Blues and Sport Awards Presentation 2023

2023 BLUES AND SPORT AWARDS PRESENTATION

FRIDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2023 KATHLEEN FITZPATRICK THEATRE AND UNIVERSITY HOUSE PARKVILLE CAMPUS

DIRECTOR’S WELCOME On behalf of the University, I would like to welcome you to the 2023 Blues and Sports Awards to recognise the outstanding sporting achievements of our student-athletes and acknowledge the distinguished service of the many volunteers and staff who support our athletes and teams.

Sport at the University is nearly as old as the institution itself with the first intervarsity against the University of Sydney in rowing and cricket held in Melbourne in 1870. Since then, thousands of students have gone on to represent the University with over 11,000 Blues or Half-Blues awarded to student athletes, many who have also represented their county at the Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

It was a great year for the University’s sporting teams. The University Basketball League was a huge success, with the Men’s team winning the League and the Women’s team making semi-finals. The University won 7 National titles at Uni Nationals in September, including Men’s Rugby – the first time a Victorian University had claimed the title, and the inaugural title for Mixed Lacrosse along with Women’s Fencing, Cycling, Golf, Table Tennis and Men’s Fencing and Volleyball.

Thank you to all our coaches, team managers, sports clubs and support staff who together ensure that our teams are the best prepared in the country. I would also like to acknowledge the Blues Advisory Group who have the difficult task of determining the awards.

Finally, congratulations to all our student-athletes and dedicated volunteers who we recognise tonight, and I hope you all enjoy this fabulous celebration.

Tim Lee Director of Sport

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2023 BLUES AND SPORT AWARDS PRESENTATION Friday 24 November The Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre 6:30pm for 7:00pm start The University of Melbourne Blues and Sport Awards celebrates the sporting achievements of the student-athletes who have represented the University at the UniSport Nationals, or who have represented their country at an international sport event.

Master of Ceremonies Mr Tony Sephton, Sport Performance Coordinator, Melbourne University Sport Welcome Mr Tim Lee, Director of Sport, Melbourne University Sport Guest Speaker Anton Grimus, 6x Blues Recipient • • •

Blues Awards International Representatives Sport Awards

Cocktail Reception at University House 8:00pm

BLUES ADVISORY GROUP 2023 With thanks to the Blues Advisory Group for their commitment in the awarding of Blues.

Ms Brooke Dunleavy (Snowsports) Mr John Kanis (Australian Rules Football) Dr Alice McNamara (Rowing) Mr Terry Reade (Athletics) Ms Stephanie Skaras (Football) Mr Tony Steele (Cricket, Squash) Mr Sam Thompson (Tennis) Ms Genevieve Venosta (Water Polo) Mr Rod Warnecke (Director’s Nominee)

MEN’S & WOMEN’S FENCING, UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST

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2023 BLUES AND HALF BLUES Blues are awarded to student-athletes for outstanding sporting performance at UniSport Nationals or other endorsed inter-university competition.

Sport results are indicated by gender and the University’s placing amongst the total number of competing universities from UniSport Nationals Div 1, Div 2 events or inter-university competitions.

ATHLETICS - Men: 5 of 31 | WOMEN: 8 of 36 Half Blue

Eleanor Cooney Hunt Chui Ling Goh Benjamin Nash Liam Tully

Juris Doctor Doctor of Philosophy - Law Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Commerce

Full Blue

Roman Anastasios Jaryd Clifford

Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Arts

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL - Men: Won Big Blue vs Monash Half Blue

Lachlan Gee Henry Meggitt Jack Nicholls

Doctor of Physiotherapy Bachelor of Agriculture Bachelor of Arts

Full Blue

Charlie Furphy

Bachelor of Arts

BASKETBALL - Men: 5 of 36 | Women: 2 of 26 UBL - Men: 1 of 13 | Women 3/4 of 13 Half Blue

Ellis Biggar Kai Garnaut Joshua McNally Victoria Poulos

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science

Full Blue

Meera Coburn Hayley Cumming Leila Davis Laura Hamilton Joel Rimes Matthew Roseby Diederik Wiggett

Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Agriculture Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Commerce

CYCLING - Men: 4 of 6 | WOMEN: 1 of 5

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Half Blue

Hannah Armstrong Destinee Stubbs

Masters of Public Health Bachelor of Science

Full Blue

Odette Lynch

Bachelor of Arts

DIEDERIK WIGGETT UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE

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TABLE TENNIS, UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST

