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SportsKid of the Year

Annual honor presented by Sports Illustrated

Annual honor presented by Sports Illustrated

"SportsKid of the Year" was introduced by Sports Illustrated magazine after the highly successful Sportsman of the Year award was introduced in 1954. The "SportsKid of the Year" award honors a young athlete, ages seven to fifteen, for superior performance on the field, in the classroom and service in the community.

In addition to being featured exclusively on the December Sports Illustrated Kids cover, the "SportsKid of the Year" receives a profile article and fold-out poster in the issue. The SportsKid is also honored at Sports Illustrated annual Sportsman of the Year celebration in New York City and in 2011 was featured on Cartoon Network's "Hall of Game" in Los Angeles.

The award has been given to the following recipients:

YearWinner(s)Sport(s)Age(s)Ref
2007USA Brock HeffronBMX10
2008USA Derek AndrewsBaseball, soccer, hockey, basketball, gymnastics, and swimming8
2009USA Austin McCarthyHockey10
2010USA Jessica AneyTennis and hockey12
2011USA Noah FlegelWakeboarding14
2012USA Conner and Cayden LongTriathlon9, 7
2013USA Jack WellmanWrestling14
2014USA Mo'ne DavisBaseball13
2015USA Reece WhitleySwimming15
2016USA Tai, Rainn, and Brooke SheppardTrack11, 10, 9
2017USA Maxwell "Bunchie" YoungFootball and track10
2018USA Leah HayesSwimming13
2019USA Ally SentnorSoccer15
2020USA JuJu WatkinsBasketball15
2021USA Zaila Avant-gardeBasketball, spelling14
2022USA Carter BonasGolf11
2023USA Fifi GarciaSoccer, softball, track, volleyball, and basketball11
2024USA Arden PalaBasketball15
2025USA Chyna TaylorIce hockey16

References

References

  1. "ABA's Factory Redman rider Brock Heffron voted SI Kids "Youth Athlete of the Year"".
  2. "Sports Kid of the Year".
  3. "2009 Sports Kid of the Year".
  4. "2010 SportsKid of the Year: Jessica Aney".
  5. "Noah Flegel Named SI Kids' SportsKid Of The Year".
  6. "2012 SI Kids SportsKids of the Year: The Long Brothers".
  7. (December 5, 2013). "Sportskid of the Year 2013 — Jack Wellman". [[Sports Illustrated Kids]].
  8. (December 1, 2014). "SportsKid of the Year 2014: Mo'ne Davis". [[Sports Illustrated Kids]].
  9. (November 30, 2015). "Swimmer Reece Whitley Is Sports Illustrated Kids' 'SportsKid of the Year'". [[Time (magazine).
  10. McCue, Elizabeth McGarr. "SportsKids of the Year 2016: The Sheppard Sisters".
  11. Fuchs, Jeremy. "Bunchie Young is Our 2017 SportsKid of the Year".
  12. (21 November 2018). "Leah Hayes is Our 2018 SportsKid of the Year".
  13. (November 22, 2019). "15-Year-Old Hanson Soccer Star Ally Sentnor Named Sports Illustrated's SportsKid Of The Year".
  14. (November 20, 2020). "JuJu Watkins of Windward gets her first magazine cover as SportsKid of the year".
  15. "Zaila Avant-garde Named SportsKid of the Year for 2021".
  16. Bechtel, Mark. (2022-11-18). "Carter Bonas Is the 2022 SportsKid of the Year".
  17. Page, Sam. (2023-11-20). "Fifi Garcia Is the 2023 SportsKid of the Year".
  18. (September 7, 2025). "Meet the 2024 SportsKid of the Year: Arden Pala".
  19. Curzi, Kim. (December 31, 2025). "Chyna Taylor Is the 2025 SportsKid of the Year".
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