Tomorrow evening, the university’s best and brightest athletes will get together to celebrate yet another successful year in varsity sports. The 2001-2002 OUA banner count is ten, equalling last year’s phenomenal mark.
In addition to revelling in team achievement, individual honours will be handed out, as the T-holders’ association athletic awards will be given to the male and female athletes of the year.
On the women’s side, the nominees are as follows:
Edith Chow (badminton): The female OUA player of the year spearheaded the team with an undefeated singles record on their way to a bronze medal at OUA championships.
Erin Fraser (field hockey and indoor hockey): OUA Field hockey player of the year led Blues to indoor hockey title during an undefeated season and helped the field hockey team to a fourth-place finish at the 2001 CIS championships.
Frances Lee (figure skating): Lee helped skate the Blues to a third-place finish in the OUA by dominating in the short program.
Sara Pothaar (volleyball): Pothaar received All-Canadian honours and sent many foes home hurting with her numerous kills throughout the OUA banner season.
Vanessa Richardson (basketball): The All-Canadian honourable mention averaged 13.2 points per game in helping the hoops squad return to the top of the OUA mountain for the first time since 1997.
Liz Warden (swimming): CIS female swimmer of the year captured numerous individual bests in a season that reached its peak with an OUA team gold.
The men’s nominees are the following:
Jed Blackburn (fencing): Blackburn led the fencing team to their first championship in eleven years.
Jordan Bohnen (tennis): The OUA singles silver medallist helped bring back a team gold for the second consecutive year.
Anthony Capotosto (soccer): The heartbeat of the defence plugged holes on demand to help the team to an OUA first-place finish in the regular season.
Brian Dikdan (baseball): The New Jersey native almost single-handedly won an OUA final series versus Brock on the road to Nationals.
Mike Glenney (badminton and golf): The badminton OUA MVP was an integral part of both of his teams’ solid years.
Ian Malcolm (hockey): The OUA’s second leading goal scorer provided offensive spark for a team that rolled off an eleven-game winning streak in the season’s latter stages.
Also being presented will be the George M. Biggs Trophy and the Benson Honour Award. The Biggs Trophy goes to the male undergraduate who has contributed most to university athletics from the standpoint of leadership, sportsmanship and performance.
The Benson Award goes to the female student in her graduating year selected for outstanding ability in athletics and scholarship.
