Every year, HiTT Academy recognises the efforts and achievements made by all players throughout the year. Each and every player is awarded for their various talents, dedication, willingness to improve, team building efforts and motivation to succeed.
The HiTT Academy Awards 2017
A total of 17 awards were presented on the night of the annual dinner that was this year held on the 9th December. There were 4 nominations for each award with the winners announced on the night. Although one must choose a winner of each award, HiTT Academy coaches Katia and Mario pointed out that all of the nominees have actually excelled in the category they were nominated for and so they are all winners… but one must eventually choose an overall winner.
These are the nominees and winners in each category:
Best Improved Under 11
Nominees: Andre Cini, Dave Barbara Speranza, Julian Mifsud and Luke Bonello
Best Improved Under 13
Nominees: Eric Fizio, Jake Darmanin, Oscar Lutterbeck and Rachel Mifsud
- Best Improved Under 13
- Jake Darmanin – Best Improved Under 13
Best Improved Under 15
Nominees: Kira Axiaq, Malcolm Debono, and Sean Debono
- Best Improved Under 15
- Nathan Vella – Best Improved Under 15
Best Improved Under 18
Nominees: Andrew Catania, Liam Wells, Samuel Cutajar and Wayne Falzon
Winner in this category was Liam Wells who could not be present on the night.
Best Improved Under 21
Nominees: Gabriel Grixti, Isaac Darmanin, Isaac Grixti and Sascha Genovese
- Best Improved Under 21
- Isaac Grixti – Best Improved Under 21
Best Improved Girl
Nominees: Kira Axiaq, Rachel Mifsud, Sarah Cutajar and Sascha Genovese
- Best Improved Girl
- Rachel Mifsud – Best Improved Girl
Best Improved HiTT Mini Cadet
Nominees: Andrew Bezzina, Dean Chetcuti, Matthias Drago and Sam Muscat
- Best Improved HiTT Mini Cadet
- Sam Muscat – Best Improved HiTT Mini Cadet
Best Improved HiTT 1 Star Player
Nominees: Jeremy Cordina, Mattija Caruana, Nathan Vella and Wayne Falzon
- Best Improved HiTT 1 Star Player
- Wayne Falzon – Best Improved HiTT 1 Star Player
Best Improved HiTT 2 Star Player
Nominees: Daniel Vella Clark, Malcolm Debono, Samuel Cutajar and Sean Debono
- Best Improved HiTT 2 Star Player
- Sean Debono – Best Improved HiTT 2 Star Player
Best Improved HiTT Elite Player
Nominees: Andrew Catania, Gabriel Grixti, Liam Wells and Sascha Genovese
- Best Improved HiTT Elite Player
- Gabriel Grixti – Best Improved HiTT Elite Player 2017
Most Dedicated HiTT Student
Nominees: Paul Cordina, Rachel Mifsud, Samuel Cutajar and Wayne Falzon
- Most Dedicated HiTT Student
- Samuel Cutajar – Most Dedicated HiTT Student
Most Dedicated HiTT Club Player
Nominees: Charles Sciavone, John Bonello, Kyle Pullicino andNeville Cutajar
- Most Dedicated HiTT Club Player
- Charles Sciavone – Most Dedicated HiTT Club Player
HiTT Team Building Award
Nominees: Jake Abela, John Bonello, Peter Bezzina and Sean Debono
- HiTT Team Building Award
- Jake Abela – HiTT Team Building Award
Star of the Future Award
Nominees: Aidan Caruana, Mattija Caruana, Oscar Lutterbeck and Owen Attard
- Star of the Future Award
- Aidan Caruana – Star of the Future Award
Mini Star of the Future Award
Nominees: Nigel Mifsud, Cole Owens, Gabriel Preca and Nicolo Tufigno
- Mini Star of the Future Award
- Gabriel Preca – Mini Star of the Future Award
Best Effort HiTT Mini Cadet
Nominees: Eric Fizio, Julian Mifsud, Luca Deguara and Michael Preca
- Best Effort HiTT Mini Cadet
- Eric Fizio – Best Effort HiTT Mini Cadet
Sports Experience Special Award
Nominees: Jake Abela, Liam Wells, Paul Cordina and Sascha Genovese