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York names Philippe head coach of Lions men’s basketball

York University Athletics & Recreation announced that Nate Philippe has been named the head coach of the Lions men’s basketball program.

Philippe, a Toronto native, returns home to coach the Lions and comes to York with nearly 10 years of experience as a varsity coach, including two as a head coach in U SPORTS with the L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Citadins. He also has five years of experience in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball and spent one year as an assistant coach with the Lions in 2009-10.

“I firmly believe that in Nate we have found someone who exemplifies what our program is aspiring to be – a program of excellence firmly rooted in principled leadership and the development of the very best student-athletes,” said Jennifer Myers, executive director of York Athletics & Recreation. “His long tenure of success is critical as we look to revitalize our men’s basketball program and transition into a new chapter. I am thrilled to welcome Nate and his family to the Pride and look forward to building a legacy together.”

In his two seasons with the Citadins, Philippe engineered a tremendous program turnaround, taking a last-place team to the RSEQ championship game in his first season and leading them back to the title game the following year. Under his guidance from 2015-17, the Citadins won 29 more games than they had in the two years prior to his arrival, had their first conference player of the year recipient and U SPORTS all-Canadian in Kewyn Blain, and won the gold medal at the first ever Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) World University 3×3 Championships in Xiamen, China, in 2015.

Philippe went to UQAM after two seasons as an assistant coach at American University (2013-15), helping the Eagles win an improbable Patriot League tournament championship in 2014 that secured them a berth in the NCAA tournament, and a return to the championship game in 2015. Prior to that he was an assistant with the University of Maine for two seasons and the University of North Dakota for one, winning the Great West Conference championship with the Fighting Hawks in 2011.

“York has a men’s basketball program with immense potential and one that has a great fit for my coaching philosophy and vision,” said Philippe. “The university has grown leaps and bounds since I was an assistant here and the transformation is incredible. I’m happy to be back in the GTA, one of the hotbeds of basketball talent and culture in Canada, and I feel this is a place where I can be successful. I am looking to put down roots for a long time and build a legacy here and I am really excited to establish a program that can compete nationally.”

Philippe’s coaching career began in Toronto in 2008, when he served as the head coach of the senior boys’ team at West Hill Collegiate Institute and Grassroots Canada Elite Amatuer Athletic Union (AAU), as well as an assistant coach at Centennial College. He was then the associate head coach at the Regional Elite Development Academy (REDA) in its founding year.

As a player he spent four seasons in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS9 with the University of Prince Edward Island and Saint Mary’s, leading the Huskies to a pair of appearances in the conference championship game and the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national tournament. He graduated from Saint Mary’s in 2003 with a bachelor of arts degree in economics and business studies and went on to a five-year career as a real estate agent before beginning coaching.

Philippe begins his new role with the Lions immediately and will make his debut on the sidelines this fall when Ontario University Athletics (OUA) men’s basketball action returns to the court in November.

Lions athletic therapist inducted into Canadian Athletic Therapy Association Hall of Fame

Long-time York University Lions Head Athletic Therapist Cindy Hughes was inducted into the Canadian Athletic Therapy Association (CATA) Hall of Fame earlier this month at the national conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Cindy Hughes

Hughes, who spent 22 years at York as the head athletic therapist and manager of the Gorman/Shore Sport Injury Clinic before retiring in May 2017, was inducted for her outstanding service to the association, her profession and her community.

Hughes graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a double major in biology and physical education, as well as from Sheridan College with a diploma in athletic therapy and management.

She started her career at the University of Guelph as the assistant athletic therapist. She continued her journey as an athletic therapist with the Centre for Sport and Recreation Medicine until she landed the head athletic therapist and fitness coordinator position with the Humber Hawks in 1990. She made an instant impact with the Hawks and grew the clinic each year with the addition of Sheridan’s athletic therapy students along with adding a sports medicine specialist, Dr. Ian Cohen.

In 1995, she made the move to York University, where she provided exceptional care to thousands of varsity student-athletes, helping them overcome serious injuries and return to the field of play. She also mentored hundreds of student athletic therapists completing the Athletic Therapy Certificate Program and saw many of them go on to enjoy long careers working at Olympic Games, in professional sports leagues like the NHL, CFL and MLS, with Canadian national teams and in private clinics.

