Seventeen high performance athletes from across Australia are preparing for a big year of sporting commitments and school visits, after being appointed as ambassadors for The Good Village Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Problem Solvers Program.
Over the next ten months, the AIS athlete ambassadors, including paddler Yale Steinepreis, hockey player Edwina Bone, swimmer Harrison Biddell, rower Sarah Hawe and wheelchair rugby player Shae Graham, will visit primary schools across the country to help students deliver a project focused on health and wellbeing.
Designed in partnership with Nestlé, the free program teaches students what it takes to create a healthy, supportive and sustainable village of people while unpacking a challenge in Australian sport.
Schools can apply to have an AIS Athlete ambassador deliver two virtual or in-person sessions that weave in lessons in science, humanities, arts and economics, while exposing students to a range of different sports.
2024 ambassadors
- Victoria Pendergast (Snow Australia)
- Rhydian Cowley (Athletics Australia)
- Tamieka Whitefield (Softball Australia)
- Emily Meaney (Diving Australia)
- Carly Salmon (Football Australia)
- Zana Evans (Snow Australia)
- Harrison Biddell (Swimming Australia)
- Lucy Coleman (Rowing Australia)
- Ria Thompson (Rowing Australia)
- Katerina Paul (Snow Australia)
- Caitlin Bettenay (Hockey Australia)
- Edwina Bone (Hockey Australia)
- Olivia O’Rourke (Diving Australia)
- Penny Squibb (Hockey Australia)
- Sarah Hawe (Rowing Australia)
- Shae Graham (Wheelchair Rugby)
- Yale Steinepreis (Paddle Australia)
