Champion Cyclist awarded Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship
18th March 2011
Champion Australian female cyclist Joanne Hogan is the recipient of the sixth annual Amy Gillett Foundation and Cycling Australia-AIS High Performance Program sports scholarship.
The 28 year old Victorian, who recently placed third at the Australian National Road Championships, will now become an official Ambassador for the Amy Gillett Foundation.
In honour of Amy Gillett, the scholarship not only lauds sporting talent, but broader developments such as career background and community participation.
A clinical and aged-care nurse, Hogan has extensive competitive cycling experience having won the 2010 National Road Series and was recently a dual medallist in the 2011 Australian Road Championships.
CEO of the Amy Gillett Foundation, Tracey Gaudry is delighted by the choice of this year’s recipient and believes Joanne has dominated at National level and is now ready to take the next step to international competition.
“The Foundation received applications from ten very promising female cyclists, all who would be worthy recipients of the AGF Cycling Scholarship. Joanne represents the cream of the crop of this new wave of Australian cycling talent and we are very excited to be providing this opportunity to Joanne,” Tracey said.
Joanne was extremely honoured to hear that she was the successful applicant for the Amy Gillett Scholarship for 2011 having watched closely the work that the 2010 winner, Rachel Neylan has achieved during the past 12 months.
“Receiving this scholarship means so much to me, opening up exciting opportunities and experiences that I wouldn’t have access to. I am conscious of the responsibility that being an ambassador for the Foundation entails, in particular spreading the road safety message, an issue that is close to my heart. I am also looking forward to being a part of the new Women’s Development Team, a great new pathway for developing women’s cycling on an international stage,” Joanne said.
Joanne trains under long-time coach Stuart McKenzie and joined the VIS last year after making a commitment to dedicate more time to cycling with her sights set on the 2012 Olympics.
