College Sport: ASB Young Sportsperson of the Year awards

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.

ASB YSPOTY award winners:
Allrounders: Caitlin Pritchard (MAGS), Christina Oscar, Sydney Fraser (St Kentigern), Tonya Botherway (Mahurangi), Sheldon Tovio (Sacred Heart)
Athlete with a disability: Harry Crawford (King's)
Athletics: Girls: Symone Tafuna'i (MAGS), Boys: Niven Longopoa (MAGS)
Badminton: Girls: Sally Fu (Macleans), Boys: Oscar Guo (Westlake BHS)
Basketball: Girls: Tiarna Clarke (Westlake GHS), Boys: Tai Wynyard (Rangitoto)
Cricket: Boys: Aniket Parikh (MAGS), Girls: Natasha van Tilburg (Avondale)
Cycling: Girls: Bryony Botha (Rangitoto), Boys: James Fouche (St Kentigern)
Distance running: Girls: Isabella Richards (St Kentigern), Boys: Conal Wilson (Auckland Grammar)
Football: Boys: Dylan Bull (Sacred Heart), Girls: Daisy Cleverley (Western Springs)
Golf: Girls: Elanor Grimwood (Northcote), Boys: Jake Meenhorst (Massey)
Gymsports: Girls: Alexa Kennedy (Rosehill), Boys: Sean Wilson (St Peter's)
Hockey: Girls: Maddison Dowe (Diocesan), Boys: Benjamin Edwards (Westlake BHS)
Lacrosse: Girls: Georgia Carter
Lawn bowls: Girls: Mackenzie Blucher (St Dominic's), Boys: Aiden Takarua (St Peter's)
Mountain biking: Girls: Kayla Russell (Howick), Boys: Jack Fisher (Auckland Grammar)
Multisport: Girls: Katherine Badham (Takapuna Grammar), Boys: Dan Hoy (Westlake BHS)
Netball: Maia Wilson (MAGS)
Orienteering: Girls: Kayla Fairbairn (St Cuthbert's), Boys: Tommy Hayes (Auckland Grammar)
Rowing: Girls: Amber Fordham (Westlake GHS), Boys: Fergus McSwiney (MAGS)
Rugby league: Phoenix Hunt (Otahuhu)
Rugby union: Boys: Dalton Papali'i (St Kentigern), Girls: Moana Fineaso-Levi (Southern Cross)
Softball: Boys: Cole Evans (MAGS), Girls: Brooke Whiteman (EGGS)
Squash: Girls: Eleanor Epke (EGGS), Boys: Rafa Yam (Westlake BHS)
Swimming: Girls: Gabrielle Fa'amausili (Avondale), Boys: Mario Koenigsperger (Sacred Heart)
Table tennis: Girls: Nai Xin Jiang (Macleans), Boys: Dean Shu (Auckland Grammar)
Tennis: Girls: Rosie Cheng (Westlake GHS), Boys: Connor Williamson (St Kentigern)
Touch: Girls: Tysaha Ikenso (Sancta Maria), Boys: Bronsan Meleisea (St Kentigern)
Underwater hockey: Girls: Farrah Brill-Holland (Howick), Boys: Forrest Axford (Mahurangi)
Volleyball: Girls: Gloria Aiono (Mangere), Boys: Dallas Tagaloasa (One Tree Hill)
Water polo: Girls: Liana Dance (Kristin), Boys: Ryan Pike (Sacred Heart)
Wrestling: Brahm Richards (Rutherford)
Yachting: Girls: Charlotte Porter (Diocesan), Boys: Jackson Keon (Kristin)
International achievement award: Laura Inkster (St Kentigern)
Puma Sports Educator of the Year: Charlie Meredith (Westlake BHS)
Service to secondary school sport: Alan Kerr, Jo Yates (Rangitoto), Tony Buckingham (Westlake BHS), Lance Watene (St Kentigern)
Aktive Auckland Sport and Recreation student coach of the year: Tara Mansell-Sawyers (Kaipara)