Fleming Athletics Honours Athletes In 49th Annual Fleming Athletic Varsity Banquet

Fleming College celebrated its student-athletes with an award ceremony at their 49th Annual Varsity Banquet held on Friday.

The following are the awards presented to the student-athletes: 

Cross Country

  • MVP- Desmond Burman- Martin

  • Rookie of the Year- Rajat Patel 

Women’s Volleyball

  • MVP- Abby Calvank

  • Rookie of the Year- Montana Rank 

Men’s Volleyball

  • MVP- Benjamin Perreault

  • Rookie of the Year- Sahil Bhardwaj 

Loggersports

  • Female MVP- Amanda Dickinson

  • Male MVP- Scott Gauer

  • Female Rookie of the Year- Anna Westwood 

  • Male Rookie of the Year- Ethan Johnston 

Men’s Basketball

  • MVP- Romain MaCalla

  • Rookie of the Year- Deondre Goodman- Ottey 

Women’s Rugby 7’s

  • MVP- Hannah Rose Gilpin

  • Rookie of the Year- Madison Falls 

Women’s Soccer

  • MVP- Ainsley Taggett

  • Rookie of the Year- Morgan Gullekson 

Men’s Soccer

  • MVP- Logan Scott

  • Rookie of the Year- Sahil Bhardwaj 

OCAA All Academic Awards were presented to student athletes that maintained a 3.6 GPA or higher during their season. The following are the OCAA All Academic winners: 

Megan Burnett, Lexie McKnight, Jessica Spagnolo, Ainsley Taggett, Aaron Molenhuis, Robyn Ellis, Hannah Rose Gilpin, Desmond Burman- Martin, Nate Stephen 

OCAA Honour Awards were presented based on student-athletes’s athletic performance, selected and voted on by other OCAA institutions. 

Romain McCalla

  • OCAA Men’s Basketball League Scoring Champion

  • OCAA Men’s Basketball East Division Scoring Champion

  • OCAA East Division First Team All Star

Ben Perreault

  • OCAA Men’s Volleyball East Division Scoring Champion

Hannah Rose Gilpin

  • Women’s Rugby 7’s Championship All-Star

Karyn Blackney

  • Women’s Cross Country First All- Ontario Team 

Holly Pennings  earned the Fleming Athletics All Academic Knight award. It is given to a first-year athlete with a 3.6 GPA or higher.

Robyn Ellis  received the Rachael Spearing Award for a women’s rugby player who demonstrated heart, spirit, sportsmanship, and dedication on the field.

The Kris Starr & Adam Evans Award went to loggersports athletes that showed heart, spirit, dedication and love of sport. This year’s awards were presented to: 

  • Kris Starr Award- Desmond Burman- Martin

  • Adam Evans Award- Scott McDonald 

All-Around Athlete awards are presented to male and female athletes who performed at a high level both on and off the field of play while demonstrating great leadership, commitment and dedication.

  • Male All-Around Athlete of the Year- Scott Morris

  • Female All-Around Athlete of the Year- Montana Rank 

Fleming Athletics Athlete of the Year awards goes to a male and female athlete who performed exceptional achievements within their sports while maintaining academic eligibility.

  • Male Athlete of the Year- Romain McCalla

  • Female Athlete of the Year- Karyn Blackney  

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