Montanans have the opportunity to vote for some of their favorite homegrown athletes as the state chapter of Amateur Athletic Union hosts its annual awards series.
The voting ends Friday, April 25th for people to vote for Montana AAU’s Little Sullivan Award for 2025
These awards are presented to outstanding collegiate or Olympic athletes, raised in Montana, who display additional qualities of leadership, character and sportsmanship.
The female finalists are Skyleigh Thompson, University of Montana women’ s soccer from Kalispell; Katherine Berkoff, North Carolina State University swimming and 2 X Olympic medalists from Missoula; Dani Bartsch, UM women’s basketball from Helena; and Allie Olson, University of Utah volleyball from Great Falls.
The male finalists are Junior Bergen, UM football from Billings; Tommy Mellott, Montana State football from Butte; Ben Perrin, MSU cross country and US Olympic trials from Kalispell, and Weston Timberman, Clarendon College and PRCA bareback riding from Columbus.
Public voting on a male and female athlete ends Friday, April 25, through the Montana AAU Little Sullivan Award Facebook page. The Little Sullivan Banquet is Saturday, May 17 in Missoula.