OC of the Year Awards
The Old Cranbrookian and Young Old Cranbrookian of the Year Awards allows the acknowledgement of two recipients annually who are making powerful and positive differences in our community, and around the world.
Winners of the Awards were announced at the Senior School Prize Giving event in December to both live and live streamed audiences. The OCA Committee is thrilled with the success of this new Awards format and is looking forward to working with our 2022 Award recipients over the course of next year.
These two Old Cranbrookians marry personal fulfilment with professional success with ethical citizenship, are fabulous exemplars of the Old Cranbrookian ethos and we congratulate them on their success.
Nicholas Sampson, Headmaster
2022 Young OC of the Year
Steven Solomon (OC 2011)
Steve Solomon graduated Cranbrook in 2011 and quickly went on to represent the School and his country in 2012, where he became the first Australian since Cathy Freeman to reach the Olympic final of the 400m.
Steve relocated to the USA in 2012 to complete his undergraduate degree at Stanford University in Human Biology and a Master’s of Management degree from the University of Duke.
In 2019, Steve was awarded the Co-Captaincy of the Australian Athletics Team, and he led himself and the team to career-best performances at this year’s Tokyo Olympics. Steve balances professional athletics with full-time work, working as a Senior Associate at Uber Eats.
Steve lives his life enthusiastically, such that his enthusiasm excites happiness and inspiration in others. When not in the Uber Office or the Oval Office, he is found roaming the streets of Bondi with his golden retriever Luna and partner Gabi. He is passionate about high-performance, solving difficult problems, and helping people grow. In 2021, Steve has taken on a mentoring role with Cranbrook Year 12 students and spent several hours working with them to prepare them for the HSC and beyond.
Steve hopes to represent us all one more time at the Paris Olympics in 2024, before turning his attention and energy full-time to the world of business.
2022 OC of the Year
Sam Levy (OC 1987)
Sam Levy is an award-winning independent theatre producer based in New York City. He is currently represented on Broadway and the West End with SIX: The Musical (opening in Sydney in December 2021); and the award-winning musical Come From Away, also playing in Sydney, on tour throughout North America, and on Apple TV Plus. Past productions include The Ferryman (Tony Award for Best Play); The Mentalists, starring BAFTA-winner Stephen Merchant; and Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (off-Broadway and London).
Prior to founding his own company, Sam was an executive at ATM Productions, a global theatrical production company receiving over 80 Tony and 35 Olivier nominations since 1998. Productions include Dear Evan Hansen, Les Liaisons Dangereuses starring Liev Schreiber, An Act of God starring Jim Parsons, The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper, Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks, I’ll Eat You Last starring Bette Midler, Red starring Eddie Redmayne and Alfred Molina, and Hamlet starring Jude Law.
Sam has produced the work of numerous emerging artists throughout his career, many of whom have gone on to win or be nominated for the Oscar, Tony, Grammy, Olivier, Emmy, and Golden Globe, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Sam is a winner of the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, and Drama League Awards. He is also the Advance Award winner for Commercial Creatives in 2021.