Not only did Hughes grow the athletic therapy programs at both Humber College and York University, she also worked with a number of national teams and was a therapist at many major international games and world championships. Her most recent involvement was as the chief therapist for the Canadian Olympic team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Her passion within the field of athletic therapy is proven by her reputation as a sought after educator within one of the CATA’s accredited institutions and her continued work with CATA and Canadian Athletic Therapy Association (OATA) volunteer committees.

Lions continue to announce recruits for 2017 season

York University Lions teams continue to announce recruits for the 2017 season.

Field hockey
York University Lions field hockey head coach Zeeshan Minhas announced the first group of recruits who will join the program for the 2017 season.

Among the first six are four players from B.C. including Haley Bannister, Amira Brar, Laura Touhey and Natalie Winter, as well as Ontario natives Maddie Mitchell and Frankie St. Louis.

Bannister, Brar and Touhey, all from Coquitlam, B.C., are already very familiar with each other after years of playing high school and provincial team field hockey together in their hometown. This past year Bannister and Brar were the co-captains at Gleneagle Secondary School, where they were also teammates with Touhey. Throughout their careers they led the team to consecutive first-place district titles, Fraser Valley championship gold and silver medals and top-eight finishes at the BC High School AAA senior girls’ championships.

Winter, also from Coquitlam, B.C., comes to York with former teammates as she joined the other three with the Polar Bears. She attended Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, where she was the captain of the field hockey team in her senior year. Her talents have taken her around the world representing various field hockey teams and she has also spent three seasons on Team BC.

Mitchell comes to York from Kitchener, Ont., where she spent four seasons on the team at Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute and was the captain this past year. She helped the squad reach the regional final three times and was named a Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (CWOSSA) all-star in 2016. She won a U16 national bronze medal in 2015 as captain of Team Ontario and served the same role for the U18 squad in 2016. She also attended Field Hockey Canada’s talent identification camps in 2015 and 2016.

St. Louis is a local product from Toronto, where she attended Riverdale Collegiate Institute. In 2015 she won a gold medal with Team Ontario at the provincial championships and in 2016 she was a member of the Canadian national indoor junior team. She also spent 2.5 months with The Reds in Perth, Australia, on their U18 and women’s 2s teams.

Football
York University Lions head football coach Warren Craney continues to add to his impressive 2017 recruiting class with the signings of defensive lineman James Kypreos and receiver Luther Hakunavanhu.

Kypreos and Hakunavanhu solidify a strong recruiting class that includes several talented players on both sides of the ball. York’s full 2017 recruiting class will be announced in the coming weeks.

Kypreos, a local product from Richmond Hill, Ont., joins a defensive line that is brimming with young talent, including two members of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) all-rookie team from last season in Rossini Sandjong-Djabome and Skye King. A 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end, Kypreos comes to York from Villanova College, where he starred for the Knights.

Hakunavanhu, from Edmonton, is the latest recruit to head east and he joins a long list of talented players from Alberta who have selected York to continue their football careers and go to school. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound receiver played high school football at McNally and has spent the last two seasons playing with the Edmonton Wildcats in the Canadian Junior Football League (CFJL).

Women’s basketball
York University Lions women’s basketball head coach Erin McAleenan has added four recruits to the class of 2017 with the signing of Cyanna King, Megan Stewart, Lauren Golding and Madison Bardoel.

King is a 6-foot forward from Pickering, Ont., who played at St. Mary Catholic Secondary School in her hometown and helped the Crusaders win the junior girls’ LOSSA championship in 2014. She has also played club basketball in the Ontario Basketball Association (OBA) and the Junior Elite League (JUEL). She won the OBA U19 Division I title in 2014 and is now playing for the Advantage Titans in JUEL, averaging 11 points, 14 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game this season.

Stewart comes to York from Saint John, N.B., where she starred on one of the top high school teams in the province and has been a New Brunswick provincial team player for four years. She was a starter all of last summer at the U17 nationals and had a big game against the eventual national champions from Ontario, finishing with 15 points.

Golding is a six-foot guard/forward from Windsor, Ont., who comes to York with an impressive basketball resume. She spent the last two seasons playing high school basketball at École Secondaire Catholique E.J. Lajeunesse, where she helped the team win the OFSAA silver medal in her grade 12 year and finish in fourth place this past season. She was also named a first-team WECSSAA senior girls’ all-star.

