FW: SMITH, VALLIER, DEWEY AND KRAEMER NAMED DURHAM COLLEGE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

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SMITH, VALLIER, DEWEY AND KRAEMER NAMED DURHAM COLLEGE ATHLETES
OF THE YEAR

Durham Lords Media Release
Friday, April 8, 2011

Smith, Vallier, Dewey and Kraemer named Durham College Athletes
of the Year

OSHAWA, Ont. – The Durham College athletic department held the
41st annual Athletic Banquet Thursday night at the General W.
Sikorski Polish Veterans Association Hall in Oshawa. For only
the second time in Durham College history, there were co-overall
athletes of the year for both the male and female categories.

Eric Smith (Ajax, Ont.) of the men’s basketball team and Jareth
Vallier (Kingston, Ont.) of the men’s baseball team took home
male athlete of the year honours while Erin Dewey (Port Hope,
Ont.) of the women’s fastball team and Kayleigh Kraemer (Andernach,
Germany) of the women’s golf team were named the female athletes
of the year.

Smith, a third year forward on the men’s basketball team was
named the OCAA player of the year and a CCAA All-Canadian in
2010-11. He led the Lords to the OCAA championship for the first
time since 1998 and was the OCAA scoring and rebounding champion
averaging 21.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. This marks
Smith’s second consecutive Durham College athlete of the year
award.

Vallier, a third year infielder with the baseball team led Durham
to the CIBA Ontario Title and a final four appearance at the
national championship, where he was named to the all-tournament
team posting a .429 batting average. During the Lords perfect
16-0 regular season, Vallier averaged .435 at the plate while
leading the province in home runs and RBI’s. 

Dewey, a third year short stop with the women’s fastball team
won her third straight OCAA player of the year award in 2010
while leading the Lords to an OCAA championship and a national
bronze medal. She led the league in average (.677), hits (21)
and runs (20) and is the OCAA’s career batting leader with a
.559 all-time average.

Kraemer, a second year member of the women’s golf team won the
OCAA individual golf title and a CCAA individual bronze medal
on the links in 2010. Paired up with Tiffany Albath, the Lords
also won the OCAA and CCAA team titles – marking Durham’s first
women’s national championship. 

1994-95 is the only other year Durham College had four athletes
of the year.. That season, Martin McDonald and Mike Stauffer
won the male awards while Tanya Becker and Joanie Fisher won
the female awards.

It was a night of celebration as the college took some time to
look back and reflect on another successful year. There were
plenty of special presentations made over the course of the evening
including honoring the achievements of all of the student-athletes.

Other big winners on the night included Tiffany Albath (Bad Marienberg,
Germany) and Mackenzie Clugston (Whitby, Ont.) who took home
the freshman athlete of the year awards. 

Albath, was the other half of a dynamite duo for the women’s
golf team finishing with a silver medal at the OCAA championship
behind teammate Kraemer, and a matching silver medal at Nationals
in Kamloops, B.C. The women’s golf team also won the overall
team of the year honours.

Clugston of the baseball team, posted a .333 batting average
with 10 hits and 10 RBI’s. The bat wasn’t what made his year
so impressive though as the second baseman made a number of key
defensive plays in pressure situations during the Lords season.

 
The Bonnie Ginter-Brown Leadership Award is annually presented
to the overall male and female athletes who best exemplify outstanding
leadership in the pursuit of excellence. This year’s honour went
to Erin Emery (North Bay, Ont.) of the women's basketball team
and Nur Osman (Whitby, Ont.) of the baseball team.

AWARD WINNERS

Male Overall Athletes of the Year
Eric Smith, Men’s Basketball (Ajax, Ont.)
Jareth Vallier, Men’s Basketball (Kingston, Ont.)

Female Overall Athletes of the Year
Kayleigh Kraemer, Golf (Andernach, Germany)
Erin Dewey, Fastball (Port Hope, Ont.)

