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“Building Champions, Building Traditions”
Volume 11, Issue 1 One At Laurier, we take great pride in our focus on inspiring lives of leadership and purpose. Dr. Max Blouw It’s the foundation beneath our unique sense of community and the fuel that keeps our school spirit alight. Each day, I am inspired by a new story of a Laurier student, alumni, faculty or staff member living a life that is meaningful and engaged. Laurier’s varsity athletes are no different. Our athletes embrace strong leadership values and they are driven by a deep sense of shared purpose. I see it in the pride they feel when they wear their purple and gold, and in the way they’ve inspired leagues of fans over the years. This year we saw it in another successful sports season, punctuated by a women’s provincial hockey championship, two national cheerleading championships, a silver OUA medal in men’s baseball and highlights in football and women’s curling. But at Laurier, our athletes value more than their performance on the field, the rink or the soccer pitch. When they hang up their jerseys, they apply their leadership values by making a difference in our communities – as students and as volunteers. It’s one of the reasons why our athletic awards programs rec
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Fall 2010
09-10 sees more gold for the Golden Hawks
Cheerleading took home two national titles, making it four in three years for the impressive squad.
Wilfrid Laurier University continued to excel on the field, in the rink, and on the court as varsity athletes turned out Impressive individual performances at the provincial and national levels. The Golden Hawks were once again found success in team play winning one provincial and two and national s for the 2009-2010 season. Laurier Athletics produced 42 OUA allstars and 7 national all-Canadians, as well as numerous All-Rookie honours. Here is a closer look at the headlines that emerged in purple and gold… The 2009-2010 women’s hockey season was all about a quest to avenge back-toback silver medals at the national tournament. Laurier began OUA regular season play right where it left off the previous year putting together a 26-game winning streak, which was ended in overtime of the season finale against Windsor. Leading the way was OUA and CIS Player of the Year Liz Knox, who tied the OUA and CIS shutout record. After dispatching Queen’s and Guelph in two games each, Laurier won its seventh straight OUA title, tying the previous record held by the University of Toronto Blues. It was a return trip to Antigonish, Nova Scotia with Laurier going 1-1 in pool play at the CIS finals. In the bronze medal showdown they shutout Saint Mary’s to take home another CIS medal.
The Lady Hawks won their seventh consecutive OUA championship on the ice in March.
The women’s curling team had another eventful season in 2009-2010 claiming a gold, silver and bronze at the championships they took part in. Early in the season the Lady Hawks had a 1-3 record at the West Sectionals. Representing Canada at the Karuizawa International Curling championships in Japan the squad went 6-1 in round-robin play and defeated Sweden 12-11 for gold. The strong play continued as the girls won seven of their next eight games earning a spot in the OUA championship. They lost 6-5 to Waterloo but earned another trip to nationals in Edmonton. After strong pool play the Golden Hawks fell 11-5 to Regina in the semifinal, leaving Laurier with the bronze medal. Skip Danielle Inglis was named a CIS Second Team All-Canadian and won the Curling Sportsmanship Award. Lead Hillary McDermott was named an OUA First Team All-Star. Cheerleading won two national titles in another excellent year starting in December in the Small Coed Division at the 25th Annual University and Open National Cheerleading Championships. After two runs of great stunts and high-energy choreography the Golden Hawks beat their closest competition by 81 points. Their run at a perfect season continued in early March at the Cheer Alliance National Championship continued on page 4...
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2010 Golden Hawk Hall of Fame Inductees Hawks on his way to three straight OUA all-star teams. In 2003 and 2004 Ryan was also named a second team all-Canadian. In his final year Ryan was a leader on the football team that went perfect in the regular season, and earned the OUA Lineman of the Year as a member of the Yates Cup champions.