Bardoel is a 5-foot-7 guard from Tecumseh, Ont., who played her high school basketball at St. Anne, where she won a pair of Windsor and Essex County Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WECSSAA) ‘AAA’ championships in 2014 and 2016. She was also a league all-star this past season and her team’s MVP last year, and an Ontario Basketball league all-star in 2016 with her club team.

For more updates on York Lions news, visit www.yorkulions.ca.

El-Nahas brothers win gold at Canadian judo championship

York University Lions wrestling brothers Mohab El-Nahas and Shady El-Nahas each won the gold medal in their respective weight classes at the Canadian Open Judo Championships in Calgary in May.

Shady went undefeated in the 100kg division en route to the top of the podium. He won both of his round-robin bouts by matching 10-0 scores and then repeated the feat in the medal round, taking out Billy-Jim Carman in the semifinals and David Jutras in the final.

His older brother Mohab also had a tremendously successful event, also going undefeated and winning each of his matches 10-0. He eliminated Martin Russo in the quarter-finals, Idir Mazouzi in the semis and Alex Colpitts in the championship final.

Both Shady and Mohab had strong seasons for the Lions this past year. As a rookie, Shady went 23-1 with 19 pins in the regular season, winning gold medals at Concordia, McMaster and York as well as a bronze at an international event in Guelph.

He also won the gold medal at the Ontario junior and senior wrestling championships and was named the team’s MVP and a nominee for the York male rookie of the year award.

Mohab competed for the Lions as a sophomore and won four medals in the regular season, picking up a gold medal at Concordia, silver at the York Open and bronze medals at Brock and McMaster.

Lions quarterback Brett Hunchak headed to CFL training camp

York University Lions quarterback Brett Hunchak will be in Edmonton this summer to participate in the Edmonton Eskimos training camp as part of the CFL-CIS Development Program.

This is the second year in a row he will be part of the program, after spending time with the Calgary Stampeders last summer.

Also spending time at Canadian Football League (CFL) training camps this summer are Lions head coach Warren Craney and special teams coordinator Jesse Alexander, who will spend a week as guest coaches with the Montreal Alouettes, and offensive coordinator Kamau Peterson, who will be in Edmonton with Hunchak.

Hunchak, a 6-foot-3 pivot from Calgary, has spent two seasons with the Lions and put up numbers not seen in program history. Last year he started all eight games and finished fourth in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) with 2,085 passing yards, the most in a single season at York. He was also fourth in total touchdowns (12) and completions (156) and was seventh in completion percentage (60.9).

Last year Hunchak got to train alongside Bo Levi Mitchell, who went on to win the CFL’s most outstanding player award while leading the Stamps to the Grey Cup, and this year he will be with Mike Reilly, the 2015 Grey Cup MVP.

Hunchak will return to the Lions in August for his third season. Training camp begins on Saturday, Aug. 12, with their first game set for Sunday, Aug. 27 against the Western Mustangs.

Argos training camp returns to York for 2017

The Toronto Argonauts Football Club has announced that training camp will return to Toronto and will be hosted at York University.

“York has world-class training facilities and all of the necessary amenities for our players, coaches and staff to prepare effectively for the upcoming season,” said Jim Popp, who enters his first season as Argos General Manager. “But it also has the further benefit of being in our community which provides greater opportunity for fans, amateur football players and media to come out and experience Argos Football. We are very proud to be a part of the Toronto community and are excited to be hosting our training camp closer to home this season.”

The Argos return to York University, where they held their training camp ahead of the 2014 –15 seasons, after hosting their training camp at the University of Guelph last season.

Alumni Field, located on the University’s Keele Campus, will be the setting for Argos practices during the team’s 2017 training camp. Argonauts players have access to some of the first-class training facilities located on the campus, which are used by a number of Canada’s high performance athletes.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Argos back to York for their training camp,” said Jennifer Myers, executive director of York U’s Athletics & Recreation. “We are proud to host this city’s professional football club in our facilities. We look forward to watching them prepare for the 2017 season and continuing to nurture the close relationship we have with this organization.”

