After a perfect season, the Big V honours flowed for Sunbury Jets’ women’s side at the league’s awards night.
The Jets completed one of the most dominating seasons on record, and it was no surprise they featured in nominations and awards.
Having won the golden hands award for the best defender in women’s division 1 on the stats, Chelsea Burns also won the best defensive player for that division. Burns averaged 6.6 rebounds, 3.5 steals and one block per game, along with 7.4 points per game.
In his first season as coach, Kennedy Kereama was named division 1 women’s coach of the year.
Jets’ guard Monique Stevens was also nominated for the best defensive player award. While she missed out on that one, she was named in the division 1 all-star five team. Stevens, along with Courtney Duever, who averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds per game, were among six players named in the all-star team on the night.
Emma Mahady was also up for the team, and most valuable player award.
The MVP award was won by Mildura’s Alli Gloyd.
Kereama said the awards cap off what was a history-making season.
“We don’t seek goals or individual accolades at the start of the year,” he said. “I guess that is the icing of the cake – [on] what [was] a brilliant season for us.
“It’s a team award, I’m just the guy who gets to take the trophy home at the end of the night.
“I really appreciated the amount of work that the players and club put in, to put me in a position to win an award like that.”
It wasn’t just the Jets’ women’s side in the awards.
Ish Sanders was named in the division 1 men’s all-star 5, while Chloe Angove was in the youth league women’s division 2 team of the year. Both missed the MVP for those divisions, which went to Warrnambool’s Nathan Sobey and Keilor’s Amy Smith, respectively.
