17 September 2024; Aaron McNaughton
Every year, the contributions of the University sporting community are celebrated through the Melbourne University Sport Annual Awards.
Individuals and clubs are recognised for their significant contributions to sport at the University – whether it has come through their on-field successes or their leadership and excellence in supporting it off-field.
The Awards will be presented at the Sport and Volunteer Celebration on Wednesday 4 December, with nominations now open in the following categories:
Club Performance
Clubs have a long-standing history of sporting achievement at the University of Melbourne. In addition to the recognition our club performances get within their own community, these awards reward the best performances across all clubs each year. These are:
- Club Team Performance of the Year
- Club Individual Performance of the Year
- Club Coach of the Year
- Club of the Year
Previous winners of these awards can be viewed here.
Excellence and Leadership
These awards reward volunteers who have made a significant contribution to an MU Sport affiliated club, program or initiative. We encourage all student-athletes, coaches, administrators, advisory group members, ambassadors and volunteers to consider nominating your peers to be recognised for their efforts.
Awards of Excellence
- Social Justice: recognises an individual (or group of individuals) that, through sport, has brought about positive change or raised awareness of a pressing social justice issue. This award recognises those who have pushed the boundaries to prove that real, genuine change can be made through sport.
- Inclusion: recognises an individual or club who made a significant contribution to safe, fair and inclusive sport. This award recognises an individual’s efforts to change policies, develop programs or influence positive cultural change to ensure that everyone can thrive through sport, regardless of one’s personal attributes such as gender, sexual orientation, race, age, ability
- Innovation: recognises an individual, club or program that introduced innovation to their sport or club, which positively contributed to performance or participation outcomes. The award will recognise innovations that have transformed the member, athlete or user experience
Leadership Awards
These awards recognise an individual’s continued service to MU Sport towards nomination criteria of student participation and performance, success of clubs and programs, inclusion and diversity, innovation and sustainability, culture and engagement, or administration.
- Service Award: To recognise service towards one or more of these nomination criteria for a period of three years or more.
- Distinguished Service: To recognise service towards two or more of these nomination criteria for a period of 10 or more years.
Excellence and Leadership Awards Guidelines can be found here.
Nominations for all awards can be submitted through the link below.
Club Performance nominations will close on 29 October, while Excellence and Leadership nominations will close on 8 November: