Honour Roll: Team Members

HONOUR ROLL

We celebrate the following people who spent time in SWAS, who have progressed to represent Australia, or progressed to a professional sports career.

Penny Smith

Olympian (Tokyo: 6th & Paris: 3rd)
Clay Target Shooter from the Corangamite Shire
Mixed Teams World Record Holder (149 of 150)
Women's Australian and World Record Holder (125 of 125)
2022 ISSF World Cup Women's Team Gold Medals (Cyprus, Italy)
2019 World Championship Mixed Team Bronze Medal
2019 World Cup Gold Medal
2017 World Championship Mixed Team Gold Medal

Jaylen Brown

Paralympian (Paris 2024)
Wheelchair Basketball from City of Warrnambool
2023 signed to play professionally for Amicacci Abruzzo in the Italian Wheelchair Basketball League
2022 Represented Australia in the U23 World Championships in Thailand
Drafted to Hawthorn Football Club Wheelchair AFL Team

Tessa Lavey

Olympian (Tokyo & Rio) Basketballer from Glenelg Shire
Australian Opals Basketball Team
2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
2014 FIBA World Championship
2009 AIS Basketball Scholarship Holder
WNBL 2009-2020
AFLW Drafted to Richmond Tigers 2020

Aaron Skinner

Para-Athlete competing in Rowing and Swimming
2019 INAS Global Games (International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability) from City of Warrnambool
Silver in the Men’s Single Scull 500m
Silver in the Mixed Double Scull1000m partnering with Steph Walker
Silver in the Men’s Double Scull 1000m partnering with Nikolai Olding
Silver in the Men’s Double Scull 500m partnering with Nikolai Olding
Silver in the Mixed Four (coxed) 500m
Bronze in the Mixed Four (coxed) 1000m
2019 Australian Indoor Rowing Championships (AIRC)
Gold Medal in the 4 minute, 500 m and 2000 m in the PR3 ID, 19-29 year age group.
This event was held Australia wide in each capital city and is also an international event.
The results are compiled for world records and overall winners. Aaron holds the Concept 2 Indoor Rower world record for the 4 minute erg for PR3 ID 19-29, as well as world record for the 4 minute erg for PR3 19-29 overall.

S14 Multiclass Swimming Short Course State Record 50m Freestyle & 50m Butterfly - 2022

Ursula Hughson

Australian Women's League
A footballer from Corangamite Shire
Signed with Melbourne Victory at the age of 16 in the Australian W-League (2008-2011)

Finn Bowes

World Cup Alpine Skiier from Moyne Shire
2016 Whistler Cup - 5th

Jacob Mibus

National Record Holder
U18 & U20 200m T64 ParaAthletics National Record Holder (14/3/2018) from Southern Grampians Shire

Caytlyn Sharp

INAS World Championships, May 2017, Gold medal in high jump, INAS World Championships, May 2017, Bronze medal in triple jump. Oceanian Record Women's Long Jump T20, April 2021, 4.87m
Para-Athletics from Corangamite Shire

Niamh Jones

2016 Oceania Archery Championships
Youth gold medallist for compound women
2015 world youth championships where she placed 1st in target, field, and clout and 3rd in match play, she also got best all round female
Archer from Southern Grampians

Madi Ratcliffe

Hockeyroo
2016 Hockeyroos debut
2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games; silver medallist
from City of Warrnambool

Zoe Addinsall

National Representative 2023 Represented Australia in the U17 UIPM World Championships in the UK
2022 Represented Australia in the U17 Laser Run World Championships in Portugal
from the Moyne Shire

Matilda Mason

2022 Represented Australia in the U15 Laser Run World Championships in Portugal from the Southern Grampians Shire

Millicent Illingworth

2023 WBBL Melbourne Stars
Australian Cricketer
2022 Represented Australia in the Women's U19 T20 World Cup in South Africa

ELITE ATHLETE AFFILIATIONS

The following people have had an affiliation with SWAS whilst in the region.

TOMMY BERTRAND

ROWING - WARRNAMBOOL CITY COUNCIL

2007 World U23 Rowing Championships - Glasgow
2008 World U23 Championships -Brandenburg
2009 World U23 Championships - Racice
2010 World Championships - Lake Karapiro: Silver Medallist
2011 World Championships: Gold Medallist
2012 World Championships - Plovdiv

KATHRYN MITCHELL

JAVELIN - GLENELG SHIRE

4x Olympian (2012, 2016, 2021, 2024), 4x Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018), including Gold at the 2018 event, setting a Commonwealth Games, Australian, and Oceanian Record (68.92m)

MELISSA TAPPER

TABLE TENNIS - SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Triple Olympian (2016, 2020, 2024) and four time Paralympian (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024)

The first Australian to be selected in both the Olympic and Paralympic Team in the same year.

Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist (2018)

4th at the London Paralympics for table tennis

Was in the 2010 Victorian Women’s ‘A’ team for table tennis

2008 Australian U21 champion for table tennis

2008 Oceania U18 Champion for table tennis

2008 Australian Junior champion for table tennis

SARAH WALL

NETBALL - CORANGAMITE SHIRE

Named in the Vixens netball squad in 2009 (National Netball League)

Rookie of the year in 2006 for netball (National Netball League)