MEN’S ATHLETICS, UNI NATIONALS ATHLETICS

SAILING, UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST

FENCING - Men: 1 of 15 | WOMEN: 1 of 10 Half Blue

Shut Yan Chan Ka Wan Cheung Hans-William Chung Ellen Liu Julian Mortimer Runhan Yuan

Bachelor of Science Juris Doctor Bachelor of Biomedicine Master International Business Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Design

Full Blue

Mayuri Muralidharan Jiashu Wu

Bachelor of Arts Master of Data Science

FOOTBALL - Men: 5 of 21 | Women: 5 of 15 Half Blue

Stefan Cardamone Ondine Giummarra Ricky Murase Ruby Walsh

Master of Teaching Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Biomedicine

Full Blue

Molly Burke Kasper Hallam

Juris Doctor Bachelor of Arts

FUTSAL - Men: 5 of 17 | Women: 3 of 7

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Half Blue

Eszter Benedek Corey Hogan Ricky Murase Claudia Zapata Aquino

Master of Commerce Bachelor of Biomedicine Bachelor of Commerce Master of Data Science

Full Blue

Greta Jowett Smith Oscar Yee

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Design

2023 BLUES AND HALF BLUES CONT. GOLF - Men: 2 of 6 | Women: 1 of 2 Half Blue

Imogen Jones Jack Risbey Cameron Taylor Zixu Zhou

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Biomedicine Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science

Full Blue

Shanaiah Fernando

Master of Biomedical Engineering

HOCKEY - Men: 4 of 10 | Women: 5 of 13 Half Blue

Neive Campbell Alannah Hibbard Pim Okhuizen Benjamin Rogalsky

Bachelor of Biomedicine Bachelor of Biomedicine Master of Architecture Bachelor of Commerce

Full Blue

William Robbins

Bachelor of Arts

LACROSSE 5’s - Mixed: 1 of 10 Half Blue

Mihiri Dharmabandu Jason Fung Meghann Gallagher

Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts Juris Doctor

Full Blue

Andreas Andrews Miles Cowton

Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science

TENNIS, UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST

FUTSAL, UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST

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2023 BLUES AND HALF BLUES CONT. NETBALL - Women: 4 of 28 Half Blue

Matilda Cook

Bachelor of Arts

Full Blue

Eryn Stocker

Bachelor of Science

ROWING - Men: 6 of 15 | Women: 2 of 11 Half Blue

Charlotte Ball Katerina Bitzios Brooke Doolan Ellie Mcclure

Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Design Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Commerce

Full Blue

Eleanor Buchanan Romy Cantwell Meg Cartwright Sara De Uray Zara Lavery Damien Schroder

Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Biomedicine Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Biomedicine Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science

RUGBY 7’s - Men: 1 of 9 | Women: 7 of 11 Half Blue

Teah Etherington-Freeman Jackson Evarts Alfred Hughes Tom Pattinson Natalia Rebollo Sampedro Hajo Van Der Tang

Bachelor of Arts Exchange Undergraduate Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Agriculture Master of Agricultural Sciences Bachelor of Science

Full Blue

Dinesh Al Max Pendlebury Hunter Wright

Bachelor of Design Bachelor of Agricultural Bachelor of Arts

SQUASH - Mixed: 2 of 4 Half Blue

Yi Yan Mak Druvinka Perera Kulvir Sharma

Bachelor of Design Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Commerce

SWIMMING - Men: 8 of 19 | Women: 5 of 13 Full Blue

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Evan Chee Zoe Deacon Adam Selwood Samuel Williamson

Bachelor of Biomedicine Master of International Relations Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Science

2023 BLUES AND HALF BLUES CONT. TABLE TENNIS - Men: 5 of 11 | Women: 1 of 5 Half Blue

Caiwei Gong

Master of Global Media Communication

Full Blue

Yi Zhen Yan Yueyuan Yang Jiayi Zhou

Doctor of Physiotherapy Master of Law Bachelor of Biomedicine

TAEKWONDO - Men: 2 of 10 | Women: 3 of 16 Half Blue

Alexander Cock Ophelia Cui Dhruv Dhaka Albert Dong Jia Low Loban Matin Aarav Shah Fiona Trieu Yu-Guan Tsai Adeleine Zuniga

Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Science Master of Mechatronics Engineering Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science

Full Blue

Chen-Yu Yang

Bachelor of Music

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Acknowledgement on the night of 2021 Blues recipients who have not been officially awarded certificates due to Covid ATHLETICS - Men Half Blue

