Team Southampton Sport Awards
The Team Southampton Sport Awards are a chance to recognise individuals and clubs in Team Southampton for their sporting achievements this year.
Nominations are open from Monday 19 January – Friday 06 March, now closed. The awards ceremony will be held on Friday 01 May at St Mary’s Stadium.
All nominations will be considered by the Sports Executive Committee, VP Sports and Sports Coordinators and priority will be given to graduates.
1st Year Sports Person of the Year
This is an award given to an individual who, in their first year in university, has contributed an exceptional amount to every aspect of club life.
Successful nominations should demonstrate how they have achieved this and what contribution they have had.
Within your nomination, please make sure you tell us:
- What they have contributed to the club, and how is this exceptional?
- What roles they have taken on within the club?
- Anything else that has helped this individual stand out?
Where possible, please provide supporting evidence in the form of photos, videos, or feedback from other club members.
The Sports Volunteer of the Year
This is awarded for an outstanding contribution to student sport at the University. The award will be given to a committee member/member who has gone far beyond what has been asked of them within their role as a student volunteer.
Successful nominations should demonstrate how they have achieved this and what contribution they have had.
Within your nomination, please make sure you tell us:
- What have they contributed to student sport, and what makes this outstanding?
- What examples can you give of where they have gone far beyond what has been asked of them?
Where possible, please provide supporting evidence in the form of photos, videos, or feedback from others.
Southampton Sport Award
This award, chosen by the team at Southampton Sport, goes to the team or individual that has organised, innovated, and excelled in their sport and, through doing so, has raised the profile of both their sport and the University of Southampton.
Most Improved Club of the Year
This award is given to the team that has made the biggest improvement since the beginning of the current sporting year. It is there to realise the effort and work that must be put in to enable success at any level.
Team performance is considered within this, and their standing now compared to the beginning of the current sporting year.
Team of the Year
This award is given to the team which has been outstanding in uplifting the profile of sport at Southampton University. This award is often associated with being awarded to the team who has been most successful at the highest level of university sport during the season. It is a great honour to receive this accolade and recognises the whole team in its success.
Sports Person of the Year
The Sports Person award is presented to an individual who has shown a very high standard of skill in their sport, together with a large contribution to the club and/or sport at the University. The award is given to the individual who has managed to balance sporting excellence with furthering sport at Southampton.
Successful nominations should demonstrate how the individual has achieved this.
Within your nomination, please make sure you tell us:
- Examples of where they have shown a very high standard of skill in their sport.
- Examples of where they have largely contributed to the club and/or sport at the University.
Where possible, please provide supporting evidence in the form of photos, videos, or feedback from others.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Award
An award that recognises and celebrates a team or individual that has made an outstanding contribution to supporting and promoting equality and diversity, as well as fostering inclusion.
Successful nominations should demonstrate how the team or individual has worked to raise awareness of specific issues, how they have made their club or sport more accessible or how they have supported their peers to help them feel more included or empowered.
You may like to recognise a team or individual for the following;
- Evidence of encouraging inclusive participation and eliminating discrimination
- Development and implementation of inclusive practices, programs or initiatives that lead to greater support, access, representation, participation or sense of belonging for peers.
- Commitment to the values of equality, diversity, and inclusion beyond the expectations of their role or remit
- Examples of innovation in response to an equality and diversity issue
- Evidence of respect to other members of the Team Southampton community
- Collaborative approach to improving EDI in clubs.
- Example’s of breaking down barriers to ensure inclusion.
Where possible, please provide supporting evidence in the form of photos, videos, or feedback from others.
*Please avoid the use of names or specific details of circumstances that could be confidential or triggering*.
Community Impact Award
An award to highlight Clubs and volunteers’ social impact projects, anything from working in the local community, running a charity fundraiser or starting a social enterprise has strived to have an impact outside of the University and within the wider community. Within your nomination, please make sure you tell us*:
- What activity has been undertaken by the Club/Volunteer?
- What were the aims, objectives and outcomes of the activity?
- How many people benefited from the activity?
- If a fundraiser, how much did you raise and for whom?
Outstanding Athlete of the Year
This award is presented to an individual who has excelled at an international standard or equivalent in their sport. This award highlights the sporting achievement of an exceptional student.
Successful nominations should demonstrate how the individual or club has achieved this.
Within your nomination, please make sure you tell us:
- What sport has this individual excelled in?
- What separates this individual from others?
Where possible, please provide supporting evidence in the form of photos, videos, or feedback from others.
IM Team of the Year
This award is given to the IM team which has been outstanding in uplifting the profile of sport at Southampton University. This award is often associated with being awarded to the team who has been most successful as a IM Team in all aspects of club life. It is a great honour to receive this accolade and recognises the whole team in its success.
Colours Awards
Along with recognition at the Athletics Union Awards Ball, SUSU have worked with the University graduation team so that all recipients for Colours awards will also be acknowledged for their sporting achievements in their graduation ceremony and in their graduation programme, pending individual permissions.
Colours will be awarded at the discretion of the Athletic Union Committee.
Priority will be given to graduates.
Efforts from previous years will be considered however greater weighting will be applied to the contribution of the current year.
Colours will not be awarded to an individual who has been awarded these previously (unless being awarded a higher accolade eg. from Club to Half or Half to Full).
Individuals should apply for ‘colours’ and then the Committee will apply discretion upon whether to consider the nomination for club, full or half colours
Individuals must have represented the University in their sport.
If the individual does not fall with the general criteria but you feel their level of play is of equal standard, then please nominate them detailing why.
The criteria for each level of Colours are as follows:
Club Colours
Outstanding dedication to the organisation of a club, as well as representing Team Southampton and the University in their sport.
Half Colours
(National Athlete)
Excellent sporting performance, achieving a high level of success for their club and competing up to national level.
Full Colours
(International Athlete)
Elite level sporting performance, collecting national accolades and competing at an international level
