Matt Graham has scooped the 2016 Ski and Snowboard Australia Athlete of the Year prize ©Getty Images

Matt Graham has won the 2016 Ski and Snowboard Australia Athlete of the Year prize after finishing second overall in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Moguls World Cup.

The 21-year-old Sochi 2014 Olympian also claimed his first World Cup gold medal during the 2015-16 campaign, in Deer Valley in the United States in February.

He also claimed a silver in Saint-Côm in Canada and a bronze in the season finale in Tazawa, Japan.

The Australian was only beaten in the overall standings by all-conquering Canadian Mikaël Kingsbury, who won five of the eight Moguls World Cup events on the calendar.

Aerials skier Danielle Scott was also in the frame for the prize
Aerials skier Danielle Scott was also in the frame for the prize ©Getty Images

Graham beat off competition from compatriots Danielle Scott and Belle Brockhoff to claim the prize.

Aerials skier Scott was also second in her World Cup standings, after a pair of silver medal finishes in Deer Valley and Belarus' capital Minsk.

Brockhoff came third in the overall Snowboard Cross World Cup standings, winning the final event of the season in Baqueira-Beret in Spain and also earning silver medals in Sunny Valley, Russia, and Veysonnaz, Switzerland.