Tjimarri Sanderson-Milera is a very talented young man who will be part of the official AFL Indigenous Round celebrations at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.

The 22-year-old from Grange has been chosen by the home match partner, Maxima, to toss the coin prior to Adelaide’s clash with Fremantle. Maxima is a national employment and training provider which works closely with Indigenous communities.

Crows and AFL Hall of Fame inductee Andrew McLeod says Tjimarri is a great role model in his Indigenous community, and the wider South Australian community.

"It will be an amazing experience for Tjimarri on Saturday night, to stand in the middle of Adelaide Oval and toss the coin, and a well-deserved honour for him," McLeod said.

After finishing high school at Henley High in 2010, Tjimarri, who is a cousin of Crow midfielder Cam Ellis-Yolmen, joined Qantas Airways in 2011, after completing a school based traineeship facilitated by Maxima. Tjimarri remains employed at Qantas and has been recently promoted to a higher level position with increased responsibilities.

Tjimarri is also a very talented athlete, who has competed at state, national & international levels in Surf Lifesaving and Athletics Track & Field. As an athlete, he has been a positive role model for his peers and has visited and presented to groups about healthy lifestyle, and fitness, and his commitment to his sport.

Tjimarri joined the Grange Surf Life Saving Club in 2002 and has been heavily involved ever since. Tjimarri's involvement in Surf lifesaving also includes voluntary work on weekend beach patrols, community & local school's events and doing 'water cover' supervision for Grange Club nipper training's. In the role he is a volunteer, a supervisor and a mentor to the community and younger children.

His talents also include the dramatic arts.  Tjimarri has been a member of Kurruru Youth Performing Arts and a member of their renowned Dance Ensemble, performing in major culture based productions including Fringe shows 'Crossing Paths' & 'Of The Future', and the major production about Port Adelaide & it's Aboriginal history , 'Second to None'. He has also been a member of Tal-Kin-Jeri & Paitya Dance groups, and performed in cultural activities and performances at many Aboriginal community events such as Blak Night, & NAIDOC Week events, as well as major state events such as WOMAD, The Fringe Festival and Tour Down Under.

More locally Tjimarri was a part of the Binnanendi (Young boys to Men) program and participated in a number of 'role-model' activities that included featuring in the 2013 Male Nunga Calendar that highlights strong, positive role models in the South Australian Aboriginal Community, in support of the prevention of Aboriginal suicide.

Tjimarri caught up with McLeod at the Adelaide Football Club recently when Tjimarri came down to watch more than 250 Indigenous year 8 and 9 students take part in the McLeod Challenge.

The McLeod Challenge, in its 3rd year, is part of the AFC’s Indigenous programs led by McLeod and wife Rachael. The grand final of the McLeod Challenge will be played this Saturday afternoon from 5.20pm as the curtain raiser to the Crows v Fremantle AFL match at Adelaide Oval.

Salisbury High School will play Henley High School in the boys division and Westminster School will take on Le Fevre High in the girls division.