In October of 2010 the doors to the Wilfrid Laurier department of Athletics and Recreation Hall of Fame will open to receive seven new members of the Golden Hawk family. Over Homecoming weekend five athletes, one builder and the first Men’s Soccer national championship team will be recognized as the members of the 2010 class. The induction ceremony will take place on October 1st in the Senate and Board Chamber. This year’s athletes include Christine Carruthers (women’s rugby), Ryan Jeffrey (football), Jason Lyall (men’s soccer), Ian Logan (football) and Ryan Pyear (football). Alumnus Tom Allen will enter the Hall of Fame as a builder and the 2000 men’s soccer team will become the 15th roster inducted. Here’s a closer look at the accomplishments of these Golden Hawks that led to their induction as the Class of 2010. Christine Carruthers played four strong seasons with the Golden Hawks as a member of the women’s rugby team. An important piece of the roster, Christine played inside centre position and was named an OUA first-team all-star Christine two times and honoured Carruthers as a CIS first-team AllCanadian in 2002. Her leadership was shown on both the offensive and defensive ends; putting up points in multiple games and helping Laurier win three games in three straight seasons including two playoff wins over her career. She rounded out her playing career with the team’s most valuable player award in her fourth and final season. Ryan Jeffrey arrived at Laurier as in the fall of 2000 and began a five-year career on the offensive line. A rocksolid part of the line that helped turn around the offense when Gary Jeffries took over the head Ryan Jeffrey coaching duties. From the third season on Ryan played in every game for the Golden 2
Ian Logan excelled as a defensive back for the Golden Hawks during a strong five-year career. The Waterloo native dressed in every game the team played over his career finishing with four career sacks, 12 interceptions and three defensive Ian Logan touchdowns. Splitting time as a punt and kick returner as well, Ian earned team most valuable player honours in 2003 and was named a first team all-star from 2003-2005. The communication studies major also earned CIS first team All-Canadian honours in 2004 and 2005 the years the Golden Hawks won their ninth and tenth Yates Cups. When closing out his career Ian was a key member in Laurier’s first national title in football in 14 years when the purple and gold won the Vanier Cup in 2005. Jason Lyall made an immediate impact on the men’s soccer team in his first season. He stepped onto the pitch as the team was defending their national title and won team rookie of the year in 2001 while Jason Lyall helping the team to a 9-1 record and a second straight CIS championship. Jason played five seasons in the purple and gold and was instrumental on the defensive side of the ball finishing as a member of the team during 36 career wins. Jason earned OUA first team all-star honours each of his five seasons and was a four-time team most valuable player. The two-time CIS All-Canadian was honoured by Laurier winning the President’s award in 2004. Ryan Pyear has been a valued and important member of the Golden Hawk family for nine years, starting as the quarterback in his first season and taking all the offensive snaps. Over the next five season Ryan Ryan Pyear would throw for 5,927 yards, 62 touchdowns and lead the team to a 23-14 regular season record while going 8-3 in the playoff with tow Yates Cups and one Vanier
Cup national title in 2005. Ryan won the OUA Rookie of the Year award in his first season, the first piece of hardware in his decorated CIS career. In his fourth and fifth years Ryan came into his own taking home the most valuable player award, OUA first team all-star honours, CIS All-Canadian honours. On the ride to Vanier Cup in 2005 Ryan’s excellent post-season play led the way for the Golden Hawks and he won Utek Bowl and Vanier Cup most valuable player awards. Ryan was also named the President’s Award winner as top male Golden Hawk athlete for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. Tom Allen, retired Newcourt Credit Financial Services in 1998 and he and his company created the Tom Allen/ Newcourt Credit Group Football academic achievement scholarship for a Tom Allen player who achieved academic excellence within the school of Business. Tom has continued to give back to the Laurier community for years. Tom is a former 2005 Alumnus of the Year Award winner, in recognition of his oustanding achievement by a Laurier graduate. Allen co-founded and is a past president of Laurier’s 5th Quarter Club, an athletic alumni chapter that brings former Golden Hawk alumni and friends together in support of Laurier football. During his tenure as president, he established two fundraisers for student athletes and oversaw the club’s newsletter. After a 13-year span, the 2000 men’s soccer teamreturned to prominence as provincial 2000 Men’s Soccer champions. The Golden Hawks fielded six all-stars that season, including OUA Rookie of the Year goalkeeper Pieter Meuleman, and worked their way to a 7-2-1 regular season record thanks to a six-game winning streak. University stadium played host to three OUA playoff games and saw Laurier take the OUA championship, outscoring their opponents 10-1. The Golden Hawks road to the finals took them through University of Victoria (3-0 win)and Laurentian (3-1 win). St. Mary’s University was the last test and a thrilling CIS final was sent to penalty kicks after nine second half goals. Laurier would come out on top claiming their first ever national men’s soccer title 6-5.
