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Athletic award winners

Jeff Weiler and Leanne Huck named athletes of the year

- April 13, 2007

Leanne Huck and Jeff Weiler
Leanne Huck is named Female Athlete of the Year and Jeff Weiler in Male Athlete of the Year. (Pearce photo)

Not since Adrienne Power has an athlete been given the top honour of tv athlete of the year for three consecutive years. Jeff Weiler has now garnered the highly coveted male-athlete-of-the-year award for the third consecutive year, making him only the second athlete to accomplish such a feat.

Mr. Weileris a fifth-year kinesiology student and a senior member of the menÕs volleyball team. He has been recognized for his contributions on and off the court, leading the Tigers to a fifth-place Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) finish, and earning such accolades as Academic All-Canadian status three times and CIS Libero of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.

Award winners

Team Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards:

Basketball
(M) Monte Francois/Germain Bendegue
(W) Kelly Donald

Cross Country
(M) Robert Jewer
(W) Janice Ashworth

Hockey
(M) Jordan Morrison
(W) Leah Merkley

Soccer
(M) Ryan Haughn
(W) Leanne Huck

Swimming
(M) Matthew Terauds
(W) Ashley Aitken

Track & Field
(M) Geoff Harris
(W) Alicia Dobranowski

Volleyball
(M) Jeff Weiler
(W) Maggie Morrison

Manager of the Year: Maggie Bezanson

Trainer of the Year: Meghan McInnis, MenÕs Volleyball

Rookies of the Year:
(M) Ð Jordan Morrison, Hockey
(W) Ð Alex Legge, Basketball

Coach of the Year Award: David Fry, Swimming

PresidentÕs Award for academics, athletics, leadership and community service: Niklas Rademacher, MenÕs Volleyball

Class of Õ55 Award Ð Female Athlete of the Year:
Leanne Huck, Soccer/Track and Field

Climo Award Ð Male Athlete of the Year: Jeff Weiler, MenÕs Volleyball

Leanne Huck, a fourth-year multi-sport athlete also studying kinesiology, is the female athlete of the year. Leanne was named the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) league MVP in womenÕs soccer, a first team All-Canadian and the AUS track and field champion in the 60, 300 and 4x200m events. Her talents extend off the field Ñ she is a two-time Academic All-Canadian and a DeanÕs list student.Ms. Huckgives back to her sport and community, finding time to volunteer with the Special Olympics as a youth track and soccer coach.

Kathleen Spurr, a former member of the womenÕs basketball team, is the 2007 recipient of tvÕs A.J. ÒSandy” Young Award for her contribution to Nova Scotia sports as an athlete and a coach. She has had an impressive career as an athlete, despite not picking up basketball until her senior year of high school.Ms. Spurrworked hard and, under the guidance of Coach Carolyn Savoy, went on to earn a spot on CanadaÕs National Team only three years after taking up the sport.Ms. Spurrstill considersCoach Savoya mentor in coaching and life to this day.

Continually giving back to the sport she loves best,Ms. Spurrhas worked on several organizing committees and continues to develop future athletes as a coach with the Halifax Grammar School. In the past she has coached at the provincial level, administered and coached CanadaÕs Basketball Small Ball Program and served as assistant coach with the Tigers in 1992-94. In 2001,she was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame, recognized for her achievements on the court and in the sport of basketball.