(PHOTO CAPTION: Francis
Verreault-Paul (left) and Cathy Chartrand (right)
receive McGill athlete of the year honours from
Drew Love, executive director of athletics &
recreation. PHOTO BY: Andrew Dobrowolskyj).
MONTREAL - Hockey players Francis
Verreault-Paul of Mashteuiatsh, Que., and Cathy Chartrand, a defenceman from Lac Nominingue, Que., were
named male and female athletes of the year, respectively, at the
33rd annual McGill intercollegiate sports awards gala held at the
AMC Forum, Thursday.
Verreault-Paul, a science sophomore, and Chartrand, an education
junior, received the Stuart Forbes and Gladys Bean trophies,
respectively, as the student-athletes who brought the most credit
to the University by reason of their athletic achievements. Both
were also announced as Team MVPs and each received a gift, courtesy
of Adidas Canada.
Hockey forward Rebecca Martindale of Kingston,
Ont., and rugby flanker Cayse Ruiter of Ottawa,
received the Muriel Roscoe and Richard Pound trophies,
respectively, awarded to graduating athletes for proficiency and
leadership.
Steven Bielby, a swimmer from Pointe Claire,
Que., was awarded the Uldis Auders memorial trophy as the top
sophomore in any sport, who best combines academics with
athletics.
Quarterback Jonathan Collin of Montreal, and
Hayley Warren, a track and field sprinter from
Orillia, Ont., were named as the freshmen of the year.
Anneth Him-Lazarenko, a basketball forward from
Ste. Dorothée, Que., took home the Mac Teskey award for
demonstrating courage and morale worthy of honorable mention.
The CIS silver-medalist hockey Martlets and
CUFLA Eastern champion lacrosse Redmen received
the Martlet Foundation and Harry Griffiths trophies, respectively,
as the varsity team and sports club of the year.
Verreault-Paul, a 5-foot-9, 178-pound right-winger, also earned
the Bobby Bell trophy as MVP of the hockey Redmen. He is the 15th
hockey player since 1948 to win the Forbes trophy, named after the
distinguished McGill Sports Hall of Fame athlete who was decorated
in both world wars and served 17 years as director of athletics.
The 22-year-old became the first McGill player to win the OUA
scoring title since current Montreal Canadiens winger
Mathieu Darche in 1999-00. Verreault-Paul was
voted OUA East player of the year and earned CIS All-Canadian
honours. He exploded for 25 goals and 54 points in 27 league
outings, tying him for the nation's lead in goals and giving him
second place in the CIS scoring race, three points back of UNB's
Hunter Tremblay.
Chartrand, who was also named Team MVP, is the fifth hockey
player to garner the Bean trophy since its inception in 1992. A
third-year physical and health education major who measures
5-foot-10, she was the top-scoring defenceman in the country this
season with 10 goals and 28 points in 20 regular season games,
earning player-of-the-year honours in the Quebec conference and
receiving CIS all-Canadian status. In 42 games overall, she set
McGill single-season scoring records for most goals (22) and points
(59) by a defenceman breaking the previous standards set by
Catherine Ward. Chartrand, 28, has had previous
playing stints with the Canadian national team in 2002 and
2006,
Martindale, a 22-year-old history and geography senior, is
expected to graduate this spring with a career total of 59 goals
and 118 points in 194 contests. She serves on the McGill Varsity
Council and is a volunteer with the McGill chapter of Right to
Play, which promotes sports and physical activity for youths. She
also helped organized a Christmas food drive to benefit Sun Youth,
co-organized a sports equipment drive for youths and worked to
implement a partnership between McGill varsity athletes and the
Batshaw Youth and Family Services of Montreal. Martindale is the
11th hockey player to win the Roscoe trophy since it was first
presented in 1949.
Ruiter, a 6-foot, 205-pound flanker, is only the second rugby
player to capture the Pound trophy since it was introduced in 1992.
He was a starter in each of his four seasons and served as team
president, with responsibilities in recruitment, scheduling and
fundraising. The 22-year-old physical education senior was on the
Principal's Student-athlete Honour Roll, sat on the Varsity Council
and Student Athletics Council and helped organize a varsity
community outreach program. He served on numerous other committees,
was a co-founder of the Red Thunder varsity fan club and was the
recipient of a Scarlet key leadership award.
Bielby, a 20-year-old honours student in electrical engineering,
had a stellar 3.89 cumulative grade-point average (out of 4.0). A
recipient of a Quebec Foundation academic excellence bursary, he
has earned CIS Academic All-Canadian honours and merited a spot on
the Principal's Student-athlete Honour Roll. In the pool, the
5-foot-7 middle distance swimmer won four medals at a CIS
championship meet, including a gold medal in the 1500-metre
freestyle. His performance at Nationals earned all-Canadian honours
and qualified him to compete at the Mare Nostrum Series, a
high-profile European tour of World Cup meets, in June. Bielby, who
was also named Team MVP, is the eighth swimmer to win the Auders
trophy since it was introduced in 1982 in memory of Uldis
Auders, a former quarterback with the Redmen, who did in a
tragic mountain-climbing accident in Nepal.
Him-Lazarenko, a 22-year-old history and geography major in the
faculty of education, received all-conference and Team MVP honours
after bouncing back from a torn anterior cruciate knee ligament
last year to finish second among Quebec leaders in both scoring
(15.0 points per game) and rebounding (7.8 per game). She also
become the first basketball player from a Quebec school to win the
CIS Tracy MacLeod award (in 2009-10), which recognizes
determination, perseverance and unwavering spirit.
