{"id":31694,"date":"2022-07-28T19:17:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T23:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=31694"},"modified":"2022-08-04T18:08:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:08:58","slug":"auroras-sports-stars-of-tomorrow-honoured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/auroras-sports-stars-of-tomorrow-honoured\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora’s sports stars of tomorrow honoured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2021-2022 school year brought a much-needed return to team sports for students across Ontario, and here in Aurora, youth success on the soccer pitch, baseball diamond, and on the ice were honoured by Sport Aurora on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization, which is an umbrella organization for numerous teams and clubs in the community, announced their 2022 Sport Aurora Student Athletes of the Year on Thursday evening in a celebration held at Town Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the attendees were Aurora\u2019s MPPs, Dawn Gallagher Murphy (Newmarket-Aurora) and Michael Parsa (Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill), along with parents and coaches all eager to celebrate the successes of young Aurorans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is one of the most important events that we run every year simply because school sport is so important,\u201d said Sport Aurora\u2019s Ron Weese. \u201cAs we all know, every athlete who ever started participating in sport always started in school so you get the foundation at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allan Dean, Chair of the group\u2019s Sport Celebration Committee echoed those words, telling students, \u201cI am sure this is only one of the awards that you young people are going to get throughout your life. This is a great start.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Sport Aurora representatives also thanked the parents and coaches for helping the honoured students reach the levels they have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know that the achievements of these young athletes don\u2019t happen overnight,\u201d said Ms. Gallagher Murphy. \u201cIt is with your support through the years, ensuring their participation and prosperity in these sports, why they are here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSport Aurora truly is a catalyst for community engagement. They basically make things better for our community. It\u2019s the love of sport and them supporting sports and it\u2019s all ages, all genders, all abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo the young athletes, I would like to say congratulations. You are truly inspiring all our community members.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Parsa shared these sentiments, stating the evening was all about the athletes who were being honoured that evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCongratulations to each and every one of you. You 100 per cent are the future [and] that\u2019s why it is so important to celebrate and encourage you, to congratulate you along the way every time you succeed. It sets you up later in life as well. Sport Aurora might get tired of hearing this, but I think it is important for you to hear: For someone like me who is an incredibly shy person, I never took part in any public events. Never. Growing up I was an incredibly shy person but because of sport, through team activities, I started opening up and I started getting involved in our community events and eventually started volunteering for a service club and charity, and of course, later on with our party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was because of sports and sports at our school that I started getting involved in our community and now becoming a Member of Provincial Parliament. Congratulations to each and every one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s honourees are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n