Nipissing Athletic Awards

The Nipissing Lakers handed out its annual hardware at the athletic awards banquet held at the Best Western Saturday morning.

Lady Lakers volleyball left side player Stefanie Hancock and soccer forward Leesa Church were honoured as winners of the Female Athlete of the Year award. Hancock a forth year player had a stellar season leading the OCAA in scoring with a 4.75 points per game average and was named a first team and championship all star as well as being named a CCAA All Canadian. Church made an immediate impact in her first season with the Lakers as she tallied 15 goals ranking second in CIS scoring. She led her team to its first winning season in program history and was named a first team all star. Both players were also named team MVP’s for their respective sports.

Sudbury’s 6’7” twin brothers Adam and Andre Leblanc were named Male Athletes of the Year. They took the OCAA by storm in their rookie season leading the team to a 9-6 record and an opening round playoff match. Adam was named an OCAA second team all star, all star game MVP and Nipissing’s volleyball MVP. He was second in team scoring averaging 3.09 points per game. Andre thrived in the second half of the season when he was moved to right side and led the team in scoring averaging 3.16 points per game. Andre was named the OCAA Rookie of the Year, a second team all star and Nipissing’s rookie of the year.

Lakers Award Winners:

Soccer

(w) MVP – Leesa Church & Samantha Behm
(m) MVP – Andrew Clarke & Mohammed Nyangado

(w) Coaches Award – Kendra Kennedy
(m) Coaches Award – Dan Weber

(w) Rookie – Amy Laidlaw
(m) Rookie – Shayn Karn

(w) Captain Choice – Cayla Austin
(m) Captain Choice – Jakob Van Schaick

Volleyball

(w) MVP – Stefanie Hancock
(m) MVP – Adam Leblanc

(w) Coaches Award – Ashley Hummel
(m) Coaches Award – Jamie Vanerzande

(w) Rookie – Kayla Gerrits
(m) Rookie – Andre Leblanc

(w) Captain Choice – Lindsay Carson
(m) Captain Choice – Tyler Houghtby

Cross Country

(w) MVP – Mabel Plourde-Doran
(m) MVP – Kevin Gallagher

(w) Rookie – Mabel Plourde-Doran
(m) Rookie – Alex Burley

(w) Captain Choice – Taralynn Ray
(m) Captain Choice – Ryan Lahti

Nordic Skiing

MVP – Brianna Yard


Lakers Recognition

For outstanding support and contribution to the Athletics programs

Dr. Dennis Mock
Bob and Deb Hudson