Innovative safety assistance coming to Golden Hawk games As part of an effort to develop the fan experience at Golden Hawk events, the Wilfrid Laurier department of Athletics and Recreation is pleased to announce that they have teamed up to work with qtags LLC and their product GuestAssist, an industry-leading communication system for use at Golden Hawk events at University Stadium. GuestAssist provides instant two-way, text messaging-based communication between ticket holders and event staff, allowing for improved management of safety, security and guest services. The Golden Hawks are the first Canadian University to implement GuestAssist, which is used in numerous major sport facilities throughout Canada and the United States. GuestAssist provides a simple text message code that will permit fans to send
questions, concerns or requests via their mobile phones to the dispatch centre at University Stadium. Communicating with staff is as easy as texting HAWKS plus your location and concern to 78247. The system will augment the existing services provided by Laurier’s Special Constable Service on game day. A single staff member can handle and respond to incoming requests through GuestAssist’s customized software interface. The operator can send reply messages directly to the fan’s phone to answer questions or obtain more information, and, if necessary, can quickly dispatch safety/security, medical or guest services staff to the appropriate location. In addition, GuestAssist provides postevent reporting and analysis of guests’ concerns to help operators improve
staffing, polices and procedures. It can be implemented in a single day and staff training typically takes less than an hour, Konko said. Houston-based GuestAssist is a member of the Stadium Managers Association and the International Association of Assembly Managers. GuestAssist is an Enterprise Feedback Management platform that gives your customers easy access to you, and gives you a vehicle to engage them. It is text and web-based and allows stadiums, conferences, retail malls, event managers and hoteliers to talk to their guests via text messages using their own mobile phones. GuestAssist is currently licensed for use at venues across the U.S. and Canada including Yankee Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, BMO Field, Ivor Wynn Stadium.
A Message from Peter Baxter When people talk about leadership, they often use the word passion. And when we think about passion we tend to think about the emotions like Peter Baxter enthusiasm, zeal, energy, and intensity. Well, all these attributes are true, but when you look up the word passion in the dictionary that includes origins of the word, you’ll see that it comes from the Latin word for suffering. Our Laurier coaches and staff take on their leadership role making significant contributions for the long term development of individuals and the Golden Hawk program that continues to adapt, prosper and grow. Our student-athletes train and sacrifice much for team and institutional pride.
They trade off personal needs for by putting the needs of team and Laurier first. Nearly every act of leadership requires suffering. We understand that nothing great comes without great costs. Many alumni, friends and sponsors have also made significant contributions to the greater good of the program. This sends a message loud and clear that you have the best interests of the program at heart. Each of your contributions lives in the memories of our student-athlete experience and we sincerely thank you for your compassionate contribution to those lives you have touched. Laurier looks forward to the 20102011 season with passion and excitement. Homecoming expects will be a huge
Hawk gathering as we play Guelph on Saturday, October 2, 2010. Hall of Famer Greg Puhalski starts his tenure behind the bench of the Men’s Hockey Team this fall, and in March of 2011 we host the CIS Women’s Hockey National Championships at our home rink, the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. I invite you all to participate in the upcoming season. Make the Golden Hawks your passion and share it with your friends and family. We hope to see you in the stands.
Peter Baxter Director, Athletics & Recreation
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in Kitchener. Battling last-minute injury the purple and gold busted out a superb performance to win their first Cheer Alliance title. It was a banner year for men’s baseball as they turned in the best performance in team history. Compiling a 10-8 record the Golden Hawks were near the top of the standing all season. Led by OUA Rookieof-the-Year Andrew Greenberg and various veterans Laurier swept McMaster on their way to the OUA finals against Western Mustangs. Western took the title in two games clinching in extra innings after a terrific pitching duel between Greenberg and the Mustangs’ Andrew Bergman. The OUA silver medal is the highest finish in team history. Reliever Josh Robinson was named to the OUA All-Star team.
The women’s curling team competed in three championships, winning bronze, silver, and gold.
