"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's 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:
| Year | Winner(s) | Sport(s) | Age(s) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Brock Heffron |
BMX | 10 | [1] |
| 2008 | Derek Andrews |
Baseball, soccer, hockey, basketball, gymnastics, and swimming | 8 | [2] |
| 2009 | Austin McCarthy |
Hockey | 10 | [3] |
| 2010 | Jessica Aney |
Tennis and hockey | 12 | [4] |
| 2011 | Noah Flegel |
Wakeboarding | 14 | [5] |
| 2012 | Conner and Cayden Long |
Triathlon | 9, 7 | [6] |
| 2013 | Jack Wellman |
Wrestling | 14 | [7] |
| 2014 | Mo'ne Davis |
Baseball | 13 | [8] |
| 2015 | Reece Whitley |
Swimming | 15 | [9] |
| 2016 | Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard |
Track | 11, 10, 9 | [10] |
| 2017 | Maxwell "Bunchie" Young |
Football and track | 10 | [11] |
| 2018 | Leah Hayes |
Swimming | 13 | [12] |
| 2019 | Ally Sentnor |
Soccer | 15 | [13] |
| 2020 | JuJu Watkins |
Basketball | 15 | [14] |
| 2021 | Zaila Avant-garde |
Basketball, spelling | 14 | [15] |
| 2022 | Carter Bonas |
Golf | 11 | [16] |
| 2023 | Fifi Garcia |
Soccer, softball, track, volleyball, and basketball | 11 | [17] |
References
edit- ^ "ABA's Factory Redman rider Brock Heffron voted SI Kids "Youth Athlete of the Year"". Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ "Sports Kid of the Year". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ "2009 Sports Kid of the Year". Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ "2010 SportsKid of the Year: Jessica Aney". Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Noah Flegel Named SI Kids' SportsKid Of The Year". Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "2012 SI Kids SportsKids of the Year: The Long Brothers". Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ Gramling, Gary (December 5, 2013). "Sportskid of the Year 2013 — Jack Wellman". Sports Illustrated Kids. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Tapper, Christina M. (December 1, 2014). "SportsKid of the Year 2014: Mo'ne Davis". Sports Illustrated Kids. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Feeney, Nolan (November 30, 2015). "Swimmer Reece Whitley Is Sports Illustrated Kids' 'SportsKid of the Year'". TIME. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ McCue, Elizabeth McGarr. "SportsKids of the Year 2016: The Sheppard Sisters". SI Kids: Sports News for Kids, Kids Games and More.
- ^ Fuchs, Jeremy. "Bunchie Young is Our 2017 SportsKid of the Year". SI Kids: Sports News for Kids, Kids Games and More.
- ^ Fuchs, Jeremy (November 21, 2018). "Leah Hayes is Our 2018 SportsKid of the Year". SI Kids. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ https://www.sikids.com/2019/11/22/ally-sentnor-2019-sportskid-year [dead link]
- ^ "JuJu Watkins of Windward gets her first magazine cover as SportsKid of the year". Los Angeles Times. November 20, 2020.
- ^ "Zaila Avant-garde Named SportsKid of the Year for 2021".
- ^ Bechtel, Mark (November 18, 2022). "Carter Bonas Is the 2022 SportsKid of the Year". Sports Illustrated Kids. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ Page, Sam (November 20, 2023). "Fifi Garcia Is the 2023 SportsKid of the Year". Sports Illustrated Kids. Retrieved February 2, 2024.