2025 AUSXC Awards
Published Mon 21 Apr 2025
The AUSXC Awards recognise and celebrate the efforts and achievements within the cross country skiing community from the past year. The 2025 AUSXC Awards were presented in Canberra on April 12 as part of the Australian Rollerski Championship weekend. The primary athlete and coach AUSXC Award winners become the XC nominees for the Snow Australia Awards, this year to be held in Melbourne on 1 May.
The 2024/2025 international season was a successful one for Australian cross country skiing, with many personal and Australian best results including the first ever FIS championship medal at the World U23s. See below for all the AUSXC award winners for 2025.
AUSXC Award Winners
| Masters Skier of the Year | Jane Scheer | |
| Development Coach of the Year | Tom Hoogenraad | |
| Volunteer of the Year (NSW-ACT) | Greg Sharp | |
| Volunteer of the Year (Victoria) | Emily Harvey | |
| Special Volunteer Award | Warren Feakes | |
| Junior Skier of the Year (male) | Jayden Spring | |
| Junior Skier of the Year (female) | Satara Moon | |
| U23 Skier of the Year | Rosie Fordham | |
| Coach of the Year | Alexei Sotskov | |
| Outstanding Achievement | Rosie Fordham | |
| Female Skier of the Year | Rosie Fordham | |
| Male Skier of the Year | Lars Young Vik |
Snow Australia Award Nominees
- Coach of the Year - Alexei Sotskov
| This was Alexei Sotskov 's second year leading the Australian Team on World Cup in Europe, and the first time Alexei and any Australian XC Team have contested the entire World Cup season. Starting in Finland in November and finishing in Finland in March, Alexei's season included 12 World Cup venues in eight countries, as well as the 2025 World Championship in Trondheim. Working with a dozen other wax techs and support staff across the season and supporting ten different athletes, the only constant throughout the season was Alexei at every event. In many respects this was a breakthrough season, with the team ending up ranked 13th for women and 15th for men on the Olympic Nation ranking list. |
- Junior Athlete of the Year - Jayden Spring
| Jayden Spring was the leading male junior cross country skier for 2024-2025. Highlights from his year included 18th in the 2025 World Junior Championship Sprint qualification (ending up 27th, making it Top 30 at World Junior Championship for the second year in a row), winning the 2024 Australian Open Sprint Championship, and making a clean sweep at the 2024 Australian Open Rollerski Championship (Sprint and 10km). |
- Outstanding Achievement - Rosie Fordham
| Rosie Fordham's Silver medal in the 10km Freestyle at the World U23 Championship is Australia's first cross country skiing medal at a FIS World Championship. Before this season Australia's highest place at the World U23 Championship was Rosie's own 19th place from 2024 (equal with Ben Sim from 2008). Australia's best World Junior result was 21st from 2003 and best World Championship result was 22nd from 2019 (now Rosie's own 20th from Trondheim 2025). |
- Male Athlete of the Year - Lars Young Vik
| Lars Young Vik had his best ever season in 2024/2025, with solid performances on World Cup and at the 2025 World Championship. At Trondheim 2025 Lars achieved the best Sprint performance since 2005, finishing 33rd just 0.2 of a second outside of qualifying for the finals. Lars came even closer to the finals at the World Cup in Lahti, taking 31st place and missing out on the top 30 by 0.02 of a second. This milestone seems sure to fall in the coming years. |
- Female Athlete of the Year - Rosie Fordham
| Rosie Fordham had a breakthrough season, achieving personal and Australian best results at the highest level of the sport. The Silver medal at the 2025 World U23 Championships in Italy was a clear standout performance, Australia's first medal at a World Championship. Rosie's World Championship results in Trondheim 2025 were outstanding, including 20th in the 50k Freestyle, 15th in the Team Sprint and 12th in the Women's Relay. Contesting all six events, Rosie's 44th in the Sprint Freestyle, 38th in the Skiathlon and 37th in the 10km Classic demonstrated excellence across all distances and styles. On World Cup Rosie scored World Cup points on 7 occasions. Outside of World Cup, Rosie also won the 2024 AUS-NZL Continental Cup and took 5th place at the 2025 US Championship. |
