Hooker Nominated for Sports Performer Awards

Published On: 6 November 2008

Steve Hooker: nominated for Sports Performer of the Year Award

WAIS gold medal winning pole vault athlete Steve Hooker has been nominated for an award at the 2008 Australian Sports Performer of the Year Awards.

Hooker – who vaulted to an Olympic record in claiming Australia’s first men’s field gold in 60 years in Beijing – was nominated for the Australian Sports Performer of the Year for 2008 along with Stephanie Rice, Matthew Mitcham, Emma Snowsill, Craig Alexander, Ken Wallace, Stephanie Gilmore and Lance Franklin.

The Australian Sports Performer of the Year Awards is determined by public votes through Fairfax media publications with the awards to be announced at a Gala evening at Melbourne’s Crown Casino on November 26.

The winner of the Sports Performer of the Year will also take home $50,000. To vote, visit www.smh.com.au/sportsawards and enter the running for the voters prize of $5000.