CFL rookies and quarterbacks will be on the field for a three-day rookie camp starting on Wednesday, May 24, while veteran CFL players will report May 27 and hit the field for the first time on Sunday, May 28.

The York University Lions football program has produced several players that have left their mark in Argonauts history. Former Lions currently on the Argos include offensive linemen Jamal Campbell and Chris Kolankowski, and recently signed fullback James Tuck. Former Argonauts quarterback and 1952 Grey Cup winner, Nobby Wirkowski was a founder of York’s football program in 1967 and became the team’s first head coach.

Celebrating 50 years of Kinesiology & Health Science at York

More than 200 people celebrated the 50-year anniversary of York University’s School of Kinesiology & Health Science on May 4 at Paradise Banquet & Convention Centre.

The milestone anniversary was marked by faculty, staff, coaches and alumni from the School of Kinesiology & Health Science, as they gathered for the anniversary dinner.

Guests included: former school chairs Roger Kelton, Norm Gledhill, Frank Cosentino and Carol Wilson; current chair Angelo Belcastro; President Emeritus Ian Macdonald; current Faculty of Health Dean Paul McDonald; former Faculty of Health dean Harvey Skinner; Director of Athletics & Recreation, Jennifer Myers; Executive Director, VP Students, Sheila Forshaw; Guy Larocque, executive director, Alumni Relations; Canada Research Chair David Hood; and alumni, including Eva Langley, a member of the first graduating class, Cathy Craven (’89), a UofT Health Sciences faculty member, and Chris Kostka (’77), a former pharmaceutical executive, MSc grad, York hockey all-star and varsity coach.

The school’s first graduating class was in 1971 with 15 students, and it has since grown to become a world-renowned program with 3,000 undergrads, 150 graduate students and a significant research profile.

It is the University’s third-largest undergraduate program and sixth-largest graduate program.

The event featured a toast to alumni, current and past faculty members, coaches and staff, and recognized its partnership with Athletics & Recreation.

For more on the 50th anniversary, visit khs50th.info.yorku.ca; for more on the anniversary dinner, visit khs50th.info.yorku.ca/2017/05/khs50thanniversarydinner.

York Lion Jonathan Lao named OUA male athlete of the year

York University Lions men’s soccer player Jonathan Lao continued his award-winning season when he was named the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) male athlete of the year.

Lao, a fourth-year economics student-athlete, led the Lions to an undefeated regular season and a first-place finish in the OUA West Division.

“I have played soccer my whole life, and being involved in the sport has shaped who I am today,” said Lao. “I’m fortunate to have been able to continue to play for the Lions while also getting an education at York.”

The Unionville, Ont. native was named OUA West Division MVP and a first-team all-star after he scored four goals and added three assists in 12 games this season for York. It was the fourth consecutive OUA all-star nod for Lao, and the second time in his career he captured OUA West Division MVP honours (he previously earned the award back in 2013).

Lao was also recognized for his strong season at the national level, as he became just the second player in program history to win the Joe Johnson Memorial Trophy as the U SPORTS Player of the Year, following Francesco Bruno in 2008. In addition, Lao was named a U SPORTS All-Canadian for the fourth time in his career, becoming the first player in program history to accomplish the feat.

Led by Lao, the Lions finished the season second in the OUA before placing sixth at the U SPORTS national championship.

Since joining the Lions back in 2013, Lao has been one of the most dominant players in the country, helping the Lions win three straight OUA championships (2013-15) and back-to-back national titles (2014-15).

York selects Rahim Dharamsi as senior development officer for Athletics

York University Athletics & Recreation and the Division of Advancement announced on May 9 that Rahim Dharamsi has been named the new senior development officer.

Dharamsi will be responsible for leading the alumni and major gift donor program for Athletics & Recreation. He comes to York from Centennial College, where he has served as the interim director of development for the past year and a half, and before that was a senior development officer. He also has past experience in fundraising for athletics at the University of Guelph and the University of Toronto.

“Rahim is an accomplished advancement professional and I am thrilled he will be joining our team,” said Jennifer Myers, executive director of Athletics & Recreation. “We have a tremendous group of alumni who are highly invested in our success and I am looking forward to working with Rahim to build on those relationships and build a strong plan for us to engage even more alumni. We have big goals to raise funds for projects that will transform our program and I am confident in Rahim’s leadership to help us achieve those goals.”

