BAZAS Guest Speakers - Hall of Fame

• 2002: 

  • • Paul Wade - Socceroos Captain

• 2003: 

  • • Jason Taylor - NRL, Western Suburbs, North Sydney, Northern Eagles & Parramatta  

• 2004: 

  • • Ben Kirsten, Junior Cycling World Champion Olympic Athlete

• 2005: 

  • • Paul Wade - Socceroos Captain

• 2006: 

  • • Paul Wade - Socceroos Captain

• 2007: 

  • • Ellyse Perry - inaugural BAZA Sportsperson of the Year - Australian Cricketer and Matildas

• 2008:

  • •  Jared Crouch - Sydney Swans

• 2009: 

  • • Brett Papworth - Wallabies

• 2010: 

  • • Jenny Blundell - Zone Sportsperson of the Year and Olympian - Athletics

• 2011: 

  • • No record from 2011 - Do you know who it was?

• 2012:

  • • Karina Schembri - Australian Ballroom & Latin Dance

• 2013: 

  • • Emma Hunt - multiple BAZA award recipient

• 2014: 

  • • Georgia Metcalfe - Softball

    • Natasha Markham - Softball

• 2015: 

  • • Kate Collett - Athletics and multiple BAZA award recipient

• 2016: 

  • • Tahlee Smith - Netball 

    • Jenny Blundell - Zone Sportsperson of the Year and Olympian - Athletics 

• 2017: 

  • • Imogen Florien - Trampolining 

    • Edward Craig - Rugby Union

• 2018: 

  • • Michael Carroll - AFL

    • Felicity Chan - Swimming

• 2019:

  • • Braedon Campbell - AFL 

    • Ellen Roberts - Softball - Olympian

• 2020: 

  • • Covid-19 - No guest speakers as not held as a face-to-face event

• 2021: 

  • • Covid-19 - No guest speakers as not held as a face-to-face event

• 2022: 

  • • Brendan Kerry - Figure Skating, 3 time Winter Olympian and Olympic Flag Bearer

    • Amie Bowrey - Athletics - Heptathlete  

• 2023

  • • Riley McDowell - Cricket

    • Olivia Morris - AFL

• 2024

  • • Portia Berios - Football

    • Dom De Stradis and Raf De Stradis - Rugby League

• 2025

  • • Madison O'Brien - Basketball

    • Saxon Pryke - Rugby League

Please note:

• 2020 was totally shut down after Zone Swimming due to Covid-19

• 2021, approximately half of the Handbook sports were completed to Nationals due to Covid-19