Dilina De Silva

Bachelor of Science

Full Blue

Jaryd Cliford

Bachelor of Arts

ATHLETICS - Women Full Blue

Catriona Bisset Stella Radford

Master of Architecture Master of Urban Planning

BASKETBALL - Men Half Blue Lukas Soklevski Master of Engineering

Full Blue Joel Rimes Doctor of Philosophy BASKETBALL - Women Half Blue

Danni Pisano Tiarnie Ellingworth

Master of Teaching Master of Teaching

SWIMMING - Men Half Blue

Adam Selwood Sam Williamson

Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science

Tyler Tranquille Marcus Bulmaga

Master of Biomedical Science Bachelor of Commerce

TENNIS - Men Half Blue

TENNIS - Women

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ABEL HERBST

UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST

2023 BLUES AND HALF BLUES CONT. TENNIS - Men: 9 of 18 | Women: 9 of 16 Half Blue

Ka Weng Kuong Mohit Rudraraju Suresh

Bachelor of Science Master of Data Science

TOUCH FOOTBALL - Men: 10 of 10 | Women: 9 of 15 Half Blue

Victoria Chiu Annabel Nelson

Master of Management Bachelor of Music

TRIATHLON - Men: 4 of 9 | Women: 3 of 4 Full Blue

Misha Allinson Darcy Williams

Doctor of Medicine Bachelor of Science

ULTIMATE FRISBEE - Mixed: 3 of 18 Half Blue

Julie Chong Clement Lam Amy Luo Josh Philip

Master of Teaching Bachelor of Arts Master of Environment Bachelor of Biomedicine

VOLLEYBALL - Men: 1 of 24 | Women: 9 of 21 Half Blue

Kintija Jakse Augustin Marcial Laura Pangrazio Gurjot Sidhu

Bachelor of Design Exchange Undergraduate Bachelor of Arts Doctor of Dental Surgery

Full Blue

Lorenzo Bosio Alexander Bye Chun Hin Man Cameron Mcintyre

Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor of Science Master of Construction Management Bachelor of Commerce

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL, UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST

WOMEN’S TOUCH FOOTBALL, UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST

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2023 INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES The following student-athletes are recognised for their selection for Australia (unless otherwise noted) in an international sporting event.

Rose Abela

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Taekwondo

Dutch and Belgian Opens

Mason Arthur

Bachelor of Science

Orienteering

Test match (v NZ), European Tour

Torren Arthur

Bachelor of Science

Orienteering

Test match (v NZ), European Tour

Zoe Azzopardi

Bachelor of Arts, Diploma in Music

Triathlon

World (Age Group) Championships

Catriona Bisset

Master of Architecture

Athletics

World Championships

Louisa Bongrain

Bachelor of Science

Rowing

World University Games

Hannah Bradley

Bachelor of Science

Ultimate

U24 World Championships

Georgia-Rose Brown

Doctor of Physiotherapy

Gymnastics

World Cups

Romy Cantwell

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Rowing

U21 Trans Tasman Regatta

Lili Cavanagh

Bachelor of Arts

Baseball

World Cup

Ruben Chitters

Bachelor of Science

Gymnastics

World University Games

Julie Chong

Master of Teaching (Secondary)

Ultimate

U24 World Championships

Tracey Chong

Graduate Diploma in Tax

Ultimate

Asia-Oceanic Championships

Sara de Uray

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Rowing

World U23 Championships

Meezaan Dickinson

Doctor of Philosophy - Engineering & IT

Karate

Oceania Championships

Kaitlyn Ea

Bachelor of Science

Badminton

Oceania Championships

Hui Feng

Bachelor of Arts

Roller Skating

Asian Championships, World Championships

Damon Flicker

Master of Science (Mathematics and Statistics) Bridge

World Youth Teams Championship

Eliza Gaffney

Juris Doctor

Rowing

Windermere Cup

Campbell Harrison

Bachelor of Arts

Sport Climbing

World Championships

Joshua Kah

Master of Mechatronics Engineering

Speed Skating

ISU World Cups 5 & 6

Jelena Kalajdjic

Bachelor of Science (Hons)

