Captain of the victorious National Schools Cup Volleyball team Kye Chapple has taken out the December Award in the Horsham Sports and Community Club Sports Star of the Year.  Kye’s team took out the Gold Open Boys Division One Championship competing against 19 other school teams from around Australia and New Zealand.  He was named the Most Valuable Player for the Open Boys Division One at the National Schools Cup and captained the Senior Boys Horsham College Volleyball team to a win in the Victorian Secondary Schools Sports Assocation State final as well as captaining the Horsham Volleyball Association Mens Division Two team to gold at the Victorian State Championships and the prestigious Bendigo Tournament.

Kye was named the Overall Champion Player for the Horsham Volleyball Association in 2008 and his team took out the A Grade Winter Pennant.  Also a pennant tennis player with Central Park, a Horsham Squash Club A Grade player and a member of the Horsham United Football Club Under 17 team, Kye is a multi skilled sports person who aspires to being a member of the Victorian Volleyball Gold Under 19 team. 

Kye joins Trent Orval, Steve Schultz, Phil Butsch, Levi Burns, Lachlan King and Joel Ladlow as previous winners of the monthly awards who are eligible to win the $1,000 Sports Star Scholarship and trophy at the Monday February 16, 2009 presentation to be held at the Horsham Sports and Community Club .  If you know of someone who is doing well at their sport and deserves some recognition, why not nominate them in the DAGS Screen Printing and Hip Pocket Workwear Sports Star of the Month. 

All nominees in the monthly award will be presented with certificates signed by the Minister for Sport and Recreation, James Merlino, and each monthly winner receives (aside from the jacket and voucher), a free ticket to the annual presentation and a specially struck medallion from Wimmera Trophies and Gifts.

Nominations are welcome at any time and forms are available from the Sports Assembly 5382 4599 or log onto www.wrsa.org.au   A reminder that the Special Category awards (teams, coaches, veterans etc)  are welcome at any time and will be presented alongside the Horsham Sports and Community Club Sports Star of the Year to be held on Monday February 16, 2009.