After six straight OUA s Laurier’s lacrosse team ran into unfamiliar territory compiling a 7-5 record over the course of the regular season. Riding a two-game winning streak into their semifinal match with the University of Toronto, the Lady Hawks rallied from a 4-3 deficit to win 8-7 avenging losses to the Varsity Blues earlier in the year. The OUA title game brought the Western Mustangs, who had ended Laurier’s 29-game multi-season winning streak. Western prevailed once again claiming a 9-5 victory. Four Golden Hawks were named OUA All-Stars. On the football field, Laurier came into the season gunning for the Yates Cup. One of the year’s biggest games came in week two as the team went head to head with Western but was limited to one score in a 30-7 loss. After a disappointing two-point loss to Ottawa during homecoming Laurier reeled off three straight wins to finish second and earn a playoff bye. During a win over Guelph,
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Dillon Heap set WLU, OUA and CIS records for punt return yards, finishing with 912 on the season. In the semifinal the Hawks fell to Western again, this time 26-16. Ten Golden Hawks earned OUA All-Star status, Gary Jeffries was named the OUA Coach of the Year, and three Golden Hawks garnered CIS AllCanadian honours. On the pitch, the women’s soccer team got off to a hot start going undefeated in their first six games with a 5-0-1 record. The team played well defensively posting six shutouts and a 9-3 regular season record. In the quarter-final against Brock, Ali McKee and Heather Malizia came thru with goals to send Laurier to the OUA semifinals. Queen’s won 3-2 in overtime forcing the Golden Hawks to play Ottawa for third place. Here it was another 3-2 loss to end Laurier’s season. The team boasted five OUA All-Stars, Coach of the Year honours went to Barry MacLean and Heather Malizia was a CIS Second Team All-Canadian. The Men’s Hockey team had two separate strong six-game runs of 5-0-1 to start the season and again halfway through the year. One of the highlights included defeating the previously unbeaten McGill Redmen in an 8-4 win, featuring 122 penalty minutes. The regular season ended with Laurier in fourth in the OUA West after a 17-7-4 record. Hosting Guelph in the first round of the playoffs, the Golden Hawks were upset 3-0 in the opener. Laurier rebounded 3-2 to force a third and deciding game but Guelph would score three times in the first 12 minutes of the game on the way to a 5-3 win to end Laurier’s season. Captain Jean- Michel Rizk and Paul Bradley were named AllStars. The men’s basketball fought through a tough season to finish with a 10-12 record, securing the last playoff berth in the OUA West. Laurier stunned the heavily favoured Western Mustangs 89-70 before falling in the quarter-final to Windsor. The Hawks saw veterans Jesse MacDonald and Kale Harrison crack 1,000 career points. MacDonald and Maxwell Allin also earned OUA honours. In the water the Laurier swim team improved greatly at the OUA final this year. The Lady Hawks placed fourth thanks in large part to Whitney Rich’s five medals, including two gold medals.
Rich take home three additional honours. She was named an OUA All-Star, won the Award of Distinction for her three years of OUA medaling, and won the Dr. Jeno Tihanyi Award for best Women’s Individual Medley performance at the meet. Rookie Renee Dijk also medaled for
Women’s volleyball standout Julie Gorden took home OUA and CIS All Rookie honours and was one of Laurier’s rookies of the year.
the Golden Hawks, taking home Bronze in the 100 Back. Rich and Dijk were joined by Brittany Shaw and Carly Martin at the CIS trials. The girls each showed personal bests and earned Laurier’s best showing in a decade coming in tenth. The men’s curling team had a strong start at the West Sectionals, going 3-1 with wins over Waterloo, Brock and Windsor to have momentum heading into the Crossovers. Unfortunately the momentum did not carry over as the purple and gold dropped four of their five matches including the tiebreaker against Trent. Taking advantage of an opening the Golden Hawks were able to represent the OUA at the CIS finals. Laurier went 2-4 ending their season with an 8-7 win over Calgary. Rookie lead Joel Waters earned All-Star honours. The men’s volleyball team battled inconsistency during the season and ran off a four-game winning streak in the middle of the year. Finishing with a 9-11 record leaving them on the outside looking in when the playoffs began. Middle Greg Houston was named an OUA Second Team All-Star and after two strong seasons Samuel Schachter is leaving to join the National beach Volleyball team. On the basketball court, the women’s team had a back-and-forth season on their way to a 10-12 record. This left them in the final playoff spot in the OUA West but unfortunately they fell 70-64 on the road to Lakehead. Renata Adamczyk had a strong season, eclipsing the one thou continued on page 5...
