2022 BASKETBALL NSW ANNUAL AWARDS

Media Release
Written by Jaylee Ismay
29 January, 2023

At the conclusion of every calendar year, the outstanding achievements of the Basketball NSW community are celebrated and recongised at the Basketball NSW Awards.

This year, BNSW is delighted to finally announce the 2022 Award Winners on the Sunday 29th January, 2023 at the Sydney Flames/Sydney Kings double-header at Qudos Bank Arena. 

From our elite state team players, to our hard-working associations across Metro & Country NSW as well as the mass amount of volunteers that keep our sport on the courts, this event celebrates all who are involved within NSW basketball.

Congratulations to all the below award winners for their outstanding contributions and successes on and around the basketball court. 

Player of the Year Awards
Karen Dalton Metro Junior Female: Jessie-May Hall (Bankstown Basketball Association) 
Matthew Nielsen Metro Junior Male: James O’Donnell (Norths Basketball Association) 
Gordon McLeod Country Junior Male: Josh Dent (Illawarra Basketball Association) 
Lauren Jackson Country Junior Female: Saffron Shiels (Newcastle Basketball Association) 
Wheelchair Player of the Year Luke Pople: (Illawarra Basketball Association)

Association Team of Year:
Association Team of The Year Senior League: Manly Warringah Youth League Women 
Association Team of The Year Junior League: Manly Warringah Under 18 Girls

Coach of the Year:
Representative: Timothy Hill (Manly Warringah Basketball Association) 
Aussie Hoops: Amy McGregor (Maitland Basketball Association)

Administrator of the Year:
Paid: Zoe Meyrick (Hills Basketball Association) 
Volunteer: Donna McClelland (Glen Innes Basketball Association)

Volunteer of the Year:
22 Years and over: Jake Sagi (City of Sydney Basketball Association)

Association Coaching Program of the Year:
Over 2000 Members: Hills Basketball

Association Referee Program of the Year
Over 2000 Members: Hills Basketball Association
Under 2000 Members: Port Macquarie Basketball Association

Association Wheelchair Program of the Year:
Hills Basketball Association

Scoretable Official of the Year:
Nicholas Rosenberg (City of Sydney Basketball Association)  

Statistician of the Year:
Nikita Bradford (Norths Basketball Association)

George Thompson Memorial Award: (Outstanding contribution to developing female basketball)
Albury Basketball IAAG Leadership Scholarship Program

Dr John Raschke Award: (outstanding contribution to developing basketball)
Hills Basketball Association

Long Service Awards:
Margaret Beaumont (Moss Vale Basketball Association)
Julie Doyon (Sutherland Basketball Association)
Owen Evans (Manly Basketball Association)

On-Court Performance Awards:
Most Succesful Senior Association on court: Manly Warringah Basketball Association
Most Succesful Junior Association on court: City of Sydney Basketball Association
Most Succesful Overall Association on court: City of Sydney Basketball Association

State Team of the Year:
NSW Metro U16 Girls  

Junior Male Player of the Year:
Tyrese Proctor (Sutherland Basketball Association)  

Junior Female Player of the Year:
Isla Juffermans (Coffs Harbour Basketball Association)

Referee of the Year
NBL 1: Jack Taylor (Basketball ACT)
Waratah 1: Andrew Cannings (Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Basketball Association)
Youth League: Marcus Hayden (Sutherland Basketball Association)

Chairman’s Award: (association of the year)
Illawarra Basketball Association

To view past winners and learn more about our awards, CLICK HERE.