The hockey Martlets, guided by interim head coach Amey Doyle, earned the Martlet Foundation trophy, sponsored by
Adidas Canada, for the fourth consecutive year. They posted a
perfect 20-0 record in the Quebec league and went 33-1 against
Canadian university opponents, extending their record win streak to
86 consecutive games before losing 2-0 to Alberta in the CIS
national championship game. Excluding two losses against boys
midget squads, the Martlets posted a 35-5-0 mark overall against
women's teams and were ranked No.1 the entire season in the weekly
Top 10.
The lacrosse Redmen, under head coach Tim Murdoch, was honoured with the Griffiths trophy for the
second straight season, as the non-funded club that best combines
good performance with solid administrative proficiency. Featuring a
39-man roster, they finished second of six teams with a 7-3 record
in the Eastern Conference of the Canadian University Field Lacrosse
Association, then captured the Eastern title before going down to
defeat at the Nationals, posting a 10-5 record overall.
McGill Athletics & Recreation also paid tribute to 94 league
all-stars, 14 all-Canadians and five conference championships won
during the 2009-10 intercollegiate season and presented
commemorative plaques to the MVPs of 44 varsity teams (see list
below).
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McGILL's 2009-10 MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARDS
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Badminton: Annie Laforest (Laval, Que) and
Thomas Grace (Ottawa, Ont)
Baseball: Alex Day (Toronto, Ont)
Basketball: Anneth Him-Lazarenko (Ste.
Dorothée, Que) and Matt Thornhill (Ile-Bizard,
Que)
Cheerleading: Gillian Watt (Kent, UK)
Cross-Country Running: Melanie Myrand
(Belleville, Ont) and Graydon Snider (Dartmouth,
NS)
Curling: Harrison Pollock (Montreal, Que)
Cycling: Mathieu Boudier-Revéret (Montreal,
Que)
Fencing: Amalia Valdez-Herrera (Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic)
Field Hockey: Hayley Spurr (West Vancouver,
BC)
Figure Skating: Haley Ellis (Hopkinton,
Mass)
Football: Charles-Antoine Sinotte
(Trois-Rivières, Que)
Golf: Mélissa Coré (Beaconsfield, Que) and
Aidan Brownlie (Springfield, Mass)
Hockey: Cathy Chartrand (Lac Nominingue, Que)
and Francis Verreault-Paul (Mashteuiatsh, Que)
Lacrosse: Mary Claire Worrell (Buffalo, NY) and
Lukas LaCava (Weston, Conn)
Rowing: Emma Sheehan (St Catharines, Ont) and
Brent Hopkins (Montreal, Que)
Rugby: Amandra Mongeon (Ile-Bizard, Que) and
Alastair Crow (London, Ont)
Sailing: Natalie Fohl (Buffalo, NY) and
Leif MacDonald (Alpena, Mich)
Skiing (Alpine): Sophie Splawinski (Montreal,
Que) and Michel-Olivier Saucier
(Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Que)
Skiing (Nordic): Olivia Turley (from Caledon,
Ont) and Brennan MacDonald de Neeve (Montreal,
Que)
Soccer: Katherine Green (from Richmond Hill,
Ont) and Yohann Capolungo (Vallan, France)
Squash: Nicholas James (North Vancouver,
BC)
Swimming: Kristyna Cleminson (Belleville, Ont)
and Steven Bielby (Pointe Claire Que)
Synchronized Swimming: Katie LePage (Whitby,
Ont)
Tennis: Adrien Dupont (Montreal Que)
Track & Field: Hayley Warren (Orillia, Ont)
and Justin Darlington (Montreal Que)
Ultimate Disc: Rachel Moens (from Etobicoke,
Ont) and Timothy Tsang (Vancouver, BC)
Volleyball: Jennifer Thomson (from Rosemere,
Que) and Matt Mosseler (Fredericton, NB)
Wrestling: Henry Gass (Bethesda, Md)
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McGILL's 2009-10 MAJOR ATHLETICS AWARDS
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GLADYS BEAN TROPHY (female athlete of the year): Cathy Chartrand, Hockey (W)
D. STUART FORBES TROPHY (male athlete of the year): Francis
Verreault-Paul, Hockey (M)
RICHARD POUND AWARD (for proficiency & leadership to a
graduating senior): Cayse Ruiter, Rugby (M)
MURIEL ROSCOE AWARD (for proficiency & leadership to a
graduating senior): Rebecca Martindale, Hockey
(W)
ULDIS AUDERS TROPHY (top sophomore student-athlete): Steven
Bielby, Swimming (M)
MAC TESKEY AWARD (overcoming adversity and serving as an
inspiration to others): Anneth Him-Lazarenko,
Basketball (W)
FEMALE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Hayley Warren,
Track & Field (W)
MALE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Jonathan Collin,
Football (M)
MARTLET FOUNDATION TROPHY (varsity team of the year):
Hockey (W)
HARRY GRIFFITHS TROPHY (varsity club of the year):
Lacrosse (M)
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation, Room 225 B
McGill University
475 Pine Avenue W.,
Montreal, QC
H2W 1S4
CANADA
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
514-398-1956 (Fax)
www.athletics.mcgill.ca
