Alex Marshall-Wilson received the accolade at the Conwy Sports Awards following a year of achievements in wheelchair basketball.

The Deganwy native played a key role in helping Great Britain secure victory at the European under-23 wheelchair basketball championships.

He also represented the Sheffield Steelers in the Euro Cup finals, assisted GB athletes in their Paralympics preparation, and clinched a gold medal in an international tournament in Japan.

Former Coleg Llandrillo student Alex Marshall-Wilson was named Senior Sports Man of the Year at the Conwy Sports Awards (Image: Supplied)

Mr Marshall-Wilson, who studied Level 3 Sport at Coleg Llandrillo’s Rhos-on-Sea campus, said he was ‘honoured’ to win the senior prize at the Conwy Sports Awards.

He has attended the event several times before, having won the junior award in 2019 and been nominated for the senior prize two years ago.

But this time it was his parents who were presented with the award, as Mr Marshall-Wilson was playing for the Steelers in a British Wheelchair Basketball Premier League match against Nottinghamshire side Jaguars.

He said: “It’s an incredibly proud moment.

“It’s always an enjoyable event, and I’m very honoured to have won the award, especially as there are people in Conwy who have achieved so much in the past year.”

Mr Marshall-Wilson’s successful year began last November when he was called up to the Great Britain squad for the Kitakyushu Champions Cup in Japan.

In June, Alex Marshall-Wilson played every game as Britain won the U23 European Championship with a 100% record (Image: Supplied)

In his first step up from the junior level, he was a key player as GB won all their games to claim the gold medal.

In February, he played for the Steelers in the Euro Cup group stage in Germany, helping his club qualify for the finals in Spain two months later.

This was an impressive achievement in itself, as the competition featured professional teams from across Europe, whereas wheelchair basketball is an amateur sport in the UK.

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But playing in the tournament finals also proved an opportunity for Mr Marshall-Wilson, as he subsequently received contract offers to play professionally.

He said: “The Euro Cup gives you more opportunity to be seen because you’re competing against top professional clubs at a very high level.

“My goal after my degree is to play abroad professionally, and I’ve had quite a few contract offers from clubs in Spain, Italy and Germany.

“They were all really understanding of the fact that I want to finish my degree first, so hopefully that’s something I can go back to once I’ve graduated.”

Earlier this year, Alex Marshall-Wilson returned to the Rhos campus with Ffit Conwy disability sport officer Mark Richards to lead a wheelchair basketball session for sport students (Image: Supplied)

Mr Marshall-Wilson is ultimately targeting the 2028 Paralympics in Los Angeles, and has already made his first steps into the senior set-up after he was drafted in to help the team prepare for this year’s Games.

He said: “The 2028 Paralympics is one of my long-term goals.

“The target of LA is definitely still on the cards, so I’ve got to keep pushing as much as possible.”