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sand point total for her career. She once again earned OUA honours repeating as West Defensive Player of the Year, as well as being named a First Team All-Star. The first half of the season proved to be difficult for the reigning OUA champions, as the men’s soccer squad was winless until the fifth game of the season. Offense was tough to come by as the team went scoreless in five of their 14 games, finishing seventh in the OUA West with a 3-6-5 record. Rookie goalkeeper Jarrett Humphreys’ play earned him a nod as an OUA Second Team All-Star. Two Golden Hawks were named OUA First Team AllStars. The women’s volleyball team worked hard throughout the season, and finished with an overall record of 6-13. The Hawks’ final game ended in a win, beating the Windsor Lancers 3-0. Rookie Julie Gordon had a memorable campaign taking home OUA Rookie of the Year honours while receiving OUA All-Star and All-Rookie OUA and CIS honours. On the ice the figure skating team took home seventh place at the OUA championship, capped off by four podium finishes. Michelle LaMarche and Andrea Green won gold, Adam Arscott took home silver, Alitsha Burden and Brittany Maksymk won bronze and Maksymk earned a second bronze. The team also picked up some hardware, winning the OUA Spirit Award. The cross-country team improved
this season thanks to a new off-season program and coaching staff. The men’s team took second place at the Waterloo open and followed that with a win at the Badger Open hosted by Brock. Overall the team performed well at the OUA championship with the women’s team finishing 13th. Meanwhile thanks to placing ninth the men’s team competed at the CIS finals, ending up in 16th. 2009-2010 also saw Laurier build an Indoor Middle Distance team for the first time. The team took part in five meets running against stiff competition from other clubs. The Golden Hawks posted eighttop ten finishes with Sohaib Ikram winning at York in the men’s 1500 meters. The men’s rugby team returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2006 with a 4-4 record but fell to the McMaster Marauders 15-0 in OUA quarter-final action. Four Golden Hawks earned OUA All-Star status. Another golf season ended with varying results for the men’s team as they finished eighth at the OUA Golf championship. Day one was highlighted by Matt Farronato’s hole-in-one. Low rounds on the team came from Steve Feeney in round one and a two-day total of 152 for MVP Brett Murray. This year was another tough one for Laurier’s women’s rugby team as they finished with a 1-4 record. The best was saved for last though as their first win came in the season finale against the nationally-ranked Waterloo Warriors.
Coach Jennifer Armatage was named OUA Sheils division coach of the year and Tamara Simmons was an all-star. The Golden Hawk coaching family went through some changes this year as well. Mike Belanger completed his final season as the head coach of the men’s golf team and assistant coach Jim Zwolak will be taking over. A four-time OUA All-Star, Zwolak won the individual OUA title in 2002 as well as Laurier’s President Award. He has CPGA tour and University World Championship experience. On the ice, Kelly Nobes completed his fourth and final season as the bench boss of the men’s hockey team. Nobes went 77-26-8 in OUA regular season play and an 11-10 playoff record. His best season was 2006-2007 when the team took home OUA silver and went 1-1 at the CIS Championships in Moncton. Jennifer Armatage and Josh Windsor leaving their head coaches for the women’s and men’s rugby teams. Armatage leaves after a 7-19 regular season record, one playoff loss and two Coach of the Year awards. Meanwhile after seven seasons Windsor finished with a 26-25 record along with two playoff appearances for the Golden Hawks. Taking over for Windsor is Rob McQueen. A former OUA athlete, McQueen has been coaching since 2001 with the Medway High School Senior Boys rugby team and led the London St. George’s Rugby Club to a Jones Division title in 2009.
Outstanding Women of Laurier Award
This year 11 women competed for the prestigious award but ultimately it was Liz Knox aking home more hardware to go with her CIS, OUA, and Laurier Athletics’ accolades this year.
and a gold pendant for her accomplishments in front of a crowd of more than 250 people who attended the luncheon ceremony. The three finalists included Megan Gilmore, Danielle Inglis and Brittany Shaw. Each of the finalists also received a gold pendant and a $500 scholarship.
Knox finished her fourth-year in honours sociology and has been a member of the women’s hockey team since her first year at Laurier. This year’s event included a dynamic keyAt the beginning of March, Knox was named note address by Carole Bertuzzi Luciani, also the CIS player of the year in women’s hockey, known as the “Moodivator,” and was hosted and is the first Golden Hawk to claim the Broby Laurier alumna Diaene Vernile, anchor and drick trophy since women’s hockey was added The 2010 Outstanding Woman of Laurier, Liz Knox producer for CTV Southwestern Ontario’s Prov(right) with the recipient of the Alumni Founders incewide. to the CIS program in 1997-98. During her time on the Laurier women’s hockey team, the team has won four OUA championships, and two silver and one bronze CIS medals, giving Knox the opportunity to play on a national stage for the Canadian National Under-22 Women’s Hockey team at the MLP Nations Cup in Germany. Away from the team Knox is also a coach for the Laurier women’s hockey annual summer hockey camp and an assistant coach for multiple minor hockey girls’ teams. Her community
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work also extends to summer volunteering at the Sun Life Financial Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre at Laurier. Laurier launched the Outstanding Women of Laurier award in 2006 to recognize female students who combine athletic and academic achievement with an active commitment to the community through volunteerism. Knox received $1,000 as part of her athletic scholarship
During the event, the annual Outstanding Women of Laurier Alumni Founders Award was presented to Heather Strupat. Strupat was an intramural and instructional student leader at Laurier from 1996-2000. During her tenure, she doubled the number of intramural teams and participants in two years, and tripled the number of group fitness participants and instructional users in dance, martial arts and sport skill classes.
