"SportsKid of the Year" was introduced by Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...

 magazine after the highly successful Sportsman of the Year

Sportsman of the Year

Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the "Sportsman of the Year" award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the...

 award was introduced in 1954. The “SportsKid of the Year” award honors a young athlete, ages seven to 15, for superior performance on the field, in the classroom and service in the community.

In addition to being featured exclusively on the December Sports Illustrated Kids cover, the "SportsKid of the Year" receives a profiling article and fold-out poster in the issue. The SportsKid is also honored at Sports Illustrated's annual Sportsman of the Year awards celebration in New York City and in 2011 will be featured on Cartoon Network

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’s “Hall of Game” in Los Angeles.

Nominations are open for the 2011 SportsKid of the Year until August 26th at sikids.com/SKOTY

The award has been given to the following recipients:

Year	Winner	Sport
2010	Jessica Aney	Tennis and Hockey
2009	Austin McCarthy	Hockey
2008	Derek Andrews	5 sports
2007	Brock Heffron	BMX