Year-End Trojans Awards

SAIT Trojans Annual Awards Banquet

SAIT Sport Services holds its annual Awards Banquet at the Red & White Club in the spring after each Trojan season. The event is generally attended by approximately 300 athletes, coaches, and special guests. SAIT Sport Services is pleased to announce the winners of the awards:

2007-08 Award Winners -April 4, 2008 Banquet

Athletes of the Year

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Female -Leanne Becking (Women's Basketball)

Throughout the year, Leanne Becking received numerous accolades. For example, during the week of November 12-18, she recorded a double-double and was only two rebounds from a triple double during a game against Medicine Hat to help extend the Trojans' undefeated record to 8-0. For her efforts, Leanne received a SAIT Trojan Athlete of the Week award as well as an ACAC Athlete of the Week award. For the 2007-08 regular season, Leanne led the ACAC south division in field goal percentage at 0.495 she also led steals with an average of 4 per game, and was third in scoring with an average of 13.45 points per game. She was the only Trojan to receive the CCAA All-Canadian award this season.
Becking consistently clocks 30-35 minutes per game as part of her strong efforts to the team. She has been successful in each of the Trojan Pillars and actively participates in the Trojan Outreach Program to promote basketball and be involved in the community. She treats opponents and officials with respect and exudes quiet class off the court and in excels in the Business Administration program. As a leader by example, Leanne always does the right thing and makes the right choices. She is very popular with her teammates and they respect her value for hard work.

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Male -Reese St. Goddard (Men's Hockey)

Reese was the key to his team's success especially through playoffs. Impressing coach Babey so much during the Mount Royal series Babey commented it was the best goaltending he had ever seen in his 20 years as coach. Reese recorded two shutouts during the semi finals, including going 154 minutes without having a goal put past him. As starting goalie for all the playoffs he recorded six straight wins and zero losses. Reese was the regular season leader among all ACAC goalies with a goals against average of 2.90 and a 90 percent save percentage. A second year business administration student, he was recognized by the ACAC as the top scholastic player. On the ice, Reese St. Goddard is a very focused and determined team player. He has a great sense of humour in the locker room, not to mention Reese had one of the best playoff moustaches in the Trojan lineup.

Trojan of the Year

Dallas Costanzo (Men's Hockey)

Team of the Year

Men's Hockey

Team Individual Awards:

Women's Soccer Trojan Award: Jill McCord/ Freshman of the Year: Elise Mullen/ Most Valuable Player: Cailey Gray

Cross Country Trojan Award: Earl Zimmer/ Freshman of the Year: Jon Roth/ Top Female: Teagan Owens/ Top Male: Earl Zimmer

Men's Basketball Trojan Award: Brendan Stewart/ Freshman of the Year: Keenan Milburn/ Most Valuable Player: Jared Laird

Women's Volleyball Trojan Award: Jessica Hamel/ Freshman of the Year: Daly Donaghy/ Most Valuable Player: Mandi Walker

Men's Volleyball Trojan Award: Riley Phillips/ Freshman of the Year: Greg Winiarz/ Most Valuable Player: Aleksei Myroniuk

Women's Basketball Trojan Award: Sacha Kirkland/ Freshman of the Year: Leah Marrington/ Most Valuable Player: Leanne Becking & Whitney Jekabson

Women's Hockey Trojan Award: Andi Dow/ Freshman of the Year: Emily Burton/ Most Valuable Player: Jaime Teichman

Men's Soccer Trojan Award: Daniel Broadhurst/ Freshman of the Year: Brian Baker/ Most Valuable Player: Brett Hockley

Men's Hockey Trojan Award: Dallas Costanzo/ Freshman of the Year: Shane Lust/ Most Valuable Player: Reese St. Goddard

Other Awards:

Fan of the Year -Berze Family
Athletes Training Centre Awards -Mike Bulawka (Men's Hockey) & Jerri-Lynn Chisholm (Women's Basketball)
Calgary Herald Leadership Award -Bryce Bowman (Men's Basketball)
Minor Official of the Year -Andrea Arnold

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2006-07 Award Winners -March 30, 2007 Banquet

Female Athlete of the Year

Tonya Faasse
Tonya Faasse (Women's Hockey) - Tonya dominated this past season from start to finish, culminating in a regular season title and Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) championship. She lead the ACAC in goals and points, and was named an ACAC First Team All-Star. She was second in ACAC playoff scoring, and scored the series-winning goal to knock off the Mount Royal College Cougars in three straight games during the ACAC finals.

Male Athlete of the Year

Bryn Gagnon
Bryn Gagnon (Men's Hockey)

Women's Basketball Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Whitney Jekabson
  • The Trojan Award: Leanne Becking
  • Freshman of the Year: Andrea Oppenheimer

Men's Basketball Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Josh Lovestone
  • The Trojan Award: Cody Hall
  • Freshman of the Year: Terrence Blake

Men's Soccer Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Peter Pestka
  • Freshman of the Year: Cole Hepburn
  • The Trojan Award: Daniel Broadhurst

Women's Soccer Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Renee Cyr
  • Freshman of the Year: Jill McCord
  • The Trojan Award: Kiera Savoie

Women's Volleyball Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Jessica Hamel
  • The Trojan Award: Julie Tom
  • Freshman of the Year: Mandi Walker

Men's Volleyball Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Riley Phillips
  • The Trojan Award: Jordan Marr
  • Freshman of the Year: Andrew Stevenson

Men's Hockey Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Bryn Gagnon
  • The Trojan Award: Dallas Costanzo
  • Freshman of the Year: Aaron Roberge

Cross-Country Running Team Awards

  • Most Outstanding Runner: Madeleine Clough
  • The Trojan Award: Giulia Fatica

Women's Hockey Team Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Tonya Faasse
  • The Trojan Award: Kristin Miyauchi
  • Freshman of the Year: Carolyn Bowen

Curling Awards

  • Most Valuable Male - Derek Krywcun
  • Most Valuable Female - Heather Rutherford
  • The Trojan Award - Kelly Dodd

Calgary Herald Leadership Award

  • Female - Julie Tom
  • Male - Adam Knight

Karl Olson Minor Official of the Year Award

  • Therese Murray

Athletes Training Centre Awards

  • Josh Lovestone (Men's Basketball)
  • Stephanie Mrdeza (Women's Soccer)

SAIT Team of the Year

  • Women's Hockey & Men's Hockey (tied)

Trojans Academic All-Star Team

  • Dallas Costanzo (Architectural Technologies) - Men's Hockey
  • Kelsey Shmyr (Administrative Information Management) - Women's Hockey
  • Curtis Haugan (Journalism Arts) - Men's Basketball
  • Jaclyn Krucik (Business Administration) - Women's Basketball
  • Andrew Stevenson (Digital Graphic Communications) - Men's Volleyball
  • Julie Tom (Radio, Television, and Broadcast News) - Women's Volleyball
  • Stuart Clare (Architectural Technologies) - Men's Soccer
  • Jill McCord (Civil Engineering Technology) - Women's Soccer
  • Blair Corbett (Petroleum Engineering) - Cross-Country Running
  • Stevie Larocque (Health Information) - Cross-Country Running
  • Landon Radcliffe (Architectural Technologies) - Curling
  • Heather Rutherford (Paramedic) - Curling

 

Team Date Opponent Score
MH 2008-03-21 MacEwan Griffins W 3 - 2 Details
MH 2008-03-15 MacEwan Griffins W 5 - 4 Details
MH 2008-03-14 MacEwan Griffins W 3 - 2 Details
MH 2008-03-07 MRC Cougars W 5 - 2 Details
MH 2008-03-01 MRC Cougars W 2 - 0 Details