Mount Maunganui lifeguard Danielle Shepherd will find out this month if she has been named as Lifeguard of the Year in this year's Surf Life Saving New Zealand's Awards of Excellence.
The awards evening will be held at the Amora Hotel in Wellington on Saturday September 20 following the SLSNZ Annual General Meeting and Club Chairs Strategy Meeting.
Ms Shepherd, 30, has been a Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service member for six years, five of which she was a patrol captain.
In July's regional awards Ms Shepherd was named the Bay of Plenty Patrol Captain of the Year, and Pacific Medicare Bay of Plenty Lifeguard of the Year awards.
Ms Shepherd is the Mount club's lifesaving advisory group chairwoman, which means looking after all the details relating to how lifesaving efforts will be carried out, and mentors youngsters.