2017 Cavaliers Awards Banquet

Continuing with their new Friday night tradition, the Champlain Cavaliers held their annual Athletics Banquet on April 21st at the Sandman Hotel in Longueuil, bringing their 2016-17 seasons to an official close with an evening of celebration. Over 200 student-athletes from the Cavaliers’ 11 teams were in attendance, joined by Campus Director Don Shewan, in addition to the coaches, assistants, academic coaches and Athletic Therapy staff. 56 team awards were handed out, including awards for Academic Excellence, Most Valuable Athlete, Most Improved Athlete, the Unsung Hero Award and the new Athletic Leadership Award, who’s recipients were selected by their teammates. In addition, the Cavaliers recognized the student-athletes named to their respective all-star teams as well as those recognized as CCAA Academic All-Canadians, RSEQ Academic-All-Stars, and graduating Cavaliers while honoring those who have maintained and 80% or above average during their years as a Cavalier. A complete list of award winners can be found at the bottom of this story. Five Cavaliers were named to the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic All-Canadian Team f0r 2016-17, a record for Champlain Saint0-Lambert. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic All-Canadian Award is Presented to a student-athlete who was has been named to their conference all-star team, provincial championship all-star team or to a CCAA nationals all-star team while having an 80% or higher average during the semester. Our Academic All-Canadians are: Laurence Ste-Marie (Women’s Soccer) Christopher Rose (Men’s Soccer) Charles DeSantis (Men’s Soccer) Coralie Dumont (Women’s Basketball) Clara Dagenais (Women’s Basketball) Ilyas Kurbanov, a supporting member of the Men’s Basketball team and graduating Sport Marketing & Management student was awarded the Cavaliers Athletic Shield, presented annually in appreciation and recognition to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the Champlain Cavaliers Athletic’s program. Ilyas, who’s been heavily involved as a volunteer in athletics, was a key member with his help when the college hosted the 2015 CCAA Men’s Soccer National Championship in November of that year. The 2016-17 Female Athlete of the Year nominees were Karima Lemire (Women’s Soccer), Clara Dagenais (Women’s Basketball) and Mahalia Robinson (Women’s Rugby), with Dagenais taking the award for this past year. Clara was named an RSEQ All-Star as well as the RSEQ Student-Athlete of the Year for having the highest academic average in the Division 1 league. She was also named and Academic All-Canadian, in addition to being her team’s MVP for the season. Clara has been a well-respected leader on her team and we look forward to seeing her continue her career at university! Nominees for the Male Athlete of the year included Christopher Rose (Men’s Soccer), Conor Sinclair (Football) and Andrew Richa (Men’s Rugby). RSEQ Offensive All-Star and RSEQ Offensive Player of the Year, Conor Sinclair, was named the winner for 2016-17. Leading his team to a perfect 8-0 in the regular season, Conor demonstrated his value on the field of play as well as in the locker room where he stood out as a leader, The team with the best academic average was the Cross-Country Running team, passing 99% of all their classes taken with a team average of 82% while the award for the Graduating Cavalier with the highest academic standing was presented to Clara Dagenais from the Women’s Basketball team with an unbelievable 97% average! Images from the evening can be found at champlainphotos.com. Complete Awards List Major Awards Cavaliers Athletic Shield: Ilyas Kurbanov Graduating Cavalier with the Highest Academic Average: Clara Dagenais Cavalier Team with Highest Average: Cross-Country Running Female Athlete of the Year: Clara Dagenais Male Athlete of the Year: Conor Sinclair Team Awards Badminton Most Improved Athlete: John Lester Montepio Maquio Unsung Hero: Victor Tommio Codère Maruyama Athletic Leadership Award: Richard Zhou Most Valuable Athlete: Richard Zhou Academic Excellence: Megan Wai Men’s Basketball Most Improved Athlete: Ali Elizein Unsung Hero: Antoine Lacoste-Labelle Athletic Leadership Award: Mitchell Keating Most Valuable Athlete: Shamal Henry Academic Excellence: Kévin Bouchard Women’s Basketball Most Improved Athlete: Trisha Villedrouin Unsung Hero: Audrey Amanda Tornblom Athletic Leadership Award: Coralie Dumont Most Valuable Athlete: Coralie Dumont & Clara Dagenais Academic Excellence: Clara Dagenais Cross-Country Running Most Improved Athlete: Megan Wai Unsung Hero: Gabriel Samson Athletic Leadership Award: Gabriel Samson Most Valuable Athlete:  Jérémie Martin Academic Excellence: Emile Jomphe Football Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Murphy Adam Taylor Athletic Leadership Award: Tommy Roadley-Trohatos Most Valuable Lineman: Ryan McGuire Most Valuable Defensive Player: Jarek Richrds Most Valuable Offensive Player: Conor Sinclair Academic Excellence: François Carrier Men’s Rugby Most Improved Athlete: Rayan Lounis John Jones Athletic Leadership Award: Phil Labrecque Most Valuable Forward: Ebad Ebadi Most Valuable Back: Andrew Richa Academic Excellence: Alexy Ouellette Women’s Rugby Most Improved Athlete: Maude Dubuc Athletic Leadership Award: Leah Lavoie Most Valuable Forward: Samantha Viau Most Valuable Back: Mahalia Robinson Academic Excellence: Camille Riopel-Murray Men’s Soccer Most Improved Athlete: Christopher Flores-Cassistas Unsung Hero: Christian Morel Athletic Leadership Award: Charles DeSantis Most Valuable Athlete: Christopher Rose Academic Excellence: Christopher Rose Women’s Soccer Most Improved Athlete: Maude Poulin Unsung Hero: Alana Mikulis Athletic Leadership Award: Pascale Tremblay-Perrault Most Valuable Athlete: Karima Lemire Academic Excellence: Laurance Ste-Marie Men’s Volleyball Most Improved Athlete: Vinchenzo James Unsung Hero: Michael Morningstar Jimmy Chen Athletic Leadership Award: Vinchenzo James Most Valuable Athlete: Evan Fuller Academic Excellence: Evan Fuller Women’s Volleyball Most Improved Athlete: Gabriella Maciocia Unsung Hero: Mathilde Chamussy Athletic Leadership Award: Erika Patton Most Valuable Athlete: Erika Patton Academic Excellence: Hélène Guay Special Awards RTP Comeback of the Year Will Hodges (Men’s Soccer) The Empire-Lemontagne Award Coralie Dumont (Women’s Basketball) Antoine Lacoste-Labelle (Men’s Basketball) Academic Awards Most Improved Team Men’s Soccer Team With Highest Average Cross-Country Running Academic All-Canadians The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic All-Canadian Award is Presented to a student-athlete who was has been named to their conference all-star team, provincial championship all-star team or to a CCAA nationals all-star team while having an 80% or higher average during the semester. Laurence Ste-Marie (Women’s Soccer) Christopher Rose (Men’s Soccer) Charles DeSantis (Men’s Soccer) Coralie Dumont (Women’s Basketball) Clara Dagenais (Women’s Basketball) RSEQ Scholar Athletes The RSEQ honors its student athletes who have an 80% or higher average over their last two full semesters while they compete as student-athletes at their colleges. The following student-athletes [...]