Mexican compound archers Andrea Maya Becerra and Mariana Bernal, along with Brady Ellison from the United States, have been nominated for World Archery’s archer of the year award.
The three athletes will compete in the only category open to public voting, which includes both men and women in recurve and compound categories.
The other seven nominees in this category are Franck Eyeni from Ivory Coast, Mathias Fullerton from Denmark, Nicolas Girard from France, Mike Schloesser from the Netherlands, Emircan Haney from Türkiye, Kang Chaeyoung from Korea, and Andrés Temiño from Spain.
Andrea Becerra’s most notable achievements in 2025 were the gold medals she won at the World Games in Chengdu and the World Championships in Gwangju. Becerra was also nominated by the World Games for best athlete of the year.
Meanwhile, her teammate Bernal won the World Cup final in Nanjing, as did Ellison in the recurve men’s event.
In addition to this main category, there are six other categories that are not open to public voting but will be decided by a panel of experts.
Jason Tabansky from the United States is nominated for best para archer. He won the silver medal in the W1 category at the World Championships and two gold medals at the Americas Para Cup.
In the young archer category, Savannah O’Donohue, a compound archer from the United States, is nominated after winning three gold medals at the World Youth Championships.
Cindy Czako from the United States is nominated for fair play for helping her opponent with equipment failure during the Gator Cup.
Elías Cuesta representing the United States and Karen Montellano from Mexico are nominated for best coach of the year.
Lais Machado Nunes from Brazil is nominated for best judge of the year.
Finally, Mexico in compound women’s and the United States in recurve women’s are nominated for best team of the year.
The winners for best archer of the year will be decided by public vote and press vote.
The last day to vote is February 13 at https://www.worldarcheryawards.com/.