Division One Youth League basketballers Adam Lulka from East Blaxland and Dominika Offner from Springwood have won Coach’s Awards in the Penrith Basketball Association’s season awards.
The awards were presented from Youth League down to under 12s, with Emily Potts and Sean Weekes taking out the Players’ Award in their respective Division One teams.
The full list of award winners were: Div.1 Youth League Women – Players/Player: Emily Potts; Coach’s Award: Dominika Offner; Most Improved: Chloe Bloom. Div.1 Youth League Men – Players/Player: Sean Weekes; Coach's Award Adam Lulka; Most Improved: Shol Meshwang.
Div.2 Youth League Men – Most Valuable Player: Brad McGrath; Best Defensive: Gabriel Alvarez; Most Improved: Josh Shephard.
U18 Girls Div.1 – MVP B Salawu, Best Defensive T. Offner, Most Improved T. Mundine. U18 Boys Div.1 – MVP L Charlton, Coach Award T. Charlton, Most Improved J. Zalac. U18 Girls Div.2 – MVP O. Schneider, Best Defensive G. Kuypers, Most Improved T. Smith. U18 Boys Div.2 – MVP J. Rentoy, Coach Award A. Mackay, Most Improved Z. Mamo.
U16 Girls Div.1 – MVP M. Jefferson, Coach Award S. Daly, Most Improved M. Pennay. U16 Girls Div.3 – MVP H. Heath, Coach Award H. Smith, Most Improved G. Bromilow. U16 Boys Div.1 – MVP R. Estacio, Best Defensive B. Williams, Most Improved F. Swift. U16 Boys Div.2 – MVP S. Fuller, Coach Award R. Almeyda, Most Improved M. Vukancic.
U14 Girls Div.1 – MVP C .Graza, Coach Award C. Lowe, Most Improved T. Petterson. U14 Girls Div.2 – MVP E. Palmer, Coach Award T. Brown, Most Improved N. Aguer. U14 Boys Div.1 – MVP S. Caruana, Coach Award J. Balagtas, Most Improved J. Pares. U14 Boys Div.3 – MVP A. Siega, Best Defensive B. Schwarzer, Most Improved N. James.
U12 Girls Div.1 – MVP C. Williams, Best Defensive S. Petterson, Most Improved J. Harrison. U12 Girls Div.3 – MVP G. Blackwood, Coach Award H. Bastin, Most Improved E. Saab. U12 Boys Div.1 – MVP J. Lovegrove, Coach Award H. Turner, Most Improved J. Hickson. U12 Boys Div.3 – MVP E. Gacis, Coach Award J. Gapido, Most Improved T. Cooney.
Junior Male and Female Representative Players of the Year – L. Charlton and N. Beaumont. Referee of the Year – Brendan Reid. Coach of the Year – Jarrod Moore.
The Sydney Kings have also announced that new import Greg Whittington will be working with the Blue Mountains as part of a ground-breaking partnership with Basketball NSW.
