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St Kilda intraclub practice match at Seaford. Jack Steven Picture: Klein Michael Source: Herald Sun
YOUNG St Kilda midfielder Jack Steven has signed a contract extension that will tie him to the club until the end of 2015.
The 22-year-old has put in a huge pre-season, which the Saints hope will lift his game time through the centre square this year.
Steven had already captured the coaches' attention during the Saints' altitude camp in Colorado just before Christmas.
After each session the St Kilda players were asked to vote on which teammate had worked the hardest.
When the votes were tallied on the final day, Steven got the nod as the most professional player on the camp.
''I'd like to think I try my hardest, I bust my gut no matter what I have in front of me. I love to compete," Steven said.
The award was a welcome contrast from the previous time Steven and the Saints had headed off on a pre-season training camp.
Two years ago Steven was one of four players - along with Zac Dawson, Rhys Stanley and Paul Cahill - suspended over an incident involving alcohol and sleeping pills during a training camp in New Zealand.
''It's from instances like that that I've matured a lot and taken a few lessons on board," Steven said.
'It's all started to come together lately."
Last season Steven was in cracking form early, averaging more than 21 disposals over the opening 14 rounds before a mid-season lull.
''I played a lot more in the midfield than I had previously, and by the middle of the year I think just the toll of the whole season started to get to me," he said.
''My legs weren't giving as much and the club backed me off in the training a little bit.
''That management helped me run out the last few games that bit stronger."
The former Lorne boy said he would ''jump at a gig in the midfield" in 2013, and had sought advice from experienced campaigners Leigh Montagna, Lenny Hayes and Nick Dal Santo ''as well as Sam Fisher, who's always been good in helping out young blokes like me."
Steven said he was rapt that the club and his manager, Peter Lenton, could agree to contract terms well before Round 1.
''I'm very excited and happy to be a Saint for at least the next three seasons," he said.
''There's that big core of the senior guys and now there seems to be a really good group of younger guys.
"We believe in ourselves."
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