Australia's winter athletes and the Matildas were the big winners at the AIS Sport Performance Awards in Sydney on Tuesday night.
With the Winter Olympics less than two months away, the Australian snow sports athletes enjoyed a boost with three awards.
Snowboarder Scotty James, who is looking to become his country's first men's medallist in the snowboard halfpipe, took out the Male Athlete of the Year award.
After their best World Cup season in 2016/17 where they picked up 35 medals and a further five at the world championships, the Australian Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard team won team of the year.
And to round things out on the snow Mitch Gourley, who won the gold medal in the men's super combined standing at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Italy, claimed para performance of the year.
Superstar striker Sam Kerr was awarded ABC Sports Personality of the Year, an award voted on by the Australian public while her Matildas team won, Public Choice Team of the Year.
Alen Stajcic was recognised by an AIS panel of experts as Coach of the Year.
Other winners included Olympic gold medallist and hurdler Sally Pearson for Female Athlete of the Year following her comeback world championship victory in the 100m hurdles in London.
Young track cyclist Kelland O'Brien was named Emerging Athlete of the Year as a prominent member of Australia's Men's Track Pursuit team.
AIS SPORT PERFORMANCE AWARD WINNERS
ABC Sports Personality of the Year
Sam Kerr (Football)
Female Athlete of the Year
Sally Pearson (Athletics)
Male Athlete of the Year
Scott James (Winter Sport)
Public Choice Team of the Year
Matildas (Football)
Best Sporting Moment
Jeff Horn's world boxing title (Boxing)
Coach of the Year
Alen Stajcic (Football)
Para Performance of the Year
Mitchell Gourley (Winter Sport)
Emerging Athlete of the Year
Kelland O'Brien (Cycling)
Team of the Year
Australian Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard (Winter Sport)
Award for Leadership
Susan Alberti (Australian Football)
Service to Sport
Glenn Tasker (Australian Paralympic Committee).