Dharamsi has worked extensively with major gift prospects/donors over $25,000 and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars throughout his career.

He graduated from the University of Windsor with a degree in psychology, and while at Windsor he also played varsity rugby for the Lancers. He went on to complete a certificate in fundraising and volunteer management from the Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning: School of Media Studies.

“I’m excited to join the Athletics & Recreation team at York and work alongside all of the dedicated coaches and management in the department,” said Dharamsi. “The opportunity to help grow support and alumni engagement within the varsity teams at one of Canada’s top universities was one I couldn’t pass on. I’m looking forward to working closely with everyone to see the vision and plan for the department and play a role in the success of that vision.”

Dharamsi is also very involved in the rugby community. He is currently a board member of the Rugby Rumble Youth Association, which provides access to youth who want to play rugby in Toronto, and was the past president of the Toronto Scottish Rugby Football Club.

He will begin in his new role on May 23.

Jonathan Lao, Holly Pitters named York athletes of the year

York University Lions soccer player Jonathan Lao and track and field athlete Holly Pitters were named the male and female athletes of the year, respectively, at the 49th annual Varsity Athletics Banquet on Thursday night.

Lao is the third straight men’s soccer player to receive the honour and the fifth since 2009, while Pitters makes it five straight years a female track and field athlete has won the award.

Also receiving major awards at the event were Muad Issa from the men’s cross country and track and field team and Marilyn Grammenopoulos from the women’s socer team, who took home the Outstanding Male Graduate Award and the Bryce M. Taylor Award, respectively. Matt Arnone and Nour Ghoneim from the soccer teams were named the co-recipients of the Charles Saundercook Memorial Trophy. Mack Shields from men’s hockey and Claudia Poluga from women’s tennis were named the top rookies of the year, and men’s hockey coach Chris Dennis received the coach of the year award.

Male Athlete of the Year: Jonathan Lao, Soccer
Lao, from Unionville, Ont., became York’s second ever men’s soccer national player of the year when he received the Joe Johnson Memorial Trophy in the fall. The fourth-year midfielder led the Lions to an undefeated regular season and first place in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West Division, and the squad went on to win the conference silver medal and finish sixth at the U SPORTS championships. He was named the OUA West most valuable player as well as a first-team OUA all-star and U SPORTS all-Canadian. He is the first four-time all-Canadian in program history.

Female Athlete of the Year: Holly Pitters, Track & Field
Pitters, from Mississauga, Ont., became York’s first long jump national champion since 1999 when she leapt to first place in the event at the U SPORTS championships, winning her first national medal. She also successfully defended her OUA title in the event and was named a first-team OUA all-star and U SPORTS all-Canadian. She went undefeated in the regular season and twice set a school record in the long jump, breaking a record that had previously stood for 32 years.

Outstanding Male Graduate Award: Muad Issa, Cross Country / Track & Field
Issa, of Mississauga, Ont., came to York as an unheralded middle distance runner and has since inserted himself into all aspects of varsity life. He has represented York at the OUA championships in cross country and track and field and was part of the national title-winning team in 2014. He has become a leader on the team while also serving as co-president of the York Sport Council and as a mentor-in-training in the PAWS program. He is also a regular at varsity events cheering on his fellow Lions and has worked as a varsity photographer and a soccer statistician in his years at York.

Bryce M. Taylor Award: Marilyn Grammenopoulos, Soccer
Grammenopoulous, from Whitby, Ont., is the first women’s soccer player to win the award since former teammate Felicia Turone took home the trophy in 2013. She has been an extremely engaged student-athlete in her five years with the Lions. On the pitch, she is a three-time OUA West first-team all-star and earned U SPORTS second-team all-Canadian honours this season. She is also an academic all-Canadian and earned her returning athletic financial award in all five years, one of only four athletes in her class to achieve that honour. She is also a PAWS mentor and an active member of the York Sport Council, as well as a peer mentor at Shoreham Public School and a regular volunteer with Athletes in Action. Last summer she went to Ethiopia to run soccer programs for kids and will be a full-time coach for AIA summer camps this summer.

