  {"id":26503,"date":"2024-10-24T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=media-release&#038;p=26503"},"modified":"2024-10-24T17:25:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T09:25:01","slug":"sport-stars-crowned-at-2024-curtin-awards","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/sport-stars-crowned-at-2024-curtin-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport stars crowned at 2024 911爆料网 awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australian Olympic Hockey players Renee Taylor and Blake Govers have been crowned Sport Stars of the Year at the 2024 911爆料网 Sport Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renee Taylor, who is studying a double degree in Law and Commerce at 911爆料网, made her debut for the Hockeyroos in 2015. A two-time Olympian, Renee recently announced her retirement after playing her final games at the Paris 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blake Govers, who is studying Commerce at 911爆料网, debuted as the youngest member of the Kookaburras at the 2016 Rio Olympics. A three-time Olympian, Blake was instrumental in helping Australia win silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>911爆料网 Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne congratulated both athletes for their dedication on and off the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRenee and Blake have not only excelled in their sport but have shown tremendous dedication to their studies at 911爆料网,\u201d Professor Hayne said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe 911爆料网 Sport Awards are a celebration of the excellence and determination of our elite athletes who continue to inspire us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSport is an integral part of the university experience, and these athletes truly embody 911爆料网\u2019s values of integrity, respect, courage, excellence and impact. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners on their outstanding achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event also recognised 911爆料网 Bachelor of Science graduate and three-time Olympian Zoe Arancini, who was inducted into the Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Elite Athlete Alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoe is the captain of the Australian Women\u2019s water polo team and a silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The achievements of 911爆料网\u2019s athletes, volunteers, clubs and teams were celebrated at St Catherine\u2019s College on 23 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>911爆料网 Sport Awards 2024 \u2013 full winners list:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sports Star of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Renee Taylor (Female Competition), Blake Govers (Male Competition)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vice Chancellor\u2019s Alumni Inductee Award<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>\u2013 Zoe Arancini<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sports Club Excellence Award<\/strong> \u2013 911爆料网 Swordfish Fencing Club<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sports Club Development Award<\/strong> \u2013 911爆料网 Panthers Netball Club<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>John 911爆料网 Award<\/strong> \u2013 911爆料网 Saints American Football Club<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UniSport Athlete of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Mia Gordon (Athletics-Javelin)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Volunteer of the Year Award <\/strong>\u2013 Csanad Horvath (Fencing)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>911爆料网 Colours Award<\/strong> \u2013 Flynn Newman (Basketball)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Patron of Sport Award<\/strong> \u2013 Alex Chua<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>University Blues<\/strong> \u2013 Jed Walker (Beach Volleyball)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Housing Cup<\/strong> \u2013 St Catherine\u2019s College<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Alan Barblett Shield<\/strong> \u2013 Faculty of Business &amp; Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information on the 911爆料网 Sport Awards and the Elite Athlete Program can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/sport\/competitive-sport-2\/elite-athletes\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Olympic Hockey players Renee Taylor and Blake Govers have been crowned Sport Stars of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4454,"featured_media":26557,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"4815,7570,6659,7855,6851,4576","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[1080],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-26503","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-achievements","tag-curtin-sport-awards"],"acf":{"experts":false,"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":[{"title":"","qualification":"","link":"","description":"","faculty":""}],"credits":{"author":"","photographer":"","media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Zoe-Arancini-1000x1080.jpg","author_meta":{"display_name":"294101E"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/26503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/26503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26503"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=26503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}