EZmac Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Canada West announces the 2006 men’s soccer award winners and All-Stars, as selected by head coaches conference-wide. Voted 2006 Player of the Year is Junior Castrillon-Rendon from the University of Alberta Golden Bears. Back with the U of A after playing two years overseas, the sophomore halfback tied for the Canada West lead with eight goals and picked up three assists for the first-place Golden Bears. Alberta finished the conference season 9-0-5, thereby earning the right to host this weekend’s Final Four in Edmonton, and is already guaranteed a spot at the 2006 CIS championship, Nov. 9-12, as host of the event. Trinity Western halfback Stefan Leslie is the Rookie of the Year after picking up three goals and two helpers, while playing in every contest during the 14-game conference season. At 7-5-2, the Spartans tied for third in points with Calgary, but placed fourth based on tie-breaking procedures, and have the tough task of taking on undefeated, CIS No. 1-ranked Alberta in an effort to win Canada West and grab the one unclaimed conference berth at Nationals. One day after Liz Jepsen claimed Canada West women’s Coach of the Year, fellow Alberta coach, the Bears’ Len Vickery, has been chosen as winner on the men’s side. Vickery, in his 22nd year as the team’s leader, helped Alberta become the top-ranked team across the nation as one of two undefeated squads in CIS (9-0-5). Aside from university competition, Vickery runs the highly respected Green & Gold Academy, has been awarded the CSA “A” Licence Coaching Award and, back in 2003, led Canada’s team into battle at the FISU Games in Daegu, South Korea. Named as winner of the Student-Athlete award is Nicola Perugini from the TWU Spartans, who had a terrific season offensively, with a conference-high seven assists and eight points overall. In the classroom Perugini is an outgoing, critical thinker who excels in Human Kinetics, with a minor in Biblical Studies. He works in the School of Human Kinetics and the Department of Athletics as a supervisor in the area of sport analysis, assisting both professors and coaches in the analysis of video for their classes and teams. Beyond school, sport and work, the fourth-year midfielder and team captain is very active in the community, both in B.C. and back at his hometown of Montreal. Within B.C. he is a Prison Ministry Co-ordinator, where he has 10 of his soccer teammates who volunteer at the Willingdon Youth Detention Center for 10 weeks each spring. Following is a breakdown of all Canada West men’s soccer winners: Awards Player of the Year: Junior Castrillon-Rendon, Alberta Rookie of the Year: Stefan Leslie, Trinity Western Coach of the Year: Len Vickery, Alberta Student-Athlete Award: Nicola Perugini, Trinity Western Fair Play Award: Victoria All-Stars First Team Goalkeeper Srdjan Djekanovic, UBC Fullbacks Diaz Kambere, Trinity Western Erik Kuhn, Alberta Brian Reems, UBC Adam MacDonald, Calgary Halfbacks Nicola Perugini, Trinity Western Junior Castrillon-Rendon, Alberta Jordan Schidlowsky, Sask. Carlos Cruz, Calgary Strikers Steve Frazao, UBC Cole McFarlane, Victoria Second Team Goaltender J.P. Crescenzi, Calgary Fullbacks Ben DeCosse, UBC Colin Wilson, Victoria Harman Braich, Alberta Brendan Garritty, Saskatchewan Halfbacks Stefan Leslie, Trinity Western Mark Korthuis, Alberta Nick Poole, UBC Mike Elliott, UBC Strikers John Konye, Alberta Luke Sandilands, UBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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