Rustlers successful in sport and academics

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This year’s Rustler Award recipients included MacKena Foisy, women’s hockey, Jarrett Nelson, men’s volleyball, Anika Timmerman, women’s basketball, Michael Shelast, men’s basketball, Amber MacLean, women’s soccer/futsal, Makaila Peutert, curling, Gavin Quinlan, men’s soccer/futsal, Kaylie Lueck, women’s volleyball and Brie Corley, Allecia McDonald, Anissa Halbert, Tiara Pihrag, curling.

Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502 2023 Spring Ratepayers’ Supper & Meeting

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Hillmond Memorial Hall | Supper at 6:00 p.m. General Meeting to follow at 7:00 p.m.

There is no cost to R.M. of Britannia ratepayers, however, those wishing to attend the supper must indicate their intent by calling the R.M. of Britannia office at 306-825-2610 no later than April 21 at 4:00 p.m.

The night wasn’t only about athletic achievements, however, as Rogan explained awards were given out for the highest GPA, community involvement, as well as the competitive successes of the college’s many programs.

“We’ll know more here closer to the middle or end of May, but we’ll probably have the highest number of national scholar award winners we’ve ever had at Lakeland,” said Rogan.

“The kids are getting it done in competition, the kids are getting it done in the classroom, the kids are getting it done in the community, and those are our three pillars we stood behind from the very beginning. We stayed true to those pillars and it’s actually starting to show now.”

Rogan explained the overall GPA of Lakeland student-athletes has increased from 2.5 more than a decade ago, to 3.0 this year.

For Rogan, he knows what it takes from all parties to build and maintain a successful athletic program, and he’s very happy to see the fruits of everyone’s labour paying off.

“What I’m most proud of is the fact we’re not ‘one of.’ We didn’t win a national women’s volleyball title which we probably won’t do again for another few years, we won a national title, we won a bunch of other medals, and we’re consistently being successful in competition,” he said.

“We’re consistently having a high collective GPA, we’re consistently involved in the communities we live and work in, and that’s probably the proudest moment for me; we’re being consistent in our successes.”