THE awards keep coming for Tasmanian hockey star Eddie Ockenden after being named the Kookaburras' player of the year.
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The reigning Tasmanian athlete of the year was also named player of the tournament at this year's Australian Hockey League and Australia's best player in their 2014 world cup triumph.
He narrowly missed out to teammate Mark Knowles after being named on a five-man shortlist for world player of the year.
Since then, the Hobart 28-year-old has been an ever-present leader at the heart of a continually developing team, helping Australia qualify for next year's Olympic Games, courtesy of a first-place finish at the world league semi-final and winning another gold medal at the Oceania Cup.
Congratulating Ockenden at Hockey Australia's awards night in Perth on Thursday, Kookaburras head coach Graham Reid said: "He reads the game as well as anyone I've seen. He has such good all-round skills, he's world class.
"He's someone who is reliable and calm, but some of the things he can do with the ball are incredible. From a point of view of just watching him play, the players enjoy his skill level and that ability to change a game.
"He's got a great engine, too. He can run all day, so he gets through a lot of miles. That's another aspect of why he's so good, he can be all over the pitch. You mix his ability to read the play with his ability to get there and I think that's one of the key parts of his game. As a runner-up last year in the international player of the year awards, it just shows the consistency he's playing with as he's getting older. He's always threatened to do that and I love seeing it."
Ockenden was also acknowledged for passing the 250-game milestone, while Launceston's Tim Deavin passed 100 caps and Hobart's Josh Beltz made his Kookaburras debut this year.
Penalty corner ace Jodie Kenny was a double award winner on the night as she picked up the Hockeyroos' top goal scorer award, while Australia's most capped player, triple Olympian Jamie Dwyer, was the Kookaburras' top goal-scorer with 16.
Don Prior, Michael York and Nikki Hudson (née Mott) were inducted into the Hockey Australia Hall of Fame, while former player and coach Ric Charlesworth was made a life member of Hockey Australia.