The shortlist for the 2023 Sports Personality of the Year Award (SOYA) for secondary schools is out, with national soccer champions St Anthony’s Boys High School Kitale leading the pack after a stellar run in the East Africa competitions.
They were nominated in the Boys School Team of the Year category in the awards which will be held on March 1, 2024 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).
St Anthony’s football team, popularly known as Solidarity Boys, impressed in the recent regional competitions where they reclaimed the national trophy they had won in 2019, which they had foregone in the earlier stages after losing to Kabarnet High School in the final of the 2022 Rift Valley regional contests.
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The school has players who featured in the Junior Harambee Stars during CECAFA Under-18 Championships that the country hosted in November last year.
Laiser Hill Academy’s basketball team from Kajiado North Sub-county won the 2023 National Basketball Championship and was ranked fourth in the East Africa regional competitions.
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National and East Africa rugby 7s champions Koyonzo, national winners Butula Boys (rugby 15s), Musingu (hockey), Ruthimitu Mixed (volleyball), Namwela (Volleyball), Onjiko (basketball 3×3), Mbooni Boys (handball), and Hospital Hill (handball) are also in the shortlist for the coveted awards.
Reigning East Africa hockey and volleyball champions Nyamira Girls from Siaya and Kwanthanze from Machakos counties are also in the list.
School Team of the Year Girls shortlist;
-Kesogon (volleyball)
-Butere Girls (basketball & football)
-St Maurice Mwira (rugby)
-St Joseph’s Kitale (handball & hockey)
-Ototo Mixed (basketball 3×3)
-Oyugi Ogango (netball)
-Kwanthanze (volleyball)
-Nyamira Girls (hockey)
-Madira Girls (football)
-Wiyeta (football)
2023 School Coach of the Year shortlist;
-Justin Kigwari (Kwanthanze)
-Stephen Kigai (Nyamira Girls)
-Eliud Okwemba (Koyonzo Boys)
-Chris Odeke (Butere Girls)
-Peter Mayoyo (St Anthony’s Kitale)
-Gilbert Kaisha (Kesogon)
-Isaac Muresia (Namwela Boys)
-Kevin Asuba (Shanderema)
-Austin Musumba (St Joseph’s Kitale)
-Chris Odeke (Butere Girls)
By Obegi Malack
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