Karate

WKF Karate 1 - Series A

Qun Tao Ke

Bachelor of Commerce

Sport Climbing

Youth World Championships

Romy Keppel

Juris Doctor

Underwater Rugby

World Championship

Zara Lavery

Bachelor of Science

Rowing

U21 Trans Tasman Regatta

Josie Lawton

Bachelor of Design

Hockey

Women’s Junior World Cup

Felicia Le

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Dragon Boat

World Championships

Catherine Leung

Juris Doctor

Dragon Boat

World Championships

John Li

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Dragon Boat

World Championships

Ehsan Lohrasbipeydeh

Doctor of Philosophy - Physiotherapy

Taekwondo

United States Open

Fraser Miscamble

Bachelor of Biomedicine, Dip in Languages

Rowing

World U23 Championships

Joshua Montalto

Bachelor of Arts

Canoe/Kayak

U23 World Championships

Mayuri Muralidharan

Bachelor of Arts

Fencing

World Championships

Anhphi Nguyen

Bachelor of Science

Dragon Boat

World Championships

2023 INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Eric Ny

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Dragon Boat

World Championships

Nicholas Phang

Bachelor of Science

Dragon Boat

World Championships

Josh Philip

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Ultimate

Under 24 World Championships

Kezia Pranata

Master of Information Technology

Dragon Boat

World Championships

Ella Roberts

Bachelor of Science

Dragon Boat

World Championships

Lourenço Rodrigues Dias de Leal Amador

Doctor of Philosophy (Education)

Lacrosse

Lisbon Lacrosse Cup

Benjamin Ross

Bachelor of Arts

Canoe/Kayak

U23 World Championships

Damien Schroder

Bachelor of Science

Rowing

World University Games

Annabel Sutherland

Bachelor of Science

Cricket

Australian Women’s team Test, ODI & T20 tours

Saffron Tamby-Rajah

Bachelor of Science

Taekwondo

Dutch and Belgian Opens

Harrison Teague

Bachelor of Science

Water Polo

18 and Under Australian Men’s Tour

Viet Tran Truong

Master of Social Work

Ultimate

Asia-Oceanic Championships

Hing Yui Tsang

Doctor of Physiotherapy

Lacrosse

World Championships

Ralphen Viane

Master of Public Health

Touch Football

Australia-Pasifika Cup

Stefanie Voelker

Doctor of Physiotherapy

Dragon Boat

World Championships

Rayne Wang

Bachelor of Design

Badminton

Oceania Championships

Iris Webb

Bachelor of Biomedicine

Karate

World Combat Games

Samuel Williamson

Bachelor of Science

Swimming

World Championships

Emily Zhang

Bachelor of Commerce

Dancesport

Blackpool Dance Festival

CATRIONA BISSET, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

CAMPBELL HARRISON, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

ANNABEL SUTHERLAND CRICKET

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WOMEN’S ASHES SERIES

SPORT AWARDS The following awards recognise outstanding individual and team performances of student-athletes, officials and teams representing the University of Melbourne and/or their country on the world stage.

UNIVERSITY SPORT TEAM MANAGER OF THE YEAR Awarded to the University’s best team manager for their outstanding contribution to the overall success of their team at a UniSport Nationals or other endorsed inter-university competition.

Finalists: Ellen Liu (Fencing), Ben Rogalsky (Men’s Hockey), Samuel Jeffreys (Men’s Rowing) UNIVERSITY SPORT COACH OF THE YEAR Awarded to the University’s best coach for their outstanding contribution to the overall success of their team at a UniSport Nationals or other endorsed inter-university competition.

Finalists: Shawn King (Men’s UBL Basketball), Lotu Auita (Men’s Rugby 7’s), Adam de Bono (Men’s Volleyball), John Prince (Women’s Cycling) UNIVERSITY SPORT TEAM OF THE YEAR Awarded to the University’s best performed representative team at a UniSport Nationals or other endorsed inter-university competition.

Finalists: Women’s Fencing, Women’s Cycling, Men’s Fencing, Men’s UBL Basketball, Men’s Volleyball, Women’s Table Tennis, Lacrosse, Rugby 7’s UNIVERSITY SPORT MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Awarded to the University’s best performed male student-athlete at a UniSport Nationals or other endorsed inter-university competition.

Finalists: Dihan Wiggett (Basketball), Alex Bye (Volleyball), Hunter Wright (Rugby 7’s), Jaryd Clifford (Athletics) UNIVERSITY SPORT FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Awarded to the University’s best performed female student-athlete at a UniSport Nationals or other endorsed inter-university competition.

Finalists: Odette Lynch (Cycling), Shanaiah Fernando (Golf), Zoe Deacon (Swimming), Yang Yue Yuan (Table Tennis) OUTSTANDING SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR Awarded to an individual student-athlete, team or members of a team who have made an outstanding contribution to sport at the University of Melbourne as an international, inter-university and/or club representative.

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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL UNI NATIONALS GOLD COAST