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Athletics Donor Report We are grateful to the following supporters for their generosity during the contribution year May 1, 2008 - April 30, 2009. In all, $2,018,781.11 was committed in new gifts, pledges and pledge payments. These funds supported capital projects including the Laurier Pool, University Stadium, Alumni Field, athletic scholarships, sport specific program funding (including approximately $115,000 through the Adopt-A-Hawk Program) and general support of the department. Thank you for your generous support of the Golden Hawks! Able-One Systems Inc Belise Abwunza ‘98, ‘99 Pradeep Acharya Alyssa Acorn Dayle Acorn Kwaku Addo-Abedi ‘08 Aeox financial Services Harold Agla Vince Agostino Sharon Agro & Richard Agro ‘67 David Aitchison ‘87 Anonymous Anonymous Tom Allen ‘67 Felcidade Almeida Alpine Plant Food Corp. Cheridan Altomare Amsterdam Brewing Company Cornelia Andres-McKay ‘91 Cheri Ansley & Peter Ansley ‘66 Patricia Anthony Apex Design Ltd Alex Appleby Aramark Canada Ltd Joan Archer ‘61, ‘80 & Donald Archer ‘61 Ruth Argueta Liz Armitage Jodi Arnoldi ‘86 & John Arnoldi ‘85 Jim Arnott ‘70 Kevin Arscott Arthur Massage Therapy Clinic Grace Bach & Charles Bach Sam Bailie & Sharee Bailie Baker Sports Inc Harvey Balakofsky ‘81 Ball Service Group Inc. Bill Ballantyne Amy Ballantyne ‘04 & Scott Ballantyne ‘03 Carlo Barbati & Francesca Barbati James Barrow Brenda Barry Maureen Bartlett & Brian Bartlett ‘83 Aldo Bartolini ‘84 Irene Barwick & Bill Barwick Amy Bautista Baxter Veenstra Holdings Ltd. Simone Beaucage Leah Belanger ‘78 & Mike Belanger ‘75 Robert Bendus ‘73 Christopher Bennett & Tracy Bennett Tom Benson Sam Berardi Brian Berger Linda Bertagnolio & Rudy Bertagnolio Anonymous Bradley Binns ‘08 Tierney Bjorkenstam ‘07 & David Bjorkenstam Michele Blore & Tim Blore Bluewater Taekwondo BMO Financial Group
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Golden Hawks prepare to host women’s hockey nationals
Fans can purchase tickets in advance for all 2010-11 home games
In 2011 Wilfrid Laurier University celebrates its 100th anniversary and the Golden Hawks will also be hosting a national celebration of women’s hockey. Laurier hosts the 2011 CIS Women’s hockey championship from March 1013, 2011 at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. The Golden Hawk women’s hockey program has won the last seven OUA championships and one CIS championship in 2005. The team has also claimed four silver medals and one bronze over the past seven seasons. It will be a joint venture between the City of Waterloo and Laurier, a chance to show off the amazing athletes and community the Golden Hawks are known to foster and thrive in.
This season the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are excited to partner with UniversityTickets to offer a brand new electronic ticketing system designed to make access easier for fans of the purple and gold. Tickets for football, basketball, volleyball and hockey can be purchased in advance via all major credit cards online or at the Athletic Complex Hawk Desk and of course on game day. This new sysInformation on ticket system tem is customer friendly and will allow fans to purchase e-tickets from the comfort of their own homes, speeding up entry at the gates with electronic scanning. All tickets and season passes can enter at any gate for football games at University Stadium. Get connected with the purple and gold this season.
