and encouragement across the next 14 months from SAHOF and its esteemed Member base.
"We are all delighted to see such a varied array of sports represented in this program," Sport Australia Hall of Fame chief executive officer, Adrianne Sarkozy said.
"From the traditional Olympic and Paralympic sports such as swimming, cycling and athletics to Olympic and Paralympic debut sports such as skateboarding, sport climbing and bocce.
"Additionally, the program provides inclusion for professional and non-Olympic/Paralympic sports such as cricket, netball, lawn bowls and many others.
"It is a unique program and an opportunity to inspire the next generation of Australian sporting heroes."
All 16 athletes will each receive a $2500 sporting grant plus support and encouragement across the next 14 months from SAHOF and its esteemed member base.
"We acknowledge a further 16 elite young Australian athletes as tier three scholarship holders and, through the scholarship and mentoring program, offer them encouragement and financial assistance to help shape their athletic futures and achieve their dreams," Sport Australia Hall of Fame scholarship and mentoring program chair Sue Stanley OAM said.
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