Youth Awards 2024

The 2024 awards ceremony was held on Friday August 9, where all nominees were recognised and winners announced

2024 Winners

Major Award 12-17
Gemma Gale

Major Award 18-25
Amby Hobbs

Compassion and Care Award
Maggie Phillips

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award
Jay Van Nus

Group Project Award
Thrive Cast

Influential Adult – Volunteer
Dairong Shan

Influential Adult – Worker
Louise Rippon

Leadership in Sport & Recreation Award
Megan O’Beirne

Personal Growth Award
Gemma Gale

Positive Leader Award
Memphis McBain

Young Creative Award
Jay Van Nus

Youth Volunteer Award
Thu Nguyen

Compassion and Care Award

• Adelle Weidemann

• Charlotte Gibson

• Eva Xie

• Madelaine Hutchinson

• Maggie Phillips

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award

• Albert Mumba

• Carter J Noa

• Elsey Day

• Eva Philippiadis

• Jay Van Nus

• Nikhil Penki

• Val Slade

• Zhengjun Zhou

Group Project Award

• Great Rupanyup Bake Off

• Project ABCD- nourishing the seedlings

• Baarlinjaan Dance Group

• Lil Lublys

• Sonika

• Thrive Cast

Influential Adult – Volunteer

• Anthony Lovett

• Calista Lambert

• Dairong Shan

• Gary Sternberg

• Jo Dash

• Kingsley Ugwumba

• Murray Gilbert

• Rachael Lott

Influential Adult – Worker

• Alex Brown

• Ally Dovaston

• Andrew Penny

• Bridie Hull

• Carynda Harmon

• Chloe Thomas

• Cindy Burgos

• Egan Bevan

• Felicia Chin

• Jesse Park & Felicity Francis

• Keitha Theodore

• Louise Rippon

• Luce Timms

• Nicole Humphery

• Rebecca Bennetts

• Rebekah Robertson

• Sarah Barlow

• Susan Larmer

• Tameaka Lakey

Leadership in Sport & Recreation Award

• Adrian Colin Mendoza

• Ben Hutt

• Jalal hawli

• Lilly-cate Mullane

• Megan O’Beirne

• Shayla Cobbledick

• Yual Reath

Personal Growth Award

• Corey Loader

• Gemma Gale

• Maggie Brown

• Remy Callender

• Thu Nguyen

• William McClellan

Positive Leader Award

• Amaiyah Edwards

• Evie Clark

• Finn Curran

• George Muller

• Isabella Davies

• Isabella Rossato

• Joseph Wesley

• Mahima Sara-Moncy

• Meg Clark

• Memphis McBain

• Stephanie Jenks

• Vincet Foley

• Zoe Dean

Young Creative Award

• Amaiyah Edwards

• Chloe McMillin

• Corey Loader

• Evie Charleson

• Harry Nijam

• Jay Van Nus

• Jayde Jennifer Loriente

• Jett Leduc

• Naomi Ross

• Wurthington Coffield

Youth Volunteer Award

• Amy Hobbs

• Anushka Kalra

• Caitlin Cleary

• Cooper GreenBank

• Cooper Watts

• Jacob Osenaris

• Jo Addison

• Maggie Brown

• Maggie Cai

• Nivashini Neelavannan

• Thu Nguyen

For further information or queries, please email youthawards@ballarat.vic.gov.au