Two former Tauranga college students have taken the top sporting accolades at the prestigious 2014 Wallace Corporation University Blues Awards.

Rower Zoe Stevenson was named Sportswoman of the Year and surf lifesaver Sam Shergold was named Sportsman of the Year at Friday's ceremony.

Tupuria King, Pou Ahurea Award for Maori Person of the Year, Teresa Connors, Creative and Performing Arts Person of the Year, rower Zoe Stevenson, Sportswoman of the Year and surf lifesaver Saml Shergold, Sportsman of the Year Award (inset).

The Blue is a prestigious award for excellence in sport or creative and performing arts, and recognises regional and national excellence, through to world champions.

This year, more than 60 Blues Awards were given out to the University of Waikato's top sporting and arts students.

Stevenson, studying for a Bachelor of Science, most recently won gold in the women's double sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.

She came first in the Premier Women's Quad, second in the Premier Women's Single, and second in the Premier Women's Double at the 2014 New Zealand Rowing Championships.

In 2013 she came second in the Women's Double at the 2013 Rowing World Championships in Korea.

Stevenson is a former Tauranga Girls' College student and also won a Blue for rowing.

Shergold, studying for a Bachelor of Business Management Studies, is the winner of the national Surf Life Saving Open men's board rescue title, and won the board relay and Taplin relay in 2013.

The Mount Maunganui clubbie represented New Zealand in Nicaragua at the ISA World Championships for paddleboarding in May.

Competing in the 18-kilometre prone-paddleboard race, Shergold finished second in a sprint up the beach.

Shergold is a former Tauranga Boys' College student and also won a Blue for surf lifesaving.

The pair are both Sir Edmund Hillary Scholars, a programme providing full fee scholarships to academic high achievers who show significant leadership qualities and also excel in either sport or the creative and performing arts.