Golden Hawk Fall 2010 Home Schedule Men’s Football
Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium
Sept 11 vs Toronto 7:00 pm Sept 25 vs York 1:00 pm Oct 2 vs Guelph 1:00 pm Oct 16 vs Queen’s 1:00 pm Men’s Soccer Alumni Field
Sept 12 vs Guelph 1:00 pm Sept 22 vs Western 6:00 pm Sept 25 vs Brock 1:00 pm Sept 26 vs York 1:00 pm Oct 9 vs Windsor 1:00 pm Oct 17 vs McMaster 1:00 pm Oct 24 vs Waterloo 1:00 pm Women’s Soccer Alumni Field
Sept 12 vs Guelph 3:00 pm Sept 22 vs Western 8:00 pm Sept 25 vs Brock 3:00 pm Sept 26 vs York 3:00 pm Oct 9 vs Windsor 3:00 pm Oct 17 vs McMaster 1:00 pm Oct 24 vs Waterloo 3:00 pm Men’s Baseball Bechtel Park
Sept 11 vs Toronto 1:00 pm Sept 19 vs Brock 1:00 pm Sept 26 vs Waterloo 1:00 pm Oct 2 vs Queen’s 1:00 pm
Golden Hawk Corporate Partners From May 1, 2009-April 30, 2010
Access Storage Adidas BLM Transportation Group Boston Pizza Delta Kitchener-Waterloo Hotel Domino’s Pizza Enterprise GoodLife Laurier Alumni Laurier Bookstore M&M Meats
McGinnis Front Row Miller Thomson Morty’s RBC/RBC Dominion Securities Re/Max Dave McIntyre Reif Estate Winery Rogers Scotia Mortgage Authority TD Meloche Monnex Orion Captial Inc. The Waterloo Inn
HOMECOMING Weekend is October 1-3, 2010
For more information go to www.laurieralumni.ca/homecoming
Women’s Field Lacrosse
Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium
Sept 25 Tournament Host 9-4 pm Sept 26 Tournament Host 9-4 pm Men’s Rugby
Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium
Sept 12 vs Queen’s 1:00 pm Sept 15 vs Brock 7:30 pm Oct 1 vs McMaster 7:30 pm Oct 15 vs Toronto 7:30 pm Women’s Rugby
Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium
Sept 12 vs Western 3:00 pm Sept 17 vs Brock 7:30 pm Sept 24 vs York 7:30 pm
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2010 Athletic Banquet
Message from Dr. Max Blouw ...continued from front page
ognize community-service leadership and scholarship alongside athletic performance. As we prepare to celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2011, we are taking a look back with pride over the founding years of athletic tradition at Laurier. I thank you for your ongoing passion, commitment and contributions – you have helped to form the Laurier community that we are today. I look forward to meeting you in the stands – I’m sure you’ll be as inspired as I am as we cheer on our varsity athletes!
Dr. Max Blouw, President and ViceChancellor Wilfrid Laurier University Newsletter Produced By: golden hawk communications office 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5 phone: (519) 884-0710, ext. 3888 www.laurierathletics.com
President’s Award (MVP) Men – Dillon Heap Women – Liz Knox
Major Award Winners
Dean Esther Brandon Female Contributing Most to Athletics Andrea Elliott
Luke Fusco Academic Athletic Achievement Award Male – Dillon Heap Female – Liz Knox
Rich Newbrough Rookie of the Year Award Male – Andrew Greenberg Female – Julie Gordon
Earle C. Shelley Unsung Hero Award Lois Wood Fred Nichols Community Service Leadership Award Male – Jeremy Chemij Female – Alyssa Lagonia Marty Wamsley Student Trainer of the Year Katie Sheridan
Tuffy Knight Award Dean Boles
President’s Trophy winners Liz Knox and Dillon Heap with Vice-President: Academic Dr. Deborah MacLatchy
Chuck Classen Team Manager of the Year Award Carolyn Shier
Bill Haggstrom Male Contributing Most to Athletics Chris Moore
2009-2010 Golden Hawk Rookies of the Year
Andrew Greenberg - Men’s Baseball Maxwell Allin - Men’s Basketball Alena Luciani - Women’s Basketball Samantha Clarke - Cheerleading Brett Cameron - Men’s Cross Country Jennifer Laughton - Women’s Cross Country Joel Waters - Men’s Curling Pamela Feldkamp - Men’s Curling Brittany Maksymyk - Figure Skating Alex Anthony - Men’s Football Brett Murray - Men’s Golf Mitchell Good - Men’s Hockey
