Varsity Update - April 10, 2010 - Part 2
VARSITY ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION AWARDS
Varsity athletes accumulate points throughout their Varsity career at Mohawk College and are recognized at four different levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Merit. Points are awarded based on the athletes’ participation on all our varsity teams with extra points given for OCAA All Star Selections and Championship performances.
The Bronze category for an accumulation of 10 – 20 points.
Patrick Adams
Ibrahim Al-Jabry
Taylor Arman
TK Bharaj
Lauren Boiago
Travin Cain
Brayan Candamil
Brendan Canning
Emily Caravaggio
Daniel Carbone
James Chatten
Kevin Clark
Joel Clarke
Patrick Cook
Kendra Corbett
Natalie Crane
Riley Cronsberry
Matt Cupido
Pantho Datta
Amanda DeHaan
Ryan dela Rosa
Jessica Denstedt
Luca DeSantis
Anthony DiGiovanni
Mike Douglas
Alan Dow
Erika Downey
Jordan Dykstra
Devyn Elliott
Christine Enes
Nick Fadayel
Stephanie Ferretti
Jenna Gignac
Sergio Giusti
Jodi Gresko
William Gyan
Jacyln Halliday
Tara Henschel
Emilee Hickman
Emily Hicks
Krystle Hinton
Jani Hnilica
Christie Hoeksema
Adam Hogg
Michael Holmes
Chris Hong
Alex Houston
Yvonne Hundt
Astasia Huskins
Alicia Jenkins
Devin Johnston
Marlin Kedini
Andrew Kennedy
Matt Kernick
Grant Ladniak
Josh Lamb
Ashley Lane
Tanner Lane
Tracy Lehane
Emma Lisson
Krystle Lumaoang
Shiva Manickchand
Meghan Mantione
Ryan Maracle
Lana Martin
Alex Martinez
Diana Martinez
James Maslen
Sarah McFarlene
Corrie McIlveen
Julia McQueen
Brian Melo
Abby Mercier
Jonathan Miller
Alisha Mills
Yousuf Mohammad
Joshua Moore
Tanya Musgrave
Carlee Myles
David Niemand
Ashley Payne
Chris Payton
Ryan Perez
Amanda Pilon
Thomas Plammootil
Stacy Pribeli
Lauren Pyke
Kattie Ransom
Michael Rao
Jonathan Redfearn
Sheldon Redhead
Alex Reis
Andrew Ross
Peter Rossano
Tyler Saik
Patrick Salciccioli
Douglas Savage
Mitchell Sawatsky
Stephanie Schipper
Jen Seguin
Alen Sehic
Ryzard Sharrif
JD Shaw
Evin Shemoun
Trevor Simpson
Matthias Stephens
Kyle Stephenson
Alec Stewart
Erin Styles
Sonavy Tith
Andrea Urquhart
Courtney Ustrzycki
Angela Vanden Hoven
Nicolaas VanGemest
Chris VanSickle
Keanan Vernon
Michael Vitaterna
Shelby Walker
Daniel Wall
Andrew Watson
Mike Watson
Nelson Waziri
Amanda Weaver
Melanie White
Matt Wiggins
Emily Willrich
Silver, 21-30 Pts.
Michelle Abella
Lauren Aquilina
Trevor Atkinson
Casey Boggs
Charles Booth
Nevin Breedon
Ryan Carrafiello
Zalona Caruso
Christina DiFranco
Allison Feliciano
Joel Firmin
Clinton Good
Hassan Hamed
Alex Hamilton
Jenna Harrington
Ricky Heath
David Hirsh
Tyler Kam
Matt Kimber
Jennifer Knowles
Matt McGurk
Jen Montgomery
Christine Moore
John Packer
Philip Pedersen
Jenna Pletzer
Andrew Santaguida
Megan Savoy
Zac Schulz
Matt Smithson
Mirko Smolovic
Mike Soluk
Shayne Speakman
Mo Sulaiman
Morgan Taylor
Cody Thomas
Kira Wilkinson
Gold, 31-40 Pts
Kellie Crnic
Adam Davidson
Chris Davidson
Chadd Elliott
Kelsey Forbes
Joel Gareau
Ahink Hussein
Jacob McDonald
Jose Morales
Casey Ramey
Jessica Roloson
Jerome Smith
Safia Zane
Merit 41 pts and up
Sirwan Irandost – after 4 years of men’s soccer has achieved 41 points.
Leah Maurizio – participated with women’s soccer team for 3 years and cross country for 1 year earning a total of 42 points.
Kathleen Manson – achieved 42 points while participating with badminton.
Pavel Palma – has accumulated 51 points while playing men’s rugby.
Rachel VanHartingsveldt – after 4 years with women’s volleyball has earned 51 points.
Cam Henschel – has tallied 51 points participating with men’s volleyball.
Codey Forrest – also participating on men’s volleyball for four years earning 57 points. Codey also established a Mohawk record as his team in our Campus Recreation Mountaineer Day has won 3 consecutive years.
Steven Johnston – accumulated a grand total of 57 points while participating on the men’s rugby team for four years.
Ian Cameron – participated on the men’s volleyball team for four years, earning 62 points.
Leah Waxman – one of our most successful Female athletes in Mountaineer history, Leah completes her career with women’s volleyball and after five years has acquired a grand total of 73 points.
SENIOR AWARDS
Recognizing student athletes in their graduating or final year of eligibility, who have played Varsity Athletics for more than 2 years.
