Awards & Recognition

Many Softball ACT members have received recognition from WBSC (formally ISF), Softball Australia and the Australian Government for the significant contributions they have made to the growth and success of softball across Australia.

Laing Harrow Player 2003
Joanne Brown (nee Alchin) Player 2005
Ken Culpitt Umpire 2005
Sally McCreedy (nee McDermid) OAM Player 2009
Bob Harrow* Coach 2011
Mike Harrow Player 2015


*Deceased

Laing Harrow Player 2002
Joanne Brown (nee Alchin) Player 2004
Sally McCreedy (nee McDermid) OAM Player 2008
Ken Culpitt Umpire 2009
Mike Harrow Player 2013
Jeff Goolagong Player 2018
Michael Tanner Player 2019
Brenda De Blaes Player 2021

 

Ken Culpitt Umpire 2004
Bob Harrow* Coach 2010


*Deceased

Ken Culpitt Umpire of the Year 1998
Jeff Goolagong Aussie Steelers - Most Valuable Player (on debut) 2001
Ken Culpitt Administrator of the Year 2004
Bob Harrow* Coach of the Year 2004
Jeff Goolagong Indigenous Athlete of the Year 2009
Bob Harrow Coach of the Year 2009
Michael Tanner Male Athlete of the Year 2013
Kyria Cox Vivienne Triplett - Umpire of the Year 2021


*Deceased

Open Men's National Championships

Laing Harrow Best Batter 1988
Darwin Erb Pitching Award 1989
Laing Harrow Most Valuable Player 1993
Bill Gerber Pitching Award 1993
Mike Harrow Most Valuable Player 1995
Colin Campbell Pitching Award 1997
Andrew Kirkpatrick Rookie of the Year 2002
Andrew Kirkpatrick Most Valuable Player 2003
Mike Harrow Best Batter 2004
Adam Folkard Pitching Award 2004
Adam Folkard Pitching Award 2005
Andrew Kirkpatrick Batting Award 2005
Andrew Kirkpatrick Most Valuable Player 2006
Andrew Kirkpatrick Pitching Award 2006
Andrew Kirkpatrick Most Valuable Player 2007
Adam Folkard Pitching Award 2007
Andrew Kirkpatrick Batting Award 2007
Mike Harrow Most Valuable Player 2008
Andrew Kirkpatrick Pitching Award 2008
Michael Moore Rookie of the Year 2008
Jeff Goolagong Most Valuable Player 2009
Adam Folkard Pitching Award 2009
Adam Folkard Pitching Award 2010
Andrew Kirkpatrick Most Valuable Player 2011
Andrew Kirkpatrick Pitching Award 2011
Andrew Kirkpatrick Batting Award 2011
Zenon Winters Most Valuable Player 2012
Zenon Winters Batting Award 2012
Jeff Goolagong Player of the Grand Final 2012
Jeff Goolagong Most Valuable Player 2013
Andrew Kirkpatrick Pitching Award 2013
Jeff Goolagong Best Batter 2013
Adam Folkard Player of the Grand Final 2013
Jesse Taws Most Valuable Player 2014
Andrew Kirkpatrick Pitching Award 2014
Jesse Taws Batting Award 2014
Adam Folkard Player of the Grand Final 2014
Adam Folkard Player of the Grand Final 2015
Andrew Kirkpatrick Player of the Grand Final 2017
Nick Norton Most Valuable Player 2018
Nick Norton Batting Award 2018
Andrew Kirkpatrick Pitching Award 2019
Andrew Kirkpatrick Player of the Grand Final 2019
Evan Byrne Player of the Grand Final 2020
Jay Selu Pitching Award 2022
Matthew Wickham Most Valuable Player 2022

 

Open Women's National Championships

Sally McCreedy (nee McDermid) OAM Most Valuable Player 1993
Sally McCreedy (nee McDermid) OAM Best Batter 1997
Sally McCreedy (nee McDermid) OAM Best Batter 1998
Aimee Murch Pitching Award 2009
Katina Robson Rookie of the Year 2009
Brenda De Blaes Most Valuable Player 2012
Brenda De Blaes Most Valuable Player 2016
Clare Warwick Most Valuable Player 2022
Clare Warwick Best Batter 2022

 

U23 Men's National Championship

Adam Folkard Best Pitcher 2004
Jeff Goolagong Batting Award 2004
Andrew Kirkpatrick Most Valuable Player 2005
Andrew Kirkpatrick Best Pitcher 2005
Adam Folkard Best Pitcher 2006
Matt Norton Batting Award 2006
Andrew Kirkpatrick Most Valuable Player 2007
Andrew Kirkpatrick Best Pitcher 2007
Andrew Kirkpatrick Batting Award 2007
Matt Stafford Best Pitcher 2008
Matt Harrow Most Valuable Player 2022
Jeron Tan Best Pitcher 2022

 

U19 Women's National Championship

Joanne Lesiputty Most Valuable Player 1985
Joanne Brown (nee Alchin) Most Valuable Player 1990
Belinda Lyall Most Valuable Player 1991
Sherille Moore Best Batter 1993
Amy Borbiro Most Valuable Player 1998
Kate Judd Most Valuable Player 1999
Ella Ross Best Batter 2009
Alex Maiden* Best Batter 2022

*U18 Women's National Championship

U19 Men's National Championship

Darcey Byrne Batting Award 1997
Jeff Goolagong Batting Award 2000
Adam Thomas Most Valuable Player 2001
James Darby Best Pitcher 2001
Andrew Kirkpatrick Best Pitcher 2002
Andrew Kirkpatrick Most Valuable Player 2003
Adam Folkard Best Pitcher 2004
Matt Stafford Most Valuable Player 2008
Brad Riley Best Pitcher 2008
Jesse Taws Best Batter 2012
Matthew Wickham Best Batter 2013
Matthew Wickham Most Valuable Player 2014
Matthew Wickham Best Batter 2014
Josh White Most Valuable Player 2015

 

U16 Women's National Championship

Fiona Ebner Best Batter 1988
Emma Housden Best Batter 1990
Katina Robson Best Batter 2008

 

U16 Men's National Championship

Michael Tanner Most Valuable Player 1998
Andrew Kirkpatrick Most Valuable Player 2000
Will Ashley Best Batter 2000
Joshua Jones Most Valuable Player 2002
Adam Folkard Best Pitcher 2002
Matthew Stafford Best Pitcher 2005
Jason Tutt Most Valuable Player 2007
Matthew Kraeh Best Pitcher 2007
Joshua McGovern Most Valuable Player 2014
Jerone Tan Best Pitcher 2016

 

Joanne Brown (nee Alchin) Player 2005
Bob Harrow* Coach 2005
Laing Harrow Player 2005
Sally McCreedy (nee McDermid) OAM Player 2008
Mike Harrow Player 2014
Jeff Goolagong Player 2019


*Deceased

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