Freshman Athletes of the Year
Mackenzie Clugston, Baseball (Whitby, Ont.)
Tiffany Albath, Golf (Bad Marienberg, Germany)

Team of the Year
Women’s Golf 

Bonnie Ginter-Brown Leadership Award
Erin Emery, Women’s Basketball (North Bay, Ont.)
Nur Osman, Baseball (Whitby, Ont.)

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Four Year Award
Benn Vander Eyken, Men’s Soccer (Minesing, Ont.)
Dan Alayon, Baseball (Whitby, Ont.)
Nur Osman, Baseball (Whitby, Ont.)
Dave McMann, Men’s Volleyball (Elmvale, Ont.)
Erin Emery, Women’s Basketball (North Bay, Ont.)
Courtney Small, Men’s Basketball (Oshawa, Ont.)

Five Year Award
Julian Daligadu, Baseball (Whitby, Ont.)
Morgan Kelly, Women’s Soccer (Oshawa, Ont.)

TEAM-BY-TEAM AWARDS

Baseball
MVP – Jareth Vallier (Kingston, Ont.) *Lionel “Boom” Baker Award
Rookie of the Year Award – Mackenzie Clugston (Whitby, Ont.)
Leadership Award – Nur Osman (Whitby, Ont.)
Top Pitcher – Richard Burke (Ajax, Ont.) and James Rowe (Whitby,
Ont.)

Women’s Fastball
MVP – Erin Dewey (Port Hope, Ont.) and Shannon Ferguson (Brockville,
Ont.) *Richard Snowden Award
Rookie of the Year Award – Kristin Servinis (Whitby, Ont.)
Leadership Award – Samantha Roelofsen (Alma, Ont.)
Top Pitcher – Kristine Miles (Whitby, Ont.)

Men’s Golf
MVP – Brad Hickey (Uxbridge, Ont.) *Gerry Pettit Award
MVP- Kayleigh Kraemer (Andernach, Germany)
Rookie of the Year Award – Dave Lang (Keswick, Ont.)
Rookie of the Year Award – Tiffany Albath (Bad Marienberg, Germany)
Leadership Award – Justin Knaggs (Brooklin, Ont.) and Rob Lewis
(Cobourg, Ont.)

Women’s Soccer
MVP – Morgan Kelly (Oshawa, Ont.)
Rookie of the Year Award – Jamie Tostik (Oshawa, Ont.)
Leadership Award – Morgan Kelly (Oshawa, Ont.) *Gord Oliver Award

Men’s Soccer
MVP – Derek Money (Uxbridge, Ont.) *Vaso Vujanovic Award
Rookie of the Year Award – Luke Morrison (Ajax, Ont.)
Leadership Award – Jelani De Jonge (Ajax, Ont.) *Gord Oliver
Award

Indoor Soccer
Men’s MVP – Derek Money (Uxbridge, Ont.)
Women’s MVP – Morgan Kelly (Oshawa, Ont.)

Women’s Basketball
MVP – Erin Emery (North Bay, Ont.) *Bonnie Slaughter Award
Leadership Award – Kenesha Stinchcombe-Brown (Toronto, Ont.)
& Laura Pacevicius (Toronto, Ont.)

Men’s Basketball
MVP – Eric Smith (Ajax, Ont.) 
Rookie of the Year – Mikail McIntosh (Pickering, Ont.)
Leadership Award – Tyler McGarrity (Ajax, Ont.)

Women’s Volleyball
MVP – Kerri Fortherby (Newcastle, Ont.) *Stan Marchut Award
Rookie of the Year Award – Jennifer Sheehan (Whitby, Ont.)
Leadership Award – Kourtney Cyr (Uxbridge, Ont.)

Men’s Volleyball
MVP – PJ Cornelius  (London, Ont.) 
Rookie of the Year Award – Mike Bossence (Pickering, Ont.)
Leadership Award – Jeff Silver (Whitby, Ont.)

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784 (P)
905.721.3117 (F)
scott.dennis at dc-uoit.ca


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