Badminton
Kathleen Manson & Jose Morales
Men’s Basketball
Ryan Carrafiello
Ricky Heath
Tyler Kam
Women’s Basketball
Casey Boggs
Tracy Lehane
Cross Country
Alexander Hamilton
David Hirsh
Jacob McDonald
Curling
Nevin Breedon
Joel Firmin
Julia McQueen
Christine Moore
Mike Watson
Women’s Fastball
Jenna Pletzer
Casey Ramey
Megan Savoy
Men’s Rugby
Trevor Atkinson
Charles Booth
Chadd Elliot
Clinton Good
Steven Johnston
John Packer
Philip Pedersen
Shayne Speakman
Cody Thomas
Men’s Soccer
Ibrahim Al Jabry
Sirwan Irandost
Women’s Soccer
Lauren Boiago
Kelsey Forbes
Yvonne Hundt
Ahink Hussein
Meghan Mantione
Stacey Pribeli
Kira Wilkinson
Men’s Volleyball
Ian Cameron
Mirko Smolovic
Mo Sulaiman
Women’s Volleyball
Allison Feliciano
Rachel VanHartingsveldt
THERAPIST AWARDS
Ronnie Diocampo – Women’s Fastball
Natasha Pavone – Men’s Rugby
Mike Jasinski – Men’s Soccer
Alyssa Gowan – Women’s Soccer, Cross Country & Curling
Jay Barrientos – Badminton
Tim Donaldson – Men’s Basketball
Erin Storr – Women’s Basketball
Eric Dormady - Curling
Sean Murphy - Men’s Volleyball
Erin Chaisson – Women’s Volleyball
OCAA All Academic Awards
Cross Country
Marlin Kedini
Jonathan Redfearn
Women’s Fastball
Natalie Crane
Christie Hoeksema
Erika Downey
Krystle Hinton
Jessica Roloson
Men’s Rugby
James Chatten
Joel Gareau
Philip Pedersen
Cody Thomas
Women’s Soccer
Zalona Caruso
Christina DiFranco
Yvonne Hundt
Ahink Hussein
Leah Maurizio
Badminton
Mohammad Nazimuddin
Ashley Payne
Thomas Plammottil
Courtney Ustrzycki
Women’s Basketball
Casey Boggs
Morgan Taylor
Amanda Weaver
Curling
Nevin Breedon
Jenna Harrington
Matt Kimber
Men’s Volleyball
Ian Cameron
Codey Forrest
Cam Henschel
Matt McGurk
Mitchell Sawatsky
Women’s Volleyball
Amanda DeHaan
Jennifer Knowles
Corrie McIlveen
CCAA All Academics
To achieve this honour, a student-athlete must be named to their provinces all star team (1st or 2nd), or have won a OCAA provincial gold or silver in a CCAA sport, and must have achieved honours at their institution.
IAN CAMERON
A Pre-Health student and a member of the men’s volleyball team. He received an OCAA 2nd Team League All Star and averaged 3.60 ppg leading the Mountaineers in scoring.
JENNIFER KNOWLES
A member of the women’s volleyball team she was an OCAA 1st Team League All Star, OCAA West Division Scoring Champion and a CCAA All Canadian leading the Mountaineers with 3.72 ppg.
MITCHELL SAWATSKY
He averaged 2.40 ppg from his rookie position with the men’s volleyball team and was selected an OCAA 2nd Team League All Star.
CCAA Athlete of the Month & CCAA All Canadian
One male and one female are recognized from each province in their respective sport during pre-determined months as athletes of the month. Mohawk College was honoured when one of our women’s volleyball players was awarded the Athlete of the Month for Ontario in November.
Each year the OCAA Coaches in Varsity Sports which go to a National Championship select OCAA all stars at the end of the season. Only a select one or two of the top Ontario All Stars are selected and named All Canadian. Mohawk is proud to have 1 All Canadian athlete this year.
JENNIFER KNOWLES.
VARSITY COACHES AWARDS
Badminton
Coaches: Tony Leite, Jay Barrientos & Adam Hayward
Coaches Award - Mohammad Nazimuddin
Most Improved Player - Ahink Hussein
Most Valuable Player - Chris Hong
Men’s Basketball
Coaches: Brian Jonker, Mike Woodburn & Colin Baylay
Coaches Award - Tanner Lane
Most Improved Player - Travin Cain
Most Valuable Player - Mike Soluk
Women’s Basketball
Coaches: Kelly Dunham, Kevin Duffy & Nikki Melligan
Coaches Award – Michelle Abella
Most Improved Player - Alisha Mills
Most Valuable Player – Morgan Taylor
Cross Country
Coaches: Wayne Collins, Richard Trottier & Andre Simon
Most Valuable Player - Jonathan Redfearn
Most Valuable Player - Emily Hicks
Curling Coaches: Barry Macklin & Brit O’Neil
Coaches Award - Matthew Kimber
Most Improved Player - Julia McQueen
Most Valuable Player - Jenna Harrington
Women’s Fastball
Coaches: Brian Weller, Marc Ceci, John Paul
& Peter Timpf
Coaches Award - Jenna Pletzer
Coaches Award - Krystle Hinton
Most Valuable Player - Jessica Roloson
Golf Coach: Laurie Cahill
Coaches Award - Shelby Walker
Most Valuable Player - Kyle Stephenson
Men’s Rugby
Coach: Alex Paris
Coaches Award – Trevor Atkinson
Coaches Award – Adam Davidson
Most Valuable Player – Steven Johnston
Men’s Soccer
Coaches: Richard Bennett & David Morrison
The Tom Bell Coaches award is in memory of our former Assistant
Coach and former Mohawk faculty member whose infectious smile
and spirit helped our team to win the CCAA Soccer Championship in 1989.
Tom Bell Coaches Award – Matthew Wiggins
Most Improved Player – Jordan Dykstra
Most Valuable Player Yousuf Mohammad