Candice Styles - Women’s Hockey Jory Garibaldi - Women’s Field Lacrosse Brent Meidinger - Men’s Middle Distance Lindsay Wright - Women’s Middle Distance Corey Klempner - Men’s Rugby Christine Jennings - Women’s Rugby Jarrett Humphreys - Men’s Soccer Tristin Vogel - Women’s Soccer Nemanja Colic - Men’s Swimming Renee Dijk - Women’s Swimming Alexander Khuskivadze - Men’s Volleyball Julie Gordon - Women’s Volleyball
2009-2010 Golden Hawk Most Valuable Players
Chris Pittaway - Men’s Baseball Jesse MacDonald - Men’s Basketball Renata Adamczyk - Women’s Basketball Amanda Cosburn - Cheerleading Sohaib Ikram - Men’s Cross Country Catherine Sukkau - Women’s Cross Country Scott McGregor - Men’s Curling Danielle Inglis - Women’s Curling Michelle LaMarche - Figure Skating Dillon Heap - Men’s Football Brett Murray - Men’s Golf Paul Bradley - Men’s Hockey Liz Knox - Women’s Hockey
Braedyn O’Rahilly - Women’s Field Lacrosse Shoaib Ikram - Men’s Middle Distance Jennifer Laughton - Women’s Middle Distance James Stewart - Men’s Rugby Tamara Simmons - Women’s Rugby Alex Doma - Men’s Soccer Heather Malizia - Women’s Soccer Nemanja Colic - Men’s Swimming Whitney Rich - Women’s Swimming Greg Houston - Men’s Volleyball Victoria Cowley - Women’s Volleyball
2009-2010 Golden Hawk All-Stars Men’s Baseball Andrew Greenberg OUA Rookie of the Year Josh Robinson OUA First Team All-Star Jesse Milanovich OUA Second Team All-Star Chris Pittaway OUA Second Team All-Star Men’s Basketball Maxwell Allin OUA West First Team AllRookie Jesse MacDonald OUA West First Team All-Star Women’s Basketball Renata Adamczyk OUA West Defensive Player of the Year OUA West First Team All-Star Men’s Curling Joel Waters OUA First Team All-Star Women’s Curling Danielle Inglis CIS Second Team All-Canadian CIS Sportsmanship Award Hilary McDermott OUA First Team All-Star
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Sarah Wilkes CIS Second Team All-Canadian Figure Skating Michelle LaMarche Andrea Green 1st in OUA Intermediate Similar Pairs Men’s Football Taurean Allen OUA First Team All-Star Steve Cormack OUA First Team All-Star Paul Hancock OUA First Team All-Star Dillon Heap OUA First Team All-Star CIS First Team All-Canadian Gary Jeffries OUA Coach of the Year Giancarlo Rapanaro OUA First Team All-Star CIS Second Team All-Canadian Courtney Stephen OUA First Team All-Star CIS Second Team All-Canadian Jordan Van Horn OUA First Team All-Star Adam Bestard OUA Second Team All-Star
Mike Montoya OUA Second Team All-Star Carlos Naranjo OUA Second Team All-Star Women’s Hockey Andrea Ironside OUA First Team All-Star CIS Championship Tourn. All-Star
Laura Juha OUA Second Team All-Star Braedyn O’Rahilly OUA First Team All-Star Emma Pink OUA Second Team All-Star Men’s Rugby Spencer Houghlihan OUA First Team All-Star
Liz Knox OUA Most Valuable Player OUA First Team All-Star CIS Player of the Year CIS First Team All-Canadian
Jeff Pickle OUA First Team All-Star
Maureen Mommersteeg OUA All-Rookie Team
Alex St. John OUA First Team All-Star
Candice Styles OUA Rookie of the Year OUA All-Rookie Team CIS All-Rookie Team
Women’s Rugby Jennifer Armatage OUA Sheils Coach of the Year
Men’s Hockey Paul Bradley OUA West First Team All-Star Jean-Michel Rizk OUA West Second Team AllStar Women’s Lacrosse Hanna Burnett OUA Second Team All-Star
James Stewart OUA First Team All-Star
Tamara Simmons OUA First Team All-Star Men’s Soccer Alex Doma OUA First Team All-Star Jarrett Humphreys OUA First Team All-Star Chris Walker OUA First Team All-Star
Women’s Soccer Sara Hopper OUA Second Team All-Star Alyssa Lagonia OUA First Team All-Star Heather Malizia OUA First Team All-Star CIS Second Team All-Canadian Ali McKee OUA First Team All-Star Barry MacLean OUA West Coach of the Year Tania Pedron OUA First Team All-Star Swimming Whitney Rich OUA All-Star Men’s Volleyball Greg Houston OUA West Second Team AllStar Women’s Volleyball Julie Gordon OUA Rookie of the Year OUA Second Team All-Star OUA All-Rookie Team CIS All-Rookie Team