Jason Smith Junior Male Player of the Year Award
The Jason Smith Junior player of the year award is named after Former Australian Boomer captain (and Vulture) Jason Smith. Jason attended Vermont Secondary College and played his junior career for the Vermont Vultures Basketball Club in the GEBC competition. Jason is a 3-time NBL champion (1996, 2004, and 2005), and NBL Grand Final MVP (2005), 2 times All NBL First Team (2001 and 2005), Best NBL sixth man (1998) and also won a Gold Medal with Australia at the Commonwealth Games in 2006. Jason also Captained the Australian Boomers at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.
The Jason Smith Junior Male Player of the Year award seeks to recognise Vultures who are most likely to go onto play senior basketball at the elite level. The award is given to those who have achieved outstanding results in all aspects of basketball (Representative and/or state) over the course of their Junior career, with a particular focus on the previous 12 months.
Eligibility requirements to be considered for this award:
- Must have played at Vermont Vultures in either of the U15, U17 or U19 age groups for at least 1 of the 2 seasons encompassing the 12 months prior to this award being presented;
- Must have played the majority of their junior basketball at Vermont Vultures
- Must not have previously won the award
- Players who are no longer registered for Vermont Vultures in either MEBA or GEBC for the current or upcoming season, must not have registered for another club in direct competition with Vermont Vultures.
Previous winners of this award are:
| Jeth Wong | 2024 |
| Tom Dammers and Charlie Wilson | 2023 |
