CBU Announces Athletic Award Winners
Sydney, N.S. – Cape Breton University's Department of Athletics is proud to announce this year's Major Award winners as selected by the athletic department, coaches, and academic advisors at the 47th Annual Athletic Awards Banquet.
Sydney, N.S. – Cape Breton University's Department of Athletics is proud to announce this year's Major Award winners as selected by the athletic department, coaches, and academic advisors at the 47th Annual Athletic Awards Banquet.
This year's Co-Male Athlete of the Year is awarded to 3rd-year soccer CAPER Charlie Waters. The Blackpool, UK native, was named AUS 1st team All-star, U Sports 1st-team All-Canadian, and AUS Most valuable player. He helped the men's soccer team win their 5th consecutive AUS title and a U Sports National bronze medal. He scored two goals and added a Canada-leading 18 assists for 20 points to lead the AUS in scoring.
This year's second Co-Male Athlete of the Year is awarded to 4th -year basketball CAPER Osman "Ozzy" Omar (Mississauga, ON). He was named an AUS 1st Team All-Star, U Sports First Team All Canadian, AUS Most Valuable Player, and was the recipient of the Ken Shields Award for Community Service. During the Capers Men's Basketball season, Omar averaged an AUS best, 24.5 points per game.
This year's Female Athlete of the Year is awarded to rookie women's CAPERS basketball player Kiyara Letlow (Toronto, ON). She had a remarkable season averaging 22.7 points and an AUS best 15.7 rebounds per game and helping to lead the young CAPER women to the AUS Basketball Championship finals. She was named 1st team AUS All-Star, 2nd team all Canadian, U Sports All-Rookie Team, and U Sports Rookie of the Year.
The President's Award was introduced to recognize the top academic performance among our student-athletes. Criteria for the award were developed thanks to our academic advisor, Allen Britten. This year's recipient is recognized for their effort during the 2020-21 academic year; she accumulated an overall average of 94% while working toward her Bachelor of Business Administration degree. From Halifax, NS, the President's Award was awarded to Erin Freeman.
The Kathy Reid Memorial Award was given to the student-athlete who overcame physical challenges to impact a championship team. This year's recipient from Dartmouth, NS, is Hugh Parslow. Overcoming an injury, he helped guide a very young squad who struggled to come together, he provided extra recovery and workout sessions for players in his own time, and continually pushed himself in an attempt to return and help the team. In a triumphant return, he was named team Captain for the National Bronze medal game and he led the team to win their fourth National medal in a row.
The Credit Unions Most Outstanding Performance of the year award went to Promise Akachukwu (Abuja, Nigeria). Promise set a Track and Field record for CBU by finishing first place in the 60m Race and winning the Gold medal at the AUS Championships. His time of 6.86 seconds was one of the ten best times in all of Canada and earned him a trip to the National Championships. A first for CBU's Track and Field team.
Team Awards
Men's Soccer
Team Awards:
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Anthony Stolar (Mississauga, ON)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TEAM AWARD: Hugh Parslow (Dartmouth, NS)
CAPER AWARD: Raine Lyn (Oakville, ON)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jose de Cunha (Cascais, Portugal)
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Charlie Waters (Blackpool, UK)
Women's Soccer
Team Awards:
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Emma Clark (Centreville, NS)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Ally Wilton (Bedford, NS)
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Haley Kardas (Halifax, NS)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TEAM: Fatou Ndiaye (Pierrefonds, QC)
CAPER AWARD: Madison Lavers (Halifax, NS)
Men's Basketball
Team Awards:
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Cooper Ward (Ipswich, Australia)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TEAM: Ibrahim Gosselin-Diawara (Montreal, QC)
CAPER AWARD: CJ Bennett (Brampton, ON)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Chris Ruta (Calgary, AB)
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Osman Omar (Mississauga, ON)
Women's Basketball
Team Awards:
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Chermensa van la Parra (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TEAM: Ava Prosser (Johnstown, ON)
CAPER AWARD: MacKenzee Ryan (Glace Bay, NS)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Kiyara Letlow (Toronto, ON)
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Kiyara Letlow (Toronto, ON)
Track & Field
Team Awards:
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Faustina Amoako
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Balwinder Singh Sethi
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Balwinder Singh Sethi