Harvey has plenty of go on court

TALENTED basketballer Mia Harvey is the March recipient of a Bendigo Sports Star of the Year scholarship.

Harvey will again head west to represent Victoria Country at Basketball Australia’s national under-16 championships in Perth this July.

The young guard’s play at last year’s nationals earned a Sports Star of the Year scholarship and put her in the running for the Maxine Crouch Trust Fund.

At the 2022 nationals, Harvey scored 10 points in the bronze medal play-off with Victoria Metro and since then there’s been plenty of time spent on court working on all aspects of her game.

A lengthy selection process for the nationals involved a lot of travelling for trials and since then for workouts with her Victoria Country team-mates.

Harvey’s scholarship is proudly supported by City of Greater Bendigo, and D-Club 24/7 in Bath Lane.

The scholarship intake of 2022 has continued to impress on the courts and tracks.

Dash Daniels played a key role in Victoria Country’s run to a silver medal at the Australian under-18 basketball titles in Brisbane.

Daniels played 30 minutes and racked up five points, eight rebounds, an assist and two steals as Victoria Country took on Victoria Metro with Metro winning 90-51.

Another of Bendigo’s young guns, Lavinia Cox, averaged 12.5 points per game for Victoria Country.

At Athletics Australia’s national field and track titles, Avery McDermid earned silver in the under-16 1500 meters.

The Bendigo University Pride’s rising star clocked a brilliant time of 4:04.17 and McDermid was this year’s Bendigo Sports Star of the Year scholarship recipient for January.

He ran for Bendigo Region in last Saturday’s start to Athletics Victoria’s cross-country series at Jells Park.

McDermid ran the six-kilometre leg for the under-20 class in 20.57 as Bendigo Bats were runner-up and his scholarship was made available through the support of Pipe Doctor, and D-Club 24/7 fitness.