ZAK Butters to debut for Port Adelaide Power.

Former MSA Student Athlete Zak Butters is set be one of six players to debut for the Port Adelaide Football Club this weekend in the Power’s season opener against  Melbourne at the MCG.

Butters was taken at pick 12 by Port Adelaide in the 2018 AFL National Draft after an injury interrupted season at the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup.  He did enough with his eight TAC cup games and his performance at the AFL Under 18 National Championships to impress the Power’s three-time club champion and four-time All-Australian, Robbie Gray.

Butters averaged 20 disposals, four tackles and four clearances for the Western Jets, and was regarded as having a high impact per disposal.

Zak displayed his class, poise, smarts and outside run during the National Championships in June and July and had planned to have surgery on a troublesome left shoulder and end his season early immediately afterwards.

Another dislocation in the deciding game against eventual champions South Australia saw the end of his season come even sooner.

We wish Zak all the best in his first game in the AFL and look forward to following him over a long career.

Check out this link on the Port Adelaide Football Club Page which filmed Zak’s call to his Dad when he told him the great news.

2020 Parent Information night is Full

All tickets for the 2020 Parent Information night have been snapped up by the community. As a result we are unable to seat anymore parents or students into our Theatre. Due to popular demand this event will now be live streamed. Details of the live stream will be published as the event gets closer. We apologise if you have missed out on being there live. But the good news is you won’t miss the event.

MSA students do well at Victorian School Sport Awards

The 2018 Victorian School Sports Awards have been held at the MCG, and it was an outstanding day of acknowledgement for student-athletes from Maribyrnong College.

The event was hosted by Steve Moneghetti and presenters were Australian Netballers: Kelsey Browne and Madi Robinson, Olympian: Linden Hall, Paralympian: Richard Colman together with Parliamentary Secretary: Tim Richardson MP.

Our congratulations to the following past and present students who were awarded the prestigious Sporting Blue Award for 2018 – the highest sporting achievement presented in the government school system. 

Athletics           Kevin Healy

Athletics           Max Busuttil – nominated by Greenvale Primary School

AFL                  Georgia Patrikios and Zak Butters

Baseball            Cody Rodwell

Hockey             Enya Talbot and Cooper Burns

Netball              Olivia Honey and Connor Lilly

Football             Nia Stamatopoulos and Idrus Abdulahi

Softball             Marlie Hurinui

Table Tennis     Eleanor Goodsell

Volleyball          Marija Lukic and Ewan Fowler

In addition, the Outstanding Sporting Achievement Award went to Lucas Plapp for his remarkable achievements, sportsmanship and dedication to Cycling.

Congratulations once again to all our winners, and all our student athletes who keep pushing the boundaries and each other to ensure that everyone gets the best out of themselves.

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