Sunshine Coast Football wishes to publicly congratulate the many outstanding players, coaches, clubs and referees who were recently recognised as winning our prestigious annual awards.
After a challenging year, the 2020 season reached a successful conclusion earlier this month thanks to the support, patience and commitment of our members.
At senior level, Cameron Nairn was named McDonald’s Premier Men’s Male Player of the Year after scoring a league-high 27 goals for Beerwah Glasshouse United, while Kiara Rychvalsky was named McDonald’s Premier Women’s Female Player of the Year after leading the way for Nambour Yandina United.
Kevin A’Herne-Evans of Noosa Lions and Maroochydore FC’s Andrew Scarff took out Coach of the Year honours for the Premier Men and Premier Women competitions respectively, having guided their teams to Premiership success.
At junior level, special mention must go to leading male goal scorer Rocco Guerrera from Maroochydore and leading female goal scorer Darcy Evans from Buderim Wanderers.
Rocco and Darcy both scored more than 50 goals, an incredible achievement.
Meanwhile, there were six different recipients of referee awards, with Jay Hudson, Steve Boyle, Louise Merritt, Julian Nisbet, Brenton Liaropoulos and Kyal Foster all recognised for a great season.
See below for a full list of the 2020 award winners!
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Champion Club | Maroochydore FC |
| Fair Play Award | Maroochydore FC |
| Referee’s Co-operation Award | Noosa FC |
| AWARD | RECIPIENT | CLUB |
| Premier Men Coach of the Year | Kevin A’Herne-Evans | Noosa FC |
| Premier Women Coach of the Year | Andrew Scarff | Maroochydore FC |
| Premier Men Player of the Year | Cameron Nairn | Beegees FC |
| Premier Women Player of the Year | Kiara Rychvalsky |
NYU FC |
HIGHEST GOAL SCORERS
| AWARD | PLAYER | CLUB | GOALS |
| Premier Men | Cameron Nairn | Beegees FC | 27 |
| Premier Reserve Men | Corey Dodson | Noosa FC | 18 |
| Premier Women | Chanel Harris | Caloundra FC | 29 |
| Premier Reserve Women | Laura Barklimore | Maroochydore FC | 25 |
| 3rd Division Men | Hayden Garrard and Nick Scarff | Maroochydore FC | 24 |
| 3rd Division Women | Amarnie Barber | Noosa FC | 38 |
| 4th Division Gold | Shane Dix | Kawana FC | 20 |
| 4th Division Green | Adam Dowling | Caloundra FC | 24 |
| Over 35 | Cameron Maxson | Woombye FC | 26 |
| Junior Male | Rocco Guerrera | Maroochydore FC | 60 |
| Junior Female | Darcy Evans | Buderim FC | 52 |
REFEREE AWARDS
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Senior Referee of the Year | Jay Hudson |
| Male Referee of the Year | Steve Boyle |
| Female Referee of the Year | Louise Merritt |
| Henry Heyer – Rising Star Award | Julian Nisbet |
| Junior Referee of the Year | Brenton Liaropoulos |
| Rookie of the Year | Kyal Foster |