Charles Saundercook Memorial Trophy: Matt Arnone and Nour Ghoneim, Soccer
Arnone, of Woodbridge, Ont., and Ghoneim, from Aurora, Ont., have both overcome numerous obstacles to reach the pinnacle of their sports throughout their careers at York.

Arnone struggled with challenging family circumstances throughout his childhood and used soccer as an outlet, ultimately signing a contract with Toronto FC Academy. His older brother passed away in a car accident in 2010, and shortly after he was released by the academy. After quitting soccer for six months, he came to York and saw brief playing time as a forward. He eventually switched to defence and became a regular starter, earning OUA West second-team all-stars in his final season. During his career Arnone won three OUA championships and two U SPORTS banners, and in 2014 he scored the extra time goal in the national quarter-final game as part of the title run. He also started Jason’s Wish a charity event that honours his older brother with proceeds going to Sunnybrook Hospital.

Ghoneim is one of the most accomplished student-athletes ever to compete for York. She also struggled with challenging family circumstances throughout her life but still excelled in soccer and was selected for the national program as a teenager. She was offered a scholarship to an NCAA Division I school but had to turn it down when her sister was hospitalized the summer before her first year, and she instead came to York. In her five-year career she has earned four OUA all-star awards and three U SPORTS all-Canadian honours, was the national player of the year last season and is a two-time OUA West most valuable player, and was the OUA and U SPORTS rookie of the year in 2013. Ghoneim was diagnosed with a learning disability since coming to York but is on track to graduate with her degree in psychology next year. She has also battled multiple mental health problems but is still known as one of the most positive Lions in our community.

Coach of the Year: Chris Dennis, Men’s Hockey
Dennis is the first men’s hockey coach to win York’s coach of the year award since its inception in 2011. One year after engineering a worst-to-first turnaround as a rookie bench boss, he led the Lions to their first Queen’s Cup title and berth at the U SPORTS championships since 2004. He was named the OUA West coach of the year for a second year in a row after leading the Lions to an 18-6-4 record, and the team’s defence was the best in the conference allowing only two goals per game.

Male Rookie of the Year: Mack Shields, Hockey
Shields, from Saskatoon, Sask., had one of the greatest seasons between the pipes in program history. He earned the OUA West rookie of the year award, as well as first-team all-star and all-rookie team honours, after leading the conference with a 1.78 goals against average and finishing second in save percentage and wins. In the playoffs he played every minute of the team’s run to the Queen’s Cup title and earned player of the game honours in the U SPORTS quarter-finals. He was the OUA’s nominee for the U SPORTS goaltender of the year award and earned second-team all-Canadian and all-rookie team honours, becoming York’s first men’s hockey all-Canadian since 2001.

Female Rookie of the Year: Claudia Poluga
Poluga, from Toronto, went undefeated in singles and doubles while playing out of the second spot at the OUA championships to lead the Lions to the OUA silver medal. She was named a conference all-star for her strong play throughout the regular season, where the Lions went 6-0 and finished in first place.

Lions Legacy Awards: Marilyn Grammenopoulos, Muad Issa, Rianna Langford, Amy Locke

MVPs
Men’s Basketball – Jayden Frederick
Women’s Basketball – Ishanaa Seupersadsingh
Men’s Cross Country – Suraj Sharma
Women’s Cross Country – Vaishnavy Yogarajah
Field Hockey – Rebecca Titus
Football – Colton Hunchak
Men’s Hockey – Derek Sheppard
Women’s Hockey – Amy Locke
Rugby – Petra Woods
Men’s Soccer – Jonathan Lao
Women’s Soccer – Nour Ghoneim
Men’s Tennis – Filip Obucina
Women’s Tennis – Nikki Carnovale
Men’s Track and Field – Nicholas Fyffe
Women’s Track and Field – Holly Pitters
Men’s Volleyball – Alex Duncan-Thibault
Women’s Volleyball – Kirsten Dillon
Men’s Wrestling – Shady El-Nahas
Women’s Wrestling – Danica Pedrick

Most Improved Team: Men’s Volleyball

Sport Council Award: Duan Parchment, Men’s Track & Field

Roar Cup: Men’s Volleyball

Senior Student Athletic Therapist of the Year: Thomas Nicholls

Spirit Cup Award: Janet Morrison