Rangitoto College cyclist Bryony Botha and Mt Albert Grammar School softballer Cole Evans are the supreme winners of the ASB Young Sportsperson of the Year awards.
In yesterday's event which celebrated 25 years of the iconic awards, nine former supreme winners were on hand. The ASB YSPOTYs honour the top college sporting achievers from Mahurangi and Kaipara in the north to Tuakau in the south.
1993 girls' winner and 2004 Olympic cycling gold medallist Sarah Ulmer would have taken special delight in presenting the supreme award to Botha, one of the country's top young female cyclists, who enjoyed a stellar year, highlighted by helping the New Zealand team pursuiters to a world record gold medal at the world junior track cycling championships in Kazakhstan.
Evans gave MAGS' its first ever supreme award winner on a day when the central Auckland co-ed school won no less than seven categories. From impeccable softballing pedigree, Evans appeared for the Black Sox at the world champion ships in June, led MAGS to Auckland and New Zealand schools titles, and cleaned up as MVP in three national tournaments through 2015. He was, unsurprisingly, named Auckland junior softballer of the year.
Further details will be in Wednesday's Herald College Sport pages.
