Footballer Liam Hare was named supreme winner at the Wairarapa Secondary School Sports Awards 2015 at the Copthorne Solway Park in Masterton on Thursday night.
Hare, from Wairarapa College, had already been awarded Sportsman of the Year alongside fellow student Alison Andrews-Paul as top sportswoman.
During his speech for the first award, Hare was momentarily overcome with emotion as he thanked his parents for being his "number one supporters ... for all the work you have put in over the years".
"Living in the Wairarapa, you have to do a lot of travelling to other cities to compete on a bigger scale," he says. Hare is captain of the Wairarapa College first XI boys' football team, which placed second in division two of their Wellington competition and runner-up in the Trident Cup national tournament.
"I'm very honoured to receive this today. Thank you for the support to all young athletes, and well done to everyone today."
