SportsKid of the Year explained

"SportsKid of the Year" was introduced by Sports Illustrated magazine after the highly successful Sportsman of the Year award was introduced in 1954. The "SportsKid of the Year" award honors a young athlete, ages seven to fifteen, 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 profile article and fold-out poster in the issue. The SportsKid is also honored at Sports Illustrated annual Sportsman of the Year celebration in New York City and in 2011 was featured on Cartoon Network's "Hall of Game" in Los Angeles.

The award has been given to the following recipients:

Year	Winner(s)	Sport(s)	Age(s)	Ref
2007	Brock Heffron	BMX	10	^[1]
2008	Derek Andrews	Baseball, soccer, hockey, basketball, gymnastics, and swimming	8	^[2]
2009	Austin McCarthy	Hockey	10	^[3]
2010		Tennis and hockey	12	^[4]
2011	Noah Flegel	Wakeboarding	14	^[5]
2012	Conner and Cayden Long	Triathlon	9, 7	^[6]
2013	Jack Wellman	Wrestling	14	^[7]
2014		Baseball	13	^[8]
2015		Swimming	15	^[9]
2016	Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard	Track	11, 10, 9	^[10]
2017		Football and track	10	^[11]
2018		Swimming	13	^[12]
2019		Soccer	15	^[13]
2020		Basketball	15	^[14]
2021			14	^[15]
2022	Carter Bonas	Golf	11	^[16]
2023	Fifi Garcia	Soccer, softball, track, volleyball, and basketball	11	^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ABA's Factory Redman rider Brock Heffron voted SI Kids "Youth Athlete of the Year". 30 June 2011.
2. Web site: Sports Kid of the Year. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DMtQZsNfqg8 . 2021-12-21 . live. 30 June 2011.
3. Web site: 2009 Sports Kid of the Year. 2011-06-30.
4. Web site: 2010 SportsKid of the Year: Jessica Aney. May 10, 2016.
5. Web site: Noah Flegel Named SI Kids' SportsKid Of The Year. May 10, 2016.
6. Web site: 2012 SI Kids SportsKids of the Year: The Long Brothers. 30 June 2011.
7. Web site: Sportskid of the Year 2013 — Jack Wellman . Gary . Gramling . December 5, 2013 . . May 10, 2016 .
8. Web site: SportsKid of the Year 2014: Mo'ne Davis . Christina M. . Tapper . December 1, 2014 . . May 10, 2016 .
9. Web site: Swimmer Reece Whitley Is Sports Illustrated Kids' 'SportsKid of the Year' . Nolan . Feeney . November 30, 2015 . . May 10, 2016 .
10. Web site: SportsKids of the Year 2016: The Sheppard Sisters. Elizabeth McGarr. McCue. SI Kids: Sports News for Kids, Kids Games and More.
11. Web site: Bunchie Young is Our 2017 SportsKid of the Year. Jeremy. Fuchs. SI Kids: Sports News for Kids, Kids Games and More.
12. Web site: Fuchs . Jeremy . Leah Hayes is Our 2018 SportsKid of the Year . SI Kids . 1 February 2019 . 21 November 2018.
13. https://www.sikids.com/2019/11/22/ally-sentnor-2019-sportskid-year
14. Web site: JuJu Watkins of Windward gets her first magazine cover as SportsKid of the year. November 20, 2020. Los Angeles Times.
15. Web site: Zaila Avant-garde Named SportsKid of the Year for 2021.
16. News: Carter Bonas Is the 2022 SportsKid of the Year. Bechtel. Mark. 2022-11-18. Sports Illustrated Kids. 2024-02-02.
17. News: Fifi Garcia Is the 2023 SportsKid of the Year. Page. Sam. 2023-11-20. Sports Illustrated Kids. 2024-02-02.