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PAST ATHLETES

Since 1986 a number of academy athletes have excelled in their chosen sport reaching national and international standard.  The list below recognises some of those achievements. See Athlete Achievements and Tobin Award for more recent award recipients and achievers.

Athletes with

 a Disability

Siobhan Paton

Jessica Smith

Emma Fitzgerald

Sam Hardaker

1998

2004

2003

2003

Paralympian swimming - 5 gold medals

Paralympian swimming

Bronze medal swimming, Int. Blind Assoc.  Champs.

World record in 100m & 200m IM (swimming)  Australian representative swimming

Athletics

Madeline Heiner

2004

Australian representative World Junior T&F Champs.

Basketball

Chris Brettel

Graham Richardson

1987

 

1998

Australian U16 representative

 

Australian U16 train-on squad

Canoe/Kayak

Anita Cowley

2003

7th World Junior Kayak Championships (freestyle)

Cricket

Shane Lee

Brett Lee

Phil Jacques

1995-99

1999 -

2003

Australian Test & one day teams

Australian Test and one day teams

NSW State Team Captain

Cycling

Ben Kersten

 

 

Rochelle Gilmore

 

                          

Rebecca Borgo

1998/99

2002

2004

2000

2002

2003

2003

Australian Junior Track Cyclist of Year

Commonwealth Games representative

Olympian

Silver medallist, World Junior Track Championships

Commonwealth Games representative

Gold medal, Team Sprint, Track World Cup

Gold medal, Keirin, World Junior Track Championships

Football (soccer)

Luke Wilkshire

Scott Whalan

Shane Lockhart

Robert Petkovski

2004

1998

1998

1998

Olympian & National Team representative

Joeys National Under 17 representative

Joeys National Under 17 representative

Joeys National Under 17 representative

Golf

Aaron Lyon        Jennifer Cox       Peter Nascimento

2000

2000

2003

Australian Junior Team representative

Australian Junior Team representative

Winner, Australian Junior Championship

Hockey

Luke O'Neil         

Joanne Lackenby

Jane Clarkeson

Melissa Simpson

1996

1996

1997

1998

Australian Under 17 Merit Team

Australian Under 18 Youth Team

Australian Honours Country Team

Australian Under 16 Development Squad

Lawn Bowls

Brett Duprez

 

Karen Murphy

1998

1998 -

1998

1998 -

Gold medal, Commonwealth Games

Australian representative

Silver medal, Commonwealth Games

Australian representative

Netball

Sarah Barrett 

          

Paula Peralta

1996

2000-04

2000

Australian All Schools Team

Australian Senior representative

Australian Under 21 representative

Rugby League

Shaun Timmins

Craig Fitzgibbon

Luke Bailey

1999

2002

2002-03

Australian representative

Australian representative

Australian representative

Rugby Union

Alex Kanaar

 

Andrew Barrett

Caleb Reedy

1999

2004

2003-04

2003-04

Australian U16 squad

Member of Waratah Development Squad

Member of ARU Development Squad

Member of ARU Development Squad

Sailing

Tneal Kawalla

 

Alisha Kawalla

 

2001

2001

2001

2003

2004

Australian Team - World Yangling  Championships

First, National Spiral Championships

First, National Flying Ant Championships

First, National U18 Sailboarding Championship

Australian Team - World Youth Championships

Surfing

Michael Lowe

Chad Ryan

Jake Spooner

1997-

1994 -

1994 -

Professional surfer, International Pro Circuit

Professional surfer, International Pro Circuit

Professional surfer, International Pro Circuit

Surf Lifesaving

Cara Langendam

2004

2004

3rd Open Beach Relay, World Surf Life Saving Champs

5th Open Sprint, World Surf Life Saving Champs.

Swimming

Lori Munz  

 

 

Jason Cram

1997

1998

1998

2000

2002

2002

Australian Team representative, Oceania Games

2 Gold medals, Commonwealth Games

Australian IM Swimmer of the Year

3 Gold medals, Youth Commonwealth Games

Gold medal, Pan Pacific Games

Gold medal, Commonwealth Games