Cougars reward excellence
Photos by Blaine Meller. Above left, Andrea Price, Justin Cote, Matt Chan and Maddie Pedersen pose with their respective athlete and rookie of the year awards.
The Mount Royal Cougars unofficially ended the 2010-11 season with the 47th annual Cougar Night athletic awards banquet March 24. Over 200 Student-athletes, coaches, family and dignitaries attended the event, held on campus at Ross Glen Hall.
During the evening’s festivities, photo and video tributes of the Cougars’ accomplishments were shown on several large screens. culminating with highlights of the women’s volleyball team’s national championship performance.
MRU Athlete Scholar Awards
Julia Pasieka, Graeme Beal, Brett Bothwell and Curtis Beech
Athletes of the Year
Female rookie of the year: Maddie Pedersen, golf
Male rookie of the year: Matt Chan, badminton
Female athlete of the year: Andrea price, volleyball
Male athletes of the year: Cam Dodd, basketball and Justin Cote, hockey
CCAA All-Canadians
Ashley Dixon, Gillian Doubleday, Justin Farenik, Andrea Price and Matt Chan
ACAC Female Volleyball
Rookie of the Year
Fallon Middlemiss
Fifth Year Athlete Awards
Badminton: Laura Fong, Ashley Dixon
Golf: Kolby Kniel, Gerry MacDonald
Men’s basketball: Jerome Makasair, Jordan Hone, Nick Weibe, Cam Dodd
Women’s basketball: Jamie Morck
Men’s hockey: Barry Horman, Brett Bothwell, Jesse Griffith
Women’s hockey: Chelsey Morrill, Megan Price
Men’s soccer: Colby Sawatzky, Justin Tawtel, Justin Farenik
Women’s soccer: Ashley Dixon, Chelsey Ruckdashel, Meghan MacDonald
Men’s volleyball: Dan Durham
Women’s volleyball: Diyon Van Nistelrooyw
Team MVPs
Badminton: Matt Chan
Golf: Nathan Schurr
Women’s basketball: Jamie Morck
Men’s basketball: Cam Dodd
Women’s hockey: Chrissy Hodgson
Men’s hockey: Justin Cote
Women’s volleyball: Andrea Price
Women’s soccer: Meghan MacDonald
Men’s volleyball: Dan Durham
Men’s soccer: Colby Sawatzky
SIRC Academic All-Canadians
Cam Dodd, Julia Pasieka, Dan Durham and Emily Larson.
Minor Officials of the Year
Debra Stark and Glen Stone
Photo by Blaine Meller. Above right, Chelsey Ruckdashel, Ashley Dixon and Meghan MacDonald receive their game jerseys from athletic director Karla Karch (second from left) and Jean Jarrell of the Cougars Booster Club (second from right) as